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1. [TR] MPH TR3 (score: 1): Author: terryrs@comcast.net; Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 23:40:57 +0000; I have been driving this restoration of a '59 TR3A for five months total, counting three last season, every day to work when it doesn't rain. Most of my drive is down Route 3A, a winding, someone tra; /html/triumphs/2007-05/msg00269.html (7,719 bytes)
2. Re: [TR] MPH TR3 (score: 1): Author: "THOMAS FANSHER" <tfansher@comcast.net>; Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 19:51:04 -0400; Yea, about 85 would be right. Nice with the wind in your hair, isn't it. 61 TR3A 62 TR4 73 Stag; /html/triumphs/2007-05/msg00271.html (7,359 bytes)
3. Re: [TR] MPH TR3 (score: 1): Author: "Geo & Kathleen Hahn" <ahwahnee@cybertrails.com>; Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 17:00:32 -0700; In 4th OD 85 mph would be about 3315 I think.; /html/triumphs/2007-05/msg00273.html (7,336 bytes)
4. Re: [TR] MPH TR3 (score: 1): Author: terryrs@comcast.net; Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 00:06:16 +0000; Holy Cow. This totally kills my old college MGB. Uhm, I do wonder, though, if my first ever car, a 1299 cc AH Sprite, wasn't a bit faster. Well, at least it might have been if I drove off the top of; /html/triumphs/2007-05/msg00275.html (7,983 bytes)
5. Re: [TR] MPH TR3 (score: 1): Author: Steven Newell <steven@newellboys.com>; Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 17:16:56 -0700; After a speedo cable failed, I've been using the tach for a speedo on my TR4. I figured the ratios ought to work out to: 4000 rpm in 1st is 20 mph 4000 rpm in 2nd is 40 mph 4000 rpm in 3rd is 60 mph; /html/triumphs/2007-05/msg00276.html (8,186 bytes)
6. RE: [TR] MPH TR3 (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>; Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 17:14:07 -0700; Depends on lot on your tires; and how accurate your tach is. Assuming you have the standard 3.7 rear axle; and tires equivalent to the factory Michelin radials; and an accurate tach; then 3800 rpm i; /html/triumphs/2007-05/msg00277.html (7,738 bytes)
7. RE: [TR] MPH TR3 (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>; Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 17:22:11 -0700; Advertised top speed was 105-110 mph (depending on which source). But that was with 83mm liners, and most people have installed 87s by now, giving a boost in both displacement and compression ratio.; /html/triumphs/2007-05/msg00278.html (7,452 bytes)
8. RE: [TR] MPH TR3 (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>; Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 17:29:24 -0700; Ah, here it is. According to a road test done in 1957 by Road & Track, 106 mph (average of multiple runs). Top measured speed was 107.1 (at which point the speedo was reading 111). That was on a car; /html/triumphs/2007-05/msg00279.html (7,519 bytes)
9. RE: [TR] MPH TR3 (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>; Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 17:34:52 -0700; A Daniel Cronin asked : Best I can tell; no. Factory OD cars are pretty rare here in the US anyway, but TS39781LO is the only one I've ever seen that was factory-equipped with 4.1 & OD. Someone (Tony; /html/triumphs/2007-05/msg00280.html (7,661 bytes)
10. Re: [TR] MPH TR3 (score: 1): Author: John Wise <60TR3A@cox.net>; Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 18:10:07 -0700; Back in college when I had my first 60 TR3A (1965-1967), the speedometer never worked on the car. One of my parent's neighbors also had a TR3A with a working speedometer. Based on their feedback, in; /html/triumphs/2007-05/msg00281.html (8,186 bytes)
11. Re: [TR] MPH TR3 (score: 1): Author: David Ljung Madison <team.net@daveola.com>; Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 18:12:38 -0700; I was able to get my first one up to 100MPH, barely. That was about 10 years ago, so it was almost 40 years old at that point. It was basically stock - not revved up as a race car. I think my curren; /html/triumphs/2007-05/msg00282.html (8,007 bytes)
12. Re: [TR] MPH TR3 (score: 1): Author: DLylis@aol.com; Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 22:05:01 EDT; Assuming you have the standard 3.7 rear axle; and tires equivalent to the factory Michelin radials; and an accurate tach; then 3800 rpm is closer to 90 mph (90.5 according to my calculator & the 42 r; /html/triumphs/2007-05/msg00284.html (7,792 bytes)
13. Re: [TR] MPH TR3 (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 00:09:10 -0400; Yowee! You boys in New Hampshire sure know how to have fun, don'tcha'? Um, what road have you been risking your license on all these many years? No, I'm not gonna' try it. Rt128 is enough of a racetr; /html/triumphs/2007-05/msg00287.html (8,460 bytes)
14. RE: [TR] MPH TR3 (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>; Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 22:02:56 -0700; My TR6 handbook gives engine speed @ 10 mph as 482 rpm in 4th direct. So, at 3800 rpm, it would be doing (3800 / 482) * 10 = 78.8 mph. But the TR3 had smaller tires originally than the TR6 did. The; /html/triumphs/2007-05/msg00288.html (9,272 bytes)
15. Re: [TR] MPH TR3 (score: 1): Author: DLylis@aol.com; Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 06:42:37 EDT; Thanks. After I saw the .78 in your post I realized that was wrong. David Lylis 69 TR6 CC26160L 60 TR3A TS74461LO == This list supported in part by The Vintage Triumph Register == http://www.vtr.org; /html/triumphs/2007-05/msg00290.html (7,502 bytes)
16. Re: [TR] MPH TR3 (score: 1): Author: Dave1massey@cs.com; Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 08:57:20 EDT; Live free, die young. That's the state motto, isn't it? Dave == This list supported in part by The Vintage Triumph Register == http://www.vtr.org; /html/triumphs/2007-05/msg00297.html (7,556 bytes)
17. Re: [TR] MPH TR3 (score: 1): Author: pethier@comcast.net; Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 13:36:06 +0000; At an airport run, I easily got the TR4 ("hood erected") to 100 MPH, then feathered to respect the redline. When I removed the top, I ran out of acceleration space at 95 MPH. 4500 on the rev counter,; /html/triumphs/2007-05/msg00300.html (8,462 bytes)
18. Re: [TR] MPH TR3 (score: 1): Author: terryrs@comcast.net; Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 22:39:34 +0000; 185/65R15's. Pretty sure the rear end is stock when I pulled it off the car after it sat since 1975, but of course can't be absolutely sure. Tach and speedometer match what people are saying to be th; /html/triumphs/2007-05/msg00320.html (7,826 bytes)

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