>With all due respect to the "now moribund engine designers", I met JK
>Jackson and his incredible TR6 in 1987 at Road Atlanta. If anything, it is
>faster today than it was then. His level of preparation is incredible.
>Those previously mentioned engine designers should be looking down and
>feeling a genuine surge of pride in what their engine has been able to
>accomplish 20 plus years after going out of production.
I'll drink to that ! Makes you wonder whether we really have made as much
progress as we feel we may have done with twin cams driven with rubber
bands, 16 valves and turbochargers. Probably goes some way to endorsing the
old adage of 'keeping things simple' for reliability.
Jonmac
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