How the heck are you getting 175bhp?!!!!!!
Joe Burlein
72 TR-6
Melbourne, FL
On Sat, 18 Sep 1999 18:36:12 EDT GuyotLeonF@aol.com writes:
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>On Fri, 17 Sep 1999
>Peter Zaborski <peterz@merak.com>
>Wrote Subject: RE: TR4 Made By Honda?
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>Most Triumphs sold in
>the world were not sporty at all but rather sedans (Heralds and
>Vitesses
>come to mind, the 2xxx series saloons, and even a joint project with
>Honda
>called the Acclaim).
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>Mr.Z'
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>I resemble that remark.
>When did you last drive a Vitesse then ?
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>My Herald Convertible certainly was 'Sporting' if not an outright
>Sports Car
>per se...
>(especially when I tuned it with period tuning items = 100 bhp and 110
>mph!)
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>And as for your saying that my Vitesse Convertible is not sporty at
>all ???
>Do you realise what you are saying ???
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>1998cc 6-cylinder Vitesse Mk.2
>power developed 104 bhp at 5,300 rpm
>max torque 1,400 lb,in at 3,000 rpm
>Weight (dry) 17.25 cwt.
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>Top speed 103mph
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>Acceleration:
>Top Gear
>30-50 mph in 7.5 secs
>40-60 mph in 8.0 secs
>50-70 mph in 8.5 secs
>60-80 mph in 10.0 secs
>Thro' gears
>0-50 mph in 8.0 secs
>0-60 mph in 11.0 secs
>0-70 mph in 14.5 secs
>0-80 mph in 20.0 secs
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>(Those of course are for the factory settings, as my own Vitesse now
>develops
>approx 175 bhp,and I drive it in as thoroughly a 'sports' style as the
>law
>allows!!!)
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>If I may quote from The Motor Oct 19, 1968
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>"It is now a genuine 100+ mph saloon with acceleration better than
>many
>sports cars."
>The new rear suspension, almost identical with that now used on the
>GT6+ make
>it an extremely controllable car with much higher safe cornering
>speeds than
>before and no drama if they are exceeded.
>It also travels in a straight line at high speeds on bumpy roads and,
>because
>the whole car is relatively light, it can be thrown about with a good
>deal of
>abandon and very little effort by a driver who feels so inclined, I
>fact on a
>winding alpine road it doesn't appear to be a great deal slower from
>point to
>point than the new GT6+
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>With good reason, was the Vitesse 2 Litre (Mk.1) advertised as
>"The two seater beater".
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>Even my friend, Ian Evans, Chairman of the TR Register told me how
>impressed
>he was with the power and agility of my Vitesse.
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>I think what you were trying to say, was that in your opinion, the
>Triumph
>Sedans and Sedan based cars are not sports cars, or sporty cars, and
>that the
>others such as the TR range, the GT6 and the Spitfires are sports
>cars.
>You appear to base this observation simply on their low-slung, curvy
>body
>styles c/w the sedans somewhat more 'boxy' appearance.
>Your perspective is in my opinion, somewhat narrow and blinkered, and
>you are
>doing a grave injustice to the original designers, and everyone
>involved with
>the cars, from those that assembled them, through those people who so
>
>successfully raced and rallied the sedans, right up to the present day
>owners
>and enthusiasts who treasure, restore, maintain, modify, and actually
>get out
>there and drive these wonderful cars, be they sedans, sedan based
>convertibles, or TR's and GT6's and Spitfires.
>It matters not one jot!
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>"not sporty at all"
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>Darn cheek!!!
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>Léon
>(only slightly offended)
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