[Fot] SVRA allows 5 speed transmission conversion!

[jwoesvra at aol.com]

That "B" is a typo!


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From: jwoesvra at aol.com
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Sent: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 1:27 pm
Subject: Re: [Fot] SVRA allows 5 speed transmission conversion!








Y'all need to go the www.svra.com and re-read the regulations...or could it be
that you haven't ever really read them?



THE ALTERNATE TRANSMISSION RULE HAS BEEN IN EFFECT SINCE 1999!




Look under the Group 3 SR.




The B transmission rule (paraphrased) is that the replacement must be
functionally similar to the original (or optional) transmission. That means 4
speeds w/OD can be a 5-speed, but 5th gear MUST be an overdrive ratio. 5th
MUST be numerically lower (i.e. .095:1). There is also a 75# weight penalty
that is added to the official weight.




Make sure if you use a T5, that it does not have a 1:1 5th gear.




Jack Woehrle

SVRA Technical Director


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"




-----Original Message-----
From: Bobby Whitehead <igofaster at charter.net>
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Sent: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 12:57 pm
Subject: [Fot] SVRA allows 5 speed transmission conversion!








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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