Seems a tad high. The low production kit from VIS was just under 2K,
plus the cost of the HD8 SU.
Joe
72 TR-6 (Supercharged)
Randall Young wrote:
>Kelvin Dodd of Moss Motors came to speak at our local Triumph club a few
>days ago ... one of the things he mentioned was that Moss is considering
>offering supercharger kits for the TR4 and TR6 (as well as other cars).
>These kits will not be cheap, but they will be complete, bolt-on kits
>including a brand new supercharger (most likely an Eaton), all necessary
>parts, and detailed step-by-step instructions intended for the average DIY.
>
>I've installed one of their kits on a friend's Mazda Miata/MX5, and while I
>won't say it was dead easy, it was pretty simple and went on in a short
>afternoon. My friend absolutely loves it. It did lower his overall gas
>mileage somewhat, but then he is a leadfoot and you've got to burn something
>to get that extra power ! Had a few teething problems, but a few calls to
>Moss quickly got things sorted out and the new parts are holding up much
>better. He's got perhaps 40,000 miles on it now with no other problems.
>
>Kelvin didn't have any details, but my personal guess is that we're talking
>roughly 6 psi of boost, which should translate to an increase in power at
>the wheels of roughly 30-35% across the entire rpm band. Might be possible
>to run a little more boost on late TR6 with their lower compression ... the
>Miata kit can be built to either 6 psi or 8 psi with the higher boost buying
>another 15% or so on power but requiring some other changes to the engine
>like modifying the distributor (and losing the smog exemption).
>
>If you think you would be interested in buying one of the TR kits, at a
>price of $3000 to $4000, please email Kelvin at doddk@mossmotors.com . Let
>me emphasize, they are only _considering_ offering these kits, this message
>is only to judge how much interest there would be if they do decide to offer
>them.
>
>I have no financial interest in this, just thought some list members might
>like to know of this unique opportunity to influence one of our vendors'
>decision to possibly offer something new for our cars.
>
>Randall
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