Greetings all" I am about to separate the trans and OD units in order to be able to dismantle the trans in order to refresh. Are there any concerns / gotchas that I need to be concerned about? I know
Greeting all The trans in my Spit bodied GT6 has some issues. I have to pause (about 1 sec) on a first to second gear upshift. Downshifting from third to second and second to first are also difficult
Greetings: For those of you who have ordered small parts from Rimmer Brothers - do they offer a slower, discounted shipping via Royal Mail to the US? I am considering buying a trans gear from them bu
Greetings All: I suddenly need to source synchros for my early GT6 trans. I reused my old synchros last time around and set aside the new ones. Today I began to reassemble the trans w/ the unused syn
Greeting all: I am in the process of refreshening my early GT6 gearbox. I did all the gap / tolerance checks per the Bently manual. Between the split ring and the miserable 3rd gear circlip the main
Following up on the thread below - the Suzuki Swift alternator. A number of racing catalogs list a small light weight alt for big $$. I bought an e-bay one (didn't know it was Chinese until I receive
Greeting all: Anyone recently bought Triumph motor mounts where the threaded stud was metric instead of inch? Recently I purchased new motor mounts for my Spit bodied GT6 from a US supplier specializ
Just a heads up to any Spitfire owners in the MetroDetroit (or Windsor) area - Parts Galore on West Warren in Detroit has a 69 Spit. Engine has the head off and heavy rust in the bores, trans is non-
Greetings all: Spit boded GT6 w/ a 2.5L motor, about 80K miles on full rebuild, about 15K miles on head gasket (blown) & cam (several wiped lobes) replacement. A month ago one morning I noticed that
If the wire wheel question has not been answered yet (I read my digests in batches and am frequently a few days behind), I would suggest that a source for wire wheel information (tire stores that can
Peter: Some replacement rocker shafts have threaded set screws instead of pressed in plugs. If your rockershaft has the threaded set screws, make sure that the set screws are tight. The setscrews in
Greetings all: 10K miles ago, my 2.5L Spit bodied GT6 suffered a blown head gasket (after 50K miles on full engine rebuild). In looking over the top end while assessing the burnt thru head gasket, I
Dave: Grass Roots Motorsports magazine built up a rotary powered Spit a number of years ago. I became a subscriber when I learned that the project was in the works. They (highly) modified a Miata or
--==0169688554233275418== --047d7b6735ee84476005105b1c34 My '71 GT6 was originally a non OD trans. I acquired the OD trans to be able to have a more relaxed cruising rpm - had I changed to the 3.89 r
--==8975306707725813718== --001a11343c98dbcd79051546c0c5 Joe: If the oil pressure drop was fairly abrupt, one thing I would suggest looking into with the engine running is to open the oil fill cap an
--==0612185026911280217== --001a1141015cde51a405217b4205 Greetings all: My Spit bodied GT6 w/ TR6 engine has been suffering from ignition problems. Started hundreds of miles ago where the engine woul
--==0561750034546253145== --00000000000020138f05829ace5d Greetings all: While replacing the hose to the gulp valve (I think this is the name for the PCV device, mine has a flat top with a steel plate
--==6642658086527379938== --000000000000ef5d0a0583006337 Randall: Thank you for your response. It looks like TRF lists several of the components of this valve including the "plunger" which is presuma
--==2694400163590180379== --0000000000002f29e505ae0dac5b I have a question concerning the retention capability of either system. I have had a chronic issue retaining the soft top at the base of the l