As far as I know the car handles very well. And braking is not a
problem, But I must say that I haven't driven the beast. This guy
drives it about every day. I think he's driven it in some of our local
SCCA autocrosses.
Brian H. Smith
Lake Charles , LA
1959 TR3
1972 Spitfire IV
1977 TR7
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> From: pearesto@totcon.com[SMTP:pearesto@totcon.com]
> Sent: Thursday, January 15, 1998 9:03 PM
> To: Allen Nugent; Smith, Brian
> Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Car for sale
>
> I was wondering the same thing. Is it an aluminum LT-1 out of a late
> model
> or a cast iron out of an earlier one?
>
> I know the TR8 that I drove with a Corvette 350 handled very poorly
> and did
> not stop.
>
> Just curious.
>
> John
>
> ----------
> > From: Allen Nugent <A.Nugent@unsw.edu.au>
> > To: Smith, Brian <brian_s@deq.state.la.us>
> > Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Re: Car for sale
> > Date: Thursday, January 15, 1998 3:51 PM
> >
> > Brian,
> >
> > At 10:49 15/01/98 -0600, you wrote:
> >
> > >1981 TR7 convertible with Chevy LT-1 V-8 installed.
> >
> > Just out of curiosity, how does it brake and handle?
> > Allen Nugent
> > Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering
> > University of New South Wales
> > Sydney 2052 Australia
>
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