Cool. I'll have to call Mr. Gillanders. I know he has the stuff to do this.
I got beat by horsepower last weekend--well, that and some fairly outrageous
blocking moves. I don't see any reason to live with that--especially when
there's a historic precedent.
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To: kaskas@cox.net; Bill Babcock; BillDentin@aol.com;
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Subject: Vintage 2.5 TR3 Engine ??
Kas
My first thoughts after reading this was that you have just given the
vintage Tr3 with the rationale for upgrading their 2.2 liters to 2.5. Is the
Cal Sales and Nick Pastor effort discussed in your book?
Best Wishes, Cary
In a message dated 9/7/2004 11:20:58 AM Pacific Standard Time,
kaskas@cox.net writes:
I the middle and late 1950's, Cal Sales and Nick Pastor (dealer) both put
together TR-3 engines that were over 2.5 without stroking. Paul Bernhardt
of Cal Sales did the machining and made his own bigger sleeves and bored the
block to suit. When I got there in 1958 the tooling and some of the broken
stuff was still around. The clubs got wise to them though, and they were
forced to run in the modified categories. These cars were fast and driven by
the likes of Phil Hill and Bob Drake. Days of yore.
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