Bill,
Rootes only ever homologated the Tiger with the FIA to run with the 260. All
the factory rally and even the LM Tigers were 260's. The only factory car in
period i know of that competed with the 289 was the works rally Tiger that
was entered privately on the Targa Florio, this car also ran a fibreglass
bonnet and boot and modified front valence.
However because of the engine and body mods they made it run in the
prototype class. So i doubt that in FIA competition you can run a 289 in a
tiger, Im quite sure that is the issue FIA racers face in the UK and EU.
Maybe speak to the guys who run in SCCA, i think they are able to run the
289's, the production sports class here in AU is very restrictive, but they
let tigers run with 289's as they dont see much difference between the
MKI/II so basically if you run as a 289 they use the MKII specs as the
guideline, which means you use the wide ratio box and an altenator.
On 29 January 2011 07:09, Bill Rogers Motorsport Memories <
milward@roadrunner.com> wrote:
> According to the FIA recognition forms (1964 # 176, 1965 #211,1966 #509)
> only
> the 260 was approved (1.524 mm rebore acceptable) and the MK2 was never
> mentioned.
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