A friend just put a 302 with header, ignition, and alum heads in his
tiger. OH MY GOD is it fast. So much torque you can start the car in
4th gear from a stop. It is the fastest thing I have driven by far.
I hope to be able to just keep him in site until the corners after the
SR conversion in my car.
It is for sale in Portland, OR.
Cheers,
Daniel @ NOWROC
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of sidney raper
Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 7:29 PM
To: dgstoll@gwi.net; gregnvicki@earthlink.net; roadstrdude@yahoo.com
Cc: alvingogi@hotmail.com; datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Cruising pics, steering wheel, Skyline,SR20
Dave,
With the advent of aluminum heads, you can build a screamer. Get a 289
or
302, put the alloy heads on it, alloy intake and tube shorty headers and
it
will fit into a Roadster. Weight gain is slight, and if you shove it
back,
the balance won't be all that bad. Put a T5 transmission behind it and
you
will have a Japanese Tiger that will handle as well.
Not that I have not considered it too much.....
Sid
>From: "Dave Stoll" <dgstoll@gwi.net>
>Reply-To: "Dave Stoll" <dgstoll@gwi.net>
>To: "Vicki Burrows" <gregnvicki@earthlink.net>, "Datsun Dude"
><roadstrdude@yahoo.com>
>CC: "alvin gogineni" <alvingogi@hotmail.com>,
><datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
>Subject: Re: Cruising pics, steering wheel, Skyline,SR20
>Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2002 22:13:08 -0400
>
>Back in my early roadster days, my friend had a 'vette with a ZL1 427,
an
>all aluminum engine. He put some money in the engine and did very well
at
>the local street racer 1/8 straightaway. One night a little car showed
up
>and beat the 'vette. The little car was a Sunbeam Tiger II which
>originally
>had a 289 Ford from the factory but the owner had replaced it with a
BOSS
>302. After the first 1/8 mile the 'vette would win but for that first
1/8
>that little Tiger II couldn't be beat. My friend went out and bought a
>regular Tiger II with the 289 just to see what the car was like.
Before he
>sold the car I drove it around the area and pushed it as hard as I
dared
>treat someone else's car. The front end was heavy and not near as
nice as
>my 1600 roadster but what a kick on the straightaway!!! When we got
back
>he
>let me know I hadn't opened the secondarys on the 4barrel !!.
>daveS
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Vicki Burrows <gregnvicki@earthlink.net>
>To: Datsun Dude <roadstrdude@yahoo.com>
>Cc: alvin gogineni <alvingogi@hotmail.com>;
><datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
>Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 9:14 PM
>Subject: Re: Cruising pics, steering wheel, Skyline,SR20
>
>
> > One of THE fastest cars I have ever seen (at least in a straight
line)
>was
>an Alpine... of
> > course, it had a 4.3 liter Buick V6 with the biggest turbocharger
you
>can
>imagine in it.
> > Absolutely insane.
> > Greg Burrows
>
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1964 1500
1967 SRL311 00060
1967 SRL311 00076
Jacksonville Florida
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