[TR] TR3 coil question

Frank Fisher yellowtr3 at yahoo.com
Thu Sep 17 15:07:58 MDT 2015


cant help with the coil problem
but inquiring minds want to know hp and torque
:_)
frank


      From: Andrew Uprichard <auprichard at uprichard.net>
 To: triumphs at autox.team.net 
 Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2015 1:41 PM
 Subject: [TR] TR3 coil question
   
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