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Part 1 A

To: spridgets@autox.team.net
Subject: Part 1 A
Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2005 14:27:34 EST
> Hi List,
>
> Was it just a coincidence I wondered or a Freudian slip for where my
> thoughts were?  Of course the engine was cold (oops) and has a Kent 286S
cam, the
> diff is a Quaife and the right turn out of the garage onto the short stretch
of
> road to the T junction is pretty steep.  Still, not even in the wet I'm not
> sure I've done this before but I reckon I need to do it more often.  The
revs
> climb, the wheels spin, the Quaife works and the back end of the car comes
> round but instead of slipping the clutch or feathering back the power and
> trying not to stall the engine I 'kept my foot in it' and the car climbed
the
> hill to the junction very nicely, quite sideways and with a good measure of
> opposite lock.  Probably the neighbours didn't appreciate this at 7am with
an
> exhaust note of 99.2 decibels (last recorded at a half metre test) but then
> again one of them does have a TR8 ( I think I can take him...).





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