Great idea, but have you seen gas prices recently??!! I'm driving a
total of 60 miles per day for work, and I have to fill the tank every
four days or so. It's tough to keep my foot out of it with all that
power on tap, but I try to restrain myself so I can save some money.
But I often can't help myself. My route to work is all secondary
roads, and if I get stuck behind some slower moving traffic, I eagerly
anticipate a passing zone. A quick downshift from 4th O/D to 3rd
direct, foot to the floor, and I'm gone before I know what happened!
Tim
--- Phil Buck <PhilB@kxr.com> wrote:
> Tim,
> You don't need A/C, with all that horespower just go FASTER ! ! ! !
> Philip
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Timothy Holbrook [SMTP:tjh173@yahoo.com]
> > Sent: Friday, June 02, 2000 12:52 PM
> > To: 6Pack List
> > Subject: Triple strombergs and Rimmer Exhaust
> >
> > Well, it's been about 4 weeks and over 1000 miles since I installed
> the
> > triple stromberg system and Rimmer single 2.25" stainless exhaust
> > system. A few of you wanted to know how it all worked out once
> > completed, so here goes.
> >
> > The triple strombergs are a beautiful system. The manifolds alone
> are
> > a work of art, very nicely made by Good. The directions were very
> > detailed and easy to follow. Everything bolted up perfectly. I
> had
> > some linkage problems in the beginning, mostly due to the fact that
> my
> > accelerator pedal shaft bushings were completely missing. After
> > installing new ones and refining the linkage a bit, everything
> works
> > great. The car pulls very hard and runs great. This engine has
> all
> > the components that Good has in his dynoed engine, so horsepower
> should
> > match his at 170 hp. My only trouble now is idle, the carbs must
> be
> > rich on idle, and the car stalls out after a little while if I
> don't
> > blip the throttle occassionally.
> >
> > The Rimmer exhaust is great too. I picked it up last year during
> their
> > free shipping promo. For about $400, I got a beautifully made
> > stainless header, 2.25" stainless exhaust pipe, and stainless
> "straight
> > through" sport muffler. I had the header coated by a Jet Hot
> > competitor (High Performance Coatings) for $165. Again, everything
> > fitted wonderfully. I had a Monza header before, and that was a
> b!%$h
> > to fit. I had to dent it all over the place to clear intake
> manifold
> > and chassis. This header fitted great, but interfered with the
> stock
> > intake manifold in one spot, which is why I got the triple
> stromberg
> > manifold kit. I probably could have done a bit of grinding on the
> > stock intake and put a very small ding in the header pipe to get
> > clearance, but I couldn't pass up the triple carb setup! The
> exhaust
> > sound is great. It is quiet but still aggressive, MUCH better than
> > Monzas. It doesn't droan, just sounds nice in the background. By
> far
> > the best muffler I've ever heard on a TR6. The tip is nicely
> polished
> > stainless, and comes out and up towards the rear bumper at an angle
> > just like the stock system and other aftermarket exhausts for TR6.
> My
> > only complaint is that there is only one tip, the 4 tips of the
> Monza
> > look a lot better!
> >
> > I'm getting about 20 mpg city and 27 mgp highway with this setup.
> I
> > also installed an O2 sensor in the header and an air/fuel ratio
> gauge
> > in the cockpit. The only problem is, the gauge is very sensitive.
> I
> > have it wired to the top fuse in the fuse box, sharing the circuit
> with
> > brake lights, turn signals, wipers, etc. If I hit the brakes, turn
> on
> > wipers, etc., the gauge drops. It works with 13 LED lights. The
> first
> > section is orange lean lights, the second section is green stoich
> > lights, and the third section is red rich lights. The gauge will
> read
> > stoich, but when I hit the turn a turn signal on, it drops to lean
> each
> > time the blinker blinks. Any ideas on how to stop this from
> happening?
> >
> > Let me know if you have any questions. Hope everyone is enjoying
> the
> > summery weather. It's 95+ here in Philly today, I'm going to be
> > sweating the whole ride home! At times like these, I wish I had
> A/C.
> >
> > Tim Holbrook
> > 1971 TR6
> >
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