[Fot] Racing a Triumph TRANSMISSIONS

[Kas Kastner]

That is not quite true.  The Toyota pickup and the Celica offer at least 4
alternate ratios for 5th gear, not so with the overdrive. But so what,
compared to missing a guy on the grid for not a good enough reason.

Never be beaten by equipment
 > Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2012 14:54:49 -0400
> From: lang at isis.mit.edu
> To: fot at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Fot] Racing a Triumph     TRANSMISSIONS
>
> > On 2012-10-12, at 2:04 PM, "john hasty" <jhhasty at gdhs.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Interestingly enough, the SVRA G3 rules say that transmissions can be
> >> replaced with 5 speed units; however, the TR3,4 6 etc. rules say that
stock
> >> transmission should be used???? I have asked for them to consider the
> >> issue....
>
>
> Like the song says: "same as it ever was".
>
> When you're scared of the competition, you torque the rules to your
> advantage. ;-)
>
> In SCCA club racing, you can use alternate transmissions and alternate
> gear sets, but you cannot run overdrive on a non-standard gearbox. God
> knows why... a T5 (or whatever) with a normal O/D 5th gear offers exactly
> NO advantage other than reliability.
>
> Oddly, in SCCA Solo - when the various "Street" classes were created
> (about 10 or 12 years ago), they specifically exclude Triumphs. Gee, I
> wonder why?
>
> c ya,
> rml
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