Tim’s Tiger Super Six Blog

My name is Tim and this is a Blog about my Tiger Super Six. I’m using this blog to keep track of the work I do and what I learn about the car as I do it. I’ll hopefully be out on a few track days soon and will post about that too. I’m new to Tigers, new to mechanics and new to Blogging so it’s going to be a journey for me!

So first a bit about the car!

I bought my Tiger at the end of August 2019. The car didn’t come with a wealth of history because it had a build blog on PistonHeads.com. I haven’t yet been able to find this blog (I hope I do!) but I will share what I discover about the car as I go.

Here’s the basics. The car was first registered in 2003 and initially had a pinto engine. The pinto let go at a track (the best ending for an engine) and a 2.0L Ford Zetec engine was added as a replacement. The Zetec has had twin 45 Weber carburettors and a modified sump has been fitted. This was done three or four years ago. Since then the car has only done 1,300 miles. I suspect that there is an upgraded head and something has been done with the cams as well but I’m not sure. Best estimation of horsepower is 150 – 155 bhp.

As I find out more about the car, and do upgrades myself, I’ll update this page here.

Never straight forward

So I’m confused… many who know me would say this is easily done! Yesterday, I cut all the cable ties and laid out the loom. The plan was to collect the wires into their circuits, separating out those that won’t be needed. The BCU came with a pin out diagram, basically a…

by Tim Lees 28th Aug 2025

Wiring Labelling Done

A couple more hours and I now have the loom fully labelled: I’ve used the codes from the pin out diagram and the labelled and will keep the diagram with the car as a reference. I thought this would be the most logical approach and it helped me to start to get…

by Tim Lees 27th Aug 2025

Getting back to it…

Let’s hope that it isn’t a ten month wait for the next post! New job and a thrice weekly commute into London have rather distracted me. Anyway, started to label up the new loom which plugs into my SimTech BCU. It’s been so long since any progress, I’ve misplaced the extra cassettes…

by Tim Lees 25th Aug 202525th Aug 2025

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I’ll post updates about what I get up to with the car (on and off track) but for the technical stuff there are three lists below. As times goes by I’ll build up a series of pages that chronical the work done, the problems encountered and the solutions created. Useful for me and perhaps useful for others too!

Jobs underway

The big winter build:
- Full rewire with a body control unit and Aim Straza digital dash.
- Conversion from Weber 45s to ITBs… eek!
Replacing side and rear view mirrors.