[Fot] COTA Race Weekend

[Curt Johnston]

Chris,

You're absolutely correct on the trans gearing.  Down the straight I was at 7000+ RPM in 5th, and only doing about 115.  It is a BL 5 speed from the Huffaker TR8 and this track showed how wrong it is.  

The original trans for the car is a Spitfire 4 speed, but it was built without a reverse (the reverse gear pin would sheer off all the time).  Over the winter, Joe Carr (the original Huffaker mechanic for the car) has committed to engineer the trans to get a working reverse.  The 4 speed gearing should work better with the rear end.  You may have noticed, that I didn't drop into second gear when needed as well.  Shifting down to second was nearly impossible about half the time.  We just can't get parts to make things right.  Of course a dog box would solve the problems, but I'm trying to keep the car original.  Cheers.

Curt Johnston

>     On 11/11/2021 9:57 PM tr4racing at googlemail.com wrote:
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>     Hi Curt,
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>     nice ride. Good line.
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>     Odd gearing….the jump 3rd to 4th is too short, and also from 4th to 5th you’re running out of revs all the time and the engine seem not linking to rev too high.
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>     The TR6 at the beginning in front of you has an interesting damping….almost no damping.
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>     Walzing Mathilda back end J
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>     Cheers
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>     Chris
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>     Von: Fot <fot-bounces at autox.team.net> Im Auftrag von Curt Johnston via Fot
>     Gesendet: Freitag, 12. November 2021 05:51
>     An: Friends of Triumph <fot at autox.team.net>
>     Betreff: [Fot] COTA Race Weekend
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>     Hello FOT,
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>     If you haven't raced at Circuit Of The Americas (COTA), you've got to put it on your list.  While I'm only a handful of race weekends into my vintage racing, this track is my new favorite.  Sure would be special to hold a Kastner Cup there some day.
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>     Here's a couple laps from this past weekend in my TR7: https://gopro.com/v/Rogg1kNJ6nnJa
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>     The TR7 is underpowered on the long straights, but handles the curves really well.  The video quality from GoPro is really good.  Much better than YouTube.
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>     Curt Johnston
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