Tom Tweed wrote:
Hello Jeff, Phil, Roger,
I'm just wondering if maybe the reaction you feel upon sudden
deceleration isn't just normal for a Roadster (front engine,
rear drive, `normal' diff) car lay-out. Since most of us now
drive other cars most of the time, we've gotten used to the
way a front-wheel drive, auto-trans (or whatever) modern car
acts, so the feel of the TR-6 is markedly different, more so
now than years ago, when our `other' car may have been a car
with a big V-8 engine and similar rear-wheel drive.
Just my guess here, hoping to help avoid chasing a problem
that may not actually be a problem, more like an idiosyncrasy.
Best regards,
Tom Tweed
SW Ohio
'72 TRident 750 basket case
I'm not sure if this is the case of an idiosyncrasy of the car. I drove
my '6 everyday while in college and don't remember anything like this
ever happening. Based on the judges opinion quite often to hard/fast.
:-)
Currently my other vehicles are a Dodge Dakota Pickup, standard
trans and a Ford Explorer with an automatic trans. Although neither
vehicle is a big V-8 neither one of them exhibit this kind of behavior
either. Then again it could just be both are trucks and are not good
comparisions. I do know my lever shocks need to be replaced, the car
seems to bounce forever. This may or may not be related and will soon be
corrected.
--
Roger Helman
71 TR6 CC67866L
Digimation Inc.
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