Re: Randall's TR6 by Ford, Chevy, Nissan, and Triumph
Randall welcome to the forum! I am glad you are a TR6 guy as we need more TR guys to balance out the preponderance of MGB guys!! I do take my hat off in respect to all the MGB guys so I mean no animosity whatsoever!!
You project looks really interesting and hopefully it will be on the road soon. Your rear suspension looks quite cool. IMHO you need to look at reinforcing the frame at the rear as the weakest part of the TR6 frame is the bottleneck just in front of the differential. It is in this area where the frame will twist. Looking forward to hearing from you often and seeing lots of pictures. Cheers Byron |
tr6turbo Dale Knapke Sidney, Ohio (169 posts) Registered: 08/24/2008 09:44PM Main British Car: 1972 Triumph TR6 Ford 2300, 4 Cyl Turbo |
Re: Randall's TR6 by Ford, Chevy, Nissan, and Triumph
I am with Byron. We need more TR6 guys. I like the work you have completed so far. It looks to be well thought out.
Dale |
atomic Tim Wietlispach Mt Prospect, IL (1 posts) Registered: 09/17/2010 09:54AM Main British Car: 1976 TR6 Stock, for now |
Re: Randall's TR6 by Ford, Chevy, Nissan, and Triumph
I'm excited about this build thread, Randall!
I'd like to hear more about the 300zx rear suspension and how you modified the frame/susp to fit. Were you able to use the stock 300 rear subframe welded to the TR's frame (with mods to the TR frame of course)? |
Re: Randall's TR6 by Ford, Chevy, Nissan, and Triumph
I had to narrow the 300zx rear end by 12 inches. All of the control arms are adjustable tubular stock replacements. My intention is to get as close as I can to symetric and adjust any differences with the added adjustability I gained with the control arms. I obviously had to modify the frame a lot. I added gussets at all of the intersections and have continued to box all of the frame after modifications. In addition I have fabricated a roll bar and door struts to help add rigidity to the body/ frame combo.
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Med72 Art Medrano Austin, Tx (52 posts) Registered: 01/31/2012 09:25PM Main British Car: 1972 Triumph TR6 GM 350 |
Re: Randall's TR6 by Ford, Chevy, Nissan, and Triumph
Randall
Do you have any addtl photos of your IRS? I am doing the same setup. I was going with a Ford 9" but decided to use a R200 from a 1990 300zx instead. When I purchased the rear end the guy threw in the IRS. So I changed directions and I am now going with a IRS. I have been trying to figure out the deminsions. I trying to decide whether to use Goodparts CV axles or fab something else. I would like to talk to you about the subframe setup and other items like the brakes hubs ..etc Thanks Art |