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by Curt Hoffman I was involved in a discussion in the newsletter some time ago on which was the best way to install a Tiger engine; from the bottom or the top (I supported coming up from the bottom). I based this opinion on the difficulty I had removing the engine through the top. To (more…)
FRONT END POINTERS author unknown a. VIBRATIONS Tires balanced? Wheel bearings may need grease or adjustment. Too much play in rack and pinion. If you hear a dunk (a what??) from the steering while going over bumps, chances are the rack is bad. Disc brake rotor warped b. HARD STEERING POINTERS (Tiger) Oil filter is (more…)
by David Lawler Oh, yes…what could be more relaxing than curling up with a good book, and what kind of book could be better than a Sunbeam book? Here is a review of the more popular reference standards. These books have become reference standards because of the volumes of in formation researched and documented by (more…)
by Bob Yurasits First of all, if your car runs hot (200+) don’t even bother installing air conditioning. To make my car run cool, I installed a 4 tube 2 3/8″ thick radiator (top hose bent up slightly); full fan shroud; kept the overflow tank; installed a 14″ stainless steel flex fan (hard pitch); and (more…)
by S. Finberg Originally printed 3/31/82 Recently it became desirable to mount a radar detector in my Alpine. The only reasonable place was on top of the dash pad. Drilling any holes was out of the question. I was afraid to use the manufacturer’s suggested self stick Velcro on the delicate dash pad, and besides, (more…)
PERFORMANCE AND MILEAGE The Sunbeam Tiger is a child of the muscle car era or the middle 60′ s, when Sunoco 280 was 35 cents a gallon. Times have changed, octane is down and gas prices have doubled. We find ourselves in the gas miser era. How does the Tiger rate for performance and gas (more…)
Question: Does anyone make a roll bar for the Tiger? Answer: Sunbeam Spares of Lenexa KS, sells a roll bar for the Alpine and Tiger. J .C. Whitney also sells one for Sunbeams. The CAT Club sells a SCCA construction style roll bar. Sunbeam Specialties sells a “show bar” which can be SCCA approved. Others (more…)
by Jim Morrison The black plastic pieces making up the steering column cowling, the steering wheel hub and the telescoping adjustment section are usually quite faded and discolored on a car that has spent its life with the top down (especially in the southern sun). These were brought back to a jet black, glossy finish (more…)
by Peter Long I have the engine, the seats. trim, dashboard and wiring harness out and have scraped off the bituminous impregnated paper from the floor. I am removing the clutch and brake hydraulics and it looks as if I shall have to take out at least part of the steering linkage to be able (more…)
The process of preparing a new garage for working in the winter. Click the title to read more.