They are very narrow with very little suspension compared to new sleds. 90 would be fast, and probably feel really fast. I did a little research on this one. There was a 300cc and 400cc racing class. The El Tigre was made in a 295,340,400 and 440cc. The 295 (this one) and 400 were call "track tuned" to fit the stock classes and the 340 and 440 were "trail tuned".
Here's proof, it was fast and if you smoke girls will like you:
-- Edited by SteveS on Thursday 31st of October 2013 11:35:15 AM
SteveS said
Oct 31, 2013
Not a Chevelle, but it's kind of dead in here so I thought I'd post my new Project.
1974 Arctic Cat El Tigre. It was in my sister's barn and hasn't run in 15 years. It's actually in pretty nice shape after I washed all the bird crap off it. Fuel lines are all rotted away, but the tank appears rust free. I grew up riding a 1972 Panther so I'll see if this one rides as bad as I remember, if I can get it running.
Back in Black said
Oct 31, 2013
Wow, I remember those. A guy I worked with back in the day, like the early 80's, had one and was always porting on the head and doing this and that trying to make it go faster. Pretty sure I remember him saying he was clocked in the 90's. I have no idea if that's fast for that machine.
Derek69SS said
Oct 31, 2013
Back in Black wrote:
Wow, I remember those. A guy I worked with back in the day, like the early 80's, had one and was always porting on the head and doing this and that trying to make it go faster. Pretty sure I remember him saying he was clocked in the 90's. I have no idea if that's fast for that machine.
To be clocked in the next decade has to be extremely fast, even today!
(yeah, I knew what you meant, but that's not how I read it )
dashboard said
Oct 31, 2013
Un projet d'âne fraîche, pouvez-vous mettre un turbo sur elle?
-- Edited by dashboard on Thursday 31st of October 2013 10:11:59 PM
OscarZ said
Oct 31, 2013
I was thinking the decade too at first.
SShink said
Nov 1, 2013
SteveS wrote:
Here's proof, it was fast and if you smoke girls will like you:
And... apparently it helps if you're French (guessing from the Ca Contente and Bout Filtre in the ad)!
Cool barn find though.
SteveS said
Nov 1, 2013
SShink wrote:
And... apparently it helps if you're French (guessing from the Ca Contente and Bout Filtre in the ad)!
Cool barn find though.
Oui!
bowtie said
Nov 1, 2013
turbo in french is still turbo?
67SS-Didn't Ray K have one of those in thier stable?
SteveS said
Nov 1, 2013
Pouvez-vous un coup de turbo 2
Can you turbo a 2 stroke?
Derek69SS said
Nov 1, 2013
How do you say "LS1 swap?" in French?
Lost in the 60s said
Nov 3, 2013
SteveS wrote:
Pouvez-vous un coup de turbo 2
Can you turbo a 2 stroke?
If it has oil injection.
Might be a bit difficult with pre-mix...
bowtie said
Nov 3, 2013
Derek69SS wrote:
How do you say "LS1 swap?" in French?
Elle es-un
Dave Seitz said
Nov 27, 2013
Man I feel so old to say I remember when Marv Jorgenson was the fastest guy around clocked at 110 on the lake during radar runs. He was running the boat engines on the sled in the winter later.
They are very narrow with very little suspension compared to new sleds. 90 would be fast, and probably feel really fast. I did a little research on this one. There was a 300cc and 400cc racing class. The El Tigre was made in a 295,340,400 and 440cc. The 295 (this one) and 400 were call "track tuned" to fit the stock classes and the 340 and 440 were "trail tuned".
Here's proof, it was fast and if you smoke girls will like you:
-- Edited by SteveS on Thursday 31st of October 2013 11:35:15 AM
Not a Chevelle, but it's kind of dead in here so I thought I'd post my new Project.
1974 Arctic Cat El Tigre. It was in my sister's barn and hasn't run in 15 years. It's actually in pretty nice shape after I washed all the bird crap off it. Fuel lines are all rotted away, but the tank appears rust free. I grew up riding a 1972 Panther so I'll see if this one rides as bad as I remember, if I can get it running.
To be clocked in the next decade has to be extremely fast, even today!
(yeah, I knew what you meant, but that's not how I read it
)
Un projet d'âne fraîche, pouvez-vous mettre un turbo sur elle?
-- Edited by dashboard on Thursday 31st of October 2013 10:11:59 PM
I was thinking the decade too at first.
And... apparently it helps if you're French (guessing from the Ca Contente and Bout Filtre in the ad)!
Cool barn find though.
Oui!
67SS-Didn't Ray K have one of those in thier stable?
How do you say "LS1 swap?" in French?
If it has oil injection.
Might be a bit difficult with pre-mix...
Elle es-un