[Tigers] Gee Wizz

[William Lau]

Jeff, 

    This is from experience watching road racing in the 60's.  The Tigers
almost always got beaten by the Alpines unless there was an extremely long
straightaway.  The Tigers were neater and sounded neater, but on a short
course, the Alpines dominated which means they went around the corner
faster.  Today I'm sure there are a lot more Tigers that are set up for
racing than Alpines so it would be difficult to measure now.  Being better
balanced, all else being equal, the Alpine will produce more G's every time.
Just the difference of Ackermann angles would do it.  The Tiger steering is
designed backwards and the Alpine is correct. I built an Alger some years
ago and put a rack behind the wheels and was stunned how well it handled in
comparison to my MKII, especially since I had small nylon tires on it so I
wouldn't wreck the wire wheels with the V8 and the Tiger had the best I
could buy at the time.  - Bill --

 

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From: Jeffrey Nichols [mailto:jxnichols at sbcglobal.net] 
Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 11:27 AM
To: tigers at autox.team.net
Cc: mrlau at charter.net
Subject: Gee Wizz

 

"A Tiger doesn't go around a corner as
fast as an Alpine as proven years ago in so many races so the side forces
which are the most devastating are less in the Tiger."

 

 

Interesting statement.  I looked at different autocross events and the
winning times between Alpine and Tiger differ by a few tenths of a second.
Was there some race or other event that measured the cornering G's

between a Alpine and Tiger?.  This looks like a good event for the next
Sunbeam get together: who can create the highest G's on a skid pad.  

 

 

 

 
Jeff