DavePro

Thanks, AP. I first put the old TF on a track in 68, although there've been large gaps in its experience. For a while I ran a U2, an X1-9 and an MG Metro. About 10 years ago I put a blower on it: only 5PSI because I wanted to keep it fit for road use. That gave it about MGB power and helped acceleration, but the car has such high drag that, with a 4.3 diff, it wouldn't exceed about 95 MPH. I'm always baffled by drivers who say they got their old TF up to 100 MPH with a head job or a change of exhaust. Mine had a pretty good head job, new cam, bigger valves and so on. Mind you, they aren't really designed for the track. Couple of crankshafts, sets of pistons after dropped valves, broken axles, broken gearboxes, cracked wheels etc, etc. Apart from the usual nausea like shedding a fan blade at top speed on a straight (below) and thinking the engine had blown up. Again. Ah, memories.