Product Description

Using his own wealth of hands-on experience combined with input from many amateur restorers, and aided by the top TR specialists, Roger Williams explains in great detail how to increase the performance and improve the handling and braking of the six-cylinder TR sports cars for fast road use, track days or more serious motorsport.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #158133 in Books
• Published on: 2008-04-14
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 160 pages

Review
Australian Classic Cars, November 2008
Australian magazine
In 1981, production of Triumph's TR range of sports cars came to a close. But few engineers would have considered the longevity of the vehicles. Fifty years later, the earliest models are still going strong, thanks to robust construction, enthusiastic owners and an active aftermarket spares and component trade.
Because TR owners tend to expect their cars to keep their sports car performance, and keeping a TR on the road is not an easy task, Roger Williams wrote this book, now in its second edition, as a companion to his series on how to restore the TRs. Williams is aware that even basic modern sedans have improved so much that the TR's original performance may no longer seem so sporty.
However, with help from the TR aftermarket industry and tips from this book, performance can be enhanced. Williams aims to relate what is available to what you want to achieve, with advice for either racing, touring or everyday uses. Every page of this manual is illustrated with clear, color photos of the parts you will be dealing with - in isolation and in situ - and are numbered and fully integrated into the text.
The book discusses the pros and cons of various aftermarket products and their alternatives. Chapters run through all vehicle components, and range from your initial checks through chassis, running gear and brakes, electrics and ignition systems, fuel injection, body and trim to engine transplants. This new edition includes digitally-controlled and electronic equipment as well.
New Zealand Classic Car, 2008
NZ magazine
This revised edition of a book first published in 2003, providesplenty of advice for owners of all the six-cylinder TR models on how to improve their car in various ways, including for competition use as well as for the road.
It's backed up by well over 400 color photographs to illustrate the text in detail, and the section headings give an idea of how comprehensive the coverage is. From rear drive durability, to computer ignition management and improved cockpit ventilation, to engine transplants, there doesn't seem to be much Williams hasn't covered, based on his own practical experience and the input of a number of marque specialists.
If you want to improve the performance, handling, comfort or reliability of a TR5/6, you're likely to find what you want in here.

About the Author
Roger Williams was born in 1940. Aircraft became his first love & he joined the de Havilland Aircraft Company where he quickly added motor cars to his list of prime interests. During the ensuring six years he not only completed his apprenticeship & studies, but built two Ford-based 'specials'. Family & career interests took pride of place for the next few years but in 1986 he started his own consultancy business which allowed him to restore numerous MGBs, a Triumph TR6 & a Triumph Stag & to write two MGB books