Chris Kantarjiev wrote:
>I've often thought I'd like one for my TR4A, which doesn't have
>one, and I believe never did (it's not shown in the factory
>parts book).
>
>Though I admit that I've wondered if the factory had a reason
>for deleting it ... frame damage?
>
I'd guess the part was necessary with the short bubble TR4's, which of
course
were much faster than later TR4's and 4A's thanks to their extraordinary
short-
bubble aerodynamics. Sometime after they switched to the longer bubble
bonnets, S-T engineers probably realized the cars had a lower,
aerodynamically
limited top speed and thus reduced high-rev torque, so they deleted the
part. ;)
Steven "aerodynamics expert in the sense that Philip Cooney is a global
warming expert" Newell
Littleton, CO USA
'62 TR4 x 2
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