On Sep 11, 2005, at 12:24 PM, Dave1massey@cs.com wrote:
> There was a TR3 at VTR with a 383 Hemi, supercharger and nitro. Other
> than
> the dual exhaust it looked stock. How's that for a sleeper?
Dave, I don't want a car like that to look stock. I'd want SERIOUS
wheels and tires.
I'm going the other way with my new autocross car. I will be sticking
to the stock street-tire class with the Miata.
As for the TR4, I'll keep wire wheels and skinny tires. Neither of
these cars has too much power for me to handle. And both of them have
more than enough for me to get arrested. I've been to 100 MPH in the
TR4 under safe conditions, and the Miata is certainly good for that.
Interesting note on the Miata. I expected to have a lazy fifth gear,
but on the highway it revs almost as high as my non-overdrive TR4.
Since it goes a good deal faster in first than the TR4, it seems that
close-ratio was their goal. Looks like low-rev freeway cruising
remains the forte of the Saturn in my household. No, I am not
considering overdrive for the TR4. :-)
Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA
1962 TR4 CT2846L, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1993 Suburban, 1994 Miata C package
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