From yellow-green at sbcglobal.net  Tue Sep  7 21:43:33 2021
From: yellow-green at sbcglobal.net (DENNIS DELAP)
Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2021 22:43:33 -0500
Subject: [Fot] Road America crew pass
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Friends 
Does anyone have an extra crew pass for the Fall Festival?
Thanks 
Dennis 

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From tr6driver at yahoo.com  Sat Sep 11 09:11:52 2021
From: tr6driver at yahoo.com (Jamie Palmer)
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2021 15:11:52 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [Fot] Fornwalt TR4/DBR Project (free)
References: <44789557.3990454.1631373112544.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <44789557.3990454.1631373112544@mail.yahoo.com>

Fellow FOT-ers,
I'm forced to admit failure in my attempt to get the Fornwalt project resurrected that I picked up from TRF a couple of years ago. Albert was kind enough to pass it on to me for free as long as I promised to pursue finishing the car, and I would like to do the same for someone capable of finishing the project.? All I ask is a chance to buy one of the bodies if you complete the project.
If you don't remember the car, the pictures from its time at TRF (it has not changed at all) are located in this directory:??https://www.the-roadster-factory.com/Images/POTW/Fornwalt-Fibreglass/
For info purposes:--Mr. Fornwalt (I know some of you knew him well) was a TR4 vintage racer who wanted an Aston Martin DBR and decided to build his own body to fit a TR4 chassis.--The body buck (male form) was completed, and the molds (female form) have been done for the front end, doors and hood. The rear was not started.--The buck is very high-quality work, done out of wood and plaster, and is formed over a "junk" rolling TR4 frame with engine and transmission. I was told the components were worthless apart from sizing but have not verified that. As the male buck was stored in the TRF warehouse for many years it has some very small, localized "bruises" that will need to be smoothed out with body filler prior to creating the female rear mold.--Mr. Fornwalt's widow had no interest in the project after his untimely death and passed the project on to Charles at TRF.? After Charles' death, Albert was cleaning things up and offered it to interested parties -- and I was (and am) interested.? However, I have to face facts and I'm not going to get to it any time soon -- the TR6 street car, TR6 race car, Italia and my Hathaway Hunter are all ahead of it in line.
If you are interested, please contact me off-list at tr6driver at yahoo.com and we can set up a phone call/face time.??
Thanks,
Jamie PalmerPittsboro, NC
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From bill at ponostyle.com  Sat Sep 11 11:32:51 2021
From: bill at ponostyle.com (Ponostyle)
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2021 10:32:51 -0700
Subject: [Fot] Fornwalt TR4/DBR Project (free)
In-Reply-To: <44789557.3990454.1631373112544@mail.yahoo.com>
References: <44789557.3990454.1631373112544.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
 <44789557.3990454.1631373112544@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <79EA0FE7-0596-48A0-AFA3-F3AB952DD38E@ponostyle.com>

That roadster factory link doesn?t work, in fact none of the backdoor links I tried work either. Perhaps their server is down. I?m painfully interested, that sounds like a fun project, unfortunately, like you, I have a lot of fun projects. 

Bill

> On Sep 11, 2021, at 8:11 AM, Jamie Palmer via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> Fellow FOT-ers,
> 
> I'm forced to admit failure in my attempt to get the Fornwalt project resurrected that I picked up from TRF a couple of years ago. Albert was kind enough to pass it on to me for free as long as I promised to pursue finishing the car, and I would like to do the same for someone capable of finishing the project.  All I ask is a chance to buy one of the bodies if you complete the project.
> 
> If you don't remember the car, the pictures from its time at TRF (it has not changed at all) are located in this directory:  https://www.the-roadster-factory.com/Images/POTW/Fornwalt-Fibreglass/ <https://www.the-roadster-factory.com/Images/POTW/Fornwalt-Fibreglass/>
> 
> For info purposes:
> --Mr. Fornwalt (I know some of you knew him well) was a TR4 vintage racer who wanted an Aston Martin DBR and decided to build his own body to fit a TR4 chassis.
> --The body buck (male form) was completed, and the molds (female form) have been done for the front end, doors and hood. The rear was not started.
> --The buck is very high-quality work, done out of wood and plaster, and is formed over a "junk" rolling TR4 frame with engine and transmission. I was told the components were worthless apart from sizing but have not verified that. As the male buck was stored in the TRF warehouse for many years it has some very small, localized "bruises" that will need to be smoothed out with body filler prior to creating the female rear mold.
> --Mr. Fornwalt's widow had no interest in the project after his untimely death and passed the project on to Charles at TRF.  After Charles' death, Albert was cleaning things up and offered it to interested parties -- and I was (and am) interested.  However, I have to face facts and I'm not going to get to it any time soon -- the TR6 street car, TR6 race car, Italia and my Hathaway Hunter are all ahead of it in line.
> 
> If you are interested, please contact me off-list at tr6driver at yahoo.com and we can set up a phone call/face time.  
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jamie Palmer
> Pittsboro, NC
> 
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From tr4abrad at gmail.com  Sat Sep 11 19:24:35 2021
From: tr4abrad at gmail.com (Brad Eells)
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2021 18:24:35 -0700
Subject: [Fot] Bob Matcheski
Message-ID: <71B02573-40C2-4EB9-9200-05314E56D67B@gmail.com>

Amici,

This question came up on Facebook:
Bob?s son Derek is attempting to locate his dad?s race car.

Bob ran in the SCCA Northeast Region from 1975 to the early 80?s.

The car was sold on to someone in Canada.

Is this car familiar to anyone?

Robert (Bob) Matcheski. midnight blue, number 23 from middlefield CT

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From vfracing at aol.com  Sun Sep 12 05:49:41 2021
From: vfracing at aol.com (Philip Gott)
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2021 07:49:41 -0400
Subject: [Fot] Bob Matcheski
In-Reply-To: <71B02573-40C2-4EB9-9200-05314E56D67B@gmail.com>
References: <71B02573-40C2-4EB9-9200-05314E56D67B@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <A166280E-B574-48EF-9035-78883F43CB00@aol.com>

I remember Racing against him but have no idea where the car is?.  Good friendly competition!

Sent from my iPhone

> On Sep 11, 2021, at 9:25 PM, Brad Eells via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> ?Amici,
> 
> This question came up on Facebook:
> Bob?s son Derek is attempting to locate his dad?s race car.
> 
> Bob ran in the SCCA Northeast Region from 1975 to the early 80?s.
> 
> The car was sold on to someone in Canada.
> 
> Is this car familiar to anyone?
> 
> Robert (Bob) Matcheski. midnight blue, number 23 from middlefield CT
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From grandwazoo at earthlink.net  Sun Sep 12 12:53:55 2021
From: grandwazoo at earthlink.net (Mike Jackson)
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2021 18:53:55 +0000
Subject: [Fot] Fornwalt TR4/DBR Project (free)
Message-ID: <3ff5fc89-e753-ce20-dc46-eb15edb704ca@earthlink.net>

Not true!  I used the link and looked at the few pics available.  Just wish I had the talent and likely remaining number of years required to finish it!
What an enormous task.  I was co-owner of a TRiumph powered Devin for a very few years.  Just mounting such a body satisfactorily is a challenge if the parts are already available.  Plus the suspension travel had to be severally limited do to the low fenders.  Made the thing diabolical to race. 

Will hope another vintage racing friend from down here will be enthused enough to think seriously about it.

Bill was one of the first TRiumph racers I met when I went to my first out of state race at Summit Point.  And, a long ways from South  Florida it was.

Mike

riginal Message-----
From: Ponostyle <bill at ponostyle.com>
Sent: Sep 11, 2021 1:32 PM
To: Jamie Palmer <tr6driver at yahoo.com>
Cc: fot at autox.team.net <fot at autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Fot] Fornwalt TR4/DBR Project (free)

That roadster factory link doesn&rsquo;t work, in fact none of the backdoor links I tried work either. Perhaps their server is down. I&rsquo;m painfully interested, that sounds like a fun project, unfortunately, like you, I have a lot of fun projects.  
BillOn Sep 11, 2021, at 8:11 AM, Jamie Palmer via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
Fellow FOT-ers,
 
I'm forced to admit failure in my attempt to get the Fornwalt project resurrected that I picked up from TRF a couple of years ago. Albert was kind enough to pass it on to me for free as long as I promised to pursue finishing the car, and I would like to do the same for someone capable of finishing the project.  All I ask is a chance to buy one of the bodies if you complete the project.
 
If you don't remember the car, the pictures from its time at TRF (it has not changed at all) are located in this directory:  https://www.the-roadster-factory.com/Images/POTW/Fornwalt-Fibreglass/
 
For info purposes:
--Mr. Fornwalt (I know some of you knew him well) was a TR4 vintage racer who wanted an Aston Martin DBR and decided to build his own body to fit a TR4 chassis.
--The body buck (male form) was completed, and the molds (female form) have been done for the front end, doors and hood. The rear was not started.
--The buck is very high-quality work, done out of wood and plaster, and is formed over a "junk" rolling TR4 frame with engine and transmission. I was told the components were worthless apart from sizing but have not verified that. As the male buck was stored in the TRF warehouse for many years it has some very small, localized "bruises" that will need to be smoothed out with body filler prior to creating the female rear mold.
--Mr. Fornwalt's widow had no interest in the project after his untimely death and passed the project on to Charles at TRF.  After Charles' death, Albert was cleaning things up and offered it to interested parties -- and I was (and am) interested.  However, I have to face facts and I'm not going to get to it any time soon -- the TR6 street car, TR6 race car, Italia and my Hathaway Hunter are all ahead of it in line.
 
If you are interested, please contact me off-list at tr6driver at yahoo.com and we can set up a phone call/face time.  
 
Thanks,
 
Jamie Palmer
Pittsboro, NC
 


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From vfracing at aol.com  Sun Sep 12 20:29:38 2021
From: vfracing at aol.com (Philip Gott)
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2021 22:29:38 -0400
Subject: [Fot] Pure Water in the crankcase catch can
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This weekend at the Glen my engine pumped about 6 oz of pure water ( not the expected oil-water milkshake mixture) into the catch can in a 20 minute session. I had to top up the coolant a similar amount.
This is unusual due to the purity of the water.  It was clear. 
I am running Driven XP3 oil. Not running anti freeze, just water wetter.
What could be the cause? Anyone have similar experience? 
I?m thinking the aluminum plug in the head in the rocker arm area could be at fault. That could send water almost immediately out the vent in the rocker cover before it mixed with oil in the crankcase. Plausible?
Will run a cooling system pressure test tomorrow.
Any advice appreciated.
Thanks,
Phil Gott

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From awashatko at wi.rr.com  Mon Sep 13 13:42:41 2021
From: awashatko at wi.rr.com (Allen Washatko)
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2021 14:42:41 -0500
Subject: [Fot] Hoosier Tire Temperature
Message-ID: <E9B1CFCC-1CEE-4732-A247-D11D4E3A0654@wi.rr.com>

FOT

In regards to my question regarding temperature operating range for a 225/50 R15 Hoosier Speedster tire, I have the following from Jess Speer/Hoosier:
For my car weighing 2035 lbs, hot tire pressure should be in the 26-28 lbs range. 

Sent from my iPhone

From nicholsondustin at yahoo.com  Mon Sep 13 15:57:45 2021
From: nicholsondustin at yahoo.com (dustin nicholson)
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2021 21:57:45 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [Fot] Hoosier Tire Temperature
In-Reply-To: <E9B1CFCC-1CEE-4732-A247-D11D4E3A0654@wi.rr.com>
References: <E9B1CFCC-1CEE-4732-A247-D11D4E3A0654@wi.rr.com>
Message-ID: <770851857.73692.1631570265970@mail.yahoo.com>

 Thank you Allen!? This weekend at Eagles Canyon was my first race in a TR3.? I've got the same tires and had the same question.? I guessed at 28 lbs. cold and was happy with the handling, I'll go down a few pounds next time based on this advice.
Appreciate it,
Dusty Nicholson1957 EP TR3 #43


    On Monday, September 13, 2021, 02:43:28 PM CDT, Allen Washatko via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:  
 
 FOT

In regards to my question regarding temperature operating range for a 225/50 R15 Hoosier Speedster tire, I have the following from Jess Speer/Hoosier:
For my car weighing 2035 lbs, hot tire pressure should be in the 26-28 lbs range. 

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From bill at ponostyle.com  Mon Sep 13 17:06:51 2021
From: bill at ponostyle.com (Ponostyle)
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2021 16:06:51 -0700
Subject: [Fot] Fornwalt TR4/DBR Project (free)
In-Reply-To: <3ff5fc89-e753-ce20-dc46-eb15edb704ca@earthlink.net>
References: <3ff5fc89-e753-ce20-dc46-eb15edb704ca@earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <1AFC129E-5E6E-4455-954B-601CCCC74B5C@ponostyle.com>

Odd, it still doesn?t work for me. No matter, I?m not going to do it. I hope someone does, but I have enough projects to keep me busy until I turn about 120. 

> On Sep 12, 2021, at 11:53 AM, Mike Jackson <grandwazoo at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
> Not true!  I used the link and looked at the few pics available.  Just wish I had the talent and likely remaining number of years required to finish it!
> What an enormous task.  I was co-owner of a TRiumph powered Devin for a very few years.  Just mounting such a body satisfactorily is a challenge if the parts are already available.  Plus the suspension travel had to be severally limited do to the low fenders.  Made the thing diabolical to race. 
>  
> Will hope another vintage racing friend from down here will be enthused enough to think seriously about it.
>  
> Bill was one of the first TRiumph racers I met when I went to my first out of state race at Summit Point.  And, a long ways from South  Florida it was.
>  
> Mike
>  
> riginal Message-----
> From: Ponostyle <bill at ponostyle.com>
> Sent: Sep 11, 2021 1:32 PM
> To: Jamie Palmer <tr6driver at yahoo.com>
> Cc: fot at autox.team.net <fot at autox.team.net>
> Subject: Re: [Fot] Fornwalt TR4/DBR Project (free)
> 
> 
> That roadster factory link doesn?t work, in fact none of the backdoor links I tried work either. Perhaps their server is down. I?m painfully interested, that sounds like a fun project, unfortunately, like you, I have a lot of fun projects. 
>  
> Bill
> 
> On Sep 11, 2021, at 8:11 AM, Jamie Palmer via Fot <fot at autox.team.net <mailto:fot at autox.team.net>> wrote:
> Fellow FOT-ers,
>  
> I'm forced to admit failure in my attempt to get the Fornwalt project resurrected that I picked up from TRF a couple of years ago. Albert was kind enough to pass it on to me for free as long as I promised to pursue finishing the car, and I would like to do the same for someone capable of finishing the project.  All I ask is a chance to buy one of the bodies if you complete the project.
>  
> If you don't remember the car, the pictures from its time at TRF (it has not changed at all) are located in this directory:  https://www.the-roadster-factory.com/Images/POTW/Fornwalt-Fibreglass/ <https://www.the-roadster-factory.com/Images/POTW/Fornwalt-Fibreglass/>
>  
> For info purposes:
> --Mr. Fornwalt (I know some of you knew him well) was a TR4 vintage racer who wanted an Aston Martin DBR and decided to build his own body to fit a TR4 chassis.
> --The body buck (male form) was completed, and the molds (female form) have been done for the front end, doors and hood. The rear was not started.
> --The buck is very high-quality work, done out of wood and plaster, and is formed over a "junk" rolling TR4 frame with engine and transmission. I was told the components were worthless apart from sizing but have not verified that. As the male buck was stored in the TRF warehouse for many years it has some very small, localized "bruises" that will need to be smoothed out with body filler prior to creating the female rear mold.
> --Mr. Fornwalt's widow had no interest in the project after his untimely death and passed the project on to Charles at TRF.  After Charles' death, Albert was cleaning things up and offered it to interested parties -- and I was (and am) interested.  However, I have to face facts and I'm not going to get to it any time soon -- the TR6 street car, TR6 race car, Italia and my Hathaway Hunter are all ahead of it in line.
>  
> If you are interested, please contact me off-list at tr6driver at yahoo.com <mailto:tr6driver at yahoo.com> and we can set up a phone call/face time.  
>  
> Thanks,
>  
> Jamie Palmer
> Pittsboro, NC
>  
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From terrysopher at gmail.com  Mon Sep 13 17:12:29 2021
From: terrysopher at gmail.com (Terry Sopher)
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2021 19:12:29 -0400
Subject: [Fot] Fornwalt TR4/DBR Project (free)
In-Reply-To: <1AFC129E-5E6E-4455-954B-601CCCC74B5C@ponostyle.com>
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Message-ID: <0900A58E-A6DE-48D1-9386-119A958A6CE8@gmail.com>

There is a very talented fabricator here in Jax area.  I asked him to take a look and give an estimate to get the body panels completed molds, bucks & all and estimate of labor to fit/assemble etc.

A lot was done on the Fornwalt, but likely even more to get it all to fit & finish.  Will see what he comes back with.

Terry

> On Sep 13, 2021, at 19:07, Ponostyle via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> ?Odd, it still doesn?t work for me. No matter, I?m not going to do it. I hope someone does, but I have enough projects to keep me busy until I turn about 120. 
> 
>> On Sep 12, 2021, at 11:53 AM, Mike Jackson <grandwazoo at earthlink.net> wrote:
>> 
>> Not true!  I used the link and looked at the few pics available.  Just wish I had the talent and likely remaining number of years required to finish it!
>> What an enormous task.  I was co-owner of a TRiumph powered Devin for a very few years.  Just mounting such a body satisfactorily is a challenge if the parts are already available.  Plus the suspension travel had to be severally limited do to the low fenders.  Made the thing diabolical to race. 
>>  
>> Will hope another vintage racing friend from down here will be enthused enough to think seriously about it.
>>  
>> Bill was one of the first TRiumph racers I met when I went to my first out of state race at Summit Point.  And, a long ways from South  Florida it was.
>>  
>> Mike
>>  
>> riginal Message-----
>> From: Ponostyle <bill at ponostyle.com>
>> Sent: Sep 11, 2021 1:32 PM
>> To: Jamie Palmer <tr6driver at yahoo.com>
>> Cc: fot at autox.team.net <fot at autox.team.net>
>> Subject: Re: [Fot] Fornwalt TR4/DBR Project (free)
>> 
>> 
>> That roadster factory link doesn?t work, in fact none of the backdoor links I tried work either. Perhaps their server is down. I?m painfully interested, that sounds like a fun project, unfortunately, like you, I have a lot of fun projects. 
>>  
>> Bill
>> 
>> On Sep 11, 2021, at 8:11 AM, Jamie Palmer via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
>> Fellow FOT-ers,
>>  
>> I'm forced to admit failure in my attempt to get the Fornwalt project resurrected that I picked up from TRF a couple of years ago. Albert was kind enough to pass it on to me for free as long as I promised to pursue finishing the car, and I would like to do the same for someone capable of finishing the project.  All I ask is a chance to buy one of the bodies if you complete the project.
>>  
>> If you don't remember the car, the pictures from its time at TRF (it has not changed at all) are located in this directory:  https://www.the-roadster-factory.com/Images/POTW/Fornwalt-Fibreglass/
>>  
>> For info purposes:
>> --Mr. Fornwalt (I know some of you knew him well) was a TR4 vintage racer who wanted an Aston Martin DBR and decided to build his own body to fit a TR4 chassis.
>> --The body buck (male form) was completed, and the molds (female form) have been done for the front end, doors and hood. The rear was not started.
>> --The buck is very high-quality work, done out of wood and plaster, and is formed over a "junk" rolling TR4 frame with engine and transmission. I was told the components were worthless apart from sizing but have not verified that. As the male buck was stored in the TRF warehouse for many years it has some very small, localized "bruises" that will need to be smoothed out with body filler prior to creating the female rear mold.
>> --Mr. Fornwalt's widow had no interest in the project after his untimely death and passed the project on to Charles at TRF.  After Charles' death, Albert was cleaning things up and offered it to interested parties -- and I was (and am) interested.  However, I have to face facts and I'm not going to get to it any time soon -- the TR6 street car, TR6 race car, Italia and my Hathaway Hunter are all ahead of it in line.
>>  
>> If you are interested, please contact me off-list at tr6driver at yahoo.com and we can set up a phone call/face time.  
>>  
>> Thanks,
>>  
>> Jamie Palmer
>> Pittsboro, NC
>>  
>> _______________________________________________
>> fot at autox.team.net
>> 
>> http://www.fot-racing.com
>> 
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From vfracing at aol.com  Mon Sep 13 17:37:19 2021
From: vfracing at aol.com (Philip Gott)
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2021 19:37:19 -0400
Subject: [Fot] Pure Water in the crankcase catch can
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Thanks for the private responses.
It is indeed the aluminum plug in the rocker box floor. Some solutions are covered in Kas?s ?Triumphs? book. 
Does anyone have suggestions about how to remove that plug without first removing the cylinder head?
Phil

Sent from my iPhone

> On Sep 12, 2021, at 10:30 PM, Philip Gott via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> ?This weekend at the Glen my engine pumped about 6 oz of pure water ( not the expected oil-water milkshake mixture) into the catch can in a 20 minute session. I had to top up the coolant a similar amount.
> This is unusual due to the purity of the water.  It was clear. 
> I am running Driven XP3 oil. Not running anti freeze, just water wetter.
> What could be the cause? Anyone have similar experience? 
> I?m thinking the aluminum plug in the head in the rocker arm area could be at fault. That could send water almost immediately out the vent in the rocker cover before it mixed with oil in the crankcase. Plausible?
> Will run a cooling system pressure test tomorrow.
> Any advice appreciated.
> Thanks,
> Phil Gott
> 
> Sent from my iPhone


From enquiries at roadandtrack.net.au  Mon Sep 13 22:51:51 2021
From: enquiries at roadandtrack.net.au (Enquiries Road & Track)
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2021 14:51:51 +1000
Subject: [Fot] Hoosier Tire Temperature
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interesting, but still does not specify the optimum tread temperature

in current model racing with both slicks and semi slicks, there is a wide
range between tyre makers and compounds, with many racers trying several
before settling on something that works for them

very few racers here use Hoosiers

most "old" cars with small engines/limited HP, seem to struggle to getto
the optimum tread temperature, which is often 60-70C.

