At 07:08 PM 8/3/99 -0500, you wrote:
>If you can't get rubber (break loose) in all four gears and get an
>honest 125 mph out of your stock tiger then it is not running right.
>Hell you can almost do 0 - 60 mph in first gear and when coming down
>from 125 you can shift into third gear at 100 MPH. Better than
>Corvette's? You bet! Beat Corvette's? Most of them.
>
>I do urge caution with our older cars, because tires do fail and I had a
>steering ball joint pop out causing the wheel to go sideways once.
>Once is enough and fortunately it was at low speed. Gotta keep an eye
>on the critical stuff.
>
>Les Constable
>Tiger Owner Since 1967
>
Les,
If you are getting "rubber" in 3rd to high shift with a stock tiger,
then I would recommend new softer & wider tires plus traction bars.
Spinning the tires is not the quickest way to the next intersection.
James Barrett Tiger II 351C and others
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