[TR] TR3 Rack and Pinion

[Andrew Uprichard]

I seem to remember a conversation on this page a couple of years ago:  what
are the best things you can do to a TR3?  As I remember it, they were (a)
overdrive, and (b) rack and pinion.

I have both - one car with and one without.  I'd recommend the conversion.
I installed a bolt-on model which was easy to work with.

Andrew Uprichard

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Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2013 9:37 PM
To: Jonas Payne
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Subject: [TR] TR3 Rack and Pinion

List,

B 

Anyone that contemplates the change to rack and pinion on his TR3 should
find one that's been converted and take it for a test drive first. Doing so
proved to me that I'd never want it in my car. It steers like a '57 Plymouth
Belvedere : no road feel at all. Just my opinion. Yours may vary.

B 

Ed Woods



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From: "Jonas Payne" < jagmog @ hotmail .com>
To: triumphs@ autox .team.net
Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2013 8:26:20 PM
Subject: [TR] TR3 Gear Ratios

Anybody out there know what the gear ratios for a TR3 were?

Considering a T5 swap (over the Toyota) and want to insure that the
performance is close (or improved).

Also - anybody want to weigh in on a rack and pinion conversion? B The kits
seem a bit overpriced, and I'm pretty handy, so I'm curious as to what
others have done.

Just sold my big healey and want to make my TR3 into a more comfortable
touring car.

Jonas Payne
PBR Consulting
702-882-6711

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