[Fot] T50 gearbox CVAR and my GT6

[Bill Babcock]

wow, I got an odd bounce from FOT server. I don't know if this went or  
not, here's a retry:

I don't know guys. this all sounds like "do it this way or go club  
racing". One of the things i always like about Vintage Racing is that  
you can do it your own way and almost always have a race. I'm  
absolutely certain that you could build a GT6 gearbox that would take  
everything you threw at it and work reliably all year--right in the  
original cases. All it takes is a hell of a lot of money. If that's  
going to be the determinant then get comfortable with it. I know  
exactly how that works. I'm occupying a little moral high ground here-- 
a rare thing for me. I use four speed TR3/4/6 transmissions in my  
cars. I haven't really added it all up, but I wouldn't be surprised to  
find I have four to five grand in each. My choice. I don't care if  
someone else uses a toyota five speed, good on 'em. I'll race them.

Truth is we're all making this stuff up as we go along, and the aim is  
always the same--have fun. Substituting a similar gearbox that is not  
very expensive but is way more reliable is as much a way to avoid  
pissing away a lot of money as it is anything else. If you can't talk  
your sanctioning body into that then maybe you need a new one.

Certainly reliability is a theoretical advantage, but so what? Truth  
is NONE of us are all that good. I certainly know I'm not. I'm not  
contesting at the outer limits of my cars capability--far from it.  
Every year I get older I suck a little more, make more mistakes, fail  
to take advantage of other people's errors. I'm not racing in a place  
where reliability translates into an advantage,  I'm playing with old  
cars.

Miata racing is boring. Club racing is boring. Vintage racing is fun.  
End of story.