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Re: RoSpit

To: "Robert M. Lang" <blang@mit.edu>
Subject: Re: RoSpit
From: richtr <richtr@erols.com>
Date: Thu, 03 Dec 1998 19:19:51 -0800
Cc: tomomalley@meganet.net, triumphs@Autox.Team.Net
References: <v03020900b28b639198fd@[18.162.2.38]>
Robert M. Lang wrote:
> 
> Hi Tom,
> 
> I don't want to stir up the concours orignality thing, but I jut thought
> I'd toss this out.
> 
> Having been lucky enough to go to the SCCA Solo II national this year, I'd
> have to say that there is a def. appeal to an older british car with a
> freakin' mondo power plant for the upper level autocrossers out there.
> 
> I actually was hoping that the GRM RoSpit would have been there - so I
> could have taken a zillion pictures of it. But for what it's worth, there
> were a bunch of Spitfires with various power plants that were pretty fast.
> After all, they have the suspension that is pretty easy to tune to some
> serious performance levels - but adding some power really sweetens things
> up.
> 
> For example - the 5th place E Mod car of Wayne Snyder happened to be a
> Toyota powered Spitfire. From the looks of it, it was probably a road racer
> at one time - a perfect candidate for an engine transplant. But E Mod was
> one by a piston powered car - a V8 Fiero... but there were Lotus 7's and
> Europas with 13B motors, and those things are relly fast. I have to admit
> that they sound strange, but they go like heck!
> 
> So, if you've got a clpped out X racer - why not convert it to rotary or V8
> or V6 or whatever and have some fun with it??
> 
> Me - I'd probably build a V6 or V8 powered TR6, but you guys all know about
> my "sickness".
> 
> Hey wait - I could build a tube-frame V8 powered TR6... kool.
> 
> Later,
> rml
> Bob Lang
> TR6's (with TR6 engines - for now).
> 
> ---------------------------------------------------------
> Bob Lang                       | Editor          | New England Triumphs
> Phone: 781-438-2568  |                   |
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Bob;
If you want a TR6 with a tube frame, buy a TVR 2500M....
900 lbs lighter, wider, and goes like stink.
Dean

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