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Re: [Fot] bore sizes

To: "marshall" <marshall@nefcom.net>, <fot@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Fot] bore sizes
From: "Jack W. Drews" <vinttr4@geneseo.net>
Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2006 10:05:24 -0600
At 05:16 PM 12/22/2006, marshall wrote:
>I'm running 87mm in my TR4A.
>
>I believe Mike Jackson is actually running about 77mm bore in the car
>he's racing.

Yeah, but he's got those special rings.........

>   His TR3 might be 87mm though... :-)   Don
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: fot-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:fot-bounces@autox.team.net] On
>Behalf Of Dean Tetterton
>Sent: Friday, December 22, 2006 5:49 PM
>To: 'Jeff Snook'; fot@autox.team.net; 'Jack W.Drews'
>Subject: Re: [Fot] bore sizes
>
>Both of my cars, TR3A and Warwick are 87mm. The TR3A is stock crank
>w/scroll
>seal, stock rods, AE pistons.  The Warwick has pop up pistons, corrella
>rods, billet crank.  I feel the TR3A runs just as good and I just pulled
>it
>down after 90 race hours. Will be replacing rings and bearings only. The
>rest looked good and I had the crank magnifluxed for cracks. There were
>none. Polished the journals and back together.
>
>Dean  T.
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: fot-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:fot-bounces@autox.team.net] On
>Behalf Of Jeff Snook
>Sent: Friday, December 22, 2006 1:13 PM
>To: fot@autox.team.net; Jack W. Drews
>Subject: Re: [Fot] bore sizes
>
>Jack, you can add me to the 87mm bore club.  Mike Jackson too, as far as
>I
>know.
>
>Jeff Snook
>http://www.snooksdreamcars.com
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Jack W. Drews
>   To: fot@autox.team.net
>   Sent: Friday, December 22, 2006 10:36 AM
>   Subject: [Fot] bore sizes
>
>
>   In an attempt to rein in rampant rules bending, VSCDA will be
>   enforcing displacement, weight and brake originality starting with
>   the 2007 season. The club is using a very wise approach. All
>   competitors were notified prior to the 2006 season and were given a
>   full year to bring their cars into compliance.  Cars not in
>   compliance will not be turned away but will generally run in the same
>   group but in a class designated for modified cars.
>
>   I know that these cars have 87 mm bores:
>
>   Jack Drews
>   Tony Drews
>   Joe Alexander
>   Joe Alexander (AMBRO under construction)
>   John Fridirici
>   Bob Wismer
>   Bill Dentinger
>   (sorry, forgot first name) Suhre - former Don Brick car
>   Dennis Delap TR3
>   Dennis Delap TR4 (beautiful, fresh race car, you've got to see it)
>   Irv Korey (why would anybody build a new TR vintage racer when this
>   one is for sale?)
>   Henry Frye (at least he used to, but Henry, you're going suspiciously
>   fast nowadays)
>   John James
>   Mark York
>   Doug Karon (Ambro in Minneapolis)
>   Cary Perket (TR3 in storage)
>   Gary Schneider (former Chip Bond SCCA car)
>   Robert Houston
>
>   Like Tony, I have no particular quarrel with cars prepared
>   differently. But, on the other hand, I'd like to know, so that in the
>   rare instance when I might beat one of those guys, I can privately
>   chortle over the accomplishment.
>
>
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