Hi Bob,
Once again, it sounds like quite an adventure. Congratulations
on the good showing!
At 05:11 PM 9/21/2005 -0400, you wrote:
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>This moves me to an important
>juncture - should I break down and destroy the vintage character of the
>car (hell, I run drum brakes in the rear!) or do I go nuts and build a
>full cage and convert to coil-overs... it's a tough call.
Yup, that's what finally prompted me to sell the TR-4. To
go much faster, I would have had to cut up the car and I
really didn't want to do that.
>On the other
>hand, there's always the old TR8 solution - and TR8's run in FP.
I know where's there's a nice, solid TR-8 coupe (stiffer than the
convertibles) that would be a good basis for a race car...
>Ooooooooh. On the other hand, FP gets fuel injection with no weight
>penalty and/or unrestricted carb induction for 2007.
That could be fun, too.
>Maybe 200 HP and the
>1900 pound min. weight will help... but I doubt it. I guess it's time to
>write a letter to the boards and suggest moving the car to EP (along with
>the 2000 pound old weight limit and the 28 mm choke restriction.) The car
>should be very competitive there.
EP would be good place for that car - especially since the road race TR-6's
are in E-Prod.
Again, congratulations!
R. John Lye
rjl6n@cstone.net
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