Re: Alpine v. TR6

Rich Atherton (gumby(at)connectexpress.com)
Mon, 8 Jun 1998 15:28:01 -0700

Whoever is interested in the TR-6, be sure that you check these cars out with someone in the know! They have a long history of frame breakages at the firewall. A formerco-worker who Hubby was a TR-6 freak had just had the frame rewleded for the second time, and had just bought a third TR-6 which also had broken frame... That's all I know about them, other thanthey're fairly fast and sound Great !!

Rich

-----Original Message----- From: Jarrid Gross (Yorba Linda, CA) <GROSS(at)UNIT.COM> To: alpines(at)autox.team.net <alpines(at)autox.team.net>; Jay Laifman <Jay_Laifman(at)countrywide.com> Date: Monday, June 08, 1998 1:33 PM Subject: RE: Alpine v. TR6

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>From: Jay Laifman
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>> The body is certainly straighter than my Alpine. It has two
>>downdraught Webers on it. Does anyone know what this car could be like
>>with three Webers and better cam? Or am I expecting too much from another
>>nose heavy car?
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>The TR6 had a 2.5 liter straight 6 engine.
>Very low compression (7.75/1 tops) and very mild cam made for a very
>reliable
>grocery getter. It should have some great low end torque, but keep in mind
>that this is a cruiser car, and it is geared somewhat steeper than the
>revving alpine.
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>With a nice cam, some real compression, tripple webers and a little luck,
>you could make a reliable 150BHP engine with 160 lb ft of torque.
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>It is however a tractor engine at heart, and costs a fortune to make survive
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>beyond 6000 RPM, so more power will come at tremendous cost.
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>Id say that the TR6 would make a nice car overall, but TR6 parts
>particularly engine parts cost somewhat more than the sunbeam parts
>you have available now.
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>Jarrid