A T5 trans in a TR3? I've been thinking of putting one in my wife's 62
Corvette. Nice five speed, hell for stout, and the shifter guts are inside
where God intended them to be. Seems like a big transmixer for a TR3, but
I bet you've never had a problem with it.
-----Original Message-----
From: jaboruch [mailto:jaboruch@netzero.net]
Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 7:11 PM
To: fot@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: TR4 Aluminum Flywheel Wanted
In my TR3 I have a tilton aluminum flywheel and tilton 7.25 double
disc clutch. The flywheel is about 20 years old now, and don't know
how easy it would be to replace. I don't know if Tilton would still
make one. It has been working great, and I can just replace the
friction discs for about $160, when they wear down. When I went to
the T5 trans, I just had tilton make a disc set with a spline to match
the T5 spline. It made the swap so much easier. Joe
----- Original Message -----
From: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>
To: <WEmery7451@aol.com>; <dos_gusanos@msn.com>; <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, July 30, 2001 10:22 PM
Subject: RE: TR4 Aluminum Flywheel Wanted
> Peyote had a Tilton clutch, until I broke the flywheel bolts and
fragged
> it. Like you say, on-off switch. Don't have anyone in your line of
sight
> when you're looking for the friction point. It's stall or launch.
>
> The cheater TR3 has the Cambridge Motorsports skinny steel one--very
nice
> piece and it uses the std TR4 clutch. Good stuff.
>
> Peyote NOW has the one from the Jeep guy I couldn't remember. Very
nice
> part and it works really well. Uses the standard TR4 clutch and he
also
> makes a very trick ceramic and Kevlar clutch plate. I couldn't use
my cool
> little clutch plate 'cause I didn't realize my trans doesn't have a
TR3/4
> input shaft. Duh. Meister Catpusher used some of his tricks when he
built
> it.
>
> What is that, Hardy, a TR6 shaft?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: WEmery7451@aol.com [mailto:WEmery7451@aol.com]
> Sent: Monday, July 30, 2001 6:44 PM
> To: dos_gusanos@msn.com; fot@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: TR4 Aluminum Flywheel Wanted
>
>
> In a message dated 7/30/01 3:07:17 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> dos_gusanos@msn.com writes:
>
> << I know this question has been asked before, but we are looking
for an
> Aluminum Flywheel for Rob's Triumph. Who makes the best
> one?.............Thanks Henry Morrison, Albuquerque, NM
> >>
>
> Mine came from Mr. Webber of Malvern Racing. He advertises in the
SCCA
> Sports Car magazine, and he ordered it from Tilton in California.
It
> consists of a single wafer disc and a small harmless looking
diaphragm
> pressure plate. I have been using the stock diaphragm throw out
bearing
> with
> a fabricated 3" distance piece between the forks and the bearing.
>
> A smaller throw out bearing was furnished, which I should be using,
but my
>
> machinist has not as of yet made me another distance piece for it.
The
> clutch operates sort of like an on-off switch -- have to be careful
while
> driving in the paddock.
>
> Is this the best setup? I do not know. You supposedly can get a
skinny
> steel flywheel, which is not much heavier than the aluminum, and
will hold
> up
> better.
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