[Fot] gearbox legality

[Henry Frye]

When I first realized SVRA was allowing alternate gearboxes I did a
little nosing around and found the concept was not universally accepted.


I can sympathize with those who do not build their own gearboxes, it
would be expensive to send your box out to a specialist every time it
needs attention. But once you get it set up right, with the right
syncros, and DRIVE IT RIGHT, there is no reason it can't last a couple
seasons or more. Mine does.

To the guys running non-Triumph gearboxes, I do feel you have a
performance advantage. If you want to keep the regular (non-dog box)
Triumph box alive, you must shift much slower than modern stuff. Tell me
with a straight face that doesn't effect lap times.

While I applaud SVRA for their intent, I feel they have just removed
another layer of "Vintage".

And to those thinking the Toyota box conversion is the answer, do your
homework on spares availability...

Happy shifting.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Of Jack W. Drews
> Subject: [Fot] gearbox legality
>
> I didn't realize until this thread started that some
> organizations allow other gearboxes if 'functionally
> equivalent".