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11/19/14, 12:36 PM   #6
Re: king of the tqs meeting
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Originally Posted by DAD View Post
Bob

They may not like it but I see TQ's getting closer to Mini Sprints or Kenyon racers in the future. The new 4 valve motors are made with light weight castings and won't lend them selves well to butchering. Besides the self starters and gear changes make for a faster race program, something promoters would mostly likely be in favor of.

Tradition is a hard thing to get rid of.

Honest Dad himself
DAD, I for one do not agree, as one who has "butchered" a lot of these engines, there is no problem with the castings, and I make castings for the Yamaha 600R, to allow direct change over for the oil, fuel, ignition, and the connections for the drive line, from the Honda directly to the Yamaha. I spent a lot of time making this changeover as painless as possible, but it does require some knowledge of working on engines, I really think you're betting on the wrong horse, the TQ was here long before the Mini, and "Tradition" will help carry it onward. Bob
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