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Re: [Fot] 1986 TRIUMPH TR6 NISSAN SKYLINE GTR RB25 DET TURBO CONVERSION

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Subject: Re: [Fot] 1986 TRIUMPH TR6 NISSAN SKYLINE GTR RB25 DET TURBO CONVERSION
From: Bill Babcock <Bill@ponostyle.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2015 23:11:31 -0700
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Most of those kinds of projects wind up gathering dust. It=E2=80=99s a =
rare car that actually winds up being better for the surgery. I put a =
Toyota 2TG motor and transmission into a TR3 long ago. It was a more =
driveable car, but every time I opened th hood it just looked lame. That =
was a pretty conservative choice=E2=80=94not overpowered, more reliable, =
about the same weight, better carbs, etc. and a 5 speed =
transmission=E2=80=94but it wasn=E2=80=99t a real improvement, and =
conversions have little value. The jags with V8=E2=80=99s in them are =
probably getting switched back. Valuable with a stock motor, not =
valuable with a V8.=20

> On Sep 8, 2015, at 10:40 PM, Mark J Bradakis <mark@bradakis.com> =
wrote:
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> So which is it? A 1986 TR6 or a 1968 TR6?
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> Reminds me of a local fellow who custom built a frame to hold a =
Corvette drivetrain which he
> wrapped in a TR6 shell. Sold him a few parts, offered some advice, =
wonder what happened to him and the car?
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class=3D"">Most of those kinds of projects wind up gathering dust. =
It=E2=80=99s a rare car that actually winds up being better for the =
surgery. I put a Toyota 2TG motor and transmission into a TR3 long ago. =
It was a more driveable car, but every time I opened th hood it just =
looked lame. That was a pretty conservative choice=E2=80=94not =
overpowered, more reliable, about the same weight, better carbs, etc. =
and a 5 speed transmission=E2=80=94but it wasn=E2=80=99t a real =
improvement, and conversions have little value. The jags with V8=E2=80=99s=
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