[Tigers] Dump the Clutch

[Ron Fraser]

Jay
    It takes either a brave or foolish person to drop the clutch like that
on stock parts.  I would not want a permanent limp from an exploding clutch.
Now it is possible that the Shelby prototype he did this to had some better
parts but I don't know.
 
    Most likely Don Tarbun started off like he had jumped into any other
typical British car of the time.   Little did he realize how much more low
end torque he had under his foot and it greatly surprised him.   I would
guess most people who drove that car for the first time had a similar
experience.  
 
I'll even venture a guess that some first time British driver of the Shelby
car went sideways or did a donut trying to get off the line.
 
Ron Fraser

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Subject: [Tigers] Dump the Clutch


I'm reading Mike Taylor's Tiger book.  I read on page 51 that Don Tarbun got
in the prototype Tiger for his first drive ever and "revved the engine and
dropped the clutch.  The back axle hopped so much, I thought it would
explode."  What's with that?  How many people get into a car the first time
and just drop the clutch?  In fact, I don't think I've ever dropped the
clutch, even off the line at an autox - always waiting to make sure the
engine was fully engaged before full power.  Did he intentionally want to
find something wrong with the car? 

Or have I been wrong all these years and I should be far more aggressive on
my takeoffs?!

Jay




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