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by Chuck Ingram in the April 1998 RootesReview Do you have heat problems with your Tiger? I desperately needed to do something. While at United XIX at Niagara Falls, Wally Swift insisted that I see the Tiger that was using a couple of heater cores under the sill. (Ed. I’m not sure what sill Chuck (more…)
by Chris Barker originally reprinted with permission from THE ALPINE HORN, United Kingdom in 8/85 If things have worked out as Paul Norton and I intended this article should accompany one by him on the intimate details on electronic revcounters. He will tell you all about resistors and thermistors. I am going to show you (more…)
from the May 1977 RootesReview: QUESTION: Will A60 X 13 tires (front) and B60 X 13’s (Rear) fit without sticking out of the fenders or without flairs? ANSWER: Yes–providing the wheels used have the correct offset and the tire configuration is much like that of a B.F.G. Radial 60 T/A.
by Terry Trovato in the May 1999 RootesReview Last summer in Mississippi it was hot. Real hot. And since those blokes in the mother country designed the cooling systems of our cars for a 45-degree Fahrenheit rainy day in London town, it’s no wonder when driving in 95 degree F+ air, accompanied by a 105 (more…)
by T.T. Cantwin Surveys have been made at various UNITEDS to determine the accuracy of electric tachs used in Alpines and Tigers. Tiger Tom uses a tach calibrator which is capable of calibrating tachs for Alpines and Tigers with single and dual point distributors. One survey produced the following results. Tachs were checked using single (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…)
The venerable Joseph Lucas Ltd. has done it to us again. The infamous 4TR regulator used on the Series V Alpine has been changed from a three (3) terminal unit (Figure 1) to a newer four (4) terminal unit (Figure 2). Both units are electrically the same as far as use in the Series V (more…)
by Larry Paulick in the March 2006 RootesReview In the rush to get the Tiger out of the door, Rootes or Shelby, or whoever, did not provide a full fan shroud for the Tiger. The result: overheating because the hot air from the radiator recirculates from the engine side, down past the cross member and (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…)
Author Unknown Originally printed 1/84 The battery should not only be disconnected for winter storage, but also removed entirely from the luggage compartment. We know of at least one damaged car (Note: maintenance free batteries are riot without fumes). The several minutes spent removing the battery may save headaches, frustration and dollars later. Your battery (more…)