Sometimes, we have had to decrease tyre width to get the temperature up to
'sensible" values

Terry


On Tue, Sep 14, 2021 at 5:43 AM Allen Washatko via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
wrote:

> FOT
>
> In regards to my question regarding temperature operating range for a
> 225/50 R15 Hoosier Speedster tire, I have the following from Jess
> Speer/Hoosier:
> For my car weighing 2035 lbs, hot tire pressure should be in the 26-28 lbs
> range.
>
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From rick.parent at att.net  Tue Sep 14 05:52:19 2021
From: rick.parent at att.net (Rick Parent)
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2021 11:52:19 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [Fot] Hoosier Tire Temperature
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No one can tell you what the optimum tire pressure should be because there are just too many variables. I can say the the best pressure for your tires is dictated by taking the temps at 3 spots across the tire coming off track. If they are hotter in the center you have too much pressure, if they are hotter on the inside and outside then you need more pressure. Most tires run hotter on the inside because of camber, caster and or toe settings, if this is the case the center number sis optimal between the inner and outer number. Don't be surprised if all 4 tires are different and they will vary between tracks as well.
Happy tuning!
Rick Parent
"Doing the right thing is always the right thing, regardless of consequences"
 

    On Tuesday, September 14, 2021, 12:48:57 AM EDT, Enquiries Road & Track via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:  
 
 interesting, but still does not specify the optimum tread temperature
in current model racing with both slicks and semi slicks, there is a wide range between tyre makers and compounds, with many racers trying several before settling on something that works for them
very few racers here use Hoosiers
most "old" cars with small engines/limited HP, seem to struggle to getto the optimum tread temperature, which?is often 60-70C.
Sometimes, we have had to decrease tyre width to get the temperature up to 'sensible" values
Terry


On Tue, Sep 14, 2021 at 5:43 AM Allen Washatko via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:

FOT

In regards to my question regarding temperature operating range for a 225/50 R15 Hoosier Speedster tire, I have the following from Jess Speer/Hoosier:
For my car weighing 2035 lbs, hot tire pressure should be in the 26-28 lbs range. 

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From tr4racing at googlemail.com  Tue Sep 14 06:16:13 2021
From: tr4racing at googlemail.com (tr4racing at googlemail.com)
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2021 14:16:13 +0200
Subject: [Fot] Hoosier Tire Temperature
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I woudn?t care too much about tempertures and such stuff.

I set up the pressure for best laptime, regardless what the manufacturer sais.

 

Better to have too much pressure, than too low.

 

Cheers

Chris

 

Von: Fot <fot-bounces at autox.team.net> Im Auftrag von dustin nicholson via Fot
Gesendet: Montag, 13. September 2021 23:58
An: FOT <fot at autox.team.net>; Allen Washatko <awashatko at wi.rr.com>
Betreff: Re: [Fot] Hoosier Tire Temperature

 

Thank you Allen!  This weekend at Eagles Canyon was my first race in a TR3.  I've got the same tires and had the same question.  I guessed at 28 lbs. cold and was happy with the handling, I'll go down a few pounds next time based on this advice.

 

Appreciate it,

 

Dusty Nicholson

1957 EP TR3 #43



 

On Monday, September 13, 2021, 02:43:28 PM CDT, Allen Washatko via Fot <fot at autox.team.net <mailto:fot at autox.team.net> > wrote: 

 

 

FOT

 

In regards to my question regarding temperature operating range for a 225/50 R15 Hoosier Speedster tire, I have the following from Jess Speer/Hoosier:

For my car weighing 2035 lbs, hot tire pressure should be in the 26-28 lbs range. 

 

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From ponobill at gmail.com  Tue Sep 14 07:23:26 2021
From: ponobill at gmail.com (Ponostyle)
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2021 06:23:26 -0700
Subject: [Fot] Hoosier Tire Temperature
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If you get serious about making your car handle optimally for whatever the suspension is capable of delivering, tire temperatures are one of the inputs you need to consider. The information available in temperature readings gets swamped if you have too much toe in, bump steering or camber gain because all of these will heat different areas of the tire in random ways. If you have those factors under some kind of control then tire temperature can be used to set both pressure and optimize camber for a given tire. If you do a lap with your tire pressure intentionally set low you can use the temperature of the inside and outside edges to set your camber. The temperatures need to be read as soon as you stop and are best taken after a long sweeper, or even better on a skid pad. You skid pad can be any paved surface with enough space to run in a circle at reasonably high speed where you won?t get arrested for such shenanigans. Equalize the temperatures with camber adjustment.

Then hit the track or skid pad again and get a new set of readings. If inside and outside remain close but the center is hotter, reduce pressure, if it?s colder, increase pressure. test again. You?ll never get it completely even across the tire, but if you?re reasonably close, then the entire tire is providing traction. What that pressure is, is a function of the weight of your car, the width of the tire, and it?s construction. 

When I was switching back and forth between bias ply tires and radials to run with different organizations, getting the camber and pressure right made a huge difference. On Hoosier Speedsters Peyote did best at 22-23 pounds. The difference could be as much as 2 seconds a lap at tracks like PIR. 

Bill Babcock
Beach Bum
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> On Sep 14, 2021, at 5:16 AM, Chris Marx via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> I woudn?t care too much about tempertures and such stuff.
> I set up the pressure for best laptime, regardless what the manufacturer sais.
>  
> Better to have too much pressure, than too low.
>  
> Cheers
> Chris
>  
> Von: Fot <fot-bounces at autox.team.net <mailto:fot-bounces at autox.team.net>> Im Auftrag von dustin nicholson via Fot
> Gesendet: Montag, 13. September 2021 23:58
> An: FOT <fot at autox.team.net <mailto:fot at autox.team.net>>; Allen Washatko <awashatko at wi.rr.com <mailto:awashatko at wi.rr.com>>
> Betreff: Re: [Fot] Hoosier Tire Temperature
>  
> Thank you Allen!  This weekend at Eagles Canyon was my first race in a TR3.  I've got the same tires and had the same question.  I guessed at 28 lbs. cold and was happy with the handling, I'll go down a few pounds next time based on this advice.
>  
> Appreciate it,
>  
> Dusty Nicholson
> 1957 EP TR3 #43
> <image001.png>
> 
>  
> On Monday, September 13, 2021, 02:43:28 PM CDT, Allen Washatko via Fot <fot at autox.team.net <mailto:fot at autox.team.net>> wrote: 
>  
>  
> FOT
>  
> In regards to my question regarding temperature operating range for a 225/50 R15 Hoosier Speedster tire, I have the following from Jess Speer/Hoosier:
> For my car weighing 2035 lbs, hot tire pressure should be in the 26-28 lbs range. 
>  
> Sent from my iPhone
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From fubog1 at aol.com  Tue Sep 14 07:33:21 2021
From: fubog1 at aol.com (fubog1)
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2021 13:33:21 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [Fot] Pure Water in the crankcase catch can
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 It can be done but it'll be a #itch to get the plug out with the head still on the engine, it's best/easiest to drill/machine it out on the bench.If it's leaking in the middle it's likely rotten and has to be replaced.If it's leaking around the edge, peen the edge of the plug, it's soft, and dump a small jar of the original Bars leak* in it & it'll likely be fine until next overhaul.Glen Efinger* it saved the USS Nautilus & also works well in TR racecars...
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Philip Gott via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
To: Friends Of Triumph <fot at autox.team.net>
Sent: Mon, Sep 13, 2021 7:37 pm
Subject: Re: [Fot] Pure Water in the crankcase catch can

Thanks for the private responses.
It is indeed the aluminum plug in the rocker box floor. Some solutions are covered in Kas?s ?Triumphs? book. 
Does anyone have suggestions about how to remove that plug without first removing the cylinder head?
Phil

Sent from my iPhone

> On Sep 12, 2021, at 10:30 PM, Philip Gott via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> ?This weekend at the Glen my engine pumped about 6 oz of pure water ( not the expected oil-water milkshake mixture) into the catch can in a 20 minute session. I had to top up the coolant a similar amount.
> This is unusual due to the purity of the water.? It was clear. 
> I am running Driven XP3 oil. Not running anti freeze, just water wetter.
> What could be the cause? Anyone have similar experience? 
> I?m thinking the aluminum plug in the head in the rocker arm area could be at fault. That could send water almost immediately out the vent in the rocker cover before it mixed with oil in the crankcase. Plausible?
> Will run a cooling system pressure test tomorrow.
> Any advice appreciated.
> Thanks,
> Phil Gott
> 
> Sent from my iPhone

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From rjl6n at cstone.net  Tue Sep 14 09:16:57 2021
From: rjl6n at cstone.net (R. John Lye)
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2021 11:16:57 -0400
Subject: [Fot] Speedo cable
Message-ID: <1631632617.v27bmv7bc4s40ww8@webmail.lumos.net>

Hi all,

This is somewhat of an odd request, but I hope that the collective wisdom here
might point me in the right direction.

I am in need of a short speedometer cable with ends to match those of a TR-3A.
I currently have a cable for an O/D transmission, but would really like to find
one that is about three and a half or four feet long.

Would anyone have any good ideas about where to start looking for something
like that?  Does anyone custom make speedo cables any more?
?

--
Thanks,
John

rjl6n at cstone.net

From vfracing at aol.com  Tue Sep 14 09:36:56 2021
From: vfracing at aol.com (Philip Gott)
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2021 11:36:56 -0400
Subject: [Fot] Speedo cable
In-Reply-To: <1631632617.v27bmv7bc4s40ww8@webmail.lumos.net>
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Try Bob?s Speedometer Service in Howell, Mi. 

https://www.bobsspeedometer.com/

Phil Gott

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> On Sep 14, 2021, at 11:17 AM, R. John Lye via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> ?Hi all,
> 
> This is somewhat of an odd request, but I hope that the collective wisdom here
> might point me in the right direction.
> 
> I am in need of a short speedometer cable with ends to match those of a TR-3A.
> I currently have a cable for an O/D transmission, but would really like to find
> one that is about three and a half or four feet long.
> 
> Would anyone have any good ideas about where to start looking for something
> like that?  Does anyone custom make speedo cables any more?
>  
> 
> --
> Thanks,
> John
> 
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From rjl6n at cstone.net  Tue Sep 14 09:46:03 2021
From: rjl6n at cstone.net (R. John Lye)
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2021 11:46:03 -0400
Subject: [Fot] Speedo cable
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Great, thanks Phil!

John
?



On Tue, 14 Sep 2021 11:36:56 -0400, Philip Gott <vfracing at aol.com> wrote:

Try Bob?s Speedometer Service in Howell, Mi.?
?

https://www.bobsspeedometer.com/

?

Phil Gott

?
Sent from my iPhone

?
On Sep 14, 2021, at 11:17 AM, R. John Lye via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
?



?Hi all,

This is somewhat of an odd request, but I hope that the collective wisdom here
might point me in the right direction.

I am in need of a short speedometer cable with ends to match those of a TR-3A.
I currently have a cable for an O/D transmission, but would really like to find
one that is about three and a half or four feet long.

Would anyone have any good ideas about where to start looking for something
like that? ?Does anyone custom make speedo cables any more?
?

--
Thanks,
John

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From quikrx at yahoo.com  Tue Sep 14 09:46:06 2021
From: quikrx at yahoo.com (ralph hansen)
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2021 15:46:06 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [Fot] Transportation
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hello all,?
I have a friend looking to transport an Isuzu VehiCross from Corpus Christie TX to Antioch IL. Don't know much but apparently its been partially stripped and remains a body shell on wheels that can roll. Any transport companies you would recommend?
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From jhasty at mhc-law.com  Tue Sep 14 10:05:04 2021
From: jhasty at mhc-law.com (John H. Hasty)
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2021 16:05:04 +0000
Subject: [Fot] Speedo cable
In-Reply-To: <1631632617.v27bmv7bc4s40ww8@webmail.lumos.net>
References: <1631632617.v27bmv7bc4s40ww8@webmail.lumos.net>
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Stewart Warner dealers used to make one any way you wanted

Sent from my iPhone

> On Sep 14, 2021, at 11:17 AM, R. John Lye via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> ?Hi all,
> 
> This is somewhat of an odd request, but I hope that the collective wisdom here
> might point me in the right direction.
> 
> I am in need of a short speedometer cable with ends to match those of a TR-3A.
> I currently have a cable for an O/D transmission, but would really like to find
> one that is about three and a half or four feet long.
> 
> Would anyone have any good ideas about where to start looking for something
> like that?  Does anyone custom make speedo cables any more?
>  
> 
> --
> Thanks,
> John
> 
> rjl6n at cstone.net
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From alfetta95 at optonline.net  Tue Sep 14 10:22:31 2021
From: alfetta95 at optonline.net (Redmond)
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2021 12:22:31 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [Fot] Coatesville Grand Prix
Message-ID: <564283647.203439.1631636551156@mymail.optimum.net>

If anyone is going to Coatesville this weekend, please stop by and say hello.  I'll be running the TR3.

Todd


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From chip at theukmotorsports.com  Tue Sep 14 10:44:22 2021
From: chip at theukmotorsports.com (Chip Collingwood)
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2021 12:44:22 -0400
Subject: [Fot] Speedo cable
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Morris Mintz @ West Valley Instruments

Chip

On Tue, Sep 14, 2021, 12:08 PM John H. Hasty via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
wrote:

> Stewart Warner dealers used to make one any way you wanted
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Sep 14, 2021, at 11:17 AM, R. John Lye via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
> wrote:
> >
> > ?Hi all,
> >
> > This is somewhat of an odd request, but I hope that the collective
> wisdom here
> > might point me in the right direction.
> >
> > I am in need of a short speedometer cable with ends to match those of a
> TR-3A.
> > I currently have a cable for an O/D transmission, but would really like
> to find
> > one that is about three and a half or four feet long.
> >
> > Would anyone have any good ideas about where to start looking for
> something
> > like that?  Does anyone custom make speedo cables any more?
> >
> >
> > --
> > Thanks,
> > John
> >
> > rjl6n at cstone.net
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From rjl6n at cstone.net  Tue Sep 14 10:59:31 2021
From: rjl6n at cstone.net (R. John Lye)
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2021 12:59:31 -0400
Subject: [Fot] Speedo cable
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References: <1631632617.v27bmv7bc4s40ww8@webmail.lumos.net>
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Good to know, thanks.  I didn't know that they did "British"

John
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On Tue, 14 Sep 2021 16:05:04 +0000, "John H. Hasty" <jhasty at mhc-law.com> wrote:

Stewart Warner dealers used to make one any way you wanted

Sent from my iPhone

> On Sep 14, 2021, at 11:17 AM, R. John Lye via Fot wrote:
>
> ?Hi all,
>
> This is somewhat of an odd request, but I hope that the collective wisdom here
> might point me in the right direction.
>
> I am in need of a short speedometer cable with ends to match those of a TR-3A.
> I currently have a cable for an O/D transmission, but would really like to find
> one that is about three and a half or four feet long.
>
> Would anyone have any good ideas about where to start looking for something
> like that? Does anyone custom make speedo cables any more?
>
>
> --
> Thanks,
> John
>
> rjl6n at cstone.net
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From rjl6n at cstone.net  Tue Sep 14 11:00:25 2021
From: rjl6n at cstone.net (R. John Lye)
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2021 13:00:25 -0400
Subject: [Fot] Speedo cable
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Great, thanks Chip!

John
?



On Tue, 14 Sep 2021 12:44:22 -0400, Chip Collingwood <chip at theukmotorsports.com> wrote:
?
Morris Mintz @ West Valley Instruments
?

Chip

?


On Tue, Sep 14, 2021, 12:08 PM John H. Hasty via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:

Stewart Warner dealers used to make one any way you wanted

Sent from my iPhone

> On Sep 14, 2021, at 11:17 AM, R. John Lye via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
>
> ?Hi all,
>
> This is somewhat of an odd request, but I hope that the collective wisdom here
> might point me in the right direction.
>
> I am in need of a short speedometer cable with ends to match those of a TR-3A.
> I currently have a cable for an O/D transmission, but would really like to find
> one that is about three and a half or four feet long.
>
> Would anyone have any good ideas about where to start looking for something
> like that?? Does anyone custom make speedo cables any more?
>?
>
> --
> Thanks,
> John
>
> rjl6n at cstone.net
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From hankgiffin at cox.net  Tue Sep 14 11:33:17 2021
From: hankgiffin at cox.net (hankgiffin)
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2021 13:33:17 -0400
Subject: [Fot] Transportation
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Try USHIP.? it's a reverse auction where u enter the details and shipping companies bid against each other.? In a day or two the bidding gets down to a few dollars, and u can look at reviews and choose.??? ? ?I have used this several times with good results from TX and FL to VA.? Did a MotoGuzzi from Midwest to VA as well.? ? Be aware they all charge an additional service charge (maybe $25).Sent via the Samsung Galaxy Note20 Ultra 5G, an AT&T 5G smartphone
-------- Original message --------From: ralph hansen via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> Date: 9/14/21  12:13  (GMT-05:00) To: FOT Triumph <fot at autox.team.net> Subject: [Fot] Transportation hello all,?I have a friend looking to transport an Isuzu VehiCross from Corpus Christie TX to Antioch IL. Don't know much but apparently its been partially stripped and remains a body shell on wheels that can roll. Any transport companies you would recommend?Thanks in advance,Ralph
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From fintouch at ptd.net  Tue Sep 14 17:35:01 2021
From: fintouch at ptd.net (finishing Touch)
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2021 19:35:01 -0400
Subject: [Fot] Tire Pyrometer
Message-ID: <9cb746a4-e63b-8d28-7c16-8301395ce037@ptd.net>

I've decided to get a tire pyrometer and would appreciate any 
recommendations for a mid priced unit, or even better if anyone has or 
knows of a good used one for sale.

Thanks,
Mike Kurtz
#51 Yellow TR6

From jaboruch at yahoo.com  Tue Sep 14 18:37:51 2021
From: jaboruch at yahoo.com (Joe Boruch)
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2021 00:37:51 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [Fot] Tire Pyrometer
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 I have had the Longacre temperature compensated digital pressure gauge for about 10 years.? You can quickly store pressures and temps, but it is now over $400, so it's hardly mid=priced.? JoeB
    On Tuesday, September 14, 2021, 07:39:56 PM EDT, finishing Touch via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:  
 
 I've decided to get a tire pyrometer and would appreciate any 
recommendations for a mid priced unit, or even better if anyone has or 
knows of a good used one for sale.

Thanks,
Mike Kurtz
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From rick.parent at att.net  Wed Sep 15 07:16:38 2021
From: rick.parent at att.net (Rick Parent)
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2021 13:16:38 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [Fot] Tire Pyrometer
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https://www.harborfreight.com/201-infrared-laser-thermometer-with-color-alarms-64847.html?_br_psugg_q=temperature+gun

Rick Parent
"Doing the right thing is always the right thing, regardless of consequences"
 

    On Tuesday, September 14, 2021, 08:38:33 PM EDT, Joe Boruch via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:  
 
  I have had the Longacre temperature compensated digital pressure gauge for about 10 years.? You can quickly store pressures and temps, but it is now over $400, so it's hardly mid=priced.? JoeB
    On Tuesday, September 14, 2021, 07:39:56 PM EDT, finishing Touch via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:  
 
 I've decided to get a tire pyrometer and would appreciate any 
recommendations for a mid priced unit, or even better if anyone has or 
knows of a good used one for sale.

Thanks,
Mike Kurtz
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From fubog1 at aol.com  Wed Sep 15 07:29:02 2021
From: fubog1 at aol.com (fubog1)
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2021 13:29:02 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [Fot] Tire Pyrometer
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 Another point re tire temps, it's best to "stick" w/a probe vs surface temp pyrometer, it's a better indicator of true temp, but a surface scan will still give the delta.
Glen Efinger
 
 
-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Wed, Sep 15, 2021 9:16 am
Subject: Re: [Fot] Tire Pyrometer

https://www.harborfreight.com/201-infrared-laser-thermometer-with-color-alarms-64847.html?_br_psugg_q=temperature+gun

Rick Parent
"Doing the right thing is always the right thing, regardless of consequences"
 

    On Tuesday, September 14, 2021, 08:38:33 PM EDT, Joe Boruch via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:  
 
  I have had the Longacre temperature compensated digital pressure gauge for about 10 years.? You can quickly store pressures and temps, but it is now over $400, so it's hardly mid=priced.? JoeB
    On Tuesday, September 14, 2021, 07:39:56 PM EDT, finishing Touch via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:  
 
 I've decided to get a tire pyrometer and would appreciate any 
recommendations for a mid priced unit, or even better if anyone has or 
knows of a good used one for sale.

Thanks,
Mike Kurtz
#51 Yellow TR6
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From vfracing at aol.com  Wed Sep 15 10:32:03 2021
From: vfracing at aol.com (Philip Gott)
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2021 12:32:03 -0400
Subject: [Fot] Pure Water in the crankcase catch can
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Got it!
Yes, it was a challenge, but the Ken Knight solution worked well. 
1) ensure no filings can reach other parts of the engine
2) drill out the center of the plug big enough to fit a hack saw blade into it.
3) cut the plug into thirds, more or less, like a pizza. Cut to the cast iron threads, but not into them.
4) use a flat punch to knock one of the sections out.
5) fold the other two sections together with the punch. At this point it should either screw out or can be removed with a pair of pliers.
6) use heavy grease on a screw driver to get the aluminum pieces and filings out of the cooling system.
Thanks everyone, especially Ken, for your suggestions!
Phil Gott

Sent from my iPhone

> On Sep 14, 2021, at 9:37 AM, fubog1 via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> ?
> It can be done but it'll be a #itch to get the plug out with the head still on the engine, it's best/easiest to drill/machine it out on the bench.
> If it's leaking in the middle it's likely rotten and has to be replaced.
> If it's leaking around the edge, peen the edge of the plug, it's soft, and dump a small jar of the original Bars leak* in it & it'll likely be fine until next overhaul.
> Glen Efinger
> * it saved the USS Nautilus & also works well in TR racecars...
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Philip Gott via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
> To: Friends Of Triumph <fot at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Mon, Sep 13, 2021 7:37 pm
> Subject: Re: [Fot] Pure Water in the crankcase catch can
> 
> Thanks for the private responses.
> It is indeed the aluminum plug in the rocker box floor. Some solutions are covered in Kas?s ?Triumphs? book. 
> Does anyone have suggestions about how to remove that plug without first removing the cylinder head?
> Phil
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> > On Sep 12, 2021, at 10:30 PM, Philip Gott via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
> > 
> > ?This weekend at the Glen my engine pumped about 6 oz of pure water ( not the expected oil-water milkshake mixture) into the catch can in a 20 minute session. I had to top up the coolant a similar amount.
> > This is unusual due to the purity of the water.  It was clear. 
> > I am running Driven XP3 oil. Not running anti freeze, just water wetter.
> > What could be the cause? Anyone have similar experience? 
> > I?m thinking the aluminum plug in the head in the rocker arm area could be at fault. That could send water almost immediately out the vent in the rocker cover before it mixed with oil in the crankcase. Plausible?
> > Will run a cooling system pressure test tomorrow.
> > Any advice appreciated.
> > Thanks,
> > Phil Gott
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From robertlangtr6 at yahoo.com  Wed Sep 15 14:27:50 2021
From: robertlangtr6 at yahoo.com (Robert Lang)
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2021 20:27:50 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [Fot] Tire Pyrometer
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 Hi,
Mike - I've been using a cheap unit from Longacre since forever... probably 20 years. I paid less than $75 for it at the time. It's got no memory function - it does tires or brakes (different temp ranges) by touching the pointy probe to the surface that you're testing.
Turns out the meter is super helpful for lots of household chores, so it gets used year-round at our house. I used to use it to check the flue temps on the woodstove but it's also been used to find air leaks related to frozen pipes. SO - super useful.
Allen - Regarding actual tire temps for Hoosier - I have yet to find a setup the results in completely even tire temps across the face of the tire. I used to try changes on skid pads when our local SCCA Solo folks ran T&T's - no dice. That said, I have found over the years that the Hoosiers (both radials and bias-ply) are sensitive to operating PRESSURE much more than tire temps. In solo, we found that increments of .5 pounds mattered. But that's mostly due to how fast the tires need to heat up and kool down. A pound or so in vintage road racing seems to be good enough. That said, the best handling for me in my TR6 with TDR's is around 28 PSI hot. I adjust the cold temps based on pressure gain based on ambient temps and my first practice session at any track. I've been told by the guys at KTR that my hot pressures are probably too high, but I dropped them a lot and all I got was more tire rollover and not faster laps. But that's me and my car. Yours may be different.
Regards,Bob Lang

    On Tuesday, September 14, 2021, 07:39:34 PM EDT, finishing Touch via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:  
 
 I've decided to get a tire pyrometer and would appreciate any 
recommendations for a mid priced unit, or even better if anyone has or 
knows of a good used one for sale.

