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1966 Sunbeam Tiger





The brake lines, clutch line, and many of the fuel lines are stainless steel and are made by Classic Tube. All hydraulic fluids are DOT 5 synthetic. I'm very happy with the results. The rear end is a standard 2.88 Tiger rear end. Didn't touch it other than to clean it up and paint it....and to add a torque arm from Dan Walters (this really changes the way the car launches). The stock Tiger close ratio transmission was modified to a wide ratio by David Kee. The exhaust system starts with Jet Hot coated headers. From there 2" stainless steel takes over and is topped off by a set of low profile (2 1/4 ") Spin Tech mufflers. Take a look at the picture of the mufflers, they're really cool.

The engine is a 5 bolt 289. It was built by Mike Kodenko of Santa Paula. I used the Hillman to haul the engine from San Jose down to Mike in Santa Paula). It has HIPO 289 internals and heads. I run a stock F4B intake with a Holly carb. The HIPO distributor has been modified with a Pertronix electronic ignition. The starter and alternator were redone by Autolectrics of Campbell. The car originally came with a generator but I upgraded to an alternator to make sure I had enough power for the 16" fan in front of the radiator. The oil system has been modified to make sure the 270 horses stay oiled. Radiator was done by Peter Economoff of Peterbuilt Radiators of Santa Barbara. The original wiring harness was reworked and rewrapped by Mr. Reisentz. He also did the strengthening and rebuilding of the front end. All Chrome was done by Faith Bumper Service of Santa Clara. All of the cars fasteners (nuts and bolts) were replated. The Tiger future...

Special thanks goes to Paul Reisentz for helping me assemble the car and for fixing my mistakes.


Spin Tech 2 1/4" mufflers

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