- 41. RE: Rods? (score: 1)
- Author: "SHANE Ingate" <hottr6@hotmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 11:01:48 -0400
- I weighed my TR6 Carillos and they came to 443 grams (each), +/- 1.5 grams. With the JE pistons (290 grams), the total saving in weight is 370 grams over the stock rod/Hepolite piston. Shane Ingate i
- /html/fot/2005-08/msg00220.html (7,777 bytes)
- 42. RE: Rods? (score: 1)
- Author: "SHANE Ingate" <hottr6@hotmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 12:27:42 -0400
- The low rpms of the TR6 is due to its rubber-band crankshaft. There are nasty resonances at around 6200, and then again at 7800 (I think). A billet-steel crank eliminates that, and the you can wind
- /html/fot/2005-08/msg00224.html (8,159 bytes)
- 43. Re: Rods? (score: 1)
- Author: "SHANE Ingate" <hottr6@hotmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 16:09:11 -0400
- I had my crank nitrided and then polished, and then sent it out to be cross-drilled. Uh-oh, no go. Wrong order. Oh well, next time I'll get it right. Sigh. Shane Ingate in Maryland
- /html/fot/2005-08/msg00234.html (7,523 bytes)
- 44. TR6 rod bearing saga (score: 1)
- Author: "SHANE Ingate" <hottr6@hotmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 11:01:30 -0400
- You may remember from 2 weeks ago my plea for sources of Vanderwall VP2 rod bearings. I thought I found a cache at Dave Bean, but when they arrived, they were crap Glacier aluminum. Returned. Then I
- /html/fot/2005-08/msg00247.html (7,738 bytes)
- 45. Decals (Please help me out) (score: 1)
- Author: "SHANE Ingate" <hottr6@hotmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 14:10:28 -0400
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- /html/fot/2005-07/msg00152.html (6,245 bytes)
- 46. RE: BTW points (score: 1)
- Author: "SHANE Ingate" <hottr6@hotmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 14:16:20 -0400
- Maybe that is the reason why there is a city-province in China called 'USA'? Look carefully at your purchases; packaging is often made in the US, and the contents in China.... Lucas are one of the la
- /html/fot/2005-07/msg00153.html (7,539 bytes)
- 47. Re: securing thrust washers (score: 1)
- Author: "SHANE Ingate" <hottr6@hotmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 10:11:33 -0400
- Hey Steve, Never though I'd be offering you my $0.02, but at the risk of being shot down, here goes. Maybe I am interpreting your question (and the response from other FOTers) completely wrong, but I
- /html/fot/2005-07/msg00188.html (7,926 bytes)
- 48. Wanted: Aftermarket/custom TR door handles (score: 1)
- Author: "SHANE Ingate" <hottr6@hotmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 21:20:49 -0400
- Sorry to bomb the list, but I am after some aftermarket/custom TR door handles. I think Moss Motors sold them many years ago. I have a picture of one at: http://www.hottr6.com/TRhandle.JPG If you th
- /html/fot/2005-07/msg00210.html (6,963 bytes)
- 49. Mallory dual point dizzy [was Non VTR help needed (score: 1)
- Author: "SHANE Ingate" <hottr6@hotmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2005 12:24:44 -0400
- I've been running a Mallory DP on my TR6 for a great many years, and it has been great. Marty Sukey indicated that he received a new unit for his TR6 - I thought they were NLA. I run the Mallory DP b
- /html/fot/2005-06/msg00002.html (8,074 bytes)
- 50. Mallory dual point dizzy [was Non VTR help needed (score: 1)
- Author: "SHANE Ingate" <hottr6@hotmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2005 12:24:32 -0400
- I've been running a Mallory DP on my TR6 for a great many years, and it has been great. Marty Sukey indicated that he received a new unit for his TR6 - I thought they were NLA. I run the Mallory DP b
- /html/fot/2005-06/msg00003.html (8,032 bytes)
- 51. RE: Mallory dual point dizzy [was Non VTR help needed (score: 1)
