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pinched from link below, tks Jim
June 30 2005
230bhp Rocket III
Triumphs 2.3 litre Rocket III puts out 120bhp at the rear wheel, but if that is
not enough you can now buy a supercharger kit to almost double the power.
Performance tuning specialist TTS has just finished development on the new
blower and they reckon it ups the power on the massive cruiser to a stonking
230bhp at the rear wheel and an arm-wrenching 200 lb ft torque, almost double
the torque of a Suzuki Hayabusa.
The firm took on the project as a special commission for a customer and initial
shakedown tests put the top speed at around 160mph with quarter mile times of
10.7 seconds.
A Rocket III has already been fitted with a Turbocharger in the US but it only
made 200bhp at full power (check out the May 25 edition of MCN for full details)
TTS (01604 636363) are now offering the kit for any Rocket III at £3400 or if
you want them to fit it they’ll do all the work for £4000.
Turbochargers are powered from the exhaust gasses coming out of the engine where
Superchargers take their power directly from the crank.
