Clamshell Hoods & Inline Engines are Awesome

"way2blu does a rev update" (way2blu) 01/29/2019 at 11:55 • Filed to: Triumph, Triumph gt6, Npocp, Wrenching

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That way you can wrench on it easily, and often. British engineering at its most self-aware.

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someassemblyrequired > way2blu does a rev update 01/29/2019 at 12:02

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Two latches and two bolts and you’re down to the frame

punkgoose17 > way2blu does a rev update 01/29/2019 at 12:12

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You could say that is a Triumph of British Engineering.

Milky > way2blu does a rev update 01/29/2019 at 12:20

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Except engine accessories on the front of the engine.

IMHO, FR cars are the way to go for DIY maintenance.  I drove a Crossfire from 90,000 to 205,000 miles, it broke a lot but was easy to work on.  

Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. > Milky 01/29/2019 at 12:29

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Rear engine air cooled cars are pretty easy. Solo I went from running car to engine, trans, and diff separate and sitting on my workbench in an hour and a half. And that was only the second time I had the engine out of my Corvair. The first time took an hour and a half to have it just dropped without instructions. There’s something to be said about not having to disconnect any hoses outside of a single fuel line. 

CaptDale - is secretly British > way2blu does a rev update 01/29/2019 at 14:13

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Beautiful! I wish I could get it

MiniGTI - now with XJ6 > way2blu does a rev update 01/29/2019 at 15:32

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Just a reminder these live in my garage.  Both run and get driven whenever weather permits.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > way2blu does a rev update 01/29/2019 at 15:34

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I was always thinking the Z could have done that, it does have a forward tilti ng hood and an I6 though. 

InFierority Complex > MiniGTI - now with XJ6 01/29/2019 at 17:10

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I didn’t know you had the Triumph. Definitely one of my faves of the Briti sh roadsters. Lovely shade of green as well.

MiniGTI - now with XJ6 > InFierority Complex 02/02/2019 at 22:11

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Decided to give both of them a run today with the nice warmup after polar vortex misery this week. Jaguar got a new battery last time I had it out about 3 weeks ago and started with just a little coaxing. I’m afraid the TR6 battery is toast as it’s been sitting completely flat. Outside. In winter. Since October. It started without too much trouble once I got my heavier jumper cables out. But it would only run as long as the jumper was on Battery was still completely flat after running almost an hour.

Also no jokes about using one British car to jump another. It worked fine and nothing caught fire: