[Fot] SVRA allows 5 speed transmission conversion!

[Bill Babcock]

I certainly favor it, though I've managed to have a reasonably  
reliable TR4-based box using quaife dog-engagement straight cut gears.  
But that's an expensive proposition and the reliability suffers when  
you get above 130 HP. The standard gearboxes are marginally reliable  
in street cars. The overdrives are a bad joke, but they clearly give  
racers a lot of ratios to play with. Hard to see any regulatory reason  
for saddling us with these fragile, expensive and increasingly rare  
trannys. I have a big stock of them and might never switch over, but I  
think the sport benefits from reliability.


On Feb 10, 2009, at 7:57 AM, Bobby Whitehead wrote:

> Some of ya'll (I'm Texan) recall the trials and tribulations of my  
> sweet Bob Davis GT6 with a T50 5 speed gearbox.
> CVAR has not allowed the 5 speed conversion...   I just ran out of  
> the library.. with my March 2009 Grassroots Motorsports Magazine.  
> Our fellow FoT'er Tim Suddard and his race prepared TR3 have  
> apparently been allowed to make the transmission swap to a Borg  
> Warner T5 five speed conversion. Apparently SVRA stated that  "any  
> car that came with five forward speeds, like our over-drive equipped  
> Triumphs-can make the transmission swap". Maybe this is a new rule,  
> apparently it is. Not that I don't mind playing by the rules... I'm  
> on my 4th transmission job...$3000.00 plus dollars and DNF's 50% of  
> the last 6 events...
> I'm on the newest Triumph transmission from Quantumechanics... a  
> custom GT6 transmission with TR7 gears and a J type overdrive..  
> modifications to the frame to TRY to make it work.. AGAIN.....
> Needless to say, I'm going after CVAR, ONCE AGAIN, to see if there  
> may be a chance I can put the T50 back in the car.. I could have  
> sold the T50 for several thousand dollars with the drive shaft,  
> conversion, and mod's to the car... but I haven't... hoping I can  
> find a spot for it.
> Frankly, I'm upset... seems if a national captioning vintage race  
> group allows the 5 speed conversion, other groups should come around  
> and acknowledge the swap.
> thanks Tim Suddard for the article, maybe we can move forward to  
> reliable racing.
> I quote Tim's article " it's more fun to run reliable at the back of  
> the group-or not at all."  I've said it before, I don't care if I  
> start last and finish last, I just wanna race... after all... it's  
> an $8.00 trophy at the end of the season.
>
> Bobby Whitehead
> #53 CVAR Triumph GT6+ Group II
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