Bob,
By odd chance I will be in Vermont during the Stowe weekend and will try
to come by but unfortunately will be in a rental car.
Bob Clark
'69 TR6
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-6pack@Autox.Team.Net [mailto:owner-6pack@Autox.Team.Net] On
Behalf Of Bob Danielson
Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007 5:50 PM
To: triumphs@autox.team.net; '6-Pack'
Cc: rick@sidedrafttbi.com
Subject: [6pack] 2500 Mile Update
Back in the winter lots of you answered my endless questions about
rebuilding the front end, installing solid steering rack mounts and a
few others helped me with my TBI conversion. Well, since February, I've
put over 2500 miles on the car from mostly around town driving, a number
of short highway trips and a longish trip to VTR. With regard to the
front end rebuild there was a wide variety of opinions on the use of
Nylatron bushings and solid mounts for the steering rack with regard to
squeaks, harshness and road feedback. I can tell you that I haven't
heard a peep out of the Nylatron and the ride feel is fine. The poly
bushings in the rear still squeak on occasion but the Nylatron is great.
The solid steering rack mounts do provide a firmer feel and more road
feedback but nothing exceptional that would prevent me from recommending
them to someone else. It takes a pretty good bump/pothole for me to even
notice them. The TBI conversion has been better then I had hoped for.
The car starts immediately and settles into a nice idle with no
stumbles, hesitation, backfires, misses etc. Throttle response is
outstanding. It easily pulls past 5000 RPM's in all 4 gears......well I
can't say it does in 4th as I've never gone that fast. My plugs are
"spotless" and my mileage, with a 4 speed, is 20 around town and 27 on
the highway. Prior to this my car was a pig that needed to run rich and
got 12 city and 18 highway. Yikes!
Oh yea....Dan's wire harness is great too with everything electronic
working just fine with nary a blown fuse or failed component in 3
years........except when I do stupid stuff and let a disconnected hot
wire go to ground while I'm working on something. Disconnect the battery
Bob!
Time to start planning this winter's projects and I've got a few good
ones lined up already....as well as a late August one that I want to
complete before the British Invasion at Stowe :-)
Bob Danielson
1975 TR6 CF38503U
Running w/ Throttle Body Injection http://tr6.danielsonfamily.org
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