I have never driven my Tiger....unfortunately. I purchased the car as a
barn find and it has gotten shuffled to the back of a few other projects.
I have however been for a few rides in basically stock 260 tigers, or even
slightly modified Tigers, but I wouldnt have characterized them as you all
are. More elegant for me, some muscular, less of the beast that Im reading
about here. Certainly more guts and grunt than a spitfire or an MG ( as so
many people tend to compare them too, not my interpretation, but others..).
One of my "projects" now completed is a replica Shelby Cobra on a very
"correct looking" 90 inch wheelbase and body, but with slight and tasteful
mods. It features a dyno'd 485 horse stroked windsor, in a 2300lb car. Its
a roller motor, and I turn it to about 7 grand on occasion, when I feel
like taking my life into my hands ...it tries to put power to the ground
via 335/35-17s. That car strikes me when I drive it as a "body wrapped
around a motor". Now that's not to minimize the Tiger. Of all the cars I
have ever had the pleasure of owning, the Tiger probably interests me the
most, but I find it interesting what we all define as a motor-focused car.
I suppose its all relative to what your used too, or your personal
threshold is for adrenaline. Ive seen some Tigers that would beat my kit
car Cobra into a pulp on the racetrack so I'm sure they all are their own
experience. I truly cant wait to have the Tiger going. Its a big project,
probably why its been procrastinated, but it fascinates me for sure.
On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 2:01 PM, Rense, Mark (GE, Appl & Light) <
mark.rense@ge.com> wrote:
> But faster and more reliable...
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Subject: [Tigers] What the Tiger really is
>
> I've always felt the Tiger is like a four wheel Harley, riding a motor with
> gobs of torque.
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