If Steve Smith shows up for Mossport the other Tr's are going to have their
hands full. ;o)
>From: "Bill Bartlett" <billbartlett@homerebuilders.com>
>Reply-To: "Bill Bartlett" <billbartlett@homerebuilders.com>
>To: <Group44TR7@aol.com>, <kaskas@earthlink.net>, <BillB@bnj.com>,
><GRMTim@aol.com>, <Chuck.Arnold@oracle.com>, <FOT@autox.team.net>
>Subject: RE: 220hp from a GT6?
>Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2003 14:39:12 -0500
>
>Hey GT6 Steve
>Didn't you say that you were shooting for 220hp in your GT6 MK3 ? Perhaps
>you can keep up to Tim's TR3.
>Where do we place our bets?
>Bill B
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Group44TR7@aol.com [mailto:Group44TR7@aol.com]
>Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 2:09 PM
>To: kaskas@earthlink.net; BillB@bnj.com; GRMTim@aol.com;
>Chuck.Arnold@oracle.com; FOT@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: 300 plus horsepower in a TR?
>
> Your wildest Triumph fantasies are closer than you think. They are
>just about giving away even late model TR7s at this point because no wants
>them. Buy Ted's conversion subframe for the V8, and drop in a slightly
>modified 4.6 liter aluminum V8.
>Done properly, this might even be street legal in California.
>
> If you really want to get exotic, buy the fiberglass panels from
>the
>Group 44 TR8 racecars, beef the engine up to 400 horsepower and get a
>serious
>competition gearbox. Do get some bigger better brakes, since you will
>probably need to stopped your TR7V8 at well over 170 mph at the end of the
>Daytona straight.
>
> Back to work...
>
>Cary
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