TR7 road test acceleration breaking & near disaster

[@ek8710]

They're such good looking cars!

[@davidjbatley]

Played with the TR7 in the 80s the distributor was always a pain in the arse with these the shaft bearing suffered ware. I found that the distributor form a 1850 worked like a dream in the 2.0 but you had to very slightly advance the timing. I even pulled the floor out of one of mine launching it from the lights from memory i don't remember the brakes been bad were they the same calipers and pads from the 1275GT anyway seems very fit car for its age.

[@RussellCooper]

Noticed you have your battery with the terminals nearest the engine but most TR7s have theirs nearest to the wing side, any particular reason?

[@ChrisFEJackson]

My Triumph battery is the same, has to be because the gnd terminal wiring is shorter that the +lead, so it cannot go around the other way. Perhaps it was in the earlier coupes?

[@ikebabosaurusiable]

Looks fantastic. But seriously don't know why anyone bothers with the 4cyl. They were designed for a V8!

[@chelsiebrookes2470]

The battery on the car isn’t actually a TR7 battery it was upgraded to a slightly bigger battery with higher cranking amp hours and that’s just how the terminals were