Scotty -
if you decide to redo the suspension, and if you are willing to move to
modified from stock, the goodparts lowered springs and front/rear sway bars
take a tail happy car and make it very solid. imho the best improvement we
made to our 6.
----- Original Message -----
From: "scottpaisley" <scottpaisley@smartneighborhood.net>
To: <triumphs@autox.team.net>; <6pack@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, May 27, 2006 10:21 AM
Subject: [TR] Exhaust,, Wheels success!!!
> Well thanks to the list, I now have a very nice set of wheels with
> redlines and a stock exhaust that sounds fantastic! It was a funny
> thing, I couldn't get the pipes to fit in the old pipes, so I finally
> gave up and drove the car to the tire place to get the muffler mounted.
> A straight piped car sounds very, well, loud.
>
> The wheels look fantastic. I took my diegrinder with a soft wire brush
> and cleaned the heck out of the wheels. I painted them with dura-color
> wheel paint, and they look fantastic. In fact, I had one of my neighbors
> ask if I had the car painted. It's amazing what a clean set of wheels
> will do for a car. I need to post some before and after pics. Seriously,
> it looks like a different car.
>
> Of course, the bad news is that I *do* need to get the suspension work
> done. The lower trunion bushings show so rust, and the upper ball joints
> are a little tired. It's time.
>
> The good news is that I found some receipts from the previous owner
> replaced the front and rear shocks in '99. The car rides well, and it
> passes the rebound test, so I think I'll leave those alone. But springs
> and rebushing is in order.
>
> Question:
>
> 1) Has anyone used the adjustable trailing arm mounting brackets from
> TRF? It looks like they give a nice way to adjust rear wheel camber
> which IMHO would provide much longer life and better wear to the tires.
> The alignment shows my camber was out by 3 degrees which is a heck of
> alot, and is a sure sign I need new springs. But having some more
> adjustment with these brackets seems like a nice idea
>
> 2) The carbs are in need of repair. The front carb where the vacuum line
> connect to the underside has fuel leaking out of it. Not a little mind
> you, it's dripping. My guess is that I have a bad float or a bad float
> valve. Any thing else I should look for? BTW, the rubber fuel line from
> the fuel tank (next to the muffler) was old and cracked. So bad in fact
> that if I squeezed it by hand fuel would come through the cracks. Glad I
> found that before a bad bad thing happend. If you haven't checked this
> on your car, I would highly recommend it.
>
> Cheers,
>
> -Scotty
> '74 TR6
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