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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Forgot to mention, my engine has 178 hp, but the torque is the secret….225Nm.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=DE>Von:</span></b><span lang=DE> tr4racing@gmail.com <tr4racing@gmail.com> <br><b>Gesendet:</b> Donnerstag, 20. August 2020 19:18<br><b>An:</b> 'Michael Deweerd' <michaelndeweerd@gmail.com>; 'tr4racing@googlemail.com' <tr4racing@googlemail.com><br><b>Cc:</b> 'Kas Kastner' <kaskastner@gmail.com>; 'fot@autox. team. net' <fot@autox.team.net><br><b>Betreff:</b> AW: [Fot] Grattan race 2<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE>Mike,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>my engine is really nothing special.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Standard crank, standard valves, good ported head, good camshaft, Ford Rods (I remember Tony has organized them for me), Phoenix exhaust head, 48 Webers, that’s all.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>My car is handling great. With good brake pads the standard brakes do very fine. Cast iron drums at the rear, Swaybars at front and rear.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>There you have it. From last to win (okay….I was sat back to 4<sup>th</sup> because I accidently overtook under yellow)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaiCLm0yvV4">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaiCLm0yvV4</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Cheers<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Chris<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=DE>Von:</span></b><span lang=DE> Michael Deweerd <<a href="mailto:michaelndeweerd@gmail.com">michaelndeweerd@gmail.com</a>> <br><b>Gesendet:</b> Donnerstag, 20. August 2020 15:54<br><b>An:</b> <a href="mailto:tr4racing@googlemail.com">tr4racing@googlemail.com</a><br><b>Cc:</b> Kas Kastner <<a href="mailto:kaskastner@gmail.com">kaskastner@gmail.com</a>>; fot@autox. team. net <<a href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net">fot@autox.team.net</a>><br><b>Betreff:</b> Re: [Fot] Grattan race 2<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Chris. I want what you have for breakfast!! 175-190hp ?? I’ve not had my new engine on a dyno but I don’t think I’ll have that number Of ponies. <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>We should talk because there are some “killer B’s” here in Canada that need squashing lol <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Mike <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Thu, Aug 20, 2020 at 9:26 AM Chris Marx via Fot <<a href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net">fot@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Yep, MGs are lighter and I think they have a tiny advantage on tight corners.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>But Triumphs do better from my experience.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>My TR4 with 88mm bore is doing quite well and is on most cases faster than a MG.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Cheers<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Chris<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span lang=DE>Von:</span></b><span lang=DE> Kas Kastner <<a href="mailto:kaskastner@gmail.com" target="_blank">kaskastner@gmail.com</a>> <br><b>Gesendet:</b> Donnerstag, 20. August 2020 15:11<br><b>An:</b> MadMarx <<a href="mailto:tr4racing@googlemail.com" target="_blank">tr4racing@googlemail.com</a>><br><b>Betreff:</b> Re: [Fot] Grattan race 2</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>I see the same thing here with good Mg's quicker than the TR-4 cars. EXCEPT we have a couple TR-4's that are better prepared with the engine (bigger) and they are much better than the M.G.'s. I also think the MG's are a lot lighter in weight for all seem very quick out of a corner. I also think that the MG engine is a lot better design to start with than thee TR-4 engine. Way back in years I built MG engines and they were excellent in using high revs and very reliable.<br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#000099'>Never be beaten by equipment.</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>On Thu, Aug 20, 2020 at 6:04 AM Chris Marx via Fot <<a href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net" target="_blank">fot@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div><div><div><div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Very well driven.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Wondering why these MGs and Porsches are that quick?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Normally Triumphs eat MGs and Porsches for Breakfast ;-)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>What power do they make?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Here in Europe MGs are in the 160Hp range, while TR 4s are about 175-190 Hp range.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Cheers<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Chris<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>On Wed, Aug 19, 2020 at 11:54 PM Tony Drews via Fot <<a href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net" target="_blank">fot@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Another Grattan video. Fantastic battle with Scott Fohrman in an MGB <br><br>and Michael Moore in his beautiful red TR-4. 13 minutes of full-on racing.<br><br><br><br><a href="https://youtu.be/m3kUFUW_t9c" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/m3kUFUW_t9c</a><br><br><br><br>Cheers, Tony Drews<br><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br><br><a href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net" target="_blank">fot@autox.team.net</a><br><br><br><br><a href="http://www.fot-racing.com" target="_blank">http://www.fot-racing.com</a><br><br><br><br>Donate: <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br><br>Archive: <a href="http://autox.team.net/archive" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/archive</a> <a href="http://www.team.net/pipermail/fotUnsubscribe/Manage" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/pipermail/fot<br><br>Unsubscribe/Manage</a>: <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/fot/michaelndeweerd@gmail.com" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/fot/michaelndeweerd@gmail.com</a><br><br><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>-- <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><i><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Mike Deweerd</span></i><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div><div><div><div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'>_______________________________________________<br><a href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net" target="_blank">fot@autox.team.net</a><br><br><a href="http://www.fot-racing.com" target="_blank">http://www.fot-racing.com</a><br><br>Donate: <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br>Archive: <a href="http://autox.team.net/archive" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/archive</a> <o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div></div></div><div><div><div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><a href="http://www.team.net/pipermail/fotUnsubscribe/Manage" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/pipermail/fot<br>Unsubscribe/Manage</a>: <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/fot/kaskastner@gmail.com" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/fot/kaskastner@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>_______________________________________________<br><br><a href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net" target="_blank">fot@autox.team.net</a><br><br><br><br><a href="http://www.fot-racing.com" target="_blank">http://www.fot-racing.com</a><br><br><br><br>Donate: <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br><br>Archive: <a href="http://autox.team.net/archive" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/archive</a> <a href="http://www.team.net/pipermail/fotUnsubscribe/Manage" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/pipermail/fot<br><br>Unsubscribe/Manage</a>: <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/fot/michaelndeweerd@gmail.com" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/fot/michaelndeweerd@gmail.com</a><br><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div></div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Mike Deweerd</span></i><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>