How the hell did he manage that? Surely the BGT doesn't suffer tuck under like the shoddily/penny pinched design, early Triumph sports* car products? Especially a race prepped one.

This brings it up to date. The engine runs the best I've ever had it running. Way quieter with less tapping and an idle that I can trust. At the moment it appears the brakes may need some work next. Front discs were reading ~160C on the IR thermometer and the back drums were at 95C and 60C on the dr...

Then I went for a good blitz. Made a short video of part of the route. Sorry for the shakiness, that's down to the fact I'm just using a standard mobile phone windscreen mount. Also the clanking on corners is my tools flying around the boot. [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rd_5-0C2bo[/yout...

This brings us up to today. First job of today was to get the oil changed. This was for a number of reasons. Firstly I put Granvill 20w-50 stuff in - apparently this is cheap crap. Secondly that oil had no indication it had any ZDDP in. Thirdly my oil pressure dropped a good 5-10psi since I put that...

Then it was time to take her for a drive. I took a quick photo at a local church. Unfortantly the moderns were polluting the scenery. https://autoshite.com/uploads/monthly_2019_05/20190510_203624.thumb.jpg.3069772d36a9c0c1d170a57585f51fc5.jpg https://autoshite.com/uploads/monthly_2019_05/20190510_20...

So I don't need to give you guys any introduction to this one. Instead I'll update on where I'm at with it and what I've done over the last week since its been back. I decided I was going to make a concerted effort to using this bastard of a car. As I had a new toy (Boxster) that was distracting me,...

Only short distances so far. Doesn't help I have been distracted by this purchase a few months ago. https://autoshite.com/uploads/monthly_2019_05/20190505_194211.jpg.a766ff51f4d63eccb614db24f76d0db5.jpg https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190323/61866d4d1ba84991a9a4ba82302a3971.jpg https://uploads.ta...

It's still on the low side. I'm hoping fresh, quality oil will help though. It'll get a change very soon - I've got some 20w-60 from Moss that should be of reasonably good quality with a decent amount of ZDDP in. Certainly a lot better than the Granville 20w-50 in there, with an unknown ZDDP content...

Went for a drive this evening. Those that still follow my thread on the beige will know that I've done a temporary swap with the Boxster and brought the BGT back down. Took a few pictures. Shame the moderns are in the way. https://autoshite.com/uploads/monthly_2019_05/20190510_203624.jpg.f90ccaf405f...

Considering how much work it was to sort the sills on my 1100 and they're simpler to replace (less/no bracing needed), it makes sense that it is like £5k to replace the sills on an MGB Roadster