My tiger was a 302/T5 conversion - maybe 300 hp. Anything more would be
lunacy. (and just about enough!)
There IS something to be said for originality, but who besides a TU judge
would tell it wasn't a 260/top loader? (OK, it idled like the choke was
stuck and highway cruising was relaxed. . . .)
Everyone like their soup just a little bit different.
David (Durango)
D. E. Adin, Photographer
adin@frontier.net
1973 Pantera (Ford V8, no waiting)
http://images.fotki.com/v8/photos/4/43175/147329/pant351C-vi.jpg
You can't have too much power or too much traction.
>>If you can't run with the big dogs stay on the porch.
One trip through the gears in one of those 400 plus hp Tigers and you'll
spit on a stock 260. A stock Tiger is nice to look at and fun in its time
but once you turn the tires with some real power you'll never go back.
"There ain't no such thing as too much horsepower."
T-GRRR B9470168
322 ci of Weber-carbureted, roller-cammed,
nitrous-injected, stroked small-block Ford.
Not a ride for the faint-of-heart.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul R. Breuhan" <prbreuhan@hotmail.com>
To: <tigers@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, April 07, 2003 8:21 AM
Subject: RE: Subject: 289/302 Conversions - My own biased opinion
> And all this talk of roller cams, stroker motors, 400 plus hp, blah, blah,
> blah...while interesting, it seems like there is a limit of realistic and
> useable power that a Tiger can have without upgrades from front to
> back...also more power isn't always funner or faster.
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