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Re: Finding out what a Tiger can do

To: "Rose, Mark" <mrose@ou.edu>
Subject: Re: Finding out what a Tiger can do
From: James Barrett <jamesbrt@mindspring.com>
Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2001 21:25:00 -0500
Rose,
        Congradulations.  Be aware that the Tiger Throttle
"lever" can slip on the shaft if you do not have a throttle stop
under the peddle that is adjusted so that no additional force is 
allowed on the throttle cable after the carb is at wide open throttle.
If the lever slips, then you are back to less than WOT when you 
floor it.  I brased the lever to the rod after I could not get it to
stop moving.  This makes it difficult to adjust the linkage and to
get to the hold down screws if one needs to remove the linkage.
Also possible to break the wire linkage or to damage the carb 
linkage if one has a heavy foot and no correct throttle stop. 
The throttle peddle can also be bent by a medium heavy foot.
I welded an additional rod 1/2" dia in a triangulated manner
to my lever.  I have two strong carb return springs plus another
spring that adds during automatic kickdown time.


At 11:58 AM 2/6/2001 -0600, you wrote:
>Listers-
>
>This is more a story of finding out what a Tiger can do. My wife listened
>patiently as I excitedly told her my findings but she really didn't
>appreciate the full extent of it. I figured you would appreciate it. If you
>don't care about a newbie and his story, please delete.
>
>So I started this project last April with a car that was my father-in-laws.
>It was something called a Sunbeam Tiger which I had never heard of. The
>motor had already been rebuilt and had sat wrapped up on the stand for the
>last five years. The transmission was in the corner and the body of the car
>on jack stands. Since I had no experience with cars whatsoever, I figured it
>would be a good challenge to put these pieces together and make a car. How
>hard could it be? Was I surprised at the amount of work, time and blood it
>has taken to this point. Thanks to the people on this list and local OKC
>folks that have helped out with suggestions. 
>
>Anyway, here's the exciting stuff that happened last night. The car has been
>running for the last three weeks. I would take it out, stretch its legs and
>then come back and see what had broken or what was leaking. The broken
>things/leaks had gotten fewer and fewer within the last week so I started
>the fine tuning process. Last night, after chasing down some electrical
>problems and fitting an electrical fan on the radiator, my cousin and I
>worked on the carburetor. He knew that this motor should be performing at a
>higher level than it was but couldn't figure what was wrong. We then checked
>the throttle cable(after-market cable) and found out when the accelerator
>was pushed all the way to the rubber, we were only using 1/4 of the
>carburetor. !!?! After a quick adjustment and rotation of the accelerator
>bar, we took it out for a test run. Scary fast! I thought before it was
>pretty good - and that was with only a quarter of the carb(The secondarys
>were not even kicking in). After racing around town on the highways, we had
>to go to bed. I run in, wake my wife up and tell her the whole story as she
>says that's nice and goes back to sleep.
>
>If you got to this point, thanks for reading and sharing my excitement!!
>Mark
>
>
>Mark Rose
>Team Quest Learning Services
>www.OUropes.ou.edu
>mrose@ou.edu
>405.325.0464
>
James Barrett Tiger II 351C and others

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