On Tue, 24 Mar 1998, Chip Old wrote:
> The actual increase may have been even more than 44 bhp, since car
> manufacturers typically inflate their HP ratings. In order to know for
> sure we would need before and after figures measured on the same
> dynamometer.
>
> Even so, a 44 bhp increase isn't really all that dramatic. The stock TR
> wet-liner four isn't very highly tuned, so there is lots of room for
> improvement.
What I heard was Kastner and Tulius had race engines that were
pumping out somewhere in the 170HP range... These were race engines
and were torn down and rebuilt on a frequent basis. The actual term
that came up describing these engines was "hand grenades"
Greg Petrolati
gpetrola@prairienet.org 1962 TR4 (CT4852L)
"That's not a leak... My car is just marking its territory!"
Greg Petrolati, Champaign, Illinois
|