Well, I finally got my other gearbox down from Saratoga (yesterday),
and it works! I put it in, and after some fitting of the clutch slave
cylinder (see below), I put it on the ground and drove it! The new/old
engine has good power over 2000 rpm, but still needs tuning to add some bottom
end, and improve performance when cold.
So, I now need to do the following to be able to race it Saturday:
Bleed the brakes (replaced the rear as well as the tranny)
tune the engine
mount a damper in the rear left corner of the car (consequence
of replacing the rear end)
I also need to improve the mounting of the clutch slave cylinder.
The original holes in the bellhousing of this transmission are stripped, so
I had to replace them with larger bolts. The ones I had aren't long enough,
so I need to get longer ones, and tap the top hole as well (only the bottom
bolt is in).
I also need to change to gear oil over to synthetic (Mobil 1 sound
good? Meets the required specs in the Bentley manual), and fix some oil
leaks. Minor problems...
So I should (hopefully) be racing this weekend.
Other Topics:
Nouns of association: a Wedge of TR7?
a Flight of Darts (sorry for the non-LBC)
Thermodynamics: Isn't it time we create another mailing list for
the discussion of thermodynamics as it relates to british cars, thermostats,
and flow rates? ;)
'sall for now...
Vaughan Scott Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
scottv@rpi.edu Troy, NY
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