No, I knew the speed by figuring from the tachometer, since the
speedometer doesn't work.
Jim Ruwaldt
'72 TR6 (being restored, but will be drivable when the transmission's
back in)
On Tue, 25 Mar 1997, Paul Burr wrote:
> James Charles Ruwaldt wrote:
> >
> > Not to put a damper on this discussion, but the only times I've tried to
> > get my TR6 up to much speed, I've gotten to about 70 or 80 and smelled the
> > oil burning.
> > Jim Ruwaldt
>
> Jim; can you accuartely gauge your speed by the intensity of the oil
> stink? ;-). I'd have to fess up to seeing 120 mph in my first Tiger, but
> I ran out of road before the car ran out of power. I was also a lot
> younger with a lower sense of my mortality. Ahhh..to be young and bullet
> proof again! I guess the Tr6 more closely matches my internal speed
> these days.
>
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