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Re: "Design" Contest Results To Date

To: britcars@hpfckjs.fc.hp.com
Subject: Re: "Design" Contest Results To Date
From: joe-schneider@nwu.edu (Joseph R Schneider)
Date: Thu, 2 Nov 1995 18:43:14 -0600
Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net
(snip)
>> Second place is held by the one that started it all: removing/adjusting the
>> TR7 distributor.  I haven't adjusted ours yet, but I'm saving Jack Daniels
>>and
>> asprin for the attempt which will come oh-so-soon.
>
>Not fair to blaim Triumph engineers for this one.  They didn;t design
>the engine.  They were only stupid enough to use it.
(snip)

really?  according to (second time i've cited this book today!) "from
tricar to acclaim. triumph cars. the complete story" (robson and
langworth), triumph designed the engine, although the first ones went into
saabs- except i've always wondered why we don't hear about the warped
heads, etc., on saabs
joe



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