When I bought my TR250, my dad tried to persuade me to get a Mustang
instead. Both he and my brother had them with plain vanilla 2V 289
(185hp) that he said would do 115 mph. I tried to explain that straight
line speed was only part of the fun. What about driving on a twisted
mountain road? I was in the minority of course. Most guys in my town
wanted a pickup with a big V8 and a gun rack. It is a shame that
Triumph dropped the ball after introducing the TR2 that would kick ass
and then gave its successors very little power improvement. I think you
guys are over inflating the cost issue. How much more was a TR5 when
currency differences were accounted for? The hot cam certainly didn't
cost any more. The TR250 distributor had to cost more with its
complicated dual vacuum system. The currency differences were actually a
help. When I was planning the purchase of my TR250 the pound dropped
from $2.80 to $2.40 (if memory serves), which made the car cheaper.
I wish we had someone like Mike Cook involved in this discussion.
Larry Young
On 1/13/2013 1:35 AM, Sally or Dick Taylor wrote:
> Larry --- Would I pay "just a little bit more" for a 40% increase in
> power? Probably so, but I would've been in the minority back in the
> late sixties when it was just about as cheap to get a V8 Cheve or
> Mustang. Cost, or dealer profit, had to be a factor when competing
> with other (foreign) sports cars.
>
> A "conservative cam" must've helped sell some later models of the TR6,
> so far as emissions regulations was concerned. Power dropped to 125 as
> I recall. The CR was also reduced during this period.
> I don't know if even these detuned engines could pass mustard on
> emissions in California. The SMOG, or emissions testing, didn't start
> here until 1986. I had to take out the S2 cam recently installed to
> get my '73 to su pass the sniff (HC and CO) test.
> the
> Tim H. is getting his money's worth on this topic. Right Tim!?
> kik
> Dick Taylor
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