Once again, what a great list.
I have invited Mike to join the FOT list. If it suits him, he may accept.
I believe his effort is more to commemorate and honor the Triumph on the 60th
Anniversary of the Jabbeke Run.
At 4500 feet it might be difficult to match the speed, but does it really
matter?
Thanks.....
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On Aug 8, 2013, at 7:57 AM, John Hasty <jhhasty@gdhs.com> wrote:
> Mike. I know Jim Stecht (sp) who built and drove the record holding Alfa on
> the flats. Bet he will probably be there. He is the one you should talk to.
> I'll get his # tomorrow and send it along.
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Aug 7, 2013, at 9:50 PM, robertten1@aol.com wrote:
>
>> Mike,
>>
>> May all your runs be TRiumphant ones !!
>>
>> A prayer for the Salt,
>> Bob T
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Joe Alexander <n197tr4@cs.com>
>> To: fot <fot@autox.team.net>
>> Cc: Seth Mcgee <sethmcgee@mvn.net>
>> Sent: Wed, Aug 7, 2013 7:33 pm
>> Subject: [Fot] Fwd: Dyno Results
>>
>>
>> List,
>> Mike is getting his TR3A ready for Bonneville.
>> Engine is prepared to street specs per Kastner's book.
>> But it is fitted like the TR2 for the Jabbeke Trials....
>> Spats, Belly Pan, Hard Tonneau, Brooklands Screen, etc.
>> Does anyone have any words of wisdom for Mike?
>> This is a private grassroots effort. Our kind of guy, really.
>> Seems like it might be fun to get behind this and have visibility to the
>> esults.
>> Thanks everyone.
>> Sent from my iPad
>> Begin forwarded message:
>>> From: "Seth Mcgee" <sethmcgee@mvn.net>
>> Date: August 7, 2013, 5:20:33 PM CDT
>> To: n197tr4@cs.com
>> Subject: Dyno Results
>>
>> Joe,
>>
>> I had the car dyno tuned today. Results are in the attached chart. The car
>> eemed to perform OK except it has a drop off of power at 4500 rpm. The
> chart
>> oes not show it but power recovers but at a lower value after 4500 rpm.
The
>> yno people thought it was the spark plug wires which are new from Moss
>> otors; however, if you touch the wires at the plug/wire interface you get
a
>> ig shock which should not happen.
>>
>> Based on your TR experience, could bad wires cause the abrupt drop off of
>> ower at 4500 rpm and what is a good brand of wires to buy?
>>
>> I used the NGK BP8HS plugs for the test.
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