- 1. RE: TR6 gearbox synchros (score: 1)
- Author: atenglish@mindspring.com
- Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 20:04:14 -0500 (GMT-05:00)
- I must agree. The ones we have imported recently are terrible. I get a better result by bead blasting the hubs and using old ones, especially changing 4th syncro ring to 2nd. Terry O'Beirne Well I fe
- /html/fot/2006-02/msg00053.html (7,402 bytes)
- 2. Re: TR-3,4 Cyl heads (score: 1)
- Author: atenglish@mindspring.com
- Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 16:05:18 -0500 (GMT-05:00)
- == fot at autox.team.net supported in part by Fat Chance Garage == http://fatchancegarage.com Kas, Moss Motors lists an aluminum head for TR2-4. Part # 853-048. I have not seen one but it appears to
- /html/fot/2005-11/msg00187.html (6,732 bytes)
- 3. Re: Additional info on that: Transmission for sale (score: 1)
- Author: atenglish@mindspring.com
- Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 21:09:55 -0400 (GMT-04:00)
- Someone mentioned Quantum Mechanics. Does anyone have their phone #? Their website seems to be inoperative. Thanks....Alan
- /html/fot/2005-10/msg00327.html (6,886 bytes)
- 4. RE: overdrive question (score: 1)
- Author: atenglish@mindspring.com
- Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 16:02:41 -0400 (GMT-04:00)
- I have found just the opposite than what is described below. Until the Walter Mitty Challenge this past April , I had always raced with an 'A' Type overdrive. When the tranny that was supposed to be
- /html/fot/2005-09/msg00344.html (10,378 bytes)
- 5. Re: TR7 vs GT6 4 sp gearbox info (score: 1)
- Author: "Alan Taylor" <atenglish@mindspring.com>
- Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 07:25:48 -0400
- Greetings List, I have a UKC8749 NOS TR7 laygear in front of me and the tooth count is: 26 , 24 , 20 , 15 (reverse), 15 . And while we are on that subject does anyone the laygear tooth count for the
- /html/fot/2005-07/msg00228.html (8,113 bytes)
- 6. Re: re-torque cyl heads (score: 1)
- Author: "Alan Taylor" <atenglish@mindspring.com>
- Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 12:04:49 -0400
- When I worked at the British Leyland dealer in the later seventies , I PDI'ed (pre delivery inspection) countless TR7s . Without exception some of the head bolts would be almost finger tight. I would
- /html/fot/2005-04/msg00106.html (8,373 bytes)
- 7. Re: Spitfire heads (score: 1)
- Author: "Alan Taylor" <atenglish@mindspring.com>
- Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 22:22:19 -0500
- TKC 3239 is listed as a Spitfire 1500 from FM8000>. Does it have air injection ports? Alan T Listers: Is anyone on the list familiar with the casting numbers and marking on Spitfire heads? To be spec
- /html/fot/2005-03/msg00164.html (6,975 bytes)
- 8. Re: Non-Triumph, Healey (score: 1)
- Author: "Alan Taylor" <atenglish@mindspring.com>
- Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 21:53:54 -0500
- When I started racing SCCA in the mid 70's I borrowed a truck and trailer and slept in a pup tent at the track. A memory but not exactly a 'fond' one. FWIW , Road Atlanta is pure Georgia red clay. Wh
- /html/fot/2005-03/msg00433.html (7,647 bytes)
- 9. Re: master cylinder bores? (score: 1)
- Author: "Alan Taylor" <atenglish@mindspring.com>
- Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2005 09:37:30 -0500
- TR250-6 B/MC ...0.812 :::: TR250-early(12/69) Cl/MC....75 :::::::: Later TR6 Cl/MC...0.70 GT6 B/MC ....early single action 0.70 :::::::: 67-9/72 .....0.750 GT6 all Cl/MC ..0.625 I have NOS kits for a
- /html/fot/2005-02/msg00035.html (7,067 bytes)
- 10. Re: Camping At Road Atlanta (score: 1)
- Author: "Alan Taylor" <atenglish@mindspring.com>
- Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 09:16:36 -0500
- Unless something has changed recently , the only showers are near the paddock and in the garages. In the early days (70's) of Road Atlanta there were 'indoor'showers around turn 5 and turn 8. The men
- /html/fot/2005-02/msg00215.html (8,460 bytes)
- 11. Re: U-Joints (score: 1)
- Author: "Alan Taylor" <atenglish@mindspring.com>
- Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2005 18:24:59 -0500
- The only u-joint that I have found to always fit properly is the UK manufactured Hardy Spicer brand in the green box. HS195 has the grease fitting in the cross-section and the HS161 has no fitting at
- /html/fot/2005-01/msg00025.html (8,303 bytes)
- 12. Re: Walter Mitty - MG TR Challenge April 2005 (score: 1)
- Author: atenglish@mindspring.com
- Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2004 13:24:26 -0400 (GMT-04:00)
- I agree 100% with Jeff. We would need a space of our own . I started driving Road Atlanta in 1975 and it has gone from one of my favourite tracks to one of my least favourite tracks in a very short t
- /html/fot/2004-10/msg00026.html (9,758 bytes)
- 13. Re: out of fuel- I think? (score: 1)
- Author: "Alan Taylor" <atenglish@mindspring.com>
- Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 07:48:15 -0400
- In additon to the below paragraph also check the inlet valves / float valves. Typically , 40DCOE carbs came with a 1.50 valve. There were also dampened (spring loaded) valves that I found to be restr
- /html/fot/2004-05/msg00178.html (11,156 bytes)
- 14. Re: Memories (score: 1)
- Author: "Alan Taylor" <atenglish@mindspring.com>
- Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2004 22:47:55 -0500
- The smell of race fuel exhaust in the morning. OK...That statement got my memory banks in gear. Being in the middle of the false grid at Road Atlanta for the last SCCA Runoffs of A Production . There
- /html/fot/2004-01/msg00061.html (9,551 bytes)
- 15. Re: front upright (score: 1)
- Author: "Alan Taylor" <atenglish@mindspring.com>
- Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 15:59:49 -0500
- Does anybody on the list have a factory parts catalog? I need to know if a front upright part number 209223 is the TR4 or the TR6 variety. Thanks! uncle jack It appears this part # is a LH vertical l
- /html/fot/2003-12/msg00312.html (7,003 bytes)
- 16. Re: Flexplate for TR 2.5 L? (score: 1)
- Author: "ALAN N. TAYLOR" <atenglish@mindspring.com>
- Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2001 21:07:08 -0800
- iii David & Krystal Wingett wrote: Amici I hope that our collective heads can help figure this one out. Was there ever an automatic trans in a TR, other then the Stag? I know that the Vetesse has a 2
- /html/fot/2001-12/msg00034.html (9,135 bytes)
- 17. RE: Survey (score: 1)
- Author: "ALAN N. TAYLOR" <atenglish@mindspring.com>
- Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 00:03:04 -0800
- $0.93 in Bakersfield today! Brad Hey gas is $1.19 at the corner!!....seems like it's a bargain again!>> One can find regular in the Atlanta area for $0.79 , but the average today is about $0.86. Nice
- /html/fot/2001-11/msg00182.html (7,731 bytes)
- 18. Re: Conversion of Spitfire to GT6 Drum Brakes ? (score: 1)
- Author: "ALAN N. TAYLOR" <atenglish@mindspring.com>
- Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 22:42:02 -0700
- Cary Depending on your intentions and driving habits you may or may not want to convert. The GT6 is the only Triumph Sports Car of that era to have decent size (and easily available) front wheel bear
- /html/fot/2001-10/msg00250.html (8,101 bytes)
- 19. Re: 7/8 inch wheel cylinders (score: 1)
- Author: "ALAN N. TAYLOR" <atenglish@mindspring.com>
- Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2001 18:13:48 -0700
- At 05:39 PM 9/4/01 -0400, jaboruch wrote: Does anyone know where I could get a rebuild kit for 7/8th inch rear wheel cylinders. I don't know what they were used on. I did find someone with a kit from
- /html/fot/2001-09/msg00011.html (7,623 bytes)
- 20. Re: PAECO (score: 1)
- Author: "ALAN N. TAYLOR" <atenglish@mindspring.com>
- Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2001 22:54:55 -0700
- That is probably the wise thing to do. Years ago I needed extra front brake pads to bed in for the SARRC run-offs. I ordered Paeco 'competition' brake pads at $40.00 a set and their idea of racing pa
- /html/fot/2001-04/msg00011.html (7,352 bytes)
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