- Author: "SHANE Ingate" <hottr6@hotmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2005 12:16:22 -0400
- Whose rational? This is a Triumph list, after all. Shane Ingate irrationally in Maryland
- /html/fot/2005-06/msg00027.html (7,199 bytes)
- 52. Lucas and Mallory distributors [was Lucas ragging or sumthin'] (score: 1)
- Author: "SHANE Ingate" <hottr6@hotmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2005 13:42:10 -0400
- Cambridge Motorsports sells a fine toleranced 45D which has been used to good effect by the British racers (remember Mid-Ohio 2002?). Kas and Group 44 also seemed to do well with the Lucas, unless of
- /html/fot/2005-06/msg00055.html (7,383 bytes)
- 53. Something we all need [sorta LBC related] (score: 1)
- Author: "SHANE Ingate" <hottr6@hotmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2005 13:53:48 -0400
- We all need one of these: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4554570060 Shane Ingate, on Mt St Helens
- /html/fot/2005-06/msg00142.html (7,044 bytes)
- 54. Re: 225hp or over 208hp (score: 1)
- Author: "SHANE Ingate" <hottr6@hotmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2005 21:42:16 -0400
- Wally Hicks in VA (703-450-5540) is porting my heads. I don't have any flow numbers from him, but he has ported several heads for the TVR 2500M crowd and I have heard nothing but exstatic praise (th
- /html/fot/2005-06/msg00183.html (7,313 bytes)
- 55. Re: Lucas distributers (score: 1)
- Author: "SHANE Ingate" <hottr6@hotmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2005 09:09:37 -0400
- For $400, you can have mine! Seriously, cambridgemotorsport.com sells toleranced full mechanical dizzies for 130 pounds. Maybe that is what you had in mind? Shane Ingate in Maryland
- /html/fot/2005-06/msg00428.html (6,812 bytes)
- 56. Re: Dizzies (score: 1)
- Author: "SHANE Ingate" <hottr6@hotmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2005 18:27:35 -0400
- Jerry Barr asked: I think they are NLA. I may be talking through my hat, but would it be possible to buy a Mallory DP for a Chebby 6 or a slant-6 (available at any speed shop) and modify the shaft to
- /html/fot/2005-06/msg00453.html (7,014 bytes)
- 57. Re: Tilton Hydraulic Release Bearing (score: 1)
- Author: "SHANE Ingate" <hottr6@hotmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 01 May 2005 22:30:43 -0400
- Jim, I'd be wary of using a hydraulic t/out. Yes, they do sound sexy, but what do you do if they leak? You will need to drop the 'box. I'm all for simplicity and robustness, and the hydraulic t/out s
- /html/fot/2005-05/msg00002.html (7,090 bytes)
- 58. Re: Dual Brake Master Cylinders (score: 1)
- Author: "SHANE Ingate" <hottr6@hotmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 07:56:54 -0400
- It seems to me that a Tilton/Wilwood pedal set-up would bolt right up. TR4 owners are lucky in that regard, 'cuz you have a flat firewall. The angled firewall of the TR6 prevents us from such an easy
- /html/fot/2005-05/msg00314.html (7,002 bytes)
- 59. Re: Cam Bearings for TR6 (score: 1)
- Author: "SHANE Ingate" <hottr6@hotmail.com>
- Date: 9 Mar 2005 14:15:31 -0800
- Cam Bearings for TR6 As said elsewhere, Spit bearings are OK. The *real* problem will be finding someone who can do good work line-boring that loooong TR6 block. I know of only two within 100 miles o
- /html/fot/2005-03/msg00151.html (8,290 bytes)
- 60. Re: San Diego question (score: 1)
- Author: "SHANE Ingate" <hottr6@hotmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 21:48:21 -0500
- Marty asked: I lived in SD for 10 years until my move to Maryland. The San Diego Triumph Sports Car Club has a reasonable sized membership, but when I left 4 years ago, they were not into competition
- /html/fot/2005-03/msg00237.html (8,457 bytes)
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