Timothy Amey's 1974 TR-6 with Ford SVT 2.0L DOHC/16v Engine
Owner: Timothy Amey
City: Castaic, CA
Model: 1974 Triumph TR-6
Engine: Ford SVT 2.0L DOHC/16v 4 cylinder
Conversion performed by: Tri-C Engineering
| Engine: | Ford SVT 2.0L 16v DOHC inline four cylinder engine, plus
Jackson / Eaton Rootes-type supercharger, and Simple Digital
Systems direct ignition system.
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| Cooling: | Griffin aluminum crossflow radiator, large electric fan, and aluminum sheetmetal fan shroud. |
| Exhaust: | stock SVT header. |
| Transmission: | Borg-Warner T5 (Ford pattern), rebuilt by Boxes N Gear.
Clutch Masters "single mass" clutch system,
McLoed hydraulic throw-out bearing. Wenco driveshaft. |
| Rear axle: | stock. |
| Suspension: | stock (front and rear). |
| Other Chassis Mods: | Minor frame adjustment (visible in the pictures) moving a lateral brace
to make room for the new engine's deeper stance. |
| Body/Interior: | Replaced all trim panels, carpet, and the plinth. Replaced the four pull
levers for heat/blower/choke with rotary air conditioning controls.
Vintage Air air condition system. |
| Electrical: | Toyota alternator. |
| Comments: | Engine seemed readily available when we started, but Ford stopped making
them available via their "crate motors" program and the car went out of
production. A racing series of midget cars had standardized on the engine,
which made RWD conversions available for the normally FWD/transversally
mounted I4, but it also ate up supply! Thankfully Tri-C located a wrecked
low mileage SVT Focus and we had ourselves a donor car. |
