[Fot] Racing a Triumph TRANSMISSIONS

Joe Boruch jaboruch at netzero.net
Sat Oct 13 20:07:03 MDT 2012


Bob, SCCA road racing production car specs for TR3-6 allow the use of any 5
speed transmission, as a replacement for the stock tranny/OD.  So a T5 is fine
and that is what I have been using for about 10 years.  Joe(B)

---------- Original Message ----------
From: "Robert M. Lang" <lang at isis.mit.edu>
To: fot at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Fot] Racing a Triumph     TRANSMISSIONS
Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2012 14:54:49 -0400 (EDT)

> 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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