Thanks,
Mike Kurtz
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From robertlangtr6 at yahoo.com  Wed Sep 15 14:33:33 2021
From: robertlangtr6 at yahoo.com (Robert Lang)
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2021 20:33:33 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [Fot] Tire Temp Gauge
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Additional data point:? 1997 racing dollars are worth about 1/2 of 2021 racing dollars, so figure $150 for a probe tire temp gauge.
Yours in inflation (pun intended)Bob Lang
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From toodamnfunky at comcast.net  Thu Sep 16 11:39:24 2021
From: toodamnfunky at comcast.net (Jim Gray)
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2021 11:39:24 -0600
Subject: [Fot] Tire Temp Gauge
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I use the longacre temp probe and their 60lb pressure gauge. This may have already been covered but I?ll just say it.

A cheap pressure gauge that reads beyond 60 lbs can have a + or ? of 5lbs which as you know by now is huge.

I also send that gauge back to longacre every two seasons for calibration. With a gauge that only reads to 60 you can pressurize fairly accurately to 1/2PSI. I use the hoosier SM7?s in Colorado and they are sensitive to pressure and tire temp.

After several years of using them I have a pretty good feel how to get them in the window for a good quali lap.

Get a good pressure gauge.

jim g

 

From: Fot <fot-bounces at autox.team.net> On Behalf Of Robert Lang via Fot
Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2021 2:34 PM
To: FOT Triumph <fot at autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Fot] Tire Temp Gauge

 

Additional data point:  1997 racing dollars are worth about 1/2 of 2021 racing dollars, so figure $150 for a probe tire temp gauge.

 

Yours in inflation (pun intended)

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From sjanzen at me.com  Thu Sep 16 14:38:15 2021
From: sjanzen at me.com (Scott Janzen)
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2021 16:38:15 -0400
Subject: [Fot] Aluminum Radiator Fabricator needed
Message-ID: <9B245E30-C751-4096-9C13-3DFFE62D1470@me.com>

I need to get an aluminum radiator made for my GT6.  I have a crossflow set-up, and the outfit that made the one I have went out of business.  Anyone have any suggestions?  I have an old one I can send for someone to copy.
Don?t want to re-invent the wheel with new connections, mounts, fan etc- just want an exact copy so that it slips right in when I need it.

Thanks,
Scott
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From chasgee22 at gmail.com  Thu Sep 16 15:08:07 2021
From: chasgee22 at gmail.com (chasgee22 at gmail.com)
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2021 14:08:07 -0700
Subject: [Fot] Aluminum Radiator Fabricator needed
In-Reply-To: <9B245E30-C751-4096-9C13-3DFFE62D1470@me.com>
References: <9B245E30-C751-4096-9C13-3DFFE62D1470@me.com>
Message-ID: <FC7AF863-E3D1-44AB-8709-CF2F6B3DE626@gmail.com>

Hi Scott,

These guys have built a couple of them for me:  https://cgj.com/?s=Triumph+

They used to be called Bryce Thomas Radiator.  Although they have a catalog of Triumph radiators, I?ve always sent them what I have and they replicated it.  They?ve been good to me, fast, and high quality.

Thanks,

Chuck

> On Sep 16, 2021, at 1:38 PM, Scott Janzen via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> ?I need to get an aluminum radiator made for my GT6.  I have a crossflow set-up, and the outfit that made the one I have went out of business.  Anyone have any suggestions?  I have an old one I can send for someone to copy.
> Don?t want to re-invent the wheel with new connections, mounts, fan etc- just want an exact copy so that it slips right in when I need it.
> 
> Thanks,
> Scott
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From sjanzen at me.com  Thu Sep 16 18:24:53 2021
From: sjanzen at me.com (Scott Janzen)
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2021 20:24:53 -0400
Subject: [Fot] Aluminum Radiator Fabricator needed
In-Reply-To: <FC7AF863-E3D1-44AB-8709-CF2F6B3DE626@gmail.com>
References: <9B245E30-C751-4096-9C13-3DFFE62D1470@me.com>
 <FC7AF863-E3D1-44AB-8709-CF2F6B3DE626@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <68BDE341-5886-4F5E-AFBB-46C62AA7173D@me.com>

thanks - Got several Griffen recommendations, this outfit and Wizard Radiator in Buffalo.
I?ll see who is most receptive to doing a match of my current non-stock radiator.

Scott

On Sep 16, 2021, at 5:08 PM, chasgee22 at gmail.com wrote:

Hi Scott,

These guys have built a couple of them for me:  https://cgj.com/?s=Triumph+ <https://cgj.com/?s=Triumph+>

They used to be called Bryce Thomas Radiator.  Although they have a catalog of Triumph radiators, I?ve always sent them what I have and they replicated it.  They?ve been good to me, fast, and high quality.

Thanks,

Chuck

> On Sep 16, 2021, at 1:38 PM, Scott Janzen via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> ?I need to get an aluminum radiator made for my GT6.  I have a crossflow set-up, and the outfit that made the one I have went out of business.  Anyone have any suggestions?  I have an old one I can send for someone to copy.
> Don?t want to re-invent the wheel with new connections, mounts, fan etc- just want an exact copy so that it slips right in when I need it.
> 
> Thanks,
> Scott
> _______________________________________________
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> 
> http://www.fot-racing.com
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From sjanzen at me.com  Fri Sep 17 11:23:25 2021
From: sjanzen at me.com (Scott Janzen)
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2021 13:23:25 -0400
Subject: [Fot] Throw-out bearings
Message-ID: <D9488992-397B-4DFD-9231-841790AAB859@me.com>

I recently replaced the clutch in my GT6 and put the (probably very old) throwout bearing back in.  While it spins freely, I?m a guy who likes to have spares for everything.  I?m concerned about getting a new/reproduction unit.  Does anyone have good or bad experiences to report with these?  
If  Moss part numbers are any guide, the GT6 shares the part with the TR7 and TR8, but the Tr6, Tr4 and Spitfire each have different units as they all have different part numbers.

Scott
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From jason at multivintage.com  Tue Sep 21 12:40:33 2021
From: jason at multivintage.com (Jason Ostrowski)
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2021 14:40:33 -0400
Subject: [Fot] =?utf-8?q?Kas=2C_Bill=3B_Here=E2=80=99s_the_post_I_promise?=
 =?utf-8?q?d_you!?=
Message-ID: <97E9E5C8-4DB3-4768-A613-B37C6A91152D@multivintage.com>

Over the years 2 of my greatest mentors and fans were Bill Dentinger and Kas Kastner. Those 2 gentlemen always loved my stories on FOT. Always quick to support me with praise or criticism. I think about them often and miss their kind words, jokes and jabs.
Family, work obligations and $ pushed my GT6?s into the corner of the FGR garage for more than a couple years. 
My racing addiction had reached a melting point and it was starting to affect the solid aspects of my being- my marriage, my kids and my business. 
Although I was always at the track as a friend and crew my cars sat dormant for a few seasons.
In conversation with Kas and Bill, these Friendly Ghost faithful gents ?talked me off the ledge? during that period of my lack of seat time. They respected my decision to put family first and enjoy the non-race moments of my life.
They also knew I would return behind the wheel and looked forward to my next racing story.

I had told them both that my next post on FOT had to be about me finishing a race.
Kas always liked how I would pat my car on the dashboard as I crossed the finish line; saying ?The cars like it when you talk to them you know; I always did that too.?
Well my friends- I finished 3 races at Road America this weekend. I gave my yellow car more than a rub on the belly as I took the final checkered flag. A wave of emotion hit my face. Even my raised fist could not hold back the tears.
To Kas and Bill- Here is the post I promised you!
Godspeeds the Triumph faithful to great moments of joy.
You are missed and will always be remembered. 
Never be beaten by equipment!

Jason Ostrowski
Friendly Ghost Racing 
1969 Triumph GT6+ racecars
Sent from my iPhone

From tr4racing at googlemail.com  Tue Sep 21 13:06:25 2021
From: tr4racing at googlemail.com (tr4racing at googlemail.com)
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2021 21:06:25 +0200
Subject: [Fot] 
	=?utf-8?q?Kas=2C_Bill=3B_Here=E2=80=99s_the_post_I_promise?=
	=?utf-8?q?d_you!?=
In-Reply-To: <97E9E5C8-4DB3-4768-A613-B37C6A91152D@multivintage.com>
References: <97E9E5C8-4DB3-4768-A613-B37C6A91152D@multivintage.com>
Message-ID: <000801d7af1b$c688a260$5399e720$@gmail.com>

Good to have you back.
Kas would have loved it.

Cheers
Chris


-----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht-----
Von: Fot <fot-bounces at autox.team.net> Im Auftrag von Jason Ostrowski via Fot
Gesendet: Dienstag, 21. September 2021 20:41
An: Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
Betreff: [Fot] Kas, Bill; Here?s the post I promised you!

Over the years 2 of my greatest mentors and fans were Bill Dentinger and Kas Kastner. Those 2 gentlemen always loved my stories on FOT. Always quick to support me with praise or criticism. I think about them often and miss their kind words, jokes and jabs.
Family, work obligations and $ pushed my GT6?s into the corner of the FGR garage for more than a couple years. 
My racing addiction had reached a melting point and it was starting to affect the solid aspects of my being- my marriage, my kids and my business. 
Although I was always at the track as a friend and crew my cars sat dormant for a few seasons.
In conversation with Kas and Bill, these Friendly Ghost faithful gents ?talked me off the ledge? during that period of my lack of seat time. They respected my decision to put family first and enjoy the non-race moments of my life.
They also knew I would return behind the wheel and looked forward to my next racing story.

I had told them both that my next post on FOT had to be about me finishing a race.
Kas always liked how I would pat my car on the dashboard as I crossed the finish line; saying ?The cars like it when you talk to them you know; I always did that too.?
Well my friends- I finished 3 races at Road America this weekend. I gave my yellow car more than a rub on the belly as I took the final checkered flag. A wave of emotion hit my face. Even my raised fist could not hold back the tears.
To Kas and Bill- Here is the post I promised you!
Godspeeds the Triumph faithful to great moments of joy.
You are missed and will always be remembered. 
Never be beaten by equipment!

Jason Ostrowski
Friendly Ghost Racing 
1969 Triumph GT6+ racecars
Sent from my iPhone
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From chasgee22 at gmail.com  Tue Sep 21 13:14:36 2021
From: chasgee22 at gmail.com (Chuck Gee)
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2021 12:14:36 -0700
Subject: [Fot] 
 =?utf-8?q?Kas=2C_Bill=3B_Here=E2=80=99s_the_post_I_promise?=
 =?utf-8?q?d_you!?=
In-Reply-To: <97E9E5C8-4DB3-4768-A613-B37C6A91152D@multivintage.com>
References: <97E9E5C8-4DB3-4768-A613-B37C6A91152D@multivintage.com>
Message-ID: <E07A4DDE-A6D9-4FDF-8086-3ACD13716206@gmail.com>

Nicely done Jason!  Great to see your posts again.  Kas always enjoyed your company.

Thanks,

Chuck

> On Sep 21, 2021, at 11:46 AM, Jason Ostrowski via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> ?Over the years 2 of my greatest mentors and fans were Bill Dentinger and Kas Kastner. Those 2 gentlemen always loved my stories on FOT. Always quick to support me with praise or criticism. I think about them often and miss their kind words, jokes and jabs.
> Family, work obligations and $ pushed my GT6?s into the corner of the FGR garage for more than a couple years. 
> My racing addiction had reached a melting point and it was starting to affect the solid aspects of my being- my marriage, my kids and my business. 
> Although I was always at the track as a friend and crew my cars sat dormant for a few seasons.
> In conversation with Kas and Bill, these Friendly Ghost faithful gents ?talked me off the ledge? during that period of my lack of seat time. They respected my decision to put family first and enjoy the non-race moments of my life.
> They also knew I would return behind the wheel and looked forward to my next racing story.
> 
> I had told them both that my next post on FOT had to be about me finishing a race.
> Kas always liked how I would pat my car on the dashboard as I crossed the finish line; saying ?The cars like it when you talk to them you know; I always did that too.?
> Well my friends- I finished 3 races at Road America this weekend. I gave my yellow car more than a rub on the belly as I took the final checkered flag. A wave of emotion hit my face. Even my raised fist could not hold back the tears.
> To Kas and Bill- Here is the post I promised you!
> Godspeeds the Triumph faithful to great moments of joy.
> You are missed and will always be remembered. 
> Never be beaten by equipment!
> 
> Jason Ostrowski
> Friendly Ghost Racing 
> 1969 Triumph GT6+ racecars
> Sent from my iPhone
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> 
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From jason at multivintage.com  Tue Sep 21 14:22:06 2021
From: jason at multivintage.com (Jason Ostrowski)
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2021 16:22:06 -0400
Subject: [Fot] 
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In-Reply-To: <E07A4DDE-A6D9-4FDF-8086-3ACD13716206@gmail.com>
References: <E07A4DDE-A6D9-4FDF-8086-3ACD13716206@gmail.com>
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> On Sep 21, 2021, at 3:14 PM, Chuck Gee <chasgee22 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> ?Nicely done Jason!  Great to see your posts again.  Kas always enjoyed your company.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Chuck
> 
>> On Sep 21, 2021, at 11:46 AM, Jason Ostrowski via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
>> 
>> ?Over the years 2 of my greatest mentors and fans were Bill Dentinger and Kas Kastner. Those 2 gentlemen always loved my stories on FOT. Always quick to support me with praise or criticism. I think about them often and miss their kind words, jokes and jabs.
>> Family, work obligations and $ pushed my GT6?s into the corner of the FGR garage for more than a couple years. 
>> My racing addiction had reached a melting point and it was starting to affect the solid aspects of my being- my marriage, my kids and my business. 
>> Although I was always at the track as a friend and crew my cars sat dormant for a few seasons.
>> In conversation with Kas and Bill, these Friendly Ghost faithful gents ?talked me off the ledge? during that period of my lack of seat time. They respected my decision to put family first and enjoy the non-race moments of my life.
>> They also knew I would return behind the wheel and looked forward to my next racing story.
>> 
>> I had told them both that my next post on FOT had to be about me finishing a race.
>> Kas always liked how I would pat my car on the dashboard as I crossed the finish line; saying ?The cars like it when you talk to them you know; I always did that too.?
>> Well my friends- I finished 3 races at Road America this weekend. I gave my yellow car more than a rub on the belly as I took the final checkered flag. A wave of emotion hit my face. Even my raised fist could not hold back the tears.
>> To Kas and Bill- Here is the post I promised you!
>> Godspeeds the Triumph faithful to great moments of joy.
>> You are missed and will always be remembered. 
>> Never be beaten by equipment!
>> 
>> Jason Ostrowski
>> Friendly Ghost Racing 
>> 1969 Triumph GT6+ racecars
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> _______________________________________________
>> fot at autox.team.net
>> 
>> http://www.fot-racing.com
>> 
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From walje at sbcglobal.net  Tue Sep 21 16:30:28 2021
From: walje at sbcglobal.net (DENNIS WALJE)
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2021 17:30:28 -0500
Subject: [Fot] COTA
References: <752BC3DB-6921-425D-B0E3-58339FD54076.ref@sbcglobal.net>
Message-ID: <752BC3DB-6921-425D-B0E3-58339FD54076@sbcglobal.net>

Will anyone be going to the SVRA event at COTA in November?

My GT6 is not done so I plan to crew for a friend with a 240Z. 

It would be great to meet some of the FOT members and offer support for the race. 

Dennis Walje
68 GT6

Sent from my iPhone

From fintouch at ptd.net  Tue Sep 21 18:20:48 2021
From: fintouch at ptd.net (Finishing Touch)
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2021 20:20:48 -0400
Subject: [Fot] Good Parts to Watkins Glen
Message-ID: <2e6e7ca2-8c18-0eb0-c0a3-9ae47f91d020@ptd.net>

If anyone is planning on placing any orders with ?Good Parts? in the 
next couple of weeks and will be at the VRG event at Watkins Glen (Oct. 
15-17), I?d be willing to bring your order along to the track and save 
you the shipping costs. If interested, let me know.

Mike Kurtz
Yellow TR6 ? #51


From alfetta95 at optonline.net  Wed Sep 22 05:49:03 2021
From: alfetta95 at optonline.net (Alfetta95)
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2021 07:49:03 -0400
Subject: [Fot] Coatesville Vintage Grand Prix
Message-ID: <05C5F285-3FED-415A-B53D-A64F8DD88BDA@optonline.net>

Here are some pics from this past weekend. Car ran great. It?s nice that my wife had fun too.  Makes going to the next one easier. ? Dave Yeager brought his TR4 also.  I believe he used to be a FoT member. Thank you to Lou Burkhardt for stopping by to say hello. I hope the video works.   







https://share.icloud.com/photos/0P7E-I5huxEsnn-L4AwMnR_Bg#Coatesville

Todd
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From petedolan28 at gmail.com  Wed Sep 22 10:27:32 2021
From: petedolan28 at gmail.com (Peter Dolan)
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2021 10:27:32 -0600
Subject: [Fot] COTA
In-Reply-To: <752BC3DB-6921-425D-B0E3-58339FD54076@sbcglobal.net>
References: <752BC3DB-6921-425D-B0E3-58339FD54076@sbcglobal.net>
Message-ID: <ECECC2F6-EFDE-4014-9E31-3B93E4FFD188@gmail.com>

I?ll be there driving a Shelby Mustang with guys from Cobra Automotive out of CT, no triumph this time though.

Pete Dolan
406-404-0036

Sent from my iPhone

> On Sep 21, 2021, at 4:32 PM, DENNIS WALJE via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> ?Will anyone be going to the SVRA event at COTA in November?
> 
> My GT6 is not done so I plan to crew for a friend with a 240Z. 
> 
> It would be great to meet some of the FOT members and offer support for the race. 
> 
> Dennis Walje
> 68 GT6
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> _______________________________________________
> fot at autox.team.net
> 
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From dos_gusanos at msn.com  Wed Sep 22 14:29:35 2021
From: dos_gusanos at msn.com (Henry A. Morrison)
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2021 20:29:35 +0000
Subject: [Fot] 
 =?windows-1252?q?Kas=2C_Bill=3B_Here=92s_the_post_I_promis?=
 =?windows-1252?q?ed_you!?=
In-Reply-To: <97E9E5C8-4DB3-4768-A613-B37C6A91152D@multivintage.com>
References: <97E9E5C8-4DB3-4768-A613-B37C6A91152D@multivintage.com>
Message-ID: <SJ0PR04MB7583EF2868BE3DF98466A8EC90A29@SJ0PR04MB7583.namprd04.prod.outlook.com>

Congratulations,  Part of diving on the edge is flirting with divorce court. I do it every day.

Henry Morrison
________________________________
From: Fot <fot-bounces at autox.team.net> on behalf of Jason Ostrowski via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2021 12:40 PM
To: Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
Subject: [Fot] Kas, Bill; Here?s the post I promised you!

Over the years 2 of my greatest mentors and fans were Bill Dentinger and Kas Kastner. Those 2 gentlemen always loved my stories on FOT. Always quick to support me with praise or criticism. I think about them often and miss their kind words, jokes and jabs.
Family, work obligations and $ pushed my GT6?s into the corner of the FGR garage for more than a couple years.
My racing addiction had reached a melting point and it was starting to affect the solid aspects of my being- my marriage, my kids and my business.
Although I was always at the track as a friend and crew my cars sat dormant for a few seasons.
In conversation with Kas and Bill, these Friendly Ghost faithful gents ?talked me off the ledge? during that period of my lack of seat time. They respected my decision to put family first and enjoy the non-race moments of my life.
They also knew I would return behind the wheel and looked forward to my next racing story.

I had told them both that my next post on FOT had to be about me finishing a race.
Kas always liked how I would pat my car on the dashboard as I crossed the finish line; saying ?The cars like it when you talk to them you know; I always did that too.?
Well my friends- I finished 3 races at Road America this weekend. I gave my yellow car more than a rub on the belly as I took the final checkered flag. A wave of emotion hit my face. Even my raised fist could not hold back the tears.
To Kas and Bill- Here is the post I promised you!
Godspeeds the Triumph faithful to great moments of joy.
You are missed and will always be remembered.
Never be beaten by equipment!

Jason Ostrowski
Friendly Ghost Racing
1969 Triumph GT6+ racecars
Sent from my iPhone
_______________________________________________
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From sjanzen at me.com  Wed Sep 22 15:10:00 2021
From: sjanzen at me.com (Scott Janzen)
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2021 17:10:00 -0400
Subject: [Fot] GT6 race car or basis wanted
Message-ID: <6C98171C-7E66-4ED2-A985-796C71F6E3DA@me.com>

Someone I?ve met this season crewing for another driver is very interested in building up a GT6 for vintage racing.  John is more interested in starting with a roller or mothballed racer and re-building everything than in buying a ?race-ready? car, but would look at both.  Clearly a car that has a decent roll cage would be a huge start in the right direction.  I?ve suggested he is probably better off financially trying to find a finished car, but he?s a very experienced racer and seems good at the mechanical and fabricating aspects.

Anybody have or know of a good candidate?  John?s in Virginia but seems willing to travel pretty far for the right car.
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From clw2000 at msn.com  Wed Sep 22 16:06:06 2021
From: clw2000 at msn.com (Chuck WATSON)
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2021 22:06:06 +0000
Subject: [Fot] GT6 race car or basis wanted
In-Reply-To: <6C98171C-7E66-4ED2-A985-796C71F6E3DA@me.com>
References: <6C98171C-7E66-4ED2-A985-796C71F6E3DA@me.com>
Message-ID: <SN6PR02MB46555D1022FB5ED1522D1128BFA29@SN6PR02MB4655.namprd02.prod.outlook.com>

Scott,

I have a great project available. Send your contact info to me at clw2000 at msn.com and I?ll get info to you by end of week.

Get Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef>
________________________________
From: Fot <fot-bounces at autox.team.net> on behalf of Scott Janzen via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2021 5:10:00 PM
To: 'Friends of Triumph' Triumph <fot at autox.team.net>
Subject: [Fot] GT6 race car or basis wanted

Someone I?ve met this season crewing for another driver is very interested in building up a GT6 for vintage racing.  John is more interested in starting with a roller or mothballed racer and re-building everything than in buying a ?race-ready? car, but would look at both.  Clearly a car that has a decent roll cage would be a huge start in the right direction.  I?ve suggested he is probably better off financially trying to find a finished car, but he?s a very experienced racer and seems good at the mechanical and fabricating aspects.

