Yeah, but we all know Thomo is crazy...and I say that with utmost respect
and in the most complimentary way possible...Tigers in the Yukon!!
Mike
In a message dated 8/16/2010 6:33:21 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
modtiger@comcast.net writes:
On 8/15/2010 7:35 AM, Buck Trippel wrote:
> As it now stands, I plan to withdraw our SCF Tiger from today's races.
> John somehow survived a multi-car crash in a Scarab yesterday
> afternoon in which he was pinned upside down after rolling it 2-1/2
> times. He was checked out at the hospital and then released last night
> with no injuries other than some bumps and bruises. I think he's
> earned a day off.
>
> Michael, to answer your question, our rules now say that the spark
> must be produced inside the distributor cap. Points would work but
> nobody produces the old style high RPM points anymore. While the
> various Pertronics all produce hotter sparks than points, at best they
> have less than half the output of the old reliable MSD. Actually I
> have been very pleased at how well the SCF Tiger had been performing.
> On the speed chart we're quicker than all the GT350s and most of the
> Cobras and Vettes. There are only a couple Cobras and Vettes quicker
> than us and most of those are from the Ap class. We were looking good
> enough for one 350 owner to (joke) suggest deploying a police spike
> strip in front of our pits to slow the Tiger down.
>
> BTW, Yesterday Tom Hall installed a new R&P in Tom Sakai's rear end.
> Dan Walters and Tom were still installing it in the race car last
> night when I went to bed. They might have a bit more to do on it this
> morning.
>
> BT at Monterey
To correct the record slightly, Thomo (Peter Thomson, of Australia) is
visiting at our home, and he played a major part in installing' the
replacement gears in Tom Sakai's differential. The job would have been
a lot longer if I had to do it alone. As an interesting side note,
Thomo just returned from a short run in his Tiger. San Francisco area
to Alaska and back, _with no top_, over 8000 miles in 3 weeks. So the
next time you guys consider that it's "just too far" to come to a Tiger
event. Consider Pete's effort, "just for fun".
--
Tom Hall
ModTiger Engineering
www.tigerengineering.net
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