That's not belaboring the point, it's a good one. Rereading the article
quoting Hurrell, it's not perfectly clear whether the 160bhp comes from a
2.5 liter engine or not. But the article does say "the onus is on the
driver to treat his gearbox with some consideration."
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Martin Secrest
73 GT6 (driver)
72 TR6 (weekender)
Arlington, VA
> Not to belabor the point, but what kills trannys is not horsepower per
> se, but torque. Even a 160hp 2.0 probably still doesn't develop as much
> torque as a stock 2.5; it just does it at a higher rpm. Driving style
> can also have a lot to do with it, "winding it up and dumping the
> clutch" can put tremendous shock loads on the drivetrain. Aluminum
> flywheels and such also help tranny life, for the same reason.
>
> Randall
>
> Martin Secrest wrote:
> >
> > but I've seen Terry Hurrell of Triumphtune quoted as saying
> > "we regularly put 160hp into our GT6 transmission without a problem."
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