Anybody have or know of a good candidate?  John?s in Virginia but seems willing to travel pretty far for the right car.
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From curt.johnston at comcast.net  Wed Sep 22 16:24:28 2021
From: curt.johnston at comcast.net (Curt Johnston)
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2021 15:24:28 -0700
Subject: [Fot] COTA
In-Reply-To: <ECECC2F6-EFDE-4014-9E31-3B93E4FFD188@gmail.com>
References: <ECECC2F6-EFDE-4014-9E31-3B93E4FFD188@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <881AA759-43BB-4976-8EFB-BFD6BC3E4B4B@comcast.net>

Dennis,

I?ll be there driving the Huffaker TR7 at COTA.

Sent by Curt Johnston from my iPhone

707-249-1667

> On Sep 22, 2021, at 9:29 AM, Peter Dolan via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> ?I?ll be there driving a Shelby Mustang with guys from Cobra Automotive out of CT, no triumph this time though.
> 
> Pete Dolan
> 406-404-0036
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Sep 21, 2021, at 4:32 PM, DENNIS WALJE via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
>> 
>> ?Will anyone be going to the SVRA event at COTA in November?
>> 
>> My GT6 is not done so I plan to crew for a friend with a 240Z. 
>> 
>> It would be great to meet some of the FOT members and offer support for the race. 
>> 
>> Dennis Walje
>> 68 GT6
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
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From keithfiles at btinternet.com  Thu Sep 23 02:59:47 2021
From: keithfiles at btinternet.com (Keith Files)
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2021 09:59:47 +0100
Subject: [Fot] 
 =?utf-8?q?Kas=2C_Bill=3B_Here=E2=80=99s_the_post_I_promise?=
 =?utf-8?q?d_you!?=
In-Reply-To: <97E9E5C8-4DB3-4768-A613-B37C6A91152D@multivintage.com>
References: <97E9E5C8-4DB3-4768-A613-B37C6A91152D@multivintage.com>
Message-ID: <68C9A647-783F-48C4-B09C-07663A7DD5DC@btinternet.com>

A truly lovely post Jason, this is what the FOT is all about.

Kind regards,

Keith

> On 21 Sep 2021, at 19:40, Jason Ostrowski via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> Over the years 2 of my greatest mentors and fans were Bill Dentinger and Kas Kastner. Those 2 gentlemen always loved my stories on FOT. Always quick to support me with praise or criticism. I think about them often and miss their kind words, jokes and jabs.
> Family, work obligations and $ pushed my GT6?s into the corner of the FGR garage for more than a couple years. 
> My racing addiction had reached a melting point and it was starting to affect the solid aspects of my being- my marriage, my kids and my business. 
> Although I was always at the track as a friend and crew my cars sat dormant for a few seasons.
> In conversation with Kas and Bill, these Friendly Ghost faithful gents ?talked me off the ledge? during that period of my lack of seat time. They respected my decision to put family first and enjoy the non-race moments of my life.
> They also knew I would return behind the wheel and looked forward to my next racing story.
> 
> I had told them both that my next post on FOT had to be about me finishing a race.
> Kas always liked how I would pat my car on the dashboard as I crossed the finish line; saying ?The cars like it when you talk to them you know; I always did that too.?
> Well my friends- I finished 3 races at Road America this weekend. I gave my yellow car more than a rub on the belly as I took the final checkered flag. A wave of emotion hit my face. Even my raised fist could not hold back the tears.
> To Kas and Bill- Here is the post I promised you!
> Godspeeds the Triumph faithful to great moments of joy.
> You are missed and will always be remembered. 
> Never be beaten by equipment!
> 
> Jason Ostrowski
> Friendly Ghost Racing 
> 1969 Triumph GT6+ racecars
> Sent from my iPhone
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From enquiries at roadandtrack.net.au  Thu Sep 23 14:48:27 2021
From: enquiries at roadandtrack.net.au (Enquiries Road & Track)
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2021 06:48:27 +1000
Subject: [Fot] Tire Pyrometer
In-Reply-To: <9cb746a4-e63b-8d28-7c16-8301395ce037@ptd.net>
References: <9cb746a4-e63b-8d28-7c16-8301395ce037@ptd.net>
Message-ID: <CA+UW8b2P0Uvcnq7yG4M1fXLMmRSM5yr5gdDyFt6SUB9foWvGhw@mail.gmail.com>

i got mine from the local go-kart parts supplier for about $50 and the kit
included a couple of spare probe pins (which you will bend!)

Terry


On Wed, Sep 15, 2021 at 9:40 AM finishing Touch via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
wrote:

> I've decided to get a tire pyrometer and would appreciate any
> recommendations for a mid priced unit, or even better if anyone has or
> knows of a good used one for sale.
>
> Thanks,
> Mike Kurtz
> #51 Yellow TR6
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From chip at theukmotorsports.com  Thu Sep 23 17:51:38 2021
From: chip at theukmotorsports.com (Chip Collingwood)
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2021 19:51:38 -0400
Subject: [Fot] 
	=?utf-8?q?Kas=2C_Bill=3B_Here=E2=80=99s_the_post_I_promise?=
	=?utf-8?q?d_you!?=
In-Reply-To: <97E9E5C8-4DB3-4768-A613-B37C6A91152D@multivintage.com>
References: <97E9E5C8-4DB3-4768-A613-B37C6A91152D@multivintage.com>
Message-ID: <CABEZ9eGY7_0WihEtvOaN4Z2SCKzo9bd6NFsEjFGRv_RzEZza1w@mail.gmail.com>

????

On Tue, Sep 21, 2021, 2:46 PM Jason Ostrowski via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
wrote:

> Over the years 2 of my greatest mentors and fans were Bill Dentinger and
> Kas Kastner. Those 2 gentlemen always loved my stories on FOT. Always quick
> to support me with praise or criticism. I think about them often and miss
> their kind words, jokes and jabs.
> Family, work obligations and $ pushed my GT6?s into the corner of the FGR
> garage for more than a couple years.
> My racing addiction had reached a melting point and it was starting to
> affect the solid aspects of my being- my marriage, my kids and my business.
> Although I was always at the track as a friend and crew my cars sat
> dormant for a few seasons.
> In conversation with Kas and Bill, these Friendly Ghost faithful gents
> ?talked me off the ledge? during that period of my lack of seat time. They
> respected my decision to put family first and enjoy the non-race moments of
> my life.
> They also knew I would return behind the wheel and looked forward to my
> next racing story.
>
> I had told them both that my next post on FOT had to be about me finishing
> a race.
> Kas always liked how I would pat my car on the dashboard as I crossed the
> finish line; saying ?The cars like it when you talk to them you know; I
> always did that too.?
> Well my friends- I finished 3 races at Road America this weekend. I gave
> my yellow car more than a rub on the belly as I took the final checkered
> flag. A wave of emotion hit my face. Even my raised fist could not hold
> back the tears.
> To Kas and Bill- Here is the post I promised you!
> Godspeeds the Triumph faithful to great moments of joy.
> You are missed and will always be remembered.
> Never be beaten by equipment!
>
> Jason Ostrowski
> Friendly Ghost Racing
> 1969 Triumph GT6+ racecars
> Sent from my iPhone
> _______________________________________________
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From yellow-green at sbcglobal.net  Fri Sep 24 10:01:53 2021
From: yellow-green at sbcglobal.net (DENNIS DELAP)
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2021 11:01:53 -0500
Subject: [Fot] Fwd: Street-Legal and Track-Ready 1962 Triumph TR4 Special is
 now open for bidding!
References: <F4AA7311-FCAB-476A-90EC-5C7257861885@sbcglobal.net>
Message-ID: <9CBECBF2-24F7-4AC1-A93E-5FDFCA47A2FD@sbcglobal.net>

A M I C I
I?ve got my Special up for auction.
Take a look.
Dennis 

Sent from my iPhone

Begin forwarded message:

> From: DENNIS DELAP <yellow-green at sbcglobal.net>
> Date: September 24, 2021 at 7:37:21 AM CDT
> To: Richard Larson <rdlarsonlaw at gmail.com>
> Subject: Fwd: Street-Legal and Track-Ready 1962 Triumph TR4 Special is now open for bidding!
> 
> ?Any serious offers on the FJ?
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> Begin forwarded message:
> 
>> From: auctions at hemmings.com
>> Date: September 24, 2021 at 7:00:06 AM CDT
>> To: yellow-green at sbcglobal.net
>> Subject: Street-Legal and Track-Ready 1962 Triumph TR4 Special is now open for bidding!
>> 
>> ?
>>  
>> The Pursuit is On!
>> 
>> That auction you?re watching is now accepting bids. Get in here and get that high bid!
>> 
>> Street-Legal and Track-Ready 1962 Triumph TR4 Special
>> 
>>  
>> Bid Now
>> 
>>    
>> 
>> You are receiving this because you opted-in to the Hemmings Auctions email. For more information about this newsletter, email webmaster at hemmings.com or write to: Customer Service, Hemmings Motor News ? 222 Main Street ? Bennington, VT 05201 ? USA. You can update your email preferences here at any time, or unsubscribe yellow-green at sbcglobal.net from all Hemmings newsletters here.
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From chasgee22 at gmail.com  Fri Sep 24 10:26:49 2021
From: chasgee22 at gmail.com (chasgee22 at gmail.com)
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2021 09:26:49 -0700
Subject: [Fot] Fwd: Street-Legal and Track-Ready 1962 Triumph TR4
 Special is now open for bidding!
In-Reply-To: <9CBECBF2-24F7-4AC1-A93E-5FDFCA47A2FD@sbcglobal.net>
References: <9CBECBF2-24F7-4AC1-A93E-5FDFCA47A2FD@sbcglobal.net>
Message-ID: <13573E1B-8B55-4FDC-BF2F-26998816033F@gmail.com>

Very cool.  Good luck Dennis!  

Chuck

> On Sep 24, 2021, at 9:03 AM, DENNIS DELAP via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> ?A M I C I
> I?ve got my Special up for auction.
> Take a look.
> Dennis 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> Begin forwarded message:
> 
>> From: DENNIS DELAP <yellow-green at sbcglobal.net>
>> Date: September 24, 2021 at 7:37:21 AM CDT
>> To: Richard Larson <rdlarsonlaw at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Fwd: Street-Legal and Track-Ready 1962 Triumph TR4 Special is now open for bidding!
>> 
>> ?Any serious offers on the FJ?
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>> Begin forwarded message:
>> 
>>> From: auctions at hemmings.com
>>> Date: September 24, 2021 at 7:00:06 AM CDT
>>> To: yellow-green at sbcglobal.net
>>> Subject: Street-Legal and Track-Ready 1962 Triumph TR4 Special is now open for bidding!
>>> 
>>> ?
>>>  
>>> The Pursuit is On!
>>> 
>>> That auction you?re watching is now accepting bids. Get in here and get that high bid!
>>> 
>>> Street-Legal and Track-Ready 1962 Triumph TR4 Special
>>> 
>>>  
>>> Bid Now
>>> 
>>>    
>>> 
>>> You are receiving this because you opted-in to the Hemmings Auctions email. For more information about this newsletter, email webmaster at hemmings.com or write to: Customer Service, Hemmings Motor News ? 222 Main Street ? Bennington, VT 05201 ? USA. You can update your email preferences here at any time, or unsubscribe yellow-green at sbcglobal.net from all Hemmings newsletters here.
>>> 
>>> ? 2021 Hemmings Auctions. All rights reserved.
>>> 
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From joealexandervintage at gmail.com  Mon Sep 27 11:26:18 2021
From: joealexandervintage at gmail.com (Joe Alexander)
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2021 11:26:18 -0600
Subject: [Fot] Various Configurations of Head Lamp Replacements
Message-ID: <CFE2E86C-1D3E-404A-ACAE-473F4F975FAA@gmail.com>

Added recently is the Cold Air Intake.

Available at Pegasus, too.

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4505 Donald Dr
Cedar Falls, IA 50613
The-vintage-racer.com
Gasketinnovations.com
Cell:  319.464.4711


From joealexandervintage at gmail.com  Mon Sep 27 16:49:30 2021
From: joealexandervintage at gmail.com (Joe Alexander)
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2021 16:49:30 -0600
Subject: [Fot] Toni (Kastner) Moran
Message-ID: <99B47536-0A8E-43A8-AD28-7B2993841FB6@gmail.com>

Toni expresses her appreciation for all that the FOT has done to preserve the Kastner Legacy. We spent the afternoon with Toni and Dan. 

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The-vintage-racer.com
Gasketinnovations.com
Cell:  319.464.4711


From hankgiffin at cox.net  Mon Sep 27 20:27:04 2021
From: hankgiffin at cox.net (Henry Giffin)
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2021 22:27:04 -0400
Subject: [Fot] TR3 wire wheel knockoffs
Message-ID: <015a01d7b410$549a8c50$fdcfa4f0$@cox.net>

There is a lot of expertise on FoT and I have a question I expect the
knowledgeable ones will be able to help.

     On my early (1956) street TR3 (ex-Mike Jackson) I decided to replace
the somewhat rusty wire wheel knockoffs.  I had another set of knockoffs
(and hubs) from another TR3 in better shape, but the threads were more
coarse and didn't fit.  So I thought they might have been from another
British car, and ordered a new set of knockoffs from Moss.  They too were
too coarse.

    Can anyone confirm that the early TR3s had a finer thread on their hubs?


    I would like to keep the car original but may have to swap the hubs to
use the nicer knockoffs, or chrome the fine threaded ones.  Or just live
with the rust!  

    Can anyone confirm the early TR3s had finer knockoff threads or is there
another possible explanation?

     Thx, Hank

     

 

Hank Giffin

757-375-1491

 

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From vfracing at aol.com  Tue Sep 28 06:39:27 2021
From: vfracing at aol.com (Philip Gott)
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2021 08:39:27 -0400
Subject: [Fot] TR3 wire wheel knockoffs
In-Reply-To: <015a01d7b410$549a8c50$fdcfa4f0$@cox.net>
References: <015a01d7b410$549a8c50$fdcfa4f0$@cox.net>
Message-ID: <090DB230-0619-44A2-A07C-F8A834DDB220@aol.com>

Hank;
I could be wrong here, but I have an early TR3 axle with the wire wheel hubs integral to the hub (as opposed to the bolt-on adapters). Those hubs appear to have a finer thread than the later bolt-on adapters. The thread change was concurrent with the switch from integral to bolt-on.
Phil

Sent from my iPhone

> On Sep 27, 2021, at 10:27 PM, Henry Giffin via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> ?
> There is a lot of expertise on FoT and I have a question I expect the knowledgeable ones will be able to help.
>      On my early (1956) street TR3 (ex-Mike Jackson) I decided to replace the somewhat rusty wire wheel knockoffs.  I had another set of knockoffs (and hubs) from another TR3 in better shape, but the threads were more coarse and didn?t fit.  So I thought they might have been from another British car, and ordered a new set of knockoffs from Moss.  They too were too coarse.
>     Can anyone confirm that the early TR3s had a finer thread on their hubs?
>     I would like to keep the car original but may have to swap the hubs to use the nicer knockoffs, or chrome the fine threaded ones.  Or just live with the rust! 
>     Can anyone confirm the early TR3s had finer knockoff threads or is there another possible explanation?
>      Thx, Hank
>     
>  
> Hank Giffin
> 757-375-1491
>  
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From rkramer56 at gmail.com  Wed Sep 29 06:47:13 2021
From: rkramer56 at gmail.com (Bob Kramer)
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2021 07:47:13 -0500
Subject: [Fot] TVR 2500M project car
Message-ID: <CABFvdWsR8_ZXS3zinhEYcgj-FdqXH++vW56ibbhBYzD4sWF6+Q@mail.gmail.com>

Amici,

We took our endurance TR6 to Harris Hill raceway here in Central Texas for
a ChampCar weekend event and while we were having a great time with the car
we were offered a long block TR6 engine that came out of a TVR 2500M that
was on the property.  We met with the owner of the TVR and found out he is
trying to sell it off.  It is a roller, all glass but the TVR was torn down
for a repaint and left in a state where it was sanded but not primed.  It
has the TR6 rear diff with a Quaife, but the engine and trans are not
included. He is asking $4500.00 for the TVR as it sit.

He was giving us the engine that came out of that car. He had an early
intake manifold modified for a turbo on the engine but the turbo was long
gone.  I will need to collect that engine from him but if it is needed to
make his sale deal work for someone in our circle we can make it available.

This is an interesting guy.  He is a former Chysler engineer who changed
gears and went to Med school to become a doctor.  At 70 he is slowing down
but he probably had a bit of fun with cars in his lifetime. He had a couple
of Hayabusa engined sports racers, a Mustang and maybe it was a Celica
racer cars mostly apart in his shop.

Let me know off the list if you have an interest and I will connect you to
him.

BTW, the TR6 was terrific this past weekend. 8 hours Saturday and 7 on
Sunday. We added the Ramin Mirshab throttle body fuel injection prior to
this race and the car was transformed. We have run this car fitted with
dual SU's in ChampCar (ChumpCar), Lemons, and the WRL and we always felt
like we had a good handling car with decent brakes.  With the extra
responsiveness and probably a little more HP, the car became a bit more to
handle. We'll need to work on speeding up our pit stops to get more laps
completed but we still managed 4th in class out of 9 cars, losing to a BMW
325E, a 280ZX and a Boxster both days.

Bob Kramer
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From gblake58tr3 at icloud.com  Wed Sep 29 07:25:24 2021
From: gblake58tr3 at icloud.com (Greg Blake)
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2021 08:25:24 -0500
Subject: [Fot] TVR 2500M project car
In-Reply-To: <CABFvdWsR8_ZXS3zinhEYcgj-FdqXH++vW56ibbhBYzD4sWF6+Q@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CABFvdWsR8_ZXS3zinhEYcgj-FdqXH++vW56ibbhBYzD4sWF6+Q@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <DBC96B81-C4D0-4A9C-8AF7-C900D92529A7@icloud.com>

Bob is underselling it.  I?ve been involved with this car since the first build, participated in numerous race weekends as driver and as crew. The fuel injection swap was a game changer. 

We were at the same track with some of the same drivers back in March of this year prior to the swap. Same track/same driver times saw an average of 4 seconds/lap drop.  

This was an initial tune I put into the computer that was very conservative. We will do some more tuning in the coming months in preparation for next years schedule and will most certainly see better results. 

The other neat thing of having this setup is all the data we can analyze after a session. If interested, contact me and I can tell you all about that part and what you can do with tuner studio and mega log viewer. Really cool stuff. 

Thanks to Bob for providing the car to play with. 

Greg

Sent from my iPhone

> On Sep 29, 2021, at 7:48 AM, Bob Kramer via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> ?
> Amici,
> 
> We took our endurance TR6 to Harris Hill raceway here in Central Texas for a ChampCar weekend event and while we were having a great time with the car we were offered a long block TR6 engine that came out of a TVR 2500M that was on the property.  We met with the owner of the TVR and found out he is trying to sell it off.  It is a roller, all glass but the TVR was torn down for a repaint and left in a state where it was sanded but not primed.  It has the TR6 rear diff with a Quaife, but the engine and trans are not included. He is asking $4500.00 for the TVR as it sit.
> 
> He was giving us the engine that came out of that car. He had an early intake manifold modified for a turbo on the engine but the turbo was long gone.  I will need to collect that engine from him but if it is needed to make his sale deal work for someone in our circle we can make it available. 
> 
> This is an interesting guy.  He is a former Chysler engineer who changed gears and went to Med school to become a doctor.  At 70 he is slowing down but he probably had a bit of fun with cars in his lifetime. He had a couple of Hayabusa engined sports racers, a Mustang and maybe it was a Celica racer cars mostly apart in his shop.
> 
> Let me know off the list if you have an interest and I will connect you to him.
> 
> BTW, the TR6 was terrific this past weekend. 8 hours Saturday and 7 on Sunday. We added the Ramin Mirshab throttle body fuel injection prior to this race and the car was transformed. We have run this car fitted with dual SU's in ChampCar (ChumpCar), Lemons, and the WRL and we always felt like we had a good handling car with decent brakes.  With the extra responsiveness and probably a little more HP, the car became a bit more to handle. We'll need to work on speeding up our pit stops to get more laps completed but we still managed 4th in class out of 9 cars, losing to a BMW 325E, a 280ZX and a Boxster both days. 
> 
> Bob Kramer
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From hankgiffin at cox.net  Wed Sep 29 20:34:16 2021
From: hankgiffin at cox.net (Henry Giffin)
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2021 22:34:16 -0400
Subject: [Fot] TR3 wire wheel knockoffs
In-Reply-To: <090DB230-0619-44A2-A07C-F8A834DDB220@aol.com>
References: <015a01d7b410$549a8c50$fdcfa4f0$@cox.net>
 <090DB230-0619-44A2-A07C-F8A834DDB220@aol.com>
Message-ID: <000c01d7b5a3$ab596c20$020c4460$@cox.net>

Phil, thanks.

   I removed the wheels today and they are bolt on adapters front and back but fine thread.  

     The plot thickens!!

     Hank

 

Hank Giffin

757-375-1491

 

From: Philip Gott <vfracing at aol.com> 
Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2021 8:39 AM
To: Henry Giffin <hankgiffin at cox.net>
Cc: fot at autox.team.net; fot-bounces at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Fot] TR3 wire wheel knockoffs

 

Hank;

I could be wrong here, but I have an early TR3 axle with the wire wheel hubs integral to the hub (as opposed to the bolt-on adapters). Those hubs appear to have a finer thread than the later bolt-on adapters. The thread change was concurrent with the switch from integral to bolt-on.

Phil

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On Sep 27, 2021, at 10:27 PM, Henry Giffin via Fot <fot at autox.team.net <mailto:fot at autox.team.net> > wrote:

?

There is a lot of expertise on FoT and I have a question I expect the knowledgeable ones will be able to help.

     On my early (1956) street TR3 (ex-Mike Jackson) I decided to replace the somewhat rusty wire wheel knockoffs.  I had another set of knockoffs (and hubs) from another TR3 in better shape, but the threads were more coarse and didn?t fit.  So I thought they might have been from another British car, and ordered a new set of knockoffs from Moss.  They too were too coarse.

    Can anyone confirm that the early TR3s had a finer thread on their hubs? 

    I would like to keep the car original but may have to swap the hubs to use the nicer knockoffs, or chrome the fine threaded ones.  Or just live with the rust!  

    Can anyone confirm the early TR3s had finer knockoff threads or is there another possible explanation?

     Thx, Hank

     

 

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From spitfire_racing at twcny.rr.com  Thu Sep 30 16:06:10 2021
From: spitfire_racing at twcny.rr.com (Spitfire Racing)
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2021 18:06:10 -0400
Subject: [Fot] Looking for enclosed trailer
Message-ID: <000601d7b647$60cd4ec0$2267ec40$@rr.com>

I have a good friend and fellow racer who is looking to purchase a used
16-18' enclosed trailer with dual axles (7000 lb okay) with a ramp style
drop tailgate.

