Hoyt wrote:
>On Thursday 27 October 2005 11:46 pm, Wayne Brazinski wrote:
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>>I'm putting a Ford 302 V8 in my TR3 like Paul and Tom . . .
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>Back in the late 70's a friend performed a 283/Powerglide conversion on his
>TR3 and used it to embarrass the big Healeys (and a 'Vette or two).
>
>Has anybody used the Chevy 4.3L V-6? The turbo 4 from a P/T Cruiser? Anything
>mildly exotic? I have one incomplete TR3 I'm planning on doing something
>different with and am collecting ideas. At the moment, I'm leaning toward a
>TR3S-inspired, TR6-framed car. I don't have Sabrina handy, but something
>similarly exotic (Jag V-12) would be interesting. I have several projects
>already in line, so I have time to mull it over.
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You could embarass the big healeys' pretty easily with an 87mm
conversion, plus some balancing, etc. I've done it on numerous
occasions years ago. Also, some years ago there was a TR-3 that had an
overbored engine (up to 2.5 L) plus various other upgrades, that
consistantly blew Corvettes off the track. They never knew what hit 'em.
Cheers.
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