1977 TR7 4 speed conversion to 5 speed 215 V8

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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.

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