"A História do Sunbeam Tiger Mk2"

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Mergulhe na história do Sunbeam Tiger Mk2, um clássico raro com um motor V8 de 4,7 l, e descubra o seu legado nas corridas e não só isso!

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00:00A wolf, não a tiger in sheep's clothing

00:28With a Tiger Mark II, Markus Stenninger owns a rarity

00:32This is a Series 2 Tiger and there were only 633 units built

00:41They were made between September 66 to June 1967

00:45The difference from the other Tigers is that it has a 4.7 liter engine

00:49The normal Tigers have a 4.2 liter engine

00:52The Tiger is a further development of the four-cylinder Sunbeam Alpine

00:57The 4.7 liter V8 delivers 200 horsepower supplied by Ford USA

01:02The little roadster manages 200 top

01:05Mid-60s, the company Sunbeam commissioned the American constructor Carol Shelby

01:21To breathe more sportiness into the roadster

01:23And thereafter, the father of the AC Cobra

01:27Transplanted a big V8 into the little Englishman

01:31Which makes the Alpine a tiger

01:33And rightly so

01:35Because the car is only optically typically British

01:38Hardly anyone suspects a powerful V8

01:42To be in this tightly designed roadster

01:44Most people don't know this car

01:59Many consider it to be a Triumph

02:00With a maximum 2 liter engine and 100 horsepower

02:04But there are simply 4.7 liters

02:06As well as a Tiger moves, it can be just as temperamental

02:15Yes, the first effort was not that great

02:19The first prototype developed by Ken Miles

02:21They just put the engine in and drove it like that

02:24Now this engine was positioned at the front

02:26And so the car was undriveable

02:28Carol Shelby did more work

02:30He cut the tunnel out, placed it further back

02:32He placed the engine behind the front axle

02:35Thus the car is quite good to drive

02:37Nevertheless, you should have respect for the performance offered

02:41The engine is the well-known Ford small block

02:49With 289 cubic inches, which is 4.7 liters

02:53This is the same engine that was used in the Cobra

02:56It is a standard 4-speed top-loader transmission from Ford

03:00The rear axle is a special English part

03:05But the inner workings from Jaguar

03:07So it all fits together

03:09The engine output was 200 horsepower in the 4.7 liter engine

03:14This one should now have something more

03:16The weight of the car is about 1,270 kilos

03:20And if one gives the Tiger the whip

03:28Then the rear feels the urge to the outside curve

03:31This unique driving behavior makes it a drift artist

03:34And so the hot Brit has the most success on the rally tracks

03:40The Tiger was successful as a rally car

03:48And achieved class wins at the Monte Carlo Rally in 1965

03:52Achieved the total victory of the Alpine Rally

03:55Or at the Rally of Scotland

03:56It recorded many successes

03:58There were two Tigers for Le Mans

04:00These were specially built bodies by Lister with a hatchback

04:03They were not particularly successful in 1965

04:07They only drove a few laps

04:09A few hours each

04:10Before their engines exploded

04:11Marcus' Tiger is not that sensitive

04:17His model is in tip-top condition

04:19And is also reliable on long trips

04:22The Tiger enthusiast owns several models

04:43And uses them excessively for which they were built

04:45To drive around just for fun

04:52Or if we drive sometimes to Le Mans or other events or club meetings

04:56I drive with this car

04:58Great fun for relatively little money

05:03One can get a Tiger Mark II

05:04For around 30,000 euros in reasonable condition

05:08But we wear a fake copies

05:10Mark Steininger's Sunbeam Tiger

05:16Will continue to hiss often on the track

05:18Because his Tiger is just too wild

05:21To imprison in the garage

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