Yep, that is pretty much what I heard too, but I forgot about the cost
factor, which I think was more to do with the maintenance cost than the OEM
cost of the unit... you Yanks didn't/wouldn't go on the training courses to
learn how to tune/fix them! ;-) Corvettes had fuel injection from the late
fifties, so I don't know why it held any mystery for US mechanics? We'll
probably never really know for sure.
Fid.
From: Ashford Little [mailto:ralittle2@mac.com]
Sent: Friday, January 11, 2013 3:32 PM
To: DJFidler@rogers.com
Cc: Ashford Little; 'Larry Young'; 6pack@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [6pack] Canada - TR5 or TR250
I heard that the whole emissions argument was "the story" but that the real
reason was cost. The PI system costs more and they didn't think us Yanks
would pay for the added cost as PI wasn't common at the time. I think Mike
Cook might have said this. Then again, I might be wrong.
Ashford Little
ralittle2@mac.com
On Jan 11, 2013, at 3:23 PM, David Fidler <DJFidler@rogers.com> wrote:
Are you sure about that Larry? I've never actually seen the test results,
have you?
My guess is that the problem was more to do with the lower octane (RON)
rating of US fuel. The UK PI TR5s (and TR6s) were designed to run on 4 star
leaded fuel (97 octane), if they didn't meet the US regs, it's most likely
the inferior fuel quality/lower octane was the cause. Europe has as strict,
if not more stringent, emissions regs than the US and the PI TR5s and 6s
passed those. Injected cars typically have better emissions than carbs,
although the Lucas system was totally mechanical and therefore didn't have
any of the modern electronic emissions control systems.
Just sayin'
Fid.
-----Original Message-----
From: Larry Young [mailto:cartravel@pobox.com]
Sent: Friday, January 11, 2013 11:36 AM
To: David Fidler
Cc: 6pack@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [6pack] Canada - TR5 or TR250
The TR5 did not meet US Emission standards and could not legally be
imported into the US.
On 1/11/2013 10:27 AM, David Fidler wrote:
Larry,
I don't think the dealer cared about that. The TR5s were able to exceed US
and Canadian emissions standards anyway. The real reason (so I'm told) is
they were dumbed down to Stroms because the US dealers created hell about
having to maintain the Lucas injection system and the boffins at Triumph
acquiesced.
Best regards,
David.
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