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Thread Number: 18524
Tristar GTO 108 |
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| Post# 203582 10/12/2012 at 18:33 (4,212 days old) by eurekastar (Amarillo, Texas) | ||
 Many of us remember the muscle car era. In those days, Detroit would often take a ho-hum design like the Ford Falcon, beef up the chassis, drop a larger displacement motor into the engine bay, add some flashy styling details and a new and exciting car was born. That is the story of the Ford Mustang. So following in that tradition, I decided to drop a new motor into my recently acquired Tristar DXL. The original motor was shot, so it gave me a chance to supercharge the motor. I have re-dubbed it the "Tristar GTO 108". The entry level motor on this Tristar was rated at 7.8 amps. However, my GTO 108 has a motor that's rated at 10.8 amps. Just like Detroit, I had to make some modifications to the engine bay in order to make the larger motor fit. 
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| Post# 203583 , Reply# 1 10/12/2012 at 18:35 (4,212 days old) by eurekastar (Amarillo, Texas) | ||
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| Post# 203584 , Reply# 2 10/12/2012 at 18:38 (4,212 days old) by eurekastar (Amarillo, Texas) | ||
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| Post# 203585 , Reply# 3 10/12/2012 at 18:40 (4,212 days old) by eurekastar (Amarillo, Texas) | ||
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| Post# 203586 , Reply# 4 10/12/2012 at 18:42 (4,212 days old) by eurekastar (Amarillo, Texas) | ||
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| Post# 203587 , Reply# 5 10/12/2012 at 18:44 (4,212 days old) by eurekastar (Amarillo, Texas) | ||
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| Post# 203595 , Reply# 6 10/12/2012 at 20:54 (4,211 days old) by kirbykid (Horseheads,New York 14845) | ||
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looks nice | ||
Post# 203610 , Reply# 7 10/13/2012 at 03:48 (4,211 days old) by tolivac  (Greenville,NC) |
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Super neat---Dremal Tools can fix ANYTHING!One of the handiest tools in the toolbox! | ||
| Post# 203617 , Reply# 8 10/13/2012 at 08:43 (4,211 days old) by trebor () | ||
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Cool! If the suction motor is 10.8 when added to the draw of the p/n motor, does that mean you have to be careful of where you plug it in to keep a breaker from tripping? | ||
| Post# 203619 , Reply# 9 10/13/2012 at 09:02 (4,211 days old) by kirbykid63 (Wilmington Delaware) | ||
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Keep us updated on the performance. Is this the same motor Lamb motor used in the kenmore late 90's Kenmore whispertone?I have considered trying this modification myself.I find many kenmores with good motors and tristars with worn out motors. Richard Groski New2youvacuums | ||
| Post# 203643 , Reply# 10 10/13/2012 at 16:36 (4,211 days old) by eurekastar (Amarillo, Texas) | ||
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@ Richard | ||
| Post# 203644 , Reply# 11 10/13/2012 at 16:39 (4,211 days old) by eurekastar (Amarillo, Texas) | ||
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@ Robert | ||
| Post# 203651 , Reply# 12 10/13/2012 at 18:43 (4,211 days old) by floor-a-matic (somewhere) | ||
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So can the EXL or MG series have 2-stage motor? | ||
| Post# 203656 , Reply# 13 10/13/2012 at 19:26 (4,210 days old) by eurekastar (Amarillo, Texas) | ||
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@ Erik | ||
| Post# 203762 , Reply# 14 10/14/2012 at 19:18 (4,209 days old) by eurekastar (Amarillo, Texas) | ||
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Miele | ||
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