Hopefully in the Northeast or Mid Atlantic area. So if someone is retiring
from racing  or is looking to go larger or newer this may be an option to
sell your old one.

Please send particulars. He may have an open trailer available if successful
on the enclosed search.

 

Russ Moore  Spitfire #49

 



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From chasgee22 at gmail.com  Thu Sep 30 16:19:39 2021
From: chasgee22 at gmail.com (chasgee22 at gmail.com)
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2021 15:19:39 -0700
Subject: [Fot] Toni (Kastner) Moran
In-Reply-To: <99B47536-0A8E-43A8-AD28-7B2993841FB6@gmail.com>
References: <99B47536-0A8E-43A8-AD28-7B2993841FB6@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <A185EF81-2D9B-4CBC-A68F-3EC72A88E3BD@gmail.com>

We should get her to waive the checkered flag at a cup race sometime!

Chuck

> On Sep 27, 2021, at 3:50 PM, Joe Alexander via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> ?Toni expresses her appreciation for all that the FOT has done to preserve the Kastner Legacy. We spent the afternoon with Toni and Dan. 
> 
> <image0.jpeg>
> 
> 
> Joe Alexander
> 4505 Donald Dr
> Cedar Falls, IA 50613
> The-vintage-racer.com
> Gasketinnovations.com
> Cell:  319.464.4711
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From joealexandervintage at gmail.com  Thu Sep 30 16:21:41 2021
From: joealexandervintage at gmail.com (Joe Alexander)
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2021 16:21:41 -0600
Subject: [Fot] Toni (Kastner) Moran
In-Reply-To: <A185EF81-2D9B-4CBC-A68F-3EC72A88E3BD@gmail.com>
References: <A185EF81-2D9B-4CBC-A68F-3EC72A88E3BD@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <034D8DE2-9FB9-40F7-B35C-183835AC96B9@gmail.com>

That?s a great idea.  Pittsburgh for starters.

Joe Alexander
4505 Donald Dr
Cedar Falls, IA 50613
The-vintage-racer.com
Gasketinnovations.com
Cell:  319.464.4711


> On Sep 30, 2021, at 4:19 PM, chasgee22 at gmail.com wrote:
> 
> ?We should get her to waive the checkered flag at a cup race sometime!
> 
> Chuck
> 
>> On Sep 27, 2021, at 3:50 PM, Joe Alexander via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
>> 
>> ?Toni expresses her appreciation for all that the FOT has done to preserve the Kastner Legacy. We spent the afternoon with Toni and Dan. 
>> 
>> <image0.jpeg>
>> 
>> 
>> Joe Alexander
>> 4505 Donald Dr
>> Cedar Falls, IA 50613
>> The-vintage-racer.com
>> Gasketinnovations.com
>> Cell:  319.464.4711
>> 
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From yellow-green at sbcglobal.net  Tue Sep  7 21:43:33 2021
From: yellow-green at sbcglobal.net (DENNIS DELAP)
Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2021 22:43:33 -0500
Subject: [Fot] Road America crew pass
References: <03FEE073-6D7C-4A0B-95CA-AD93CBD4629B.ref@sbcglobal.net>
Message-ID: <03FEE073-6D7C-4A0B-95CA-AD93CBD4629B@sbcglobal.net>

Friends 
Does anyone have an extra crew pass for the Fall Festival?
Thanks 
Dennis 

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From tr6driver at yahoo.com  Sat Sep 11 09:11:52 2021
From: tr6driver at yahoo.com (Jamie Palmer)
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2021 15:11:52 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [Fot] Fornwalt TR4/DBR Project (free)
References: <44789557.3990454.1631373112544.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <44789557.3990454.1631373112544@mail.yahoo.com>

Fellow FOT-ers,
I'm forced to admit failure in my attempt to get the Fornwalt project resurrected that I picked up from TRF a couple of years ago. Albert was kind enough to pass it on to me for free as long as I promised to pursue finishing the car, and I would like to do the same for someone capable of finishing the project.? All I ask is a chance to buy one of the bodies if you complete the project.
If you don't remember the car, the pictures from its time at TRF (it has not changed at all) are located in this directory:??https://www.the-roadster-factory.com/Images/POTW/Fornwalt-Fibreglass/
For info purposes:--Mr. Fornwalt (I know some of you knew him well) was a TR4 vintage racer who wanted an Aston Martin DBR and decided to build his own body to fit a TR4 chassis.--The body buck (male form) was completed, and the molds (female form) have been done for the front end, doors and hood. The rear was not started.--The buck is very high-quality work, done out of wood and plaster, and is formed over a "junk" rolling TR4 frame with engine and transmission. I was told the components were worthless apart from sizing but have not verified that. As the male buck was stored in the TRF warehouse for many years it has some very small, localized "bruises" that will need to be smoothed out with body filler prior to creating the female rear mold.--Mr. Fornwalt's widow had no interest in the project after his untimely death and passed the project on to Charles at TRF.? After Charles' death, Albert was cleaning things up and offered it to interested parties -- and I was (and am) interested.? However, I have to face facts and I'm not going to get to it any time soon -- the TR6 street car, TR6 race car, Italia and my Hathaway Hunter are all ahead of it in line.
If you are interested, please contact me off-list at tr6driver at yahoo.com and we can set up a phone call/face time.??
Thanks,
Jamie PalmerPittsboro, NC
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From bill at ponostyle.com  Sat Sep 11 11:32:51 2021
From: bill at ponostyle.com (Ponostyle)
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2021 10:32:51 -0700
Subject: [Fot] Fornwalt TR4/DBR Project (free)
In-Reply-To: <44789557.3990454.1631373112544@mail.yahoo.com>
References: <44789557.3990454.1631373112544.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
 <44789557.3990454.1631373112544@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <79EA0FE7-0596-48A0-AFA3-F3AB952DD38E@ponostyle.com>

That roadster factory link doesn?t work, in fact none of the backdoor links I tried work either. Perhaps their server is down. I?m painfully interested, that sounds like a fun project, unfortunately, like you, I have a lot of fun projects. 

Bill

> On Sep 11, 2021, at 8:11 AM, Jamie Palmer via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> Fellow FOT-ers,
> 
> I'm forced to admit failure in my attempt to get the Fornwalt project resurrected that I picked up from TRF a couple of years ago. Albert was kind enough to pass it on to me for free as long as I promised to pursue finishing the car, and I would like to do the same for someone capable of finishing the project.  All I ask is a chance to buy one of the bodies if you complete the project.
> 
> If you don't remember the car, the pictures from its time at TRF (it has not changed at all) are located in this directory:  https://www.the-roadster-factory.com/Images/POTW/Fornwalt-Fibreglass/ <https://www.the-roadster-factory.com/Images/POTW/Fornwalt-Fibreglass/>
> 
> For info purposes:
> --Mr. Fornwalt (I know some of you knew him well) was a TR4 vintage racer who wanted an Aston Martin DBR and decided to build his own body to fit a TR4 chassis.
> --The body buck (male form) was completed, and the molds (female form) have been done for the front end, doors and hood. The rear was not started.
> --The buck is very high-quality work, done out of wood and plaster, and is formed over a "junk" rolling TR4 frame with engine and transmission. I was told the components were worthless apart from sizing but have not verified that. As the male buck was stored in the TRF warehouse for many years it has some very small, localized "bruises" that will need to be smoothed out with body filler prior to creating the female rear mold.
> --Mr. Fornwalt's widow had no interest in the project after his untimely death and passed the project on to Charles at TRF.  After Charles' death, Albert was cleaning things up and offered it to interested parties -- and I was (and am) interested.  However, I have to face facts and I'm not going to get to it any time soon -- the TR6 street car, TR6 race car, Italia and my Hathaway Hunter are all ahead of it in line.
> 
> If you are interested, please contact me off-list at tr6driver at yahoo.com and we can set up a phone call/face time.  
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jamie Palmer
> Pittsboro, NC
> 
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From tr4abrad at gmail.com  Sat Sep 11 19:24:35 2021
From: tr4abrad at gmail.com (Brad Eells)
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2021 18:24:35 -0700
Subject: [Fot] Bob Matcheski
Message-ID: <71B02573-40C2-4EB9-9200-05314E56D67B@gmail.com>

Amici,

This question came up on Facebook:
Bob?s son Derek is attempting to locate his dad?s race car.

Bob ran in the SCCA Northeast Region from 1975 to the early 80?s.

The car was sold on to someone in Canada.

Is this car familiar to anyone?

Robert (Bob) Matcheski. midnight blue, number 23 from middlefield CT

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From vfracing at aol.com  Sun Sep 12 05:49:41 2021
From: vfracing at aol.com (Philip Gott)
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2021 07:49:41 -0400
Subject: [Fot] Bob Matcheski
In-Reply-To: <71B02573-40C2-4EB9-9200-05314E56D67B@gmail.com>
References: <71B02573-40C2-4EB9-9200-05314E56D67B@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <A166280E-B574-48EF-9035-78883F43CB00@aol.com>

I remember Racing against him but have no idea where the car is?.  Good friendly competition!

Sent from my iPhone

> On Sep 11, 2021, at 9:25 PM, Brad Eells via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> ?Amici,
> 
> This question came up on Facebook:
> Bob?s son Derek is attempting to locate his dad?s race car.
> 
> Bob ran in the SCCA Northeast Region from 1975 to the early 80?s.
> 
> The car was sold on to someone in Canada.
> 
> Is this car familiar to anyone?
> 
> Robert (Bob) Matcheski. midnight blue, number 23 from middlefield CT
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From grandwazoo at earthlink.net  Sun Sep 12 12:53:55 2021
From: grandwazoo at earthlink.net (Mike Jackson)
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2021 18:53:55 +0000
Subject: [Fot] Fornwalt TR4/DBR Project (free)
Message-ID: <3ff5fc89-e753-ce20-dc46-eb15edb704ca@earthlink.net>

Not true!  I used the link and looked at the few pics available.  Just wish I had the talent and likely remaining number of years required to finish it!
What an enormous task.  I was co-owner of a TRiumph powered Devin for a very few years.  Just mounting such a body satisfactorily is a challenge if the parts are already available.  Plus the suspension travel had to be severally limited do to the low fenders.  Made the thing diabolical to race. 

Will hope another vintage racing friend from down here will be enthused enough to think seriously about it.

Bill was one of the first TRiumph racers I met when I went to my first out of state race at Summit Point.  And, a long ways from South  Florida it was.

Mike

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From: Ponostyle <bill at ponostyle.com>
Sent: Sep 11, 2021 1:32 PM
To: Jamie Palmer <tr6driver at yahoo.com>
Cc: fot at autox.team.net <fot at autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Fot] Fornwalt TR4/DBR Project (free)

That roadster factory link doesn&rsquo;t work, in fact none of the backdoor links I tried work either. Perhaps their server is down. I&rsquo;m painfully interested, that sounds like a fun project, unfortunately, like you, I have a lot of fun projects.  
BillOn Sep 11, 2021, at 8:11 AM, Jamie Palmer via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
Fellow FOT-ers,
 
I'm forced to admit failure in my attempt to get the Fornwalt project resurrected that I picked up from TRF a couple of years ago. Albert was kind enough to pass it on to me for free as long as I promised to pursue finishing the car, and I would like to do the same for someone capable of finishing the project.  All I ask is a chance to buy one of the bodies if you complete the project.
 
If you don't remember the car, the pictures from its time at TRF (it has not changed at all) are located in this directory:  https://www.the-roadster-factory.com/Images/POTW/Fornwalt-Fibreglass/
 
For info purposes:
--Mr. Fornwalt (I know some of you knew him well) was a TR4 vintage racer who wanted an Aston Martin DBR and decided to build his own body to fit a TR4 chassis.
--The body buck (male form) was completed, and the molds (female form) have been done for the front end, doors and hood. The rear was not started.
--The buck is very high-quality work, done out of wood and plaster, and is formed over a "junk" rolling TR4 frame with engine and transmission. I was told the components were worthless apart from sizing but have not verified that. As the male buck was stored in the TRF warehouse for many years it has some very small, localized "bruises" that will need to be smoothed out with body filler prior to creating the female rear mold.
--Mr. Fornwalt's widow had no interest in the project after his untimely death and passed the project on to Charles at TRF.  After Charles' death, Albert was cleaning things up and offered it to interested parties -- and I was (and am) interested.  However, I have to face facts and I'm not going to get to it any time soon -- the TR6 street car, TR6 race car, Italia and my Hathaway Hunter are all ahead of it in line.
 
If you are interested, please contact me off-list at tr6driver at yahoo.com and we can set up a phone call/face time.  
 
Thanks,
 
Jamie Palmer
Pittsboro, NC
 


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From vfracing at aol.com  Sun Sep 12 20:29:38 2021
From: vfracing at aol.com (Philip Gott)
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2021 22:29:38 -0400
Subject: [Fot] Pure Water in the crankcase catch can
References: <33CE1469-4882-45C9-99C8-304CF4966344.ref@aol.com>
Message-ID: <33CE1469-4882-45C9-99C8-304CF4966344@aol.com>

This weekend at the Glen my engine pumped about 6 oz of pure water ( not the expected oil-water milkshake mixture) into the catch can in a 20 minute session. I had to top up the coolant a similar amount.
This is unusual due to the purity of the water.  It was clear. 
I am running Driven XP3 oil. Not running anti freeze, just water wetter.
What could be the cause? Anyone have similar experience? 
I?m thinking the aluminum plug in the head in the rocker arm area could be at fault. That could send water almost immediately out the vent in the rocker cover before it mixed with oil in the crankcase. Plausible?
Will run a cooling system pressure test tomorrow.
Any advice appreciated.
Thanks,
Phil Gott

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From awashatko at wi.rr.com  Mon Sep 13 13:42:41 2021
From: awashatko at wi.rr.com (Allen Washatko)
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2021 14:42:41 -0500
Subject: [Fot] Hoosier Tire Temperature
Message-ID: <E9B1CFCC-1CEE-4732-A247-D11D4E3A0654@wi.rr.com>

FOT

In regards to my question regarding temperature operating range for a 225/50 R15 Hoosier Speedster tire, I have the following from Jess Speer/Hoosier:
For my car weighing 2035 lbs, hot tire pressure should be in the 26-28 lbs range. 

Sent from my iPhone


From nicholsondustin at yahoo.com  Mon Sep 13 15:57:45 2021
From: nicholsondustin at yahoo.com (dustin nicholson)
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2021 21:57:45 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [Fot] Hoosier Tire Temperature
In-Reply-To: <E9B1CFCC-1CEE-4732-A247-D11D4E3A0654@wi.rr.com>
References: <E9B1CFCC-1CEE-4732-A247-D11D4E3A0654@wi.rr.com>
Message-ID: <770851857.73692.1631570265970@mail.yahoo.com>

 Thank you Allen!? This weekend at Eagles Canyon was my first race in a TR3.? I've got the same tires and had the same question.? I guessed at 28 lbs. cold and was happy with the handling, I'll go down a few pounds next time based on this advice.
Appreciate it,
Dusty Nicholson1957 EP TR3 #43


    On Monday, September 13, 2021, 02:43:28 PM CDT, Allen Washatko via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:  
 
 FOT

In regards to my question regarding temperature operating range for a 225/50 R15 Hoosier Speedster tire, I have the following from Jess Speer/Hoosier:
For my car weighing 2035 lbs, hot tire pressure should be in the 26-28 lbs range. 

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From bill at ponostyle.com  Mon Sep 13 17:06:51 2021
From: bill at ponostyle.com (Ponostyle)
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2021 16:06:51 -0700
Subject: [Fot] Fornwalt TR4/DBR Project (free)
In-Reply-To: <3ff5fc89-e753-ce20-dc46-eb15edb704ca@earthlink.net>
References: <3ff5fc89-e753-ce20-dc46-eb15edb704ca@earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <1AFC129E-5E6E-4455-954B-601CCCC74B5C@ponostyle.com>

Odd, it still doesn?t work for me. No matter, I?m not going to do it. I hope someone does, but I have enough projects to keep me busy until I turn about 120. 

> On Sep 12, 2021, at 11:53 AM, Mike Jackson <grandwazoo at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
> Not true!  I used the link and looked at the few pics available.  Just wish I had the talent and likely remaining number of years required to finish it!
> What an enormous task.  I was co-owner of a TRiumph powered Devin for a very few years.  Just mounting such a body satisfactorily is a challenge if the parts are already available.  Plus the suspension travel had to be severally limited do to the low fenders.  Made the thing diabolical to race. 
>  
> Will hope another vintage racing friend from down here will be enthused enough to think seriously about it.
>  
> Bill was one of the first TRiumph racers I met when I went to my first out of state race at Summit Point.  And, a long ways from South  Florida it was.
>  
> Mike
>  
> riginal Message-----
> From: Ponostyle <bill at ponostyle.com>
> Sent: Sep 11, 2021 1:32 PM
> To: Jamie Palmer <tr6driver at yahoo.com>
> Cc: fot at autox.team.net <fot at autox.team.net>
> Subject: Re: [Fot] Fornwalt TR4/DBR Project (free)
> 
> 
> That roadster factory link doesn?t work, in fact none of the backdoor links I tried work either. Perhaps their server is down. I?m painfully interested, that sounds like a fun project, unfortunately, like you, I have a lot of fun projects. 
>  
> Bill
> 
> On Sep 11, 2021, at 8:11 AM, Jamie Palmer via Fot <fot at autox.team.net <mailto:fot at autox.team.net>> wrote:
> Fellow FOT-ers,
>  
> I'm forced to admit failure in my attempt to get the Fornwalt project resurrected that I picked up from TRF a couple of years ago. Albert was kind enough to pass it on to me for free as long as I promised to pursue finishing the car, and I would like to do the same for someone capable of finishing the project.  All I ask is a chance to buy one of the bodies if you complete the project.
>  
> If you don't remember the car, the pictures from its time at TRF (it has not changed at all) are located in this directory:  https://www.the-roadster-factory.com/Images/POTW/Fornwalt-Fibreglass/ <https://www.the-roadster-factory.com/Images/POTW/Fornwalt-Fibreglass/>
>  
> For info purposes:
> --Mr. Fornwalt (I know some of you knew him well) was a TR4 vintage racer who wanted an Aston Martin DBR and decided to build his own body to fit a TR4 chassis.
> --The body buck (male form) was completed, and the molds (female form) have been done for the front end, doors and hood. The rear was not started.
> --The buck is very high-quality work, done out of wood and plaster, and is formed over a "junk" rolling TR4 frame with engine and transmission. I was told the components were worthless apart from sizing but have not verified that. As the male buck was stored in the TRF warehouse for many years it has some very small, localized "bruises" that will need to be smoothed out with body filler prior to creating the female rear mold.
> --Mr. Fornwalt's widow had no interest in the project after his untimely death and passed the project on to Charles at TRF.  After Charles' death, Albert was cleaning things up and offered it to interested parties -- and I was (and am) interested.  However, I have to face facts and I'm not going to get to it any time soon -- the TR6 street car, TR6 race car, Italia and my Hathaway Hunter are all ahead of it in line.
>  
> If you are interested, please contact me off-list at tr6driver at yahoo.com <mailto:tr6driver at yahoo.com> and we can set up a phone call/face time.  
>  
> Thanks,
>  
> Jamie Palmer
> Pittsboro, NC
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From terrysopher at gmail.com  Mon Sep 13 17:12:29 2021
From: terrysopher at gmail.com (Terry Sopher)
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2021 19:12:29 -0400
Subject: [Fot] Fornwalt TR4/DBR Project (free)
In-Reply-To: <1AFC129E-5E6E-4455-954B-601CCCC74B5C@ponostyle.com>
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There is a very talented fabricator here in Jax area.  I asked him to take a look and give an estimate to get the body panels completed molds, bucks & all and estimate of labor to fit/assemble etc.

A lot was done on the Fornwalt, but likely even more to get it all to fit & finish.  Will see what he comes back with.

Terry

> On Sep 13, 2021, at 19:07, Ponostyle via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> ?Odd, it still doesn?t work for me. No matter, I?m not going to do it. I hope someone does, but I have enough projects to keep me busy until I turn about 120. 
> 
>> On Sep 12, 2021, at 11:53 AM, Mike Jackson <grandwazoo at earthlink.net> wrote:
>> 
>> Not true!  I used the link and looked at the few pics available.  Just wish I had the talent and likely remaining number of years required to finish it!
>> What an enormous task.  I was co-owner of a TRiumph powered Devin for a very few years.  Just mounting such a body satisfactorily is a challenge if the parts are already available.  Plus the suspension travel had to be severally limited do to the low fenders.  Made the thing diabolical to race. 
>>  
>> Will hope another vintage racing friend from down here will be enthused enough to think seriously about it.
>>  
>> Bill was one of the first TRiumph racers I met when I went to my first out of state race at Summit Point.  And, a long ways from South  Florida it was.
>>  
>> Mike
>>  
>> riginal Message-----
>> From: Ponostyle <bill at ponostyle.com>
>> Sent: Sep 11, 2021 1:32 PM
>> To: Jamie Palmer <tr6driver at yahoo.com>
>> Cc: fot at autox.team.net <fot at autox.team.net>
>> Subject: Re: [Fot] Fornwalt TR4/DBR Project (free)
>> 
>> 
>> That roadster factory link doesn?t work, in fact none of the backdoor links I tried work either. Perhaps their server is down. I?m painfully interested, that sounds like a fun project, unfortunately, like you, I have a lot of fun projects. 
>>  
>> Bill
>> 
>> On Sep 11, 2021, at 8:11 AM, Jamie Palmer via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
>> Fellow FOT-ers,
>>  
>> I'm forced to admit failure in my attempt to get the Fornwalt project resurrected that I picked up from TRF a couple of years ago. Albert was kind enough to pass it on to me for free as long as I promised to pursue finishing the car, and I would like to do the same for someone capable of finishing the project.  All I ask is a chance to buy one of the bodies if you complete the project.
>>  
>> If you don't remember the car, the pictures from its time at TRF (it has not changed at all) are located in this directory:  https://www.the-roadster-factory.com/Images/POTW/Fornwalt-Fibreglass/
>>  
>> For info purposes:
>> --Mr. Fornwalt (I know some of you knew him well) was a TR4 vintage racer who wanted an Aston Martin DBR and decided to build his own body to fit a TR4 chassis.
>> --The body buck (male form) was completed, and the molds (female form) have been done for the front end, doors and hood. The rear was not started.
>> --The buck is very high-quality work, done out of wood and plaster, and is formed over a "junk" rolling TR4 frame with engine and transmission. I was told the components were worthless apart from sizing but have not verified that. As the male buck was stored in the TRF warehouse for many years it has some very small, localized "bruises" that will need to be smoothed out with body filler prior to creating the female rear mold.
>> --Mr. Fornwalt's widow had no interest in the project after his untimely death and passed the project on to Charles at TRF.  After Charles' death, Albert was cleaning things up and offered it to interested parties -- and I was (and am) interested.  However, I have to face facts and I'm not going to get to it any time soon -- the TR6 street car, TR6 race car, Italia and my Hathaway Hunter are all ahead of it in line.
>>  
>> If you are interested, please contact me off-list at tr6driver at yahoo.com and we can set up a phone call/face time.  
>>  
>> Thanks,
>>  
>> Jamie Palmer
>> Pittsboro, NC
>>  
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From vfracing at aol.com  Mon Sep 13 17:37:19 2021
From: vfracing at aol.com (Philip Gott)
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2021 19:37:19 -0400
Subject: [Fot] Pure Water in the crankcase catch can
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Thanks for the private responses.
It is indeed the aluminum plug in the rocker box floor. Some solutions are covered in Kas?s ?Triumphs? book. 
Does anyone have suggestions about how to remove that plug without first removing the cylinder head?
Phil

Sent from my iPhone

> On Sep 12, 2021, at 10:30 PM, Philip Gott via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> ?This weekend at the Glen my engine pumped about 6 oz of pure water ( not the expected oil-water milkshake mixture) into the catch can in a 20 minute session. I had to top up the coolant a similar amount.
> This is unusual due to the purity of the water.  It was clear. 
> I am running Driven XP3 oil. Not running anti freeze, just water wetter.
> What could be the cause? Anyone have similar experience? 
> I?m thinking the aluminum plug in the head in the rocker arm area could be at fault. That could send water almost immediately out the vent in the rocker cover before it mixed with oil in the crankcase. Plausible?
> Will run a cooling system pressure test tomorrow.
> Any advice appreciated.
> Thanks,
> Phil Gott
> 
> Sent from my iPhone



From enquiries at roadandtrack.net.au  Mon Sep 13 22:51:51 2021
From: enquiries at roadandtrack.net.au (Enquiries Road & Track)
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2021 14:51:51 +1000
Subject: [Fot] Hoosier Tire Temperature
In-Reply-To: <E9B1CFCC-1CEE-4732-A247-D11D4E3A0654@wi.rr.com>
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interesting, but still does not specify the optimum tread temperature

in current model racing with both slicks and semi slicks, there is a wide
range between tyre makers and compounds, with many racers trying several
before settling on something that works for them

very few racers here use Hoosiers

most "old" cars with small engines/limited HP, seem to struggle to getto
the optimum tread temperature, which is often 60-70C.

