It's been a long time since I've worked on a TR3 bound for the street. I'm
building what I'd describe as a hot rod street TR3 for myself, from a failed
resto I bought a few years ago. Putting a lot of unused racing parts I've
accumulated on the car where appropriate. I have some questions.
Front brakes--I've trial-fitted the Wilwood superlight calipers I have laying
around (no one will let me get away with them on Peyote) and discovered the
outer edge of the pads sit about an inch outside the disk. I thought I might
have small disks, but the slotted disks I have are 10- 3/4". Are there
different caliper mounts for TR3? I'm pretty sure I didn't have such a bad fit
on the old Cheater. They look like they need to be about 1" further in. The
inner edge of the pad is equally miss-fit. There's about an inch of wear
pattern on the rotor in from the inner edge of the pad.
Trans mounts--I'm using the OD trans from the Ambro. Looks like the
transmission mount is a little aft of normal, though I haven't stuck a mount
in there yet to check. Anything special needed? I assume I need a shorter
driveshaft. Yes/No?
I'm using the Moss rack conversion. Seems like the geometry is pretty good. I
decided not to cobble together something (NO, I'm not using a TR3 worm and
pin--yuck). Anyone have any experience with this? So far, so good.
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