[Fot] Fwd: Dyno Results

John Hasty jhhasty at gdhs.com
Thu Aug 8 13:02:11 MDT 2013


PS tell him he is free to tell Jim I told him to call

Sent from my iPhone

On Aug 8, 2013, at 9:13 AM, Joe Alexander <n197tr4 at cs.com> wrote:

> Once again, what a great list.
>
> I have invited Mike to join the FOT list. If it suits him, he may accept.
>
> I believe his effort is more to commemorate and honor the Triumph on the
60th Anniversary of the Jabbeke Run.
>
> At 4500 feet it might be difficult to match the speed, but does it really
matter?
>
> Thanks.....
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Aug 8, 2013, at 7:57 AM, John Hasty <jhhasty at gdhs.com> wrote:
>
>> Mike. I know Jim Stecht (sp) who built and drove the record holding Alfa
on
>> the flats. Bet he will probably be there. He is the one you should talk
to.
>> I'll get his # tomorrow and send it along.
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Aug 7, 2013, at 9:50 PM, robertten1 at aol.com wrote:
>>
>>> Mike,
>>>
>>> May all your runs be TRiumphant ones !!
>>>
>>> A prayer for the Salt,
>>> Bob T
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Joe Alexander <n197tr4 at cs.com>
>>> To: fot <fot at autox.team.net>
>>> Cc: Seth Mcgee <sethmcgee at mvn.net>
>>> Sent: Wed, Aug 7, 2013 7:33 pm
>>> Subject: [Fot] Fwd: Dyno Results
>>>
>>>
>>> List,
>>> Mike is getting his TR3A ready for Bonneville.
>>> Engine is prepared to street specs per Kastner's book.
>>> But it is fitted like the TR2 for the Jabbeke Trials....
>>> Spats, Belly Pan, Hard Tonneau, Brooklands Screen, etc.
>>> Does anyone have any words of wisdom for Mike?
>>> This is a private grassroots effort. Our kind of guy, really.
>>> Seems like it might be fun to get behind this and have visibility to the
>>> esults.
>>> Thanks everyone.
>>> Sent from my iPad
>>> Begin forwarded message:
>>>> From: "Seth Mcgee" <sethmcgee at mvn.net>
>>> Date: August 7, 2013, 5:20:33 PM CDT
>>> To: n197tr4 at cs.com
>>> Subject: Dyno Results
>>>
>>> Joe,
>>>
>>> I had the car dyno tuned today. Results are in the attached chart. The
car
>>> eemed to perform OK except it has a drop off of power at 4500 rpm. The
>> chart
>>> oes not show it but power recovers but at a lower value after 4500 rpm.
The
>>> yno people thought it was the spark plug wires which are new from Moss
>>> otors; however, if you touch the wires at the plug/wire interface you get
a
>>> ig shock which should not happen.
>>>
>>> Based on your TR experience, could bad wires cause the abrupt drop off of
>>> ower at 4500 rpm and what is a good brand of wires to buy?
>>>
>>> I used the NGK BP8HS plugs for the test.
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