Sometimes, we have had to decrease tyre width to get the temperature up to
'sensible" values

Terry


On Tue, Sep 14, 2021 at 5:43 AM Allen Washatko via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
wrote:

> FOT
>
> In regards to my question regarding temperature operating range for a
> 225/50 R15 Hoosier Speedster tire, I have the following from Jess
> Speer/Hoosier:
> For my car weighing 2035 lbs, hot tire pressure should be in the 26-28 lbs
> range.
>
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From rick.parent at att.net  Tue Sep 14 05:52:19 2021
From: rick.parent at att.net (Rick Parent)
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2021 11:52:19 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [Fot] Hoosier Tire Temperature
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No one can tell you what the optimum tire pressure should be because there are just too many variables. I can say the the best pressure for your tires is dictated by taking the temps at 3 spots across the tire coming off track. If they are hotter in the center you have too much pressure, if they are hotter on the inside and outside then you need more pressure. Most tires run hotter on the inside because of camber, caster and or toe settings, if this is the case the center number sis optimal between the inner and outer number. Don't be surprised if all 4 tires are different and they will vary between tracks as well.
Happy tuning!
Rick Parent
"Doing the right thing is always the right thing, regardless of consequences"
 

    On Tuesday, September 14, 2021, 12:48:57 AM EDT, Enquiries Road & Track via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:  
 
 interesting, but still does not specify the optimum tread temperature
in current model racing with both slicks and semi slicks, there is a wide range between tyre makers and compounds, with many racers trying several before settling on something that works for them
very few racers here use Hoosiers
most "old" cars with small engines/limited HP, seem to struggle to getto the optimum tread temperature, which?is often 60-70C.
Sometimes, we have had to decrease tyre width to get the temperature up to 'sensible" values
Terry


On Tue, Sep 14, 2021 at 5:43 AM Allen Washatko via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:

FOT

In regards to my question regarding temperature operating range for a 225/50 R15 Hoosier Speedster tire, I have the following from Jess Speer/Hoosier:
For my car weighing 2035 lbs, hot tire pressure should be in the 26-28 lbs range. 

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From tr4racing at googlemail.com  Tue Sep 14 06:16:13 2021
From: tr4racing at googlemail.com (tr4racing at googlemail.com)
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2021 14:16:13 +0200
Subject: [Fot] Hoosier Tire Temperature
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I woudn?t care too much about tempertures and such stuff.

I set up the pressure for best laptime, regardless what the manufacturer sais.

 

Better to have too much pressure, than too low.

 

Cheers

Chris

 

Von: Fot <fot-bounces at autox.team.net> Im Auftrag von dustin nicholson via Fot
Gesendet: Montag, 13. September 2021 23:58
An: FOT <fot at autox.team.net>; Allen Washatko <awashatko at wi.rr.com>
Betreff: Re: [Fot] Hoosier Tire Temperature

 

Thank you Allen!  This weekend at Eagles Canyon was my first race in a TR3.  I've got the same tires and had the same question.  I guessed at 28 lbs. cold and was happy with the handling, I'll go down a few pounds next time based on this advice.

 

Appreciate it,

 

Dusty Nicholson

1957 EP TR3 #43



 

On Monday, September 13, 2021, 02:43:28 PM CDT, Allen Washatko via Fot <fot at autox.team.net <mailto:fot at autox.team.net> > wrote: 

 

 

FOT

 

In regards to my question regarding temperature operating range for a 225/50 R15 Hoosier Speedster tire, I have the following from Jess Speer/Hoosier:

For my car weighing 2035 lbs, hot tire pressure should be in the 26-28 lbs range. 

 

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From ponobill at gmail.com  Tue Sep 14 07:23:26 2021
From: ponobill at gmail.com (Ponostyle)
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2021 06:23:26 -0700
Subject: [Fot] Hoosier Tire Temperature
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If you get serious about making your car handle optimally for whatever the suspension is capable of delivering, tire temperatures are one of the inputs you need to consider. The information available in temperature readings gets swamped if you have too much toe in, bump steering or camber gain because all of these will heat different areas of the tire in random ways. If you have those factors under some kind of control then tire temperature can be used to set both pressure and optimize camber for a given tire. If you do a lap with your tire pressure intentionally set low you can use the temperature of the inside and outside edges to set your camber. The temperatures need to be read as soon as you stop and are best taken after a long sweeper, or even better on a skid pad. You skid pad can be any paved surface with enough space to run in a circle at reasonably high speed where you won?t get arrested for such shenanigans. Equalize the temperatures with camber adjustment.

Then hit the track or skid pad again and get a new set of readings. If inside and outside remain close but the center is hotter, reduce pressure, if it?s colder, increase pressure. test again. You?ll never get it completely even across the tire, but if you?re reasonably close, then the entire tire is providing traction. What that pressure is, is a function of the weight of your car, the width of the tire, and it?s construction. 

When I was switching back and forth between bias ply tires and radials to run with different organizations, getting the camber and pressure right made a huge difference. On Hoosier Speedsters Peyote did best at 22-23 pounds. The difference could be as much as 2 seconds a lap at tracks like PIR. 

Bill Babcock
Beach Bum
bill at ponostyle.com
https://www.Ponostyle.com

> On Sep 14, 2021, at 5:16 AM, Chris Marx via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> I woudn?t care too much about tempertures and such stuff.
> I set up the pressure for best laptime, regardless what the manufacturer sais.
>  
> Better to have too much pressure, than too low.
>  
> Cheers
> Chris
>  
> Von: Fot <fot-bounces at autox.team.net <mailto:fot-bounces at autox.team.net>> Im Auftrag von dustin nicholson via Fot
> Gesendet: Montag, 13. September 2021 23:58
> An: FOT <fot at autox.team.net <mailto:fot at autox.team.net>>; Allen Washatko <awashatko at wi.rr.com <mailto:awashatko at wi.rr.com>>
> Betreff: Re: [Fot] Hoosier Tire Temperature
>  
> Thank you Allen!  This weekend at Eagles Canyon was my first race in a TR3.  I've got the same tires and had the same question.  I guessed at 28 lbs. cold and was happy with the handling, I'll go down a few pounds next time based on this advice.
>  
> Appreciate it,
>  
> Dusty Nicholson
> 1957 EP TR3 #43
> <image001.png>
> 
>  
> On Monday, September 13, 2021, 02:43:28 PM CDT, Allen Washatko via Fot <fot at autox.team.net <mailto:fot at autox.team.net>> wrote: 
>  
>  
> FOT
>  
> In regards to my question regarding temperature operating range for a 225/50 R15 Hoosier Speedster tire, I have the following from Jess Speer/Hoosier:
> For my car weighing 2035 lbs, hot tire pressure should be in the 26-28 lbs range. 
>  
> Sent from my iPhone
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From fubog1 at aol.com  Tue Sep 14 07:33:21 2021
From: fubog1 at aol.com (fubog1)
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2021 13:33:21 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [Fot] Pure Water in the crankcase catch can
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 It can be done but it'll be a #itch to get the plug out with the head still on the engine, it's best/easiest to drill/machine it out on the bench.If it's leaking in the middle it's likely rotten and has to be replaced.If it's leaking around the edge, peen the edge of the plug, it's soft, and dump a small jar of the original Bars leak* in it & it'll likely be fine until next overhaul.Glen Efinger* it saved the USS Nautilus & also works well in TR racecars...
 
 
-----Original Message-----
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To: Friends Of Triumph <fot at autox.team.net>
Sent: Mon, Sep 13, 2021 7:37 pm
Subject: Re: [Fot] Pure Water in the crankcase catch can

Thanks for the private responses.
It is indeed the aluminum plug in the rocker box floor. Some solutions are covered in Kas?s ?Triumphs? book. 
Does anyone have suggestions about how to remove that plug without first removing the cylinder head?
Phil

Sent from my iPhone

> On Sep 12, 2021, at 10:30 PM, Philip Gott via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> ?This weekend at the Glen my engine pumped about 6 oz of pure water ( not the expected oil-water milkshake mixture) into the catch can in a 20 minute session. I had to top up the coolant a similar amount.
> This is unusual due to the purity of the water.? It was clear. 
> I am running Driven XP3 oil. Not running anti freeze, just water wetter.
> What could be the cause? Anyone have similar experience? 
> I?m thinking the aluminum plug in the head in the rocker arm area could be at fault. That could send water almost immediately out the vent in the rocker cover before it mixed with oil in the crankcase. Plausible?
> Will run a cooling system pressure test tomorrow.
> Any advice appreciated.
> Thanks,
> Phil Gott
> 
> Sent from my iPhone

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From rjl6n at cstone.net  Tue Sep 14 09:16:57 2021
From: rjl6n at cstone.net (R. John Lye)
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2021 11:16:57 -0400
Subject: [Fot] Speedo cable
Message-ID: <1631632617.v27bmv7bc4s40ww8@webmail.lumos.net>

Hi all,

This is somewhat of an odd request, but I hope that the collective wisdom here
might point me in the right direction.

I am in need of a short speedometer cable with ends to match those of a TR-3A.
I currently have a cable for an O/D transmission, but would really like to find
one that is about three and a half or four feet long.

Would anyone have any good ideas about where to start looking for something
like that?  Does anyone custom make speedo cables any more?
?

--
Thanks,
John

rjl6n at cstone.net


From vfracing at aol.com  Tue Sep 14 09:36:56 2021
From: vfracing at aol.com (Philip Gott)
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2021 11:36:56 -0400
Subject: [Fot] Speedo cable
In-Reply-To: <1631632617.v27bmv7bc4s40ww8@webmail.lumos.net>
References: <1631632617.v27bmv7bc4s40ww8@webmail.lumos.net>
Message-ID: <80034303-7D38-428B-AE11-284F1F72B21F@aol.com>

Try Bob?s Speedometer Service in Howell, Mi. 

https://www.bobsspeedometer.com/

Phil Gott

Sent from my iPhone

> On Sep 14, 2021, at 11:17 AM, R. John Lye via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> ?Hi all,
> 
> This is somewhat of an odd request, but I hope that the collective wisdom here
> might point me in the right direction.
> 
> I am in need of a short speedometer cable with ends to match those of a TR-3A.
> I currently have a cable for an O/D transmission, but would really like to find
> one that is about three and a half or four feet long.
> 
> Would anyone have any good ideas about where to start looking for something
> like that?  Does anyone custom make speedo cables any more?
>  
> 
> --
> Thanks,
> John
> 
> rjl6n at cstone.net
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> 
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From rjl6n at cstone.net  Tue Sep 14 09:46:03 2021
From: rjl6n at cstone.net (R. John Lye)
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2021 11:46:03 -0400
Subject: [Fot] Speedo cable
In-Reply-To: <80034303-7D38-428B-AE11-284F1F72B21F@aol.com>
References: <1631632617.v27bmv7bc4s40ww8@webmail.lumos.net>
 <80034303-7D38-428B-AE11-284F1F72B21F@aol.com>
Message-ID: <1631634363.3xry6ztqrooc8oc0@webmail.lumos.net>


	


Great, thanks Phil!

John
?



On Tue, 14 Sep 2021 11:36:56 -0400, Philip Gott <vfracing at aol.com> wrote:

Try Bob?s Speedometer Service in Howell, Mi.?
?

https://www.bobsspeedometer.com/

?

Phil Gott

?
Sent from my iPhone

?
On Sep 14, 2021, at 11:17 AM, R. John Lye via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
?



?Hi all,

This is somewhat of an odd request, but I hope that the collective wisdom here
might point me in the right direction.

I am in need of a short speedometer cable with ends to match those of a TR-3A.
I currently have a cable for an O/D transmission, but would really like to find
one that is about three and a half or four feet long.

Would anyone have any good ideas about where to start looking for something
like that? ?Does anyone custom make speedo cables any more?
?

--
Thanks,
John

rjl6n at cstone.net
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From quikrx at yahoo.com  Tue Sep 14 09:46:06 2021
From: quikrx at yahoo.com (ralph hansen)
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2021 15:46:06 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [Fot] Transportation
References: <1549859012.354668.1631634366352.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <1549859012.354668.1631634366352@mail.yahoo.com>

hello all,?
I have a friend looking to transport an Isuzu VehiCross from Corpus Christie TX to Antioch IL. Don't know much but apparently its been partially stripped and remains a body shell on wheels that can roll. Any transport companies you would recommend?
Thanks in advance,Ralph
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From jhasty at mhc-law.com  Tue Sep 14 10:05:04 2021
From: jhasty at mhc-law.com (John H. Hasty)
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2021 16:05:04 +0000
Subject: [Fot] Speedo cable
In-Reply-To: <1631632617.v27bmv7bc4s40ww8@webmail.lumos.net>
References: <1631632617.v27bmv7bc4s40ww8@webmail.lumos.net>
Message-ID: <5998B8A7-44D2-4597-9278-88F2101ED8B8@mhc-law.com>

Stewart Warner dealers used to make one any way you wanted

Sent from my iPhone

> On Sep 14, 2021, at 11:17 AM, R. John Lye via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> ?Hi all,
> 
> This is somewhat of an odd request, but I hope that the collective wisdom here
> might point me in the right direction.
> 
> I am in need of a short speedometer cable with ends to match those of a TR-3A.
> I currently have a cable for an O/D transmission, but would really like to find
> one that is about three and a half or four feet long.
> 
> Would anyone have any good ideas about where to start looking for something
> like that?  Does anyone custom make speedo cables any more?
>  
> 
> --
> Thanks,
> John
> 
> rjl6n at cstone.net
> _______________________________________________
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> 
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From alfetta95 at optonline.net  Tue Sep 14 10:22:31 2021
From: alfetta95 at optonline.net (Redmond)
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2021 12:22:31 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [Fot] Coatesville Grand Prix
Message-ID: <564283647.203439.1631636551156@mymail.optimum.net>

If anyone is going to Coatesville this weekend, please stop by and say hello.  I'll be running the TR3.

Todd


https://coatesvillegrandprix.com/
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From chip at theukmotorsports.com  Tue Sep 14 10:44:22 2021
From: chip at theukmotorsports.com (Chip Collingwood)
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2021 12:44:22 -0400
Subject: [Fot] Speedo cable
In-Reply-To: <5998B8A7-44D2-4597-9278-88F2101ED8B8@mhc-law.com>
References: <1631632617.v27bmv7bc4s40ww8@webmail.lumos.net>
 <5998B8A7-44D2-4597-9278-88F2101ED8B8@mhc-law.com>
Message-ID: <CABEZ9eFfgHbiKS7+dNjFJS06gFYjF34VS5dj=TQhMzNZxhOvBw@mail.gmail.com>

Morris Mintz @ West Valley Instruments

Chip

On Tue, Sep 14, 2021, 12:08 PM John H. Hasty via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
wrote:

> Stewart Warner dealers used to make one any way you wanted
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Sep 14, 2021, at 11:17 AM, R. John Lye via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
> wrote:
> >
> > ?Hi all,
> >
> > This is somewhat of an odd request, but I hope that the collective
> wisdom here
> > might point me in the right direction.
> >
> > I am in need of a short speedometer cable with ends to match those of a
> TR-3A.
> > I currently have a cable for an O/D transmission, but would really like
> to find
> > one that is about three and a half or four feet long.
> >
> > Would anyone have any good ideas about where to start looking for
> something
> > like that?  Does anyone custom make speedo cables any more?
> >
> >
> > --
> > Thanks,
> > John
> >
> > rjl6n at cstone.net
> > _______________________________________________
> > fot at autox.team.net
> >
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From rjl6n at cstone.net  Tue Sep 14 10:59:31 2021
From: rjl6n at cstone.net (R. John Lye)
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2021 12:59:31 -0400
Subject: [Fot] Speedo cable
In-Reply-To: <5998B8A7-44D2-4597-9278-88F2101ED8B8@mhc-law.com>
References: <1631632617.v27bmv7bc4s40ww8@webmail.lumos.net>
 <5998B8A7-44D2-4597-9278-88F2101ED8B8@mhc-law.com>
Message-ID: <1631638771.v0c71n1d3eo84c8c@webmail.lumos.net>

Good to know, thanks.  I didn't know that they did "British"

John
?





On Tue, 14 Sep 2021 16:05:04 +0000, "John H. Hasty" <jhasty at mhc-law.com> wrote:

Stewart Warner dealers used to make one any way you wanted

Sent from my iPhone

> On Sep 14, 2021, at 11:17 AM, R. John Lye via Fot wrote:
>
> ?Hi all,
>
> This is somewhat of an odd request, but I hope that the collective wisdom here
> might point me in the right direction.
>
> I am in need of a short speedometer cable with ends to match those of a TR-3A.
> I currently have a cable for an O/D transmission, but would really like to find
> one that is about three and a half or four feet long.
>
> Would anyone have any good ideas about where to start looking for something
> like that? Does anyone custom make speedo cables any more?
>
>
> --
> Thanks,
> John
>
> rjl6n at cstone.net
> _______________________________________________
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>
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From rjl6n at cstone.net  Tue Sep 14 11:00:25 2021
From: rjl6n at cstone.net (R. John Lye)
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2021 13:00:25 -0400
Subject: [Fot] Speedo cable
In-Reply-To: <CABEZ9eFfgHbiKS7+dNjFJS06gFYjF34VS5dj=TQhMzNZxhOvBw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <1631632617.v27bmv7bc4s40ww8@webmail.lumos.net>
 <5998B8A7-44D2-4597-9278-88F2101ED8B8@mhc-law.com>
 <CABEZ9eFfgHbiKS7+dNjFJS06gFYjF34VS5dj=TQhMzNZxhOvBw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <1631638825.gc8mp200yso004ss@webmail.lumos.net>


	


Great, thanks Chip!

John
?



On Tue, 14 Sep 2021 12:44:22 -0400, Chip Collingwood <chip at theukmotorsports.com> wrote:
?
Morris Mintz @ West Valley Instruments
?

Chip

?


On Tue, Sep 14, 2021, 12:08 PM John H. Hasty via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:

Stewart Warner dealers used to make one any way you wanted

Sent from my iPhone

> On Sep 14, 2021, at 11:17 AM, R. John Lye via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
>
> ?Hi all,
>
> This is somewhat of an odd request, but I hope that the collective wisdom here
> might point me in the right direction.
>
> I am in need of a short speedometer cable with ends to match those of a TR-3A.
> I currently have a cable for an O/D transmission, but would really like to find
> one that is about three and a half or four feet long.
>
> Would anyone have any good ideas about where to start looking for something
> like that?? Does anyone custom make speedo cables any more?
>?
>
> --
> Thanks,
> John
>
> rjl6n at cstone.net
> _______________________________________________
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>
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From hankgiffin at cox.net  Tue Sep 14 11:33:17 2021
From: hankgiffin at cox.net (hankgiffin)
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2021 13:33:17 -0400
Subject: [Fot] Transportation
In-Reply-To: <1549859012.354668.1631634366352@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <mailman.618.1638251797.12548.fot@autox.team.net>

Try USHIP.? it's a reverse auction where u enter the details and shipping companies bid against each other.? In a day or two the bidding gets down to a few dollars, and u can look at reviews and choose.??? ? ?I have used this several times with good results from TX and FL to VA.? Did a MotoGuzzi from Midwest to VA as well.? ? Be aware they all charge an additional service charge (maybe $25).Sent via the Samsung Galaxy Note20 Ultra 5G, an AT&T 5G smartphone
-------- Original message --------From: ralph hansen via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> Date: 9/14/21  12:13  (GMT-05:00) To: FOT Triumph <fot at autox.team.net> Subject: [Fot] Transportation hello all,?I have a friend looking to transport an Isuzu VehiCross from Corpus Christie TX to Antioch IL. Don't know much but apparently its been partially stripped and remains a body shell on wheels that can roll. Any transport companies you would recommend?Thanks in advance,Ralph
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From fintouch at ptd.net  Tue Sep 14 17:35:01 2021
From: fintouch at ptd.net (finishing Touch)
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2021 19:35:01 -0400
Subject: [Fot] Tire Pyrometer
Message-ID: <9cb746a4-e63b-8d28-7c16-8301395ce037@ptd.net>

I've decided to get a tire pyrometer and would appreciate any 
recommendations for a mid priced unit, or even better if anyone has or 
knows of a good used one for sale.

Thanks,
Mike Kurtz
#51 Yellow TR6


From jaboruch at yahoo.com  Tue Sep 14 18:37:51 2021
From: jaboruch at yahoo.com (Joe Boruch)
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2021 00:37:51 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [Fot] Tire Pyrometer
In-Reply-To: <9cb746a4-e63b-8d28-7c16-8301395ce037@ptd.net>
References: <9cb746a4-e63b-8d28-7c16-8301395ce037@ptd.net>
Message-ID: <591711097.127276.1631666271696@mail.yahoo.com>

 I have had the Longacre temperature compensated digital pressure gauge for about 10 years.? You can quickly store pressures and temps, but it is now over $400, so it's hardly mid=priced.? JoeB
    On Tuesday, September 14, 2021, 07:39:56 PM EDT, finishing Touch via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:  
 
 I've decided to get a tire pyrometer and would appreciate any 
recommendations for a mid priced unit, or even better if anyone has or 
knows of a good used one for sale.

