Dave,
The handling "secret" has brought many over to "our" side, especially many
Big Healey owners. Having owned Bugeyes for 30+years, I guess that why I
wasn't very impressed with the TR6 I considered buying a few years ago.
Regarding a Mini powered Bugeye, would you like to order one?
http://www.banmoco.co.uk/sprint/
Gerard
>Hello List.
>I have been away, and off list for a week or so.
>I was catching up on my email and describing my most recent purchase to a
>friend in England, attributing it to a "fit of boyish impulsiveness." He told
>me the term in England is "Jolly Hockey Sticks." Not sure of the literal
>meaning, but it isn't going to take rocket science to figure that one out.
>He owns a TR4 and after I told him that the Bugeye handles better than my
>TR4A, he was sure that the TR suspension must be messed up.
>I have a solid axle TR4A, with Michelin Redlines on (wider) TR6 wheels. No
>pulls or shakes in the steering. Stock torsion bars, really don't know the
>condition of the shocks.
>Told him my first sports car experience was in a TR3, yada, yada, yada, but
>the Bugeye on stock wheels and radial tires handles better. This might be in
>part because if you juice that TRactor engine, in a corner, you don't have to
>turn around to see where you just were.
>Comments?
>And while we are on handling, has anyone ever tried to put a Mini drive train
>into a Spridget?
>David Oliner
>59,60 Bugeyes
>67 TR4A
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