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Diesel TR7
Posted: 10 Dec 2014 07:17
by Chris Turner
KHP836V is registered as a TR7, 1800 diesel, does anyone know anything about it. Still exists but not been on the road for a few years.The batch of KHP numbers were used to register most of the company owned development vehicles, when tax changes forced them to be registered in early 1980.
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THE Coca Cola car
The C+C Conversions rally car JDG 941V
TR7 Sprint SJW 530S on the road for the 1st time since 1984
TR7 Sprint SJW 539S
Posted: 10 Dec 2014 07:30
by rugbyref1
No idea about this car but registered at the same time as the JRW series and also the JVC & KHP genuine TR8's .....
<b> Christopher </b>
A respectable collection.
Posted: 10 Dec 2014 09:44
by tr8coupe
[:)]diesels soon to be banned from every city in Europe old and new cars[:)]
some of them to extreme from jan 2015 all cars older than 2000 banned from city centers [:D]
soon going electric on mine[:D]
BMW Z1 ( sold)
Westfield sport carbon (sold)
Eurosport x1/9 turbo (sold)
TR8 coupe
fiat coupe 20vt red wow bargain
Ginetta G27 (sold)
TR7 v8 monster on 245 tyres all round (sold)
TVR VIXEN (sold)
Alfa GTV 3.0 CUP lol(sold)
Posted: 10 Dec 2014 11:18
by Maxwell
An electric TR7 was recently featured in an issue of TR-Driver!
Back-copies might be available to new TR-Drivers Club members!
Maxwell [;)]
2.0 TR7 FHC \ Current
1.8 Mazda MX5 \ Current
Posted: 10 Dec 2014 11:45
by Cobber
Any city that bans any car of mine will inturn be banned by me, I will refuse to visit it or do any business with any company based in it.
I dislike bloody cities at the best of times, without them giving me even more reasons to avoid them!
And seriously....... any TR-7 unfortunate enough to be encumbered with a diesel engine is better off not being on the road!
"Keep calm, relax, focus on the problem & PULL THE BLOODY TRIGGER"
80'Triumph TR7, 73'Land Rover (Ford 351. V8),
'89 Ford Fairlane
'98 MG-F, 69'Ford F250.
Posted: 10 Dec 2014 13:28
by FI Spyder
A diesel TR7 seems to be a contradiction of terms. My brother-in-law had a Volkswagon turbo diesel that went OK but even with a modern TDi it would seem to be not what the car is about. How heavy is a modern diesel compared to say an aluminum V-8?
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Posted: 10 Dec 2014 13:53
by Beans
It was suggested to me recently to stick a land Rover TD5 engine in one of my spare shells [}:)]
Quite like the idea, up to 300BHP and bags of torque (up to >500lbf) [:p]
And in a light car it would be even fairly economical, who's hiding a 2.84:1 diff [:D]
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Posted: 10 Dec 2014 14:17
by Hasbeen
I spend far too much time with diesel tractors, pumps & generators to be prepared to be involved with the stinking stuff in my leisure toys.
My sons 3.0L turbo 4WD Ford Ranger does perform very well, but it does not make me want one.
Isn't it typical that the fool academic boffins that advise our politicians are one day totally in love with diesel, & the next day want to ban it.
When do you reckon they will be telling us to burn everything we can find, because the planet needs more CO2?
Hasbeen
Posted: 10 Dec 2014 17:36
by john 215
Hi,
Diesel TR7 now there is a project ! Could use the L series engine which based on the O series so at a guess would fit in the whole.
Diesel engine have come on so much, Audi have won Le Mans after all with one. Was working on a X5 M50D the other day, 3.5 triple turbo diesel engine, ' only ' 375 BHP but a huge 740nm of torque [:0] bl88dy awesome on the road !
Cheers John
LIVE LIFE A QUARTER OF A MILE AT A TIME!
1976 Speke FHC BEAUTY FITTED WITH OVERDRIVE GEARBOX
1979 3.5 FHC CURRENTLY GARDEN ART !
1982 2.0 DHC NOW A 4.6, BUILT NOT BROUGHT !!!!
Posted: 10 Dec 2014 22:17
by Chris Turner
It seems this was a factory built car with the diesel version of the O series.
www.triumphtrs.co.uk
THE Coca Cola car
The C+C Conversions rally car JDG 941V
TR7 Sprint SJW 530S on the road for the 1st time since 1984
TR7 Sprint SJW 539S
Posted: 11 Dec 2014 00:46
by Craig C
My current daily is a 2.2l turbo diesel Sante Fe. An absolute weapon for a 1850kg AWD. That gets 6.5l/100km on the highway.
This engine or similar in a <i>daily</i> driven TR7 would be fantastic.
Craig
TR7V8
Posted: 11 Dec 2014 01:37
by silverseven
I'm also a huge diesel fan , it would be real sweet to see some modern oil burner technology transplanted into a seven !!!
Ron.
Posted: 11 Dec 2014 05:24
by john 215
Hi,
Guess that would have been a very early version of the Austin Rover MDI / Perkins Prima engine that's roots lay with the O Series, eventually finding its way into the Maestro and Montego range of
cars.
The only other car engine they had oil burner way was diesel version of the B series and that made a better boat engine than car or anchor !!!
Been great if they had been messing around with the ' Iceberg ' engine in 'our' car's, the diesel version of the Rover V8
Cheers John
LIVE LIFE A QUARTER OF A MILE AT A TIME!
1976 Speke FHC BEAUTY FITTED WITH OVERDRIVE GEARBOX
1979 3.5 FHC CURRENTLY GARDEN ART !
1982 2.0 DHC NOW A 4.6, BUILT NOT BROUGHT !!!!
Posted: 11 Dec 2014 08:35
by John Wood
The car was more likely used as a test bed for the new diesel engine than a potential production TR7 Diesel.
TR7 Sprint & TR8
Posted: 12 Dec 2014 01:23
by silverseven
liking very much the v8 diesel idea John !!!
(could smoke stacks out the hood look cool [}:)])
Ron.