[TR] Triumphs Digest, Vol 7, Issue 198

[Bob Danielson]

I'm late to this party................... for the first 10 years of 
ownership I kept my car completely stock..... stock and somewhat 
reliable....but I got tired of constantly chasing backfires, misses, 
stumbles, hesitations, carb tweaking, bad rotors, a marginal wire harness 
etc etc. Some guys love spending hours tweaking, fixing and chasing those 
types of problems and their trunks are fully stocked with tools and spare 
parts. God bless them and their perseverance. So modification #1 was a 
modern alternator and a AAW wire harness that has eliminated any and all 
electrical problems for the past 10 years.... Following that was converting 
it to Throttle Body Injection..... yup fuel injected the way it should have 
been done..... starts instantly at any temperature, instant throttle 
response, no misses, backfires etc and gets great fuel mileage.... I set the 
timing 8 years ago and it's never needed to be reset..... then a Toyota 5 
speed and a Nissan Q45 differential along with CVJs..... and the list goes 
on and on.... In my mind I've lost none of the TR6 driving pleasure but have 
made it 100% more reliable. These guys seem to agree with me 
http://www.hemmings.com/hsx/stories/2009/02/01/hmn_feature1.html  Any other 
TR6s ever been the cover story for Hemmings? And don't knock the Miata seats 
with a headrest that actually protects your head! BL should have stayed with 
the safer early seats.

If I ever sell the car I bet it does better than any other '75 in similar 
condition....... In fact there was a thread on the List a number of years 
back where value/desirability was ranked #1- 4 Speed with OD, #2 - 5 speed 
and #3 - 4 speed.

I may not agree with what some people do to their cars but it's their car, 
it makes them happy and it keeps the car on the road. Let's not be quick to 
criticize and judge.

Bob

Bob Danielson
http://tr6.danielsonfamily.org/
1975 Mimosa TR6
TBI, 5 Speed, LSD, CVJs