<div dir="ltr">I got to examine this car in Seattle at a track day once. Saw it on the track first and did not know what it was. Saw it in the pits and took a look. Was blown away when I saw it was a TR6 engine. What really was impressive is that, as I recall, it has a belly pan giving it good airflow underneath.<br>
<br>Now that Tony Garmey has won the Kastner Cup, I hope he will join in some of our FOT discussions. He is a member of FOT is he not? If not that is a nomination needing to be made -- and Bill Hart also. He owns that car and I think he drove a Tr powered Lister in the event. <br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">2008/9/10 Shane Ingate <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hottr6@hotmail.com">hottr6@hotmail.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div><div style="text-align: left;">Henry Frye wrote:<br>> During Kas' presentation of the cup, he said he has not<span style="font-family: monospace;"><br></span>> seen the car go as fast since he ran it at Sebring in '68. He then<span style="font-family: monospace;"><br>
</span>> issued a manufacturers recall notice, but I think Tony is going to take<span style="font-family: monospace;"><br></span>> his chances!<br><br>Having read all'y'all fun stories about the Glen, the 6-cylindered TR250K<br>
and Sam Halkias' car were phenomenally fast, even faster than<br>Bill Warner's and Tom Kreger's cars (which are phenomenal in their own <br>right). I'm going to make the assumption that all the drivers were of <br>
god-like ability, and so any differences come down to the cars.<br><br>From top-secret spy photos, I think I understand why Sam's car is so fast.<br>I suspect that Sam's motor is producing way more HP than anyone else,<br>
and I think I have heard that Sam is running a TVR rear tube sub-frame<br>as does Dave Wingett.<br><br>I don't have as much access to spy photo's of Kas's car, but what I have seen<br>does not explain the success of this car. Yes, I understand that the aerodynamics<br>
of the plastic body and weight is a significant advantage over the steel/plastic of <br>the racing TR6s. I assume that the TR250K shares the same wheelbase and track<br>as its production cousin. I am also assuming the TR250K is tube-framed, and thus <br>
more rigid. I am presuming that the engine is the same as Kas ran in the Kastner-Brophy <br>TR250/6, so is not offering a HP advantage. Photos show that the front suspension of <br>the TR250K is "stock" TR, except that I cannot find any bracing at the top of<br>
the coil tower. I have no idea what sort of voodoo is going on at the rear end,<br>but I suspect that it has unequal-length A-arms. Anything has to be better<br>than the Triumph semi-trailing arms.<br><br>In summary, I'd say the reasons why the TR250K is so fast is due to:<br>
1) Lightweight aerodynamic body, rigid tube frame;<br>2) Some unseen voodoo of the "stock" front suspension;<br>3) Rear suspension voodoo, including rear disk brakes.<br><br>Of course, what I really need is more spy photos so that I can attempt<br>
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