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The new removable hardtop for the TR6 was designed in-house by Triumph, and was available as an option. [5] Construction of the TR6 was traditional body-on-frame with four-wheel independent suspension, front disc brakes and rear drum brakes. All TR6s were powered by Triumph's 2.5-litre straight-6 engine. The TR6 featured a four-speed manual ...
Triumph TR2, the first production car in the TR series. The Triumph TR range of cars was built between 1953 and 1981 by the Triumph Motor Company in the United Kingdom. Changes from the TR2 to the TR6 were mostly evolutionary, with a change from a live axle to independent rear suspension in 1965 and a change from a four-cylinder engine to a six ...
The Triumph Six Cylinder or Triumph I6 engine is a cast-iron overhead valve straight-six engine produced by Standard Triumph. It is an evolution of the Standard Motor Company 's inline-4 Standard Eight , with the addition of two cylinders and a larger displacement.
The most common causes are accidents with grease guns, paint sprayers, and pressure washers, but working on diesel and gasoline engine fuel injection systems as well as pinhole leaks in pressurized hydraulic lines can also cause this injury. Additionally, there is at least one known case of deliberate self-injection with a grease gun. [2]
Vapor lock is a problem caused by liquid fuel changing state to vapor while still in the fuel delivery system of gasoline-fueled internal combustion engines.This disrupts the operation of the fuel pump, causing loss of feed pressure to the carburetor or fuel injection system, resulting in transient loss of power or complete stalling.
The TR6/A was the roadster model with low pipes and the TR6/B was the high-piped street-scrambler. [8] After Edward Turner, the fabled Triumph designer, witnessed the death of a young rider on a TR6, at the 1960 Big Bear Run, due to frame failure, it immediately received a stronger steering head. For 1961, the "Trophy-Bird" name was replaced ...
And that pioneering Lucas fuel injection which Triumph later gave up on had its own issues. But don't just pick on Triumph. A TR6 tested today is likely to be >40 years old. If not solicitously preserved with parts replaced as necessary, it will be well down on power compared to where it was 40 years ago.
The Triumph worker's co-operative at the Meriden factory re-introduced the Thunderbird model name to their range in April 1981. [6] The Triumph TR65 Thunderbird 650 cc parallel-twin was a short-stroke version of the 750 cc T140 Bonneville engine and was the cheapest model in Triumph's range with budget features such as a drum rather than disc rear brake, the absence of a tachometer, a merged ...