[Fot] Subject: Weight Reduction TR3-4

[Gt6steve at aol.com]

That's where you get to put the ballast where your corner weights are  
asking for it.
 
 
In a message dated 7/3/2012 9:06:43 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
jhhasty at gdhs.com writes:

What do  you do about the 1950 Lb. mim. Weight requirement followed by SVRA
and most  of the other groups with which I race??? 


John H. Hasty
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-----Original Message-----
From:  fot-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:fot-bounces at autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of  Catpusher at aol.com
Sent: Monday, July 02, 2012 5:29 PM
To:  fot at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Fot] Subject: Weight Reduction  TR3-4

For road racing, weight high up and towards the front is the  top  
priority. 
For TR2 & 3 vintage racers, the first 555 TR2s  built had  alloy bonnets and
boot lids fitted as standard, so these  have always been legal,  if you can
find them.  I spent thousands  of hours taking weight off our  TR3, and with
SCCA safety equipment,  it was down to 1700 lbs. Many fuel  cell regs. allow
moving from the  standard location, so it is a good example of  moving
required items  to lower the CG and polar moment.
Feel free to send a copy of your  list.
In terms of safety, there is no safer way to race than jumping into  the 
lead
and then extending it.

TR  Regards,
Hardy


From:  "Barry Munson"  <barry at penybryn.ca>
To:  <fot at autox.team.net>
Subject:  [Fot] Weight Reduction  TR3-4
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Amici -

As I have proceeded through  Barnie's  - 1959 TR3A -  evolutionary process
from a derelict  barn-find to a  vintage racer over the last two years, one
of the  initial questions that I  was faced with was related to the issue  
of
weight reduction. The question  of how much and where could I  reduce the
weight and remain compliant with  the requirements for  originality of the
majority of vintage racing  organizations, while  not compromising either
safety or performance, was  forefront in  making decisions. So things like
the addition of fiberglass   components, changing the frame to a TR4,
increasing the width of the   fenders or the addition of flares were not
considered. 
What
I was  looking  for were areas that I could substitute alloy components  for
stock iron  ones, use of components that were available on later  models of
the TR3 line  and offered weight saving options. Over the  last two years I
have been able  to reduce the weight by 104 pounds  simply by acquiring
bolt-on parts. Of  course knowing what is  available, its source and cost 
has
been the key and  I have to thank  many from this list for that knowledge.

The 104 pounds  was  achieved in the following major component breakdown:

Engine -  61.0  lbs

Chassis - 11.0 lbs

Front Suspension - 16.0  lbs.

Rear  Suspension - 16.0 lbs.

In addition to the weight  reduction that was  achieved, many of the
components offered  additional benefits in terms of  safety and performance.



I  have prepared a component by  component table showing how and where  this
reduction in weight was  achieved, however it is much too long  for team.net
therefore if anyone  would like to receive a copy please  just ask and I 
will
forward one  immediately  _______________________________________________
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