[TR] originality issues

[TeriAnn J. Wakeman]

On 6/26/11 6:57 AM, wbeech at flash.net wrote:
>   if I could afford a second TR3 I would be much like
> TeriAnn and try to maintain a stock appearance with a nice late model drive
> train and suspension.
>    
Late model drive train & suspension??

My 3 still has its factory original engine block, and rear axle 
housing.  By late model do you mean my TR4 gearbox?

It is basically an original factory TR3A drive train and suspension with 
the addition of a TR4 gearbox and aftermarket parts. Since original 
parts have dried up, any rebuild or replacement of worn parts done these 
days is done with aftermarket parts.  It is more a matter of choosing 
between stock like aftermarket parts or performance aftermarket parts.  
Can you even find factory 83mm pistons & liners any more?

I would be more apt to have said "try to maintain a stock appearance 
with performance uprated  drive train and suspension components.  OK, 
I'll admit to a late model alternator.

Is having an original crank shaft balanced, nitrided and journals cross 
drilled turning it into a late model crank?

I always thought a "late model drive train" would be something like a 
Toyota  gearbox swap into a TR body, not swapping in a TR4 gearbox into  
TR3.  Maybe I'm wrong though.  The gearbox is 3 or 4 years newer than 
the car.

Teriann