SB 1239 1962 Series Two

Chassis:
all aluminum off, all rivet holes welded up, new suspension pickup bushes installed, 30 ft of 1030 *" tube added as bracing, front suspension fully braced and gussets, inside of chassis coated with "corrosion x" an aircraft frame protection oil. Body: new floor pan and new rear section, body re-riveted to frame with 5/32" Monel rivets. Floor is .05" thick (was .03")
Transmission:
ribcase, new bearings, new seals, new close ratio straight cut gear set (from MiniMania) new input shaft. Have the original smooth case transmission. Rear transmission mount reworked to provide more attachment points to avoid typical cracking of the mounting points on the floor and transmission tunnel
Brakes:
all rebuilt, discs on the front, have the original front spindles with double leading shoe drums that are rebuilt.
Rear Axle:
original equipment Triumph rebuilt new seals and brgs. Axle is fully braced to correct the original 7 problem of axle distortion
Head:
over size intakes (Longman valves), std exhaust. Ports and chambers reworked for flow, light plane of head. Rockers are 1.5/1 ratio roller rockers, valve seats hardened guides are new bronze
Block:
.02 bore with 9.5/1 pistons, Kent 276 cam, Isky lifters and push rods, vernier cam drive gear, oil pump MiniMania high volume, crank polished new std bearings, crank damper new, rods straightened and resized, oil filter remote spin on with aeroquip lines, new water pump, rear crank shaft oil seal from MiniMania, new pilot bush, MiniMania mechanical advance distributor (performance curve). Oil pan oversized and baffled
Intake: 2 1.5" SU bodies rebushed running red spring and #3 jets, mounted on steel adapter blocks to original reworked 1.25" BMC manifold. New SU pump and aluminum gas tank
Exhaust:
LCB modified to fit Lotus, dumping into Dynomax 2" muffler, fairly loud but the tone is not obnoxious. Original header and muffler came with car, loud and higher pitched sound
Electrics:
new Caterham harness adapted to the car. Relays are used to switch all large loads. Air horn, thermostatic fan etc. The electrical control system is relocated from under the dash (totally inaccessible) to under the hood where the battery used to be. Battery is now at right rear of car next to new aluminum gas tank. Gages:oil temp,water temp, oil pressure, ammeter, tach, speedo
Suspension:
Koni shocks front, new Spax at rear. New bushings, rack relubricated and new boots and new tie rod ends.

SB 2254 1968 Series Two

Mostly original except as follows: 6" and 8" Revolution wheels, Caterham rear wings with incorrect tail lights, Caterham Nose and Bonnet (needed to clear the cam cover) and of course the wrong engine which is a 1558 Twin Cam built in 1980 by Nelson and represented to be 140 bhp. I don't know if it really produces 140 bhp, but I assure you it is wicked fast. My theory is that if the car is going to have the wrong engine, I have the right wrong engine. I have had the radiator re-cored with a modern 4 row core and it never overheats. The only other change is that I installed a dual circuit master cylinder for the brakes. I thought that this was a good idea.

I really can't decide which car I like better. The green one is easier to drive and go fast in, the red car has been restored, looks better, and sounds more like a race car. Neither car is exactly correct and I'm not sure which one is the correctest. I am glad to accept input to help me decide.