Thanks,
Mike Kurtz
#51 Yellow TR6
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From rick.parent at att.net  Wed Sep 15 07:16:38 2021
From: rick.parent at att.net (Rick Parent)
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2021 13:16:38 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [Fot] Tire Pyrometer
In-Reply-To: <591711097.127276.1631666271696@mail.yahoo.com>
References: <9cb746a4-e63b-8d28-7c16-8301395ce037@ptd.net>
 <591711097.127276.1631666271696@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <798433070.717601.1631711798333@mail.yahoo.com>

https://www.harborfreight.com/201-infrared-laser-thermometer-with-color-alarms-64847.html?_br_psugg_q=temperature+gun

Rick Parent
"Doing the right thing is always the right thing, regardless of consequences"
 

    On Tuesday, September 14, 2021, 08:38:33 PM EDT, Joe Boruch via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:  
 
  I have had the Longacre temperature compensated digital pressure gauge for about 10 years.? You can quickly store pressures and temps, but it is now over $400, so it's hardly mid=priced.? JoeB
    On Tuesday, September 14, 2021, 07:39:56 PM EDT, finishing Touch via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:  
 
 I've decided to get a tire pyrometer and would appreciate any 
recommendations for a mid priced unit, or even better if anyone has or 
knows of a good used one for sale.

Thanks,
Mike Kurtz
#51 Yellow TR6
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From fubog1 at aol.com  Wed Sep 15 07:29:02 2021
From: fubog1 at aol.com (fubog1)
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2021 13:29:02 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [Fot] Tire Pyrometer
In-Reply-To: <798433070.717601.1631711798333@mail.yahoo.com>
References: <9cb746a4-e63b-8d28-7c16-8301395ce037@ptd.net>
 <591711097.127276.1631666271696@mail.yahoo.com>
 <798433070.717601.1631711798333@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <1306478467.716438.1631712542475@mail.yahoo.com>

 Another point re tire temps, it's best to "stick" w/a probe vs surface temp pyrometer, it's a better indicator of true temp, but a surface scan will still give the delta.
Glen Efinger
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Parent via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
To: 'Friends of Triumph' Triumph <fot at autox.team.net>; finishing Touch <fintouch at ptd.net>; Joe Boruch <jaboruch at yahoo.com>
Sent: Wed, Sep 15, 2021 9:16 am
Subject: Re: [Fot] Tire Pyrometer

https://www.harborfreight.com/201-infrared-laser-thermometer-with-color-alarms-64847.html?_br_psugg_q=temperature+gun

Rick Parent
"Doing the right thing is always the right thing, regardless of consequences"
 

    On Tuesday, September 14, 2021, 08:38:33 PM EDT, Joe Boruch via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:  
 
  I have had the Longacre temperature compensated digital pressure gauge for about 10 years.? You can quickly store pressures and temps, but it is now over $400, so it's hardly mid=priced.? JoeB
    On Tuesday, September 14, 2021, 07:39:56 PM EDT, finishing Touch via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:  
 
 I've decided to get a tire pyrometer and would appreciate any 
recommendations for a mid priced unit, or even better if anyone has or 
knows of a good used one for sale.

Thanks,
Mike Kurtz
#51 Yellow TR6
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From vfracing at aol.com  Wed Sep 15 10:32:03 2021
From: vfracing at aol.com (Philip Gott)
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2021 12:32:03 -0400
Subject: [Fot] Pure Water in the crankcase catch can
In-Reply-To: <366124321.283483.1631626401865@mail.yahoo.com>
References: <366124321.283483.1631626401865@mail.yahoo.com>
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Got it!
Yes, it was a challenge, but the Ken Knight solution worked well. 
1) ensure no filings can reach other parts of the engine
2) drill out the center of the plug big enough to fit a hack saw blade into it.
3) cut the plug into thirds, more or less, like a pizza. Cut to the cast iron threads, but not into them.
4) use a flat punch to knock one of the sections out.
5) fold the other two sections together with the punch. At this point it should either screw out or can be removed with a pair of pliers.
6) use heavy grease on a screw driver to get the aluminum pieces and filings out of the cooling system.
Thanks everyone, especially Ken, for your suggestions!
Phil Gott

Sent from my iPhone

> On Sep 14, 2021, at 9:37 AM, fubog1 via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> ?
> It can be done but it'll be a #itch to get the plug out with the head still on the engine, it's best/easiest to drill/machine it out on the bench.
> If it's leaking in the middle it's likely rotten and has to be replaced.
> If it's leaking around the edge, peen the edge of the plug, it's soft, and dump a small jar of the original Bars leak* in it & it'll likely be fine until next overhaul.
> Glen Efinger
> * it saved the USS Nautilus & also works well in TR racecars...
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Philip Gott via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
> To: Friends Of Triumph <fot at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Mon, Sep 13, 2021 7:37 pm
> Subject: Re: [Fot] Pure Water in the crankcase catch can
> 
> Thanks for the private responses.
> It is indeed the aluminum plug in the rocker box floor. Some solutions are covered in Kas?s ?Triumphs? book. 
> Does anyone have suggestions about how to remove that plug without first removing the cylinder head?
> Phil
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> > On Sep 12, 2021, at 10:30 PM, Philip Gott via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
> > 
> > ?This weekend at the Glen my engine pumped about 6 oz of pure water ( not the expected oil-water milkshake mixture) into the catch can in a 20 minute session. I had to top up the coolant a similar amount.
> > This is unusual due to the purity of the water.  It was clear. 
> > I am running Driven XP3 oil. Not running anti freeze, just water wetter.
> > What could be the cause? Anyone have similar experience? 
> > I?m thinking the aluminum plug in the head in the rocker arm area could be at fault. That could send water almost immediately out the vent in the rocker cover before it mixed with oil in the crankcase. Plausible?
> > Will run a cooling system pressure test tomorrow.
> > Any advice appreciated.
> > Thanks,
> > Phil Gott
> > 
> > Sent from my iPhone
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From robertlangtr6 at yahoo.com  Wed Sep 15 14:27:50 2021
From: robertlangtr6 at yahoo.com (Robert Lang)
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2021 20:27:50 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [Fot] Tire Pyrometer
In-Reply-To: <9cb746a4-e63b-8d28-7c16-8301395ce037@ptd.net>
References: <9cb746a4-e63b-8d28-7c16-8301395ce037@ptd.net>
Message-ID: <160853607.923941.1631737670263@mail.yahoo.com>

 Hi,
Mike - I've been using a cheap unit from Longacre since forever... probably 20 years. I paid less than $75 for it at the time. It's got no memory function - it does tires or brakes (different temp ranges) by touching the pointy probe to the surface that you're testing.
Turns out the meter is super helpful for lots of household chores, so it gets used year-round at our house. I used to use it to check the flue temps on the woodstove but it's also been used to find air leaks related to frozen pipes. SO - super useful.
Allen - Regarding actual tire temps for Hoosier - I have yet to find a setup the results in completely even tire temps across the face of the tire. I used to try changes on skid pads when our local SCCA Solo folks ran T&T's - no dice. That said, I have found over the years that the Hoosiers (both radials and bias-ply) are sensitive to operating PRESSURE much more than tire temps. In solo, we found that increments of .5 pounds mattered. But that's mostly due to how fast the tires need to heat up and kool down. A pound or so in vintage road racing seems to be good enough. That said, the best handling for me in my TR6 with TDR's is around 28 PSI hot. I adjust the cold temps based on pressure gain based on ambient temps and my first practice session at any track. I've been told by the guys at KTR that my hot pressures are probably too high, but I dropped them a lot and all I got was more tire rollover and not faster laps. But that's me and my car. Yours may be different.
Regards,Bob Lang

    On Tuesday, September 14, 2021, 07:39:34 PM EDT, finishing Touch via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:  
 
 I've decided to get a tire pyrometer and would appreciate any 
recommendations for a mid priced unit, or even better if anyone has or 
knows of a good used one for sale.

Thanks,
Mike Kurtz
#51 Yellow TR6
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From robertlangtr6 at yahoo.com  Wed Sep 15 14:33:33 2021
From: robertlangtr6 at yahoo.com (Robert Lang)
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2021 20:33:33 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [Fot] Tire Temp Gauge
References: <811983777.926063.1631738013657.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <811983777.926063.1631738013657@mail.yahoo.com>

Additional data point:? 1997 racing dollars are worth about 1/2 of 2021 racing dollars, so figure $150 for a probe tire temp gauge.
Yours in inflation (pun intended)Bob Lang
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From toodamnfunky at comcast.net  Thu Sep 16 11:39:24 2021
From: toodamnfunky at comcast.net (Jim Gray)
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2021 11:39:24 -0600
Subject: [Fot] Tire Temp Gauge
In-Reply-To: <811983777.926063.1631738013657@mail.yahoo.com>
References: <811983777.926063.1631738013657.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
 <811983777.926063.1631738013657@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <008b01d7ab21$ca6b5060$5f41f120$@comcast.net>

I use the longacre temp probe and their 60lb pressure gauge. This may have already been covered but I?ll just say it.

A cheap pressure gauge that reads beyond 60 lbs can have a + or ? of 5lbs which as you know by now is huge.

I also send that gauge back to longacre every two seasons for calibration. With a gauge that only reads to 60 you can pressurize fairly accurately to 1/2PSI. I use the hoosier SM7?s in Colorado and they are sensitive to pressure and tire temp.

After several years of using them I have a pretty good feel how to get them in the window for a good quali lap.

Get a good pressure gauge.

jim g

 

From: Fot <fot-bounces at autox.team.net> On Behalf Of Robert Lang via Fot
Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2021 2:34 PM
To: FOT Triumph <fot at autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Fot] Tire Temp Gauge

 

Additional data point:  1997 racing dollars are worth about 1/2 of 2021 racing dollars, so figure $150 for a probe tire temp gauge.

 

Yours in inflation (pun intended)

Bob Lang

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From sjanzen at me.com  Thu Sep 16 14:38:15 2021
From: sjanzen at me.com (Scott Janzen)
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2021 16:38:15 -0400
Subject: [Fot] Aluminum Radiator Fabricator needed
Message-ID: <9B245E30-C751-4096-9C13-3DFFE62D1470@me.com>

I need to get an aluminum radiator made for my GT6.  I have a crossflow set-up, and the outfit that made the one I have went out of business.  Anyone have any suggestions?  I have an old one I can send for someone to copy.
Don?t want to re-invent the wheel with new connections, mounts, fan etc- just want an exact copy so that it slips right in when I need it.

Thanks,
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From chasgee22 at gmail.com  Thu Sep 16 15:08:07 2021
From: chasgee22 at gmail.com (chasgee22 at gmail.com)
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2021 14:08:07 -0700
Subject: [Fot] Aluminum Radiator Fabricator needed
In-Reply-To: <9B245E30-C751-4096-9C13-3DFFE62D1470@me.com>
References: <9B245E30-C751-4096-9C13-3DFFE62D1470@me.com>
Message-ID: <FC7AF863-E3D1-44AB-8709-CF2F6B3DE626@gmail.com>

Hi Scott,

These guys have built a couple of them for me:  https://cgj.com/?s=Triumph+

They used to be called Bryce Thomas Radiator.  Although they have a catalog of Triumph radiators, I?ve always sent them what I have and they replicated it.  They?ve been good to me, fast, and high quality.

Thanks,

Chuck

> On Sep 16, 2021, at 1:38 PM, Scott Janzen via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> ?I need to get an aluminum radiator made for my GT6.  I have a crossflow set-up, and the outfit that made the one I have went out of business.  Anyone have any suggestions?  I have an old one I can send for someone to copy.
> Don?t want to re-invent the wheel with new connections, mounts, fan etc- just want an exact copy so that it slips right in when I need it.
> 
> Thanks,
> Scott
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From sjanzen at me.com  Thu Sep 16 18:24:53 2021
From: sjanzen at me.com (Scott Janzen)
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2021 20:24:53 -0400
Subject: [Fot] Aluminum Radiator Fabricator needed
In-Reply-To: <FC7AF863-E3D1-44AB-8709-CF2F6B3DE626@gmail.com>
References: <9B245E30-C751-4096-9C13-3DFFE62D1470@me.com>
 <FC7AF863-E3D1-44AB-8709-CF2F6B3DE626@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <68BDE341-5886-4F5E-AFBB-46C62AA7173D@me.com>

thanks - Got several Griffen recommendations, this outfit and Wizard Radiator in Buffalo.
I?ll see who is most receptive to doing a match of my current non-stock radiator.

Scott

On Sep 16, 2021, at 5:08 PM, chasgee22 at gmail.com wrote:

Hi Scott,

These guys have built a couple of them for me:  https://cgj.com/?s=Triumph+ <https://cgj.com/?s=Triumph+>

They used to be called Bryce Thomas Radiator.  Although they have a catalog of Triumph radiators, I?ve always sent them what I have and they replicated it.  They?ve been good to me, fast, and high quality.

Thanks,

Chuck

> On Sep 16, 2021, at 1:38 PM, Scott Janzen via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> ?I need to get an aluminum radiator made for my GT6.  I have a crossflow set-up, and the outfit that made the one I have went out of business.  Anyone have any suggestions?  I have an old one I can send for someone to copy.
> Don?t want to re-invent the wheel with new connections, mounts, fan etc- just want an exact copy so that it slips right in when I need it.
> 
> Thanks,
> Scott
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From sjanzen at me.com  Fri Sep 17 11:23:25 2021
From: sjanzen at me.com (Scott Janzen)
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2021 13:23:25 -0400
Subject: [Fot] Throw-out bearings
Message-ID: <D9488992-397B-4DFD-9231-841790AAB859@me.com>

I recently replaced the clutch in my GT6 and put the (probably very old) throwout bearing back in.  While it spins freely, I?m a guy who likes to have spares for everything.  I?m concerned about getting a new/reproduction unit.  Does anyone have good or bad experiences to report with these?  
If  Moss part numbers are any guide, the GT6 shares the part with the TR7 and TR8, but the Tr6, Tr4 and Spitfire each have different units as they all have different part numbers.

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From jason at multivintage.com  Tue Sep 21 12:40:33 2021
From: jason at multivintage.com (Jason Ostrowski)
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2021 14:40:33 -0400
Subject: [Fot] =?utf-8?q?Kas=2C_Bill=3B_Here=E2=80=99s_the_post_I_promise?=
 =?utf-8?q?d_you!?=
Message-ID: <97E9E5C8-4DB3-4768-A613-B37C6A91152D@multivintage.com>

Over the years 2 of my greatest mentors and fans were Bill Dentinger and Kas Kastner. Those 2 gentlemen always loved my stories on FOT. Always quick to support me with praise or criticism. I think about them often and miss their kind words, jokes and jabs.
Family, work obligations and $ pushed my GT6?s into the corner of the FGR garage for more than a couple years. 
My racing addiction had reached a melting point and it was starting to affect the solid aspects of my being- my marriage, my kids and my business. 
Although I was always at the track as a friend and crew my cars sat dormant for a few seasons.
In conversation with Kas and Bill, these Friendly Ghost faithful gents ?talked me off the ledge? during that period of my lack of seat time. They respected my decision to put family first and enjoy the non-race moments of my life.
They also knew I would return behind the wheel and looked forward to my next racing story.

I had told them both that my next post on FOT had to be about me finishing a race.
Kas always liked how I would pat my car on the dashboard as I crossed the finish line; saying ?The cars like it when you talk to them you know; I always did that too.?
Well my friends- I finished 3 races at Road America this weekend. I gave my yellow car more than a rub on the belly as I took the final checkered flag. A wave of emotion hit my face. Even my raised fist could not hold back the tears.
To Kas and Bill- Here is the post I promised you!
Godspeeds the Triumph faithful to great moments of joy.
You are missed and will always be remembered. 
Never be beaten by equipment!

Jason Ostrowski
Friendly Ghost Racing 
1969 Triumph GT6+ racecars
Sent from my iPhone

From tr4racing at googlemail.com  Tue Sep 21 13:06:25 2021
From: tr4racing at googlemail.com (tr4racing at googlemail.com)
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2021 21:06:25 +0200
Subject: [Fot] 
	=?utf-8?q?Kas=2C_Bill=3B_Here=E2=80=99s_the_post_I_promise?=
	=?utf-8?q?d_you!?=
In-Reply-To: <97E9E5C8-4DB3-4768-A613-B37C6A91152D@multivintage.com>
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Message-ID: <000801d7af1b$c688a260$5399e720$@gmail.com>

Good to have you back.
Kas would have loved it.

Cheers
Chris


-----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht-----
Von: Fot <fot-bounces at autox.team.net> Im Auftrag von Jason Ostrowski via Fot
Gesendet: Dienstag, 21. September 2021 20:41
An: Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
Betreff: [Fot] Kas, Bill; Here?s the post I promised you!

Over the years 2 of my greatest mentors and fans were Bill Dentinger and Kas Kastner. Those 2 gentlemen always loved my stories on FOT. Always quick to support me with praise or criticism. I think about them often and miss their kind words, jokes and jabs.
Family, work obligations and $ pushed my GT6?s into the corner of the FGR garage for more than a couple years. 
My racing addiction had reached a melting point and it was starting to affect the solid aspects of my being- my marriage, my kids and my business. 
Although I was always at the track as a friend and crew my cars sat dormant for a few seasons.
In conversation with Kas and Bill, these Friendly Ghost faithful gents ?talked me off the ledge? during that period of my lack of seat time. They respected my decision to put family first and enjoy the non-race moments of my life.
They also knew I would return behind the wheel and looked forward to my next racing story.

I had told them both that my next post on FOT had to be about me finishing a race.
Kas always liked how I would pat my car on the dashboard as I crossed the finish line; saying ?The cars like it when you talk to them you know; I always did that too.?
Well my friends- I finished 3 races at Road America this weekend. I gave my yellow car more than a rub on the belly as I took the final checkered flag. A wave of emotion hit my face. Even my raised fist could not hold back the tears.
To Kas and Bill- Here is the post I promised you!
Godspeeds the Triumph faithful to great moments of joy.
You are missed and will always be remembered. 
Never be beaten by equipment!

Jason Ostrowski
Friendly Ghost Racing 
1969 Triumph GT6+ racecars
Sent from my iPhone
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From chasgee22 at gmail.com  Tue Sep 21 13:14:36 2021
From: chasgee22 at gmail.com (Chuck Gee)
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2021 12:14:36 -0700
Subject: [Fot] 
 =?utf-8?q?Kas=2C_Bill=3B_Here=E2=80=99s_the_post_I_promise?=
 =?utf-8?q?d_you!?=
In-Reply-To: <97E9E5C8-4DB3-4768-A613-B37C6A91152D@multivintage.com>
References: <97E9E5C8-4DB3-4768-A613-B37C6A91152D@multivintage.com>
Message-ID: <E07A4DDE-A6D9-4FDF-8086-3ACD13716206@gmail.com>

Nicely done Jason!  Great to see your posts again.  Kas always enjoyed your company.

Thanks,

Chuck

> On Sep 21, 2021, at 11:46 AM, Jason Ostrowski via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> ?Over the years 2 of my greatest mentors and fans were Bill Dentinger and Kas Kastner. Those 2 gentlemen always loved my stories on FOT. Always quick to support me with praise or criticism. I think about them often and miss their kind words, jokes and jabs.
> Family, work obligations and $ pushed my GT6?s into the corner of the FGR garage for more than a couple years. 
> My racing addiction had reached a melting point and it was starting to affect the solid aspects of my being- my marriage, my kids and my business. 
> Although I was always at the track as a friend and crew my cars sat dormant for a few seasons.
> In conversation with Kas and Bill, these Friendly Ghost faithful gents ?talked me off the ledge? during that period of my lack of seat time. They respected my decision to put family first and enjoy the non-race moments of my life.
> They also knew I would return behind the wheel and looked forward to my next racing story.
> 
> I had told them both that my next post on FOT had to be about me finishing a race.
> Kas always liked how I would pat my car on the dashboard as I crossed the finish line; saying ?The cars like it when you talk to them you know; I always did that too.?
> Well my friends- I finished 3 races at Road America this weekend. I gave my yellow car more than a rub on the belly as I took the final checkered flag. A wave of emotion hit my face. Even my raised fist could not hold back the tears.
> To Kas and Bill- Here is the post I promised you!
> Godspeeds the Triumph faithful to great moments of joy.
> You are missed and will always be remembered. 
> Never be beaten by equipment!
> 
> Jason Ostrowski
> Friendly Ghost Racing 
> 1969 Triumph GT6+ racecars
> Sent from my iPhone
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From jason at multivintage.com  Tue Sep 21 14:22:06 2021
From: jason at multivintage.com (Jason Ostrowski)
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2021 16:22:06 -0400
Subject: [Fot] 
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> On Sep 21, 2021, at 3:14 PM, Chuck Gee <chasgee22 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> ?Nicely done Jason!  Great to see your posts again.  Kas always enjoyed your company.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Chuck
> 
>> On Sep 21, 2021, at 11:46 AM, Jason Ostrowski via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
>> 
>> ?Over the years 2 of my greatest mentors and fans were Bill Dentinger and Kas Kastner. Those 2 gentlemen always loved my stories on FOT. Always quick to support me with praise or criticism. I think about them often and miss their kind words, jokes and jabs.
>> Family, work obligations and $ pushed my GT6?s into the corner of the FGR garage for more than a couple years. 
>> My racing addiction had reached a melting point and it was starting to affect the solid aspects of my being- my marriage, my kids and my business. 
>> Although I was always at the track as a friend and crew my cars sat dormant for a few seasons.
>> In conversation with Kas and Bill, these Friendly Ghost faithful gents ?talked me off the ledge? during that period of my lack of seat time. They respected my decision to put family first and enjoy the non-race moments of my life.
>> They also knew I would return behind the wheel and looked forward to my next racing story.
>> 
>> I had told them both that my next post on FOT had to be about me finishing a race.
>> Kas always liked how I would pat my car on the dashboard as I crossed the finish line; saying ?The cars like it when you talk to them you know; I always did that too.?
>> Well my friends- I finished 3 races at Road America this weekend. I gave my yellow car more than a rub on the belly as I took the final checkered flag. A wave of emotion hit my face. Even my raised fist could not hold back the tears.
>> To Kas and Bill- Here is the post I promised you!
>> Godspeeds the Triumph faithful to great moments of joy.
>> You are missed and will always be remembered. 
>> Never be beaten by equipment!
>> 
>> Jason Ostrowski
>> Friendly Ghost Racing 
>> 1969 Triumph GT6+ racecars
>> Sent from my iPhone
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>> 
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From walje at sbcglobal.net  Tue Sep 21 16:30:28 2021
From: walje at sbcglobal.net (DENNIS WALJE)
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2021 17:30:28 -0500
Subject: [Fot] COTA
References: <752BC3DB-6921-425D-B0E3-58339FD54076.ref@sbcglobal.net>
Message-ID: <752BC3DB-6921-425D-B0E3-58339FD54076@sbcglobal.net>

Will anyone be going to the SVRA event at COTA in November?

My GT6 is not done so I plan to crew for a friend with a 240Z. 

It would be great to meet some of the FOT members and offer support for the race. 

