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Re: Tach Readings

To: Lawrence Schilling <lchillin@siu.edu>
Subject: Re: Tach Readings
From: Lenny Seidman <lseidman@erols.com>
Date: Thu, 05 Dec 1996 14:49:38 -0500
Cc: TRIUMPHS@autox.team.net
References: <1.5.4.32.19961205181914.00c51564@saluki-mail.siu.edu>
Lawrence Schilling wrote:
> 
> I was driving around with a friend the other day in my Stag with the TR6
> engine and he looks over at the dash and says, your tach's not right.  This
> friend has previously owned a TR4 and now a Porsche 356.  I hadn't thought
> much about it since I don't drive my car very hard but since he mentioned it
> I ran it up through the gears and the tach never went over 3500.
> 
> He says, and I'm sure he's right, that it should have read more like 4500.
> 
> So now I'm wondering.  Since the tach itself is a Stag tach and the engine
> is a TR6 what does this all mean?
> 
> Any ideas out there.
> 
> lchillin@siu.edu
> '73 STRag


The Stag tach is for an 8 cylinder engine while the TR6 engine is 6 
cylinders. Cobra kit builders use Stag tachs because they look British 
(and are!) and will work with american V8 engines.
-- 
Lenny Seidman
Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, USA  
email: lseidman@erols.com

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