Bill, your words remind me of an off-list exchange with Walt Wayman, who
discovered that his re-engined TR (I think it might have been a -5 rather
than a -6, but I can't remember the size of the new and bigger engine he had
put in it) had rather more torque than he had expected, and considerably
more than the back axle could handle. As far as I recall, the back axle was
ripped off the bodyshell. Completely.
Piers
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Pearce [mailto:bs.pearce@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 18 November 2010 23:29
To: 'Olympus Camera Discussion'
Subject: Re: [OM] Saving the planet or just saving money?
When I had my TR6, I noted frequently that generally there was adequate
space in the engine compartment for a nice Buick/Rover V6 with supercharger
or a small V8, so the straight six was easy to work on, but rarely needed
it. The electricals were remarkably reliable, as long as you didn't want
lights, defroster, wipers and the radio all at once. Sure had a lot of
torque.
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