[Fot] Fw: TR3A Engine sound

[Don Elliott]

I forgot to add the link.

http://www.rucompatible.com/triumphmtl/

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don Elliott" <58tr3a at videotron.ca>
To: "Jack W. Drews" <vinttr4 at geneseo.net>; <triumphs at autox.team.net>; 
<fot at autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 12:18 PM
Subject: TR3A Engine sound


>I don't have the horn sound, but the "web-mechanic" (sort of like a web 
>master but better) for the web site of the Montreal Triumph Club has the 
>sound of the 4-cylinder TR engine when you go there and also onto some of 
>the menus on the left side.
>
> Don Elliott, 1958 TR3A, Montreal
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jack W. Drews" <vinttr4 at geneseo.net>
> To: <amcewen2 at cogeco.ca>; <triumphs at autox.team.net>; <fot at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 10:18 AM
> Subject: Re: [Fot] [TR] TR3A top speed & horn sound
>
>
>> Q:
>>
>> At 08:19 AM 12/11/2007, amcewen2 at cogeco.ca wrote:
>> Just curious, does anybody know what the period road tests recorded
>> for the top speed of the TR3?  I remember reading
>> the early Top speed model did a high speed run to 125mph but I'm
>> assuming that was with wheel spats and no windscreen etc.. I'm
>> curious about the standard car.
>>
>> Also does anybody have a recording of the horn?  (mp3 or wav format).
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Art.
>>
>> A.
>>
>> According to Road and Track of the era, stats went like this:
>>
>> TR2,1954
>>
>> Top speed 95.9 no overdrive
>> 103.8 in OD
>>
>> TR3 - 1956- one more ft lb torque
>> R & T recorded top end at 105
>> Factory said 108
>> 0-60 12 sec
>>
>> TR4 was leaps and bounds better (haha)
>> factory said top end 110
>> 0 - 60 10.5
>>
>> By comparison, R & T reports on the Kastner TR4A at Bonneville
>> 140 hp on the engine dyno
>> Timed runs on the salt flats were 128.2  with Webers and 127 with
>> SU's. The team felt that they could have gotten 135 mph with better
>> salt conditions.
>>
>> It's amusing to me that the technical problems encountered were
>> flywheel bolts shearing off and oil pump drive failure -- both of
>> these problems are still common on vintage race cars if you don't use
>> ARP bolts to hold on the flywheel and if you don't radius the ears on
>> the oil pump. These problems almost never occur on street cars.
>>
>>
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