- 1. RE: Reality Check (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>
- Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2001 10:05:58 -0700
- My TR3 sported a Toyota 2TG motor and trans for several years. Worked great. I swapped it all back when I decided to take it vintage racing. I'd say, it's your car, have fun. I would go for it the si
- /html/fot/2001-07/msg00007.html (7,941 bytes)
- 2. Reality Check (score: 1)
- Author: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 14:19:16 -0700
- I have been doing some budgetary calculations to see what it is going to cost to supercharge a 1300 engine (and do it right). So far, I have come up with places to spend over $6200. On a whim, I call
- /html/fot/2001-06/msg00239.html (7,865 bytes)
- 3. Re: Reality Check (score: 1)
- Author: Justin <jmwagner@greenheart.com>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 15:13:47 -0700
- If you belonged to a Triumph club... sold your Triumph and started showing up to the meetings in a Nissan 300SX.... what would you expect? There is a weird social dynamic that happens in clubs and or
- /html/fot/2001-06/msg00240.html (9,683 bytes)
- 4. Re: Reality Check (score: 1)
- Author: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 15:25:53 -0700
- Since there is no local Triumph club, the only grief I am likely to get is when I go to VTR or Triumphest with it. Of course, my other Spit still is Triumph equipped and would likely get the engine
- /html/fot/2001-06/msg00241.html (10,773 bytes)
- 5. Re: Reality Check (score: 1)
- Author: BillDentin@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 18:26:46 EDT
- When the Miata first came out, it was not long before there was a 'MIATA CLUB'. They showed up at a VSCDA ROAD AMERICA event, and were offered 'TRACK TOURING TIME' (for a fee). Being a Smart Ass, I l
- /html/fot/2001-06/msg00242.html (8,064 bytes)
- 6. Re: Reality Check (score: 1)
- Author: "Rob Dardano" <19to1tr6@mediaone.net>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 18:34:57 -0400
- I would go for it the six will turn into 10 K Saw a small sticker on a bikers helmet the other day "- - - - off I have enough friends" rob -- Original Message -- From: "Joe Curry" <spitlist@gte.net>
- /html/fot/2001-06/msg00244.html (8,530 bytes)
- 7. Re: Reality Check (score: 1)
- Author: N197TR4@cs.com
- Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 19:49:04 EDT
- Well said.... ...now there is PT Cruiser Club and concours action...not sure this relates to thread...but it is people having fun. I have an aging rice rocket...hardly have seen what's under the hood
- /html/fot/2001-06/msg00245.html (8,085 bytes)
- 8. Re: Reality Check (score: 1)
- Author: William G Rosenbach <wgrosenbach@juno.com>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 18:52:02 -0600
- Well, you would get some serious power, lots of technology, far greater reliability than a pumped up TR engine. But, you will piss off some, if not most of your peers. There are those who will appre
- /html/fot/2001-06/msg00247.html (10,668 bytes)
- 9. Re: Reality Check (score: 1)
- Author: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 21:18:29 -0700
- I appreciate your input here. And if it were a street car that will be going on show, I would probably agree with all you say. But I have another Spitfire that fills that part of the agenda. The goa
- /html/fot/2001-06/msg00248.html (11,021 bytes)
- 10. Re: Reality Check (score: 1)
- Author: Herald948@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2001 09:29:59 EDT
- One of the cleverest cars I ever saw in a "British" car show was about ten years ago in a local show in Schenectady, NY. Someone basically grafted a Model A Ford Coupe body (possibly scaled down, i.e
- /html/fot/2001-06/msg00252.html (7,622 bytes)
- 11. Re: Reality Check (score: 1)
- Author: "" <greenman62@hotmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2001 14:54:05
- My good friend Scott Pacely, missed Mid-O be cause his Miata (an early car) has this problem with its crank pulley. If I've got it right, the keyway gets wallowed out because of some cheap woodruff
- /html/fot/2001-06/msg00254.html (8,697 bytes)
- 12. Re: Reality Check (score: 1)
- Author: "Matthew Wilder" <mwilder@top.monad.net>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2001 12:04:31 -0400
- I'm assuming your shooting for D or E-mod auto-x. Dmod would limit the motor size to 2 liter wich I assume the S2000 fits into. Sounds like a good amount of power for the money. The twin turbo rotar
- /html/fot/2001-06/msg00256.html (7,552 bytes)
- 13. Reality check (score: 1)
- Author: "Jack W. Drews" <vinttr4@geneseo.net>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2001 11:17:52 +0000
- There is yet another solution to the problem of appearance and Any brand new car engine compartment you look at nowadays has plastic covers over everything to look really jazzy -- my BMW included. Wh
- /html/fot/2001-06/msg00258.html (7,520 bytes)
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