I think that we've had this discussion before, or something similar. You can
probably damage any car if you mistreat it, but the 2 MGs that I've had, the
Midget and the B roadster, each needed careful treatment. This was probably
because each was a few years old . . .
A friend had a tuned TR6 whose rear axle he managed to shear with injudicious
clutch/throttle setting — he dropped the clutch at 4,000RPM for a standing
start that was more standing than start.
Chris
On 7 Aug 2013, at 20:19, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Yet again I am reminded of Walt's escapade with his Triumph TR. I forget
>>> what engine he managed to get into the front of it, but I haven't forgotten
>>> the result at the other end. Too much torque for the rear axle mountings.
>
> Had a neighbor when I was in high school who had a TR2a. One of the rear axle
> shafts couldn't even handle the torque
> from it's own motor, properly tuned up. SNAP!
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