never mind, I think most of us folks drive around like that, I did for quite
a time after I got it as this is the sort of stuff you don't think about.
Cheers, Gernot
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> From: DANMAS@aol.com[SMTP:DANMAS@aol.com]
> Reply To: DANMAS@aol.com
> Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 1999 12:43 AM
> To: spitfires@autox.team.net; triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Duh! stupid, stupid, stupid!
>
>
> Listers,
>
> I got the engine in my TR6 back together just in time for the May 1st
> Townsend show. It didn't seem to have the power it used to have, although
> it
> was still quite peppy. More like a stock TR6 than the slightly modified
> version it used to be. Time kept me from doing anything about it prior to
> the
> trip to Illinois last week. All the way up and back, it just didn't seem
> right -- running strong at partial throttle, but just a tad slow at WOT. I
>
> was a little bit disappointed (well, a lot disappointed) with the times I
> turned in on the dragstrip -- 73 mph, equal to a stock TR6. I thought it
> was
> just me, and I just wasn't remembering correctly. You know the routine -
> the
> older I get, the better I was.
>
> Well, this afternoon, I was going back over the engine, retorquing
> headbolts,
> etc, when I decided to take a look at the throttle linkage. DUH! It was
> out
> of adjustment so that I was getting significantly less than full throttle
> opening. I'll let you know tomorrow how it feels with full throttle.
>
> Dan Masters (with a red face),
> Alcoa, TN
>
> '71 TR6---------3000mile/year driver, fully restored
> '71 TR6---------undergoing full restoration and Ford 5.0 V8 insertion -
> see:
> http://members.aol.com/danmas/
> '74 MGBGT---3000mile/year driver, original condition - slated for a V8
> soon
> '68 MGBGT---organ donor for the '74
>
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