So.....did the rest of the day go ok??
WEmery7451@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 2/10/01 10:43:27 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> drewst03@home.com writes:
>
> <<
> > When I drove Theo Loevenovich's TR-3 in some west coast vintage events, in
> > the early 90s, when it had an open diff, there was a BIG problem with
> > wheelspin out of any 2'nd gear corners. I t required a very gentle driving
> > style. The Detroit Locker that it usually ran made it around 2 seconds a
> > lap quicker at Sears Point than I could do with the open diff.
> > >>
>
> Maybe I am becoming a little slow in the head with my advanced age, but I now
> assume that an open diff is the stock TR-3/TR-4 differential, which is not
> locked up. In the late 60's/early 70's, locking these units was not allowed.
> I can remember doing many spinouts, and taking trips into the boondocks
> going backwards.
>
> Most of the Triumph drivers at that time were locking up their differential
> and saying that they were using the expensive positraction unit. I bought a
> rear axle assembly with this unit from someone who rolled his TR-3 end over
> end. Later, drivers convinced me that the locked up rear end is still better
> than the positraction setup.
>
> I still have this positraction unit today minus the center floating slug,
> which was sawed in half and welded into the center of my first locked up
> differential. This axle assembly turned out to be from a TR-2. As a result,
> the axle end play clearance could not be set. Trying to make a Mid-Ohio race
> with some of my friends, I must have just thrown the unit together and never
> checked anything. My first experience was that the car wouldn't handle worth
> anything, resulting in a violent spin under the bridge. The next experience
> was that all of the gear oil was being spread on the track.
>
> For some reason, I had hauled along another junk yard greasy axle assembly in
> my 1956 Ford wagon tow vehicle. This unit was installed for the next day,
> along with plenty of help from others. By that time, all my arm and leg
> muscles were cramping up, like those of Dr. Stranglove.
>
> I better quit boring people with this soap opera.
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