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Mail From: "Carlo Roberto Bernardino M.D." <(email redacted)>

You asked for it - here it is - on line.
Rob

homepage.mac.com/crbernardino/iMovieTheater41.html

As always, if you want the DVD - let me know.


Rob & Nana's V8Tygr
1966 Mk1A Sunbeam Tiger
B382000262 LRXFE
JAL 660245
Engine 5521 F21KA
Colour 39

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Mail From: Paul Memont <(email redacted)>

Great links!

Thank you!

Paul



Carlo Roberto Bernardino M.D. wrote:

> You asked for it - here it is - on line.
> Rob
>
> homepage.mac.com/crbernardino/iMovieTheater41.html
>
> As always, if you want the DVD - let me know.
>
>
> Rob & Nana's V8Tygr
> 1966 Mk1A Sunbeam Tiger
> B382000262 LRXFE
> JAL 660245
> Engine 5521 F21KA
> Colour 39

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Thanks for the links.

12.9 at 110...stock? Hey, that's some good publicity, but I hope no one
tries to verify :-)

Still, very nice.

Mike

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Mail From: "Theo Smit" <(email redacted)>

"Stock". You know, as in "stock car".
12.9 at 110 was Gordon Chittenden's record, wasn't it?

-Theo

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Thanks for the links.

12.9 at 110...stock? Hey, that's some good publicity, but I hope no one
tries to verify :-)

Still, very nice.

Mike

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In a message dated 4/4/2006 1:57:57 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
(email redacted) writes:

"Stock". You know, as in "stock car".
12.9 at 110 was Gordon Chittenden's record, wasn't it?




Yep, I was thinking that, but the way he said it could easily lead one to
believe that it was a 12 second car off the showroom floor ;-)

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Mail From: "Thomas Witt" <(email redacted)>

A quick look in "Tiger - Making of a Sports Car" shows that Stan Peterson
held the C/Stock record at 12.95 110 mph. Note that this is NHRA. Theo was
right, the record was held by Chittenden but it was AHRA. The book claims
basically the same ET 12.95 and slightly slower at 108 mph for him.
I didn't follow AHRA classes back in the early 1970's, but I did the
NHRA. Basically one could run on 7" slicks (with two grooves), any rear
ratio, three angle valve job, balance the motor and run a "cheater" cam
(which basically has the same lift and duration as stock, but the ramp on
the lobe was quite extreme) to open the valve faster, but not longer. I also
think headers were allowed. Everything else needed to be stock (intake,
carb, etc.). The book did state that NHRA was more stringent on the
preparation and thus the Chittenden car would seem to have been faster, but
that doesn't show in the records.
I don't know it these records were the case, but years ago (until the NHRA
clamped down) two barrel cars would often come to the line idling at about
4,000 rpm because they had every hose, gasket "leaking" to the manifold and
oversize jets in the carb. to compensate for the air leak. It increased the
CFM and added to the ability to go faster ;-) .
Tom

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Rummage around in the ads and you can find this claim for the Tiger. Can scan
it for anybody interested and it is on my Tiger Disc #1.

Moonstone