Triumph Sports Cars

engine swaps and other performance upgrades, plus "factory" V8s (Stag and TR8)

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Corey Sykes

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Tr7 brake and suspension upgrades
Posted by: a-1 exhaust
Date: June 12, 2008 10:58PM

I have an 80 model tr7 with a 3.8 buick v6 with a turbo charger and a 700r4 trans. with a ford 8" rear. Does anyone know what can be done to upgrade the brakes and front suspension? The car is a hoot when it comes up on boost, but the brakes just don't do it and I can't find rims. Has anyone had any luck swapping out the front sub frame with something newer? Preferably with a 5 on 4.5 bolt pattern to match the rear.


dwtr6v8
Don Watson
West Virginia
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12/07/2007 07:45AM

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1974 TR6 Ford 5.0 HO

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Re: Tr7 brake and suspension upgrades
Posted by: dwtr6v8
Date: June 13, 2008 07:32AM

Not that I want to take you away from this great forum, but check out this cardomain.com site. Leon's TR7 Spyder. Go to page 6 for the front brakes and page 3 fro front suspension.

[www.cardomain.com]


BlownMGB-V8
Jim Blackwood
9406 Gunpowder Rd., Florence, KY 41042
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10/23/2007 12:59PM

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1971 MGB Blown,Injected,Intercooled Buick 340/AA80E/JagIRS

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Re: Tr7 brake and suspension upgrades
Posted by: BlownMGB-V8
Date: June 13, 2008 08:02AM

Corey, could you turn in a "How it was Done" sheet on your car? We don't get many 3.8 Buick conversions and it would be a great benefit to the members to see it.
[www.britishv8.org]

Thanks,
Jim


Dan B
Dan Blackwood
South Charleston, WV
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1966 TR4A, 1980 TR7 Multiport EFI MegaSquirt on the TR4A. Lexus V8 pl

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Re: Tr7 brake and suspension upgrades
Posted by: Dan B
Date: June 13, 2008 11:31AM

Yeah, Corey,

Is it a John's Cars conversion, or what? I will probably be looking to do a conversion on my 7 in the future, so I am interested in the options.

Dan


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Corey Sykes

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Re: Tr7 brake and suspension upgrades
Posted by: a-1 exhaust
Date: June 14, 2008 08:29AM

This is a conversion I did myself. like I said, still trying to get the bugs out of it. I'll try to get some digital pics of it and up load them


Dan B
Dan Blackwood
South Charleston, WV
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1966 TR4A, 1980 TR7 Multiport EFI MegaSquirt on the TR4A. Lexus V8 pl

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Re: Tr7 brake and suspension upgrades
Posted by: Dan B
Date: July 03, 2008 03:30PM

Corey,

Any luck on brake kits? Have you check the TriumphTR7.com forum? Also, VTR.org has forums on all Triumph models. The forums are free, but the VTR one is not very active.

As for the "How it was done" article... I am interested in seeing that and pictures too. It may be a while before I do a conversion on my 7, but I want to explore options, etc.


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cliff cook
Ridgecrest, Ca
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10/20/2008 01:19AM

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'80 TR7 DHC, '79 TR7 FHC 3'1L Chev V6 , 3.8 Buick V6

Re: Tr7 brake and suspension upgrades
Posted by: cliff
Date: December 15, 2008 10:29PM

Corey, not to take you away from this forum however, [www.forum.triumphtr7.com] as Dan B suggests is a good source of brake info. Do a search on brake upgrades after joining the forum. jclay out of Houston has several articles on brake upgrades and there is at least one article on aluminum front hubs that may soon be available from the Wedge Shop. 92rrrandall has some very good pics of his alum front hubs. The search tab helps to find things article specific.



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Tim Nagy
Pittsburgh, PA - USA
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11/22/2008 06:38PM

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1971 MGB 5.0 EFI

Re: Tr7 brake and suspension upgrades
Posted by: mgb4tim
Date: December 15, 2008 11:55PM

Look at...

[web.mac.com] and... [web.mac.com] fro your front brake questions..


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Mike Perkins
Ellicott City, Maryland
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07/06/2008 08:07AM

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1980 Triumph TR8 3.5 Litre Rover V8

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Re: Tr7 brake and suspension upgrades
Posted by: WedgeWorks1
Date: December 20, 2008 08:35PM

Corey,

Contact Woody at The Wedge Shop, www.thewedgeshop.com. He has the upgrades for the front brakes in two or three stages depending on your rim sizes. He has upgraded brake proportioning valves. The suspension he carries GAZ & Spax which are externally adjustable for the front and rear. He also has the old school Konis that are non-adjustable once installed on the car. Upgraded full suspension bushing kits for front and rear plus subframe. To help with spring he has lower kits as stock replacements and some front coil over adjustable height kits too. He takes all the thought out of what to do and buy.


real_old_guy
Clay Thompson

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Re: Tr7 brake and suspension upgrades
Posted by: real_old_guy
Date: December 31, 2008 11:07PM

Corey,

There are coil over kits from Miatas, but the stock suspension can be used with Teds over sized front hubs with larger bearings, his roller bearing upgrades for the McPherson struts, and his TR8 Brake kits. I believe he also has upgraded spring sets.

Ted raced TR7/8s for years. I would say that Ted and Woody are the two TR7 expert suppliers here in the States. They are both great guys to work with and will both give you the straight skinny on any questions you might have. Now Tim gave you the links to my site and having worked on the Big Brake Upgrade set-up documented on my site, my best advice is to get yours from Ted or Woody!!

Ted's site: [www.tsimportedautomotive.com]

ROG (aka jclay)

PS, you can make a bigger MacPherson set-up by mating a SD1 lower unit to the TR7 upper unit which will give you a larger front spindle and bigger 5 bolt hubs!


mgb4tim
Tim Nagy
Pittsburgh, PA - USA
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11/22/2008 06:38PM

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1971 MGB 5.0 EFI

Re: Tr7 brake and suspension upgrades
Posted by: mgb4tim
Date: January 02, 2009 10:57PM

real_old_guy Wrote:
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> PS, you can make a bigger MacPherson set-up by
> mating a SD1 lower unit to the TR7 upper unit
> which will give you a larger front spindle and
> bigger 5 bolt hubs!

What do you put on the back for the 5-bolt hubs? ROG - you crack me up!


real_old_guy
Clay Thompson

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Re: Tr7 brake and suspension upgrades
Posted by: real_old_guy
Date: January 04, 2009 06:48PM

Hey, Tim-Bo,

The SD1 units have larger hubs with 5 lug bolts.

I am like the cross-eyed discus thrower, I don't set any records but I do keep the crowd alert!

ROG!


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