Hire Dan Masters and his 302 progressive linked dual 4 barrel V-8 equipped
TR-6 to take care of any Geos or pickups that hassle you. When you upgrade
your cam, make sure it is surrounded by 8 cylinders. :)
Robert Kohout
72 TR-6 soon to be V8 equipped
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hutmacher, Greg [SMTP:ghutmacher@stanleyworks.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 1999 10:49 AM
> To: 'Triumphs List'
> Subject: TR6 Poor 0 to 60 accelleration
>
>
> I'm depressed. I've owned several US TR6's for almost 20 years (all stock)
> and have always known they are slow, but I love them anyway because they
> are
> so fun to drive. But, I read recently in Car & Driver (I think) the 0 to
> 60
> time on a new Ford Ranger pickup is 8.8 seconds. Now, I face being humbled
> at a stop light by a small pickup truck? I seem to remember reading in one
> of my Triumph books (Graham Robson, I think) that the TR8 did 0 to 60 in
> 8.8
> seconds (same as a new Ford Ranger) and the petrol injected 150 hp TR6 did
> 0
> to 60 in 8.2 seconds (I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm remembering
> wrong). I have never had the opportunity to accurately time my TR6 on a 0
> to
> 60 run, but I have seen 0 to 60 times published for the stock US TR6
> anywhere between 10.5 seconds to 11.5 seconds (Graham Robson's Triumph
> TR's,
> Road&Track on Triumph, The TR6 & TR250 Companion by Rossi and Clarke,
> etc).
> I guess its time to at least mill the head down and put in a little more
> aggressive cam or pretty soon, Geos are going to start blasting me off the
> road! (Now, please don't tell me that a Geo's 0 to 60 time is faster than
> a
> stock TR6 or I'll be even more depressed!) ;-) ;-)
> Regards, Greg Hutmacher
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