Stunning TR6 - Page 2

MangoMan · 20th July 2011, 06:45

Mmmmmmm, didn't realise they were Fuel injected...... Love the Yellow one! Check at those wheels......

pab · 20th July 2011, 09:25

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Originally Posted by MangoMan

Mmmmmmm, didn't realise they were Fuel injected...... Love the Yellow one! Check at those wheels......

Yes they were a mechanical fuel injection,in standard form they were 125bhp from the 2.5 litre straight six but an upgrade was available at the time to up the power to 150bhp.

That was a lot of power for such a small car,the owner of the owner of the red 1969 car says that his is in the 125bhp form.

tonybubble · 20th July 2011, 09:36

Early TR6s have 150BHP as standard, the 125 BHP cars came in late 1973 on, so the red one was originally a 150 car and the Mimosa one is a 125.
The TR5 was the first British sports car to have fuel injecton, followed quickly by the 2.5PI saloon/estate cars.

3disco · 21st July 2011, 20:41

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Originally Posted by pab

For my sins i had a TR7 in emerald green with contrasting tartan inlays in the seats,very nice performance from the 2 litre twin cam,i was young man at the time and it attracted the girls..

Did they do a twin cam ?

Roverowner · 22nd July 2011, 09:50

Don´t think so, unfortunately..... Could be wrong of course (quite often are...)

tonybubble · 22nd July 2011, 09:54

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Originally Posted by Roverowner

Don´t think so, unfortunately..... Could be wrong of course (quite often are...)

I believe that they were a very few TR7s with the Dolomite Sprint engine.

pab · 22nd July 2011, 14:17

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Originally Posted by tonybubble

I believe that they were a very few TR7s with the Dolomite Sprint engine.

factory production and very few of them.

The 8V 2.0 litre unit shared the same bottom end of the engine of the sprint,it was considered an easy upgrade to change the head.

Roverowner · 22nd July 2011, 16:01

I can recommend:

Triumph Cars The Completer Story. Graham Robson and Richard Langworth. ISBN 0 947981 28 4

A good read

. Quote -In it´s ultimate four-cylinder tune (16 valve Sprint motor) the rally TR7 had a 220 hp Don Moore prepared engine-

Swindon Racing used the TR7/dolomite 16 valve engine in international Formula 3 racing

Another quote:

-The v8 engined TR7 was not put on sale until the beginning of 1980, while the 16-valve Dolomite Sprint engined TR7 (which was also homologated for use in motorsport) was never put on sale at all, although 25 pre-production cars was completed!-

20th July 2011, 09:36	#13
tonybubble ZT, 75 & 260 Rescue 2002 MG ZT 260 (007), 2003 MG ZT-T 260 SE, 2004 75 CDTI Tourer Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: East Brent Posts: 2,447 Thanks: 88 Thanked 50 Times in 29 Posts	Early TR6s have 150BHP as standard, the 125 BHP cars came in late 1973 on, so the red one was originally a 150 car and the Mimosa one is a 125. The TR5 was the first British sports car to have fuel injecton, followed quickly by the 2.5PI saloon/estate cars. __________________ I counted them in and I counted them out (with apologies to Brian Hanrahan) - 005, 007, 019, 051, 103, 288, 354, 455, 577, 700 - the story continues. http://www9.mg-cars.org.uk/mgoc260/f...lies/smile.png http://www.two-sixties.com

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Roverowner Retired CDTi Tourer 2005 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Linköping Posts: 5,023 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I can recommend: Triumph Cars The Completer Story. Graham Robson and Richard Langworth. ISBN 0 947981 28 4 A good read. Quote -In it´s ultimate four-cylinder tune (16 valve Sprint motor) the rally TR7 had a 220 hp Don Moore prepared engine- Swindon Racing used the TR7/dolomite 16 valve engine in international Formula 3 racing Another quote: -The v8 engined TR7 was not put on sale until the beginning of 1980, while the 16-valve Dolomite Sprint engined TR7 (which was also homologated for use in motorsport) was never put on sale at all, although 25 pre-production cars was completed!- Last edited by Roverowner; 22nd July 2011 at 16:43..

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22nd July 2011, 09:50	#15
Roverowner Retired CDTi Tourer 2005 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Linköping Posts: 5,023 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Don´t think so, unfortunately..... Could be wrong of course (quite often are...)