Dennis Walje
68 GT6

Sent from my iPhone


From fintouch at ptd.net  Tue Sep 21 18:20:48 2021
From: fintouch at ptd.net (Finishing Touch)
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2021 20:20:48 -0400
Subject: [Fot] Good Parts to Watkins Glen
Message-ID: <2e6e7ca2-8c18-0eb0-c0a3-9ae47f91d020@ptd.net>

If anyone is planning on placing any orders with ?Good Parts? in the 
next couple of weeks and will be at the VRG event at Watkins Glen (Oct. 
15-17), I?d be willing to bring your order along to the track and save 
you the shipping costs. If interested, let me know.

Mike Kurtz
Yellow TR6 ? #51



From alfetta95 at optonline.net  Wed Sep 22 05:49:03 2021
From: alfetta95 at optonline.net (Alfetta95)
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2021 07:49:03 -0400
Subject: [Fot] Coatesville Vintage Grand Prix
Message-ID: <05C5F285-3FED-415A-B53D-A64F8DD88BDA@optonline.net>

Here are some pics from this past weekend. Car ran great. It?s nice that my wife had fun too.  Makes going to the next one easier. ? Dave Yeager brought his TR4 also.  I believe he used to be a FoT member. Thank you to Lou Burkhardt for stopping by to say hello. I hope the video works.   







https://share.icloud.com/photos/0P7E-I5huxEsnn-L4AwMnR_Bg#Coatesville

Todd
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From petedolan28 at gmail.com  Wed Sep 22 10:27:32 2021
From: petedolan28 at gmail.com (Peter Dolan)
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2021 10:27:32 -0600
Subject: [Fot] COTA
In-Reply-To: <752BC3DB-6921-425D-B0E3-58339FD54076@sbcglobal.net>
References: <752BC3DB-6921-425D-B0E3-58339FD54076@sbcglobal.net>
Message-ID: <ECECC2F6-EFDE-4014-9E31-3B93E4FFD188@gmail.com>

I?ll be there driving a Shelby Mustang with guys from Cobra Automotive out of CT, no triumph this time though.

Pete Dolan
406-404-0036

Sent from my iPhone

> On Sep 21, 2021, at 4:32 PM, DENNIS WALJE via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> ?Will anyone be going to the SVRA event at COTA in November?
> 
> My GT6 is not done so I plan to crew for a friend with a 240Z. 
> 
> It would be great to meet some of the FOT members and offer support for the race. 
> 
> Dennis Walje
> 68 GT6
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
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> 
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From dos_gusanos at msn.com  Wed Sep 22 14:29:35 2021
From: dos_gusanos at msn.com (Henry A. Morrison)
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2021 20:29:35 +0000
Subject: [Fot] 
 =?windows-1252?q?Kas=2C_Bill=3B_Here=92s_the_post_I_promis?=
 =?windows-1252?q?ed_you!?=
In-Reply-To: <97E9E5C8-4DB3-4768-A613-B37C6A91152D@multivintage.com>
References: <97E9E5C8-4DB3-4768-A613-B37C6A91152D@multivintage.com>
Message-ID: <SJ0PR04MB7583EF2868BE3DF98466A8EC90A29@SJ0PR04MB7583.namprd04.prod.outlook.com>

Congratulations,  Part of diving on the edge is flirting with divorce court. I do it every day.

Henry Morrison
________________________________
From: Fot <fot-bounces at autox.team.net> on behalf of Jason Ostrowski via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2021 12:40 PM
To: Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
Subject: [Fot] Kas, Bill; Here?s the post I promised you!

Over the years 2 of my greatest mentors and fans were Bill Dentinger and Kas Kastner. Those 2 gentlemen always loved my stories on FOT. Always quick to support me with praise or criticism. I think about them often and miss their kind words, jokes and jabs.
Family, work obligations and $ pushed my GT6?s into the corner of the FGR garage for more than a couple years.
My racing addiction had reached a melting point and it was starting to affect the solid aspects of my being- my marriage, my kids and my business.
Although I was always at the track as a friend and crew my cars sat dormant for a few seasons.
In conversation with Kas and Bill, these Friendly Ghost faithful gents ?talked me off the ledge? during that period of my lack of seat time. They respected my decision to put family first and enjoy the non-race moments of my life.
They also knew I would return behind the wheel and looked forward to my next racing story.

I had told them both that my next post on FOT had to be about me finishing a race.
Kas always liked how I would pat my car on the dashboard as I crossed the finish line; saying ?The cars like it when you talk to them you know; I always did that too.?
Well my friends- I finished 3 races at Road America this weekend. I gave my yellow car more than a rub on the belly as I took the final checkered flag. A wave of emotion hit my face. Even my raised fist could not hold back the tears.
To Kas and Bill- Here is the post I promised you!
Godspeeds the Triumph faithful to great moments of joy.
You are missed and will always be remembered.
Never be beaten by equipment!

Jason Ostrowski
Friendly Ghost Racing
1969 Triumph GT6+ racecars
Sent from my iPhone
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From sjanzen at me.com  Wed Sep 22 15:10:00 2021
From: sjanzen at me.com (Scott Janzen)
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2021 17:10:00 -0400
Subject: [Fot] GT6 race car or basis wanted
Message-ID: <6C98171C-7E66-4ED2-A985-796C71F6E3DA@me.com>

Someone I?ve met this season crewing for another driver is very interested in building up a GT6 for vintage racing.  John is more interested in starting with a roller or mothballed racer and re-building everything than in buying a ?race-ready? car, but would look at both.  Clearly a car that has a decent roll cage would be a huge start in the right direction.  I?ve suggested he is probably better off financially trying to find a finished car, but he?s a very experienced racer and seems good at the mechanical and fabricating aspects.

Anybody have or know of a good candidate?  John?s in Virginia but seems willing to travel pretty far for the right car.
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From clw2000 at msn.com  Wed Sep 22 16:06:06 2021
From: clw2000 at msn.com (Chuck WATSON)
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2021 22:06:06 +0000
Subject: [Fot] GT6 race car or basis wanted
In-Reply-To: <6C98171C-7E66-4ED2-A985-796C71F6E3DA@me.com>
References: <6C98171C-7E66-4ED2-A985-796C71F6E3DA@me.com>
Message-ID: <SN6PR02MB46555D1022FB5ED1522D1128BFA29@SN6PR02MB4655.namprd02.prod.outlook.com>

Scott,

I have a great project available. Send your contact info to me at clw2000 at msn.com and I?ll get info to you by end of week.

Get Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef>
________________________________
From: Fot <fot-bounces at autox.team.net> on behalf of Scott Janzen via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2021 5:10:00 PM
To: 'Friends of Triumph' Triumph <fot at autox.team.net>
Subject: [Fot] GT6 race car or basis wanted

Someone I?ve met this season crewing for another driver is very interested in building up a GT6 for vintage racing.  John is more interested in starting with a roller or mothballed racer and re-building everything than in buying a ?race-ready? car, but would look at both.  Clearly a car that has a decent roll cage would be a huge start in the right direction.  I?ve suggested he is probably better off financially trying to find a finished car, but he?s a very experienced racer and seems good at the mechanical and fabricating aspects.

Anybody have or know of a good candidate?  John?s in Virginia but seems willing to travel pretty far for the right car.
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From curt.johnston at comcast.net  Wed Sep 22 16:24:28 2021
From: curt.johnston at comcast.net (Curt Johnston)
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2021 15:24:28 -0700
Subject: [Fot] COTA
In-Reply-To: <ECECC2F6-EFDE-4014-9E31-3B93E4FFD188@gmail.com>
References: <ECECC2F6-EFDE-4014-9E31-3B93E4FFD188@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <881AA759-43BB-4976-8EFB-BFD6BC3E4B4B@comcast.net>

Dennis,

I?ll be there driving the Huffaker TR7 at COTA.

Sent by Curt Johnston from my iPhone

707-249-1667

> On Sep 22, 2021, at 9:29 AM, Peter Dolan via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> ?I?ll be there driving a Shelby Mustang with guys from Cobra Automotive out of CT, no triumph this time though.
> 
> Pete Dolan
> 406-404-0036
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Sep 21, 2021, at 4:32 PM, DENNIS WALJE via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
>> 
>> ?Will anyone be going to the SVRA event at COTA in November?
>> 
>> My GT6 is not done so I plan to crew for a friend with a 240Z. 
>> 
>> It would be great to meet some of the FOT members and offer support for the race. 
>> 
>> Dennis Walje
>> 68 GT6
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> _______________________________________________
>> fot at autox.team.net
>> 
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From keithfiles at btinternet.com  Thu Sep 23 02:59:47 2021
From: keithfiles at btinternet.com (Keith Files)
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2021 09:59:47 +0100
Subject: [Fot] 
 =?utf-8?q?Kas=2C_Bill=3B_Here=E2=80=99s_the_post_I_promise?=
 =?utf-8?q?d_you!?=
In-Reply-To: <97E9E5C8-4DB3-4768-A613-B37C6A91152D@multivintage.com>
References: <97E9E5C8-4DB3-4768-A613-B37C6A91152D@multivintage.com>
Message-ID: <68C9A647-783F-48C4-B09C-07663A7DD5DC@btinternet.com>

A truly lovely post Jason, this is what the FOT is all about.

Kind regards,

Keith

> On 21 Sep 2021, at 19:40, Jason Ostrowski via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> Over the years 2 of my greatest mentors and fans were Bill Dentinger and Kas Kastner. Those 2 gentlemen always loved my stories on FOT. Always quick to support me with praise or criticism. I think about them often and miss their kind words, jokes and jabs.
> Family, work obligations and $ pushed my GT6?s into the corner of the FGR garage for more than a couple years. 
> My racing addiction had reached a melting point and it was starting to affect the solid aspects of my being- my marriage, my kids and my business. 
> Although I was always at the track as a friend and crew my cars sat dormant for a few seasons.
> In conversation with Kas and Bill, these Friendly Ghost faithful gents ?talked me off the ledge? during that period of my lack of seat time. They respected my decision to put family first and enjoy the non-race moments of my life.
> They also knew I would return behind the wheel and looked forward to my next racing story.
> 
> I had told them both that my next post on FOT had to be about me finishing a race.
> Kas always liked how I would pat my car on the dashboard as I crossed the finish line; saying ?The cars like it when you talk to them you know; I always did that too.?
> Well my friends- I finished 3 races at Road America this weekend. I gave my yellow car more than a rub on the belly as I took the final checkered flag. A wave of emotion hit my face. Even my raised fist could not hold back the tears.
> To Kas and Bill- Here is the post I promised you!
> Godspeeds the Triumph faithful to great moments of joy.
> You are missed and will always be remembered. 
> Never be beaten by equipment!
> 
> Jason Ostrowski
> Friendly Ghost Racing 
> 1969 Triumph GT6+ racecars
> Sent from my iPhone
> _______________________________________________
> fot at autox.team.net
> 
> http://www.fot-racing.com
> 
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From enquiries at roadandtrack.net.au  Thu Sep 23 14:48:27 2021
From: enquiries at roadandtrack.net.au (Enquiries Road & Track)
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2021 06:48:27 +1000
Subject: [Fot] Tire Pyrometer
In-Reply-To: <9cb746a4-e63b-8d28-7c16-8301395ce037@ptd.net>
References: <9cb746a4-e63b-8d28-7c16-8301395ce037@ptd.net>
Message-ID: <CA+UW8b2P0Uvcnq7yG4M1fXLMmRSM5yr5gdDyFt6SUB9foWvGhw@mail.gmail.com>

i got mine from the local go-kart parts supplier for about $50 and the kit
included a couple of spare probe pins (which you will bend!)

Terry


On Wed, Sep 15, 2021 at 9:40 AM finishing Touch via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
wrote:

> I've decided to get a tire pyrometer and would appreciate any
> recommendations for a mid priced unit, or even better if anyone has or
> knows of a good used one for sale.
>
> Thanks,
> Mike Kurtz
> #51 Yellow TR6
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From chip at theukmotorsports.com  Thu Sep 23 17:51:38 2021
From: chip at theukmotorsports.com (Chip Collingwood)
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2021 19:51:38 -0400
Subject: [Fot] 
	=?utf-8?q?Kas=2C_Bill=3B_Here=E2=80=99s_the_post_I_promise?=
	=?utf-8?q?d_you!?=
In-Reply-To: <97E9E5C8-4DB3-4768-A613-B37C6A91152D@multivintage.com>
References: <97E9E5C8-4DB3-4768-A613-B37C6A91152D@multivintage.com>
Message-ID: <CABEZ9eGY7_0WihEtvOaN4Z2SCKzo9bd6NFsEjFGRv_RzEZza1w@mail.gmail.com>

????

On Tue, Sep 21, 2021, 2:46 PM Jason Ostrowski via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
wrote:

> Over the years 2 of my greatest mentors and fans were Bill Dentinger and
> Kas Kastner. Those 2 gentlemen always loved my stories on FOT. Always quick
> to support me with praise or criticism. I think about them often and miss
> their kind words, jokes and jabs.
> Family, work obligations and $ pushed my GT6?s into the corner of the FGR
> garage for more than a couple years.
> My racing addiction had reached a melting point and it was starting to
> affect the solid aspects of my being- my marriage, my kids and my business.
> Although I was always at the track as a friend and crew my cars sat
> dormant for a few seasons.
> In conversation with Kas and Bill, these Friendly Ghost faithful gents
> ?talked me off the ledge? during that period of my lack of seat time. They
> respected my decision to put family first and enjoy the non-race moments of
> my life.
> They also knew I would return behind the wheel and looked forward to my
> next racing story.
>
> I had told them both that my next post on FOT had to be about me finishing
> a race.
> Kas always liked how I would pat my car on the dashboard as I crossed the
> finish line; saying ?The cars like it when you talk to them you know; I
> always did that too.?
> Well my friends- I finished 3 races at Road America this weekend. I gave
> my yellow car more than a rub on the belly as I took the final checkered
> flag. A wave of emotion hit my face. Even my raised fist could not hold
> back the tears.
> To Kas and Bill- Here is the post I promised you!
> Godspeeds the Triumph faithful to great moments of joy.
> You are missed and will always be remembered.
> Never be beaten by equipment!
>
> Jason Ostrowski
> Friendly Ghost Racing
> 1969 Triumph GT6+ racecars
> Sent from my iPhone
> _______________________________________________
> fot at autox.team.net
>
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From yellow-green at sbcglobal.net  Fri Sep 24 10:01:53 2021
From: yellow-green at sbcglobal.net (DENNIS DELAP)
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2021 11:01:53 -0500
Subject: [Fot] Fwd: Street-Legal and Track-Ready 1962 Triumph TR4 Special is
 now open for bidding!
References: <F4AA7311-FCAB-476A-90EC-5C7257861885@sbcglobal.net>
Message-ID: <9CBECBF2-24F7-4AC1-A93E-5FDFCA47A2FD@sbcglobal.net>

A M I C I
I?ve got my Special up for auction.
Take a look.
Dennis 

Sent from my iPhone

Begin forwarded message:

> From: DENNIS DELAP <yellow-green at sbcglobal.net>
> Date: September 24, 2021 at 7:37:21 AM CDT
> To: Richard Larson <rdlarsonlaw at gmail.com>
> Subject: Fwd: Street-Legal and Track-Ready 1962 Triumph TR4 Special is now open for bidding!
> 
> ?Any serious offers on the FJ?
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> Begin forwarded message:
> 
>> From: auctions at hemmings.com
>> Date: September 24, 2021 at 7:00:06 AM CDT
>> To: yellow-green at sbcglobal.net
>> Subject: Street-Legal and Track-Ready 1962 Triumph TR4 Special is now open for bidding!
>> 
>> ?
>>  
>> The Pursuit is On!
>> 
>> That auction you?re watching is now accepting bids. Get in here and get that high bid!
>> 
>> Street-Legal and Track-Ready 1962 Triumph TR4 Special
>> 
>>  
>> Bid Now
>> 
>>    
>> 
>> You are receiving this because you opted-in to the Hemmings Auctions email. For more information about this newsletter, email webmaster at hemmings.com or write to: Customer Service, Hemmings Motor News ? 222 Main Street ? Bennington, VT 05201 ? USA. You can update your email preferences here at any time, or unsubscribe yellow-green at sbcglobal.net from all Hemmings newsletters here.
>> 
>> ? 2021 Hemmings Auctions. All rights reserved.
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From chasgee22 at gmail.com  Fri Sep 24 10:26:49 2021
From: chasgee22 at gmail.com (chasgee22 at gmail.com)
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2021 09:26:49 -0700
Subject: [Fot] Fwd: Street-Legal and Track-Ready 1962 Triumph TR4
 Special is now open for bidding!
In-Reply-To: <9CBECBF2-24F7-4AC1-A93E-5FDFCA47A2FD@sbcglobal.net>
References: <9CBECBF2-24F7-4AC1-A93E-5FDFCA47A2FD@sbcglobal.net>
Message-ID: <13573E1B-8B55-4FDC-BF2F-26998816033F@gmail.com>

Very cool.  Good luck Dennis!  

Chuck

> On Sep 24, 2021, at 9:03 AM, DENNIS DELAP via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> ?A M I C I
> I?ve got my Special up for auction.
> Take a look.
> Dennis 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> Begin forwarded message:
> 
>> From: DENNIS DELAP <yellow-green at sbcglobal.net>
>> Date: September 24, 2021 at 7:37:21 AM CDT
>> To: Richard Larson <rdlarsonlaw at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Fwd: Street-Legal and Track-Ready 1962 Triumph TR4 Special is now open for bidding!
>> 
>> ?Any serious offers on the FJ?
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>> Begin forwarded message:
>> 
>>> From: auctions at hemmings.com
>>> Date: September 24, 2021 at 7:00:06 AM CDT
>>> To: yellow-green at sbcglobal.net
>>> Subject: Street-Legal and Track-Ready 1962 Triumph TR4 Special is now open for bidding!
>>> 
>>> ?
>>>  
>>> The Pursuit is On!
>>> 
>>> That auction you?re watching is now accepting bids. Get in here and get that high bid!
>>> 
>>> Street-Legal and Track-Ready 1962 Triumph TR4 Special
>>> 
>>>  
>>> Bid Now
>>> 
>>>    
>>> 
>>> You are receiving this because you opted-in to the Hemmings Auctions email. For more information about this newsletter, email webmaster at hemmings.com or write to: Customer Service, Hemmings Motor News ? 222 Main Street ? Bennington, VT 05201 ? USA. You can update your email preferences here at any time, or unsubscribe yellow-green at sbcglobal.net from all Hemmings newsletters here.
>>> 
>>> ? 2021 Hemmings Auctions. All rights reserved.
>>> 
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From joealexandervintage at gmail.com  Mon Sep 27 11:26:18 2021
From: joealexandervintage at gmail.com (Joe Alexander)
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2021 11:26:18 -0600
Subject: [Fot] Various Configurations of Head Lamp Replacements
Message-ID: <CFE2E86C-1D3E-404A-ACAE-473F4F975FAA@gmail.com>

Added recently is the Cold Air Intake.

Available at Pegasus, too.

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Joe Alexander
4505 Donald Dr
Cedar Falls, IA 50613
The-vintage-racer.com
Gasketinnovations.com
Cell:  319.464.4711


From joealexandervintage at gmail.com  Mon Sep 27 16:49:30 2021
From: joealexandervintage at gmail.com (Joe Alexander)
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2021 16:49:30 -0600
Subject: [Fot] Toni (Kastner) Moran
Message-ID: <99B47536-0A8E-43A8-AD28-7B2993841FB6@gmail.com>

Toni expresses her appreciation for all that the FOT has done to preserve the Kastner Legacy. We spent the afternoon with Toni and Dan. 

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4505 Donald Dr
Cedar Falls, IA 50613
The-vintage-racer.com
Gasketinnovations.com
Cell:  319.464.4711


From hankgiffin at cox.net  Mon Sep 27 20:27:04 2021
From: hankgiffin at cox.net (Henry Giffin)
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2021 22:27:04 -0400
Subject: [Fot] TR3 wire wheel knockoffs
Message-ID: <015a01d7b410$549a8c50$fdcfa4f0$@cox.net>

There is a lot of expertise on FoT and I have a question I expect the
knowledgeable ones will be able to help.

     On my early (1956) street TR3 (ex-Mike Jackson) I decided to replace
the somewhat rusty wire wheel knockoffs.  I had another set of knockoffs
(and hubs) from another TR3 in better shape, but the threads were more
coarse and didn't fit.  So I thought they might have been from another
British car, and ordered a new set of knockoffs from Moss.  They too were
too coarse.

    Can anyone confirm that the early TR3s had a finer thread on their hubs?


    I would like to keep the car original but may have to swap the hubs to
use the nicer knockoffs, or chrome the fine threaded ones.  Or just live
with the rust!  

    Can anyone confirm the early TR3s had finer knockoff threads or is there
another possible explanation?

     Thx, Hank

     

 

Hank Giffin

757-375-1491

 

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From vfracing at aol.com  Tue Sep 28 06:39:27 2021
From: vfracing at aol.com (Philip Gott)
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2021 08:39:27 -0400
Subject: [Fot] TR3 wire wheel knockoffs
In-Reply-To: <015a01d7b410$549a8c50$fdcfa4f0$@cox.net>
References: <015a01d7b410$549a8c50$fdcfa4f0$@cox.net>
Message-ID: <090DB230-0619-44A2-A07C-F8A834DDB220@aol.com>

Hank;
I could be wrong here, but I have an early TR3 axle with the wire wheel hubs integral to the hub (as opposed to the bolt-on adapters). Those hubs appear to have a finer thread than the later bolt-on adapters. The thread change was concurrent with the switch from integral to bolt-on.
Phil

Sent from my iPhone

> On Sep 27, 2021, at 10:27 PM, Henry Giffin via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> ?
> There is a lot of expertise on FoT and I have a question I expect the knowledgeable ones will be able to help.
>      On my early (1956) street TR3 (ex-Mike Jackson) I decided to replace the somewhat rusty wire wheel knockoffs.  I had another set of knockoffs (and hubs) from another TR3 in better shape, but the threads were more coarse and didn?t fit.  So I thought they might have been from another British car, and ordered a new set of knockoffs from Moss.  They too were too coarse.
>     Can anyone confirm that the early TR3s had a finer thread on their hubs?
>     I would like to keep the car original but may have to swap the hubs to use the nicer knockoffs, or chrome the fine threaded ones.  Or just live with the rust! 
>     Can anyone confirm the early TR3s had finer knockoff threads or is there another possible explanation?
>      Thx, Hank
>     
>  
> Hank Giffin
> 757-375-1491
>  
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From rkramer56 at gmail.com  Wed Sep 29 06:47:13 2021
From: rkramer56 at gmail.com (Bob Kramer)
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2021 07:47:13 -0500
Subject: [Fot] TVR 2500M project car
Message-ID: <CABFvdWsR8_ZXS3zinhEYcgj-FdqXH++vW56ibbhBYzD4sWF6+Q@mail.gmail.com>

Amici,

We took our endurance TR6 to Harris Hill raceway here in Central Texas for
a ChampCar weekend event and while we were having a great time with the car
we were offered a long block TR6 engine that came out of a TVR 2500M that
was on the property.  We met with the owner of the TVR and found out he is
trying to sell it off.  It is a