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From: davido@tekig.UUCP (David Olson)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Need TR7 Info
Message-ID: <2172@tekig.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 11-Jul-84 12:09:06 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul 11 12:09:06 1984
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Organization: Tektronix, Beaverton OR
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I was just at a machine shop which specializes in imports and got an
earful about TR7s.  The guys were uniformly UN-impressed with the TR7
engine.  They apparently have a tendency to overheat, which wouldn't be
so bad except that by the time the dashboard indicator says you're getting
too hot, it's too late.  Also, when they overheat, the head warps in a banana
shape.  People take them into machine shops to have the head shaved and
end up with the head flat but still warped, so when the camshaft is re-
inserted, it binds and then breaks.  The machine shop folks I was talking
to say they regularly do $600 restorations on TR7 heads.

Context: I have no axe to grind, neither strongly liking nor strongly
	 disliking the TR7.  The machine shop seems to have a very good
	 reputation.  They have some special equipment that no other area
	 shops have and often have other machine shops bring them stuff
	 to work on.  They are also very finicky and insist on doing the
	 job right.