Stumpy Ewen Sutherland New Zealand (5 posts) Registered: 07/25/2010 03:51AM Main British Car: 1977 TR7 Rover 3.5 V8 |
1977 TR7 4 speed conversion to 5 speed 215 V8
Owner: Ewen Sutherland
City: Masterton, New Zealand Car Model:1977 TR7 Engine:Was TC 2l, soon to be 215, 3.5 v8 Cooling: dont know yet Exhaust: 8 into 2 Transmission: LT77 5 speed Rear Axle: 5 speed 3.08:1 Front Susp.: Original with uprated springs and shocks Rear Susp.: Original with uprated springs and shocks Brakes: Rover SD1 Vitesse 4 pot calipers/ SD1 vented rotors with special 4 stud spacer. (master) (front) Original 5 speed drum brakes (rear) Wheels/Tires: 15x6 Rover v v c mags Body Mods: Nil, but cut out a lot of rust, fitted new sills and patch panels from US and Britain. Interior: Original red tartan, white hood trim (new) new carpets, seats etc in good nick so keeping the same Electrical: Battery to rear, some new wiring, rest is original. Photo shows the car as it was bought. nice back end is that a 50 cal hole? just a bit of rust...... Hmmmmmmmmm Holes holes holes Engine bay looks ok Looks better now New and 2nd hand panels Old rover P6b engine as bought Engined cleaned up. I intend to strip it down and rebuild, incorporate a mild road cam but keep the SU's, just change needles and add headers and I should have about 200 hp. Edited 6 time(s). Last edit at 04/01/2011 04:27AM by Stumpy. |