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I bought my 76 TR6 back in the spring of 2010 and I drove it for the summer.  Late in the fall I took the car apart and started the restoration/engine swap.
I finally got the car on the road in the fall of 2014.  The last day I took it for a spin was on Halloween day, after that the weather was too cold for any trips in a car without a top.

Here are some photos:




I have a few things left to do on it:
Get the new soft top installed.
Buy a honey tan interior and install it.
Install a panel kit for the trunk.
Fiddle with the push rod that goes into the clutch master cylinder so the clutch actuates with less pedal movement.
Get the tachometer to work.  I bought an MSD tach signal device and it did not work so I bought a signal converter from Dakota Digital.
Send the ECU back to the programmer to fiddle with the air idle control so the car idles down faster between shifts.
Reshim the front of the car on the drivers side as fender to ground measurements are 1/2" less than the passenger side.  I will then lower the front end to match the back end.
Put the car on a dyno and see what it is putting out, I think it is close to 220 hp at the flywheel.

The car is lots of fun to drive now with a modern drive train. The Dynomax Turbo 2" mufflers sound real good yet are reasonably quiet on the freeway.

Cheers
Byron

Byron, Beautiful, well done car!

Hello Byron. The car looks great ,,will be even better with the finishing touches. Congtrats Tim

Very Nice Byron! Now need your car in the "How it was done" section of this site!

Byron,

Long road but you made it!

George

Byron,

Hope to see you and your car at BritishV8 meet in July!!

Thanks for the comments guys.
I got the tach working.
I have re-shimmed the front of the tub.
I am working on the interior right now.
The soft top is on hold till Robbins can figure out what they are doing.
These cars are never really done!  Some day in the future I would like to upgrade the diff to an R200.  After this is done then I would like to install a Paxton supercharger and intercooler.

Cheers
Byron

>After this is done then I would like to install a Paxton supercharger and intercooler.

Uh oh, sounds like a man that could have had a V-8! LOL

George
(I'm joking, you went a good route)

Come on George That V6 went in slick as a whistle with no cutting and hacking.  The motor and transmission is about 120 pounds lighter than the original drive-train.  With a supercharger the hp at the flywheel would be about 300.  I think these cars are fine for 200 to 300 hp.  Beyond that you are looking at major re-engineering.
Have you driven Flash much this spring?


Cheers
Byron

I know, I'm just teasing you... I took out Flash for the first time last Sunday. The mice went easy on me this winter. He felt like he had bad fuel (I had used fuel stabilizer) for a few miles but then it cleared and he was back to his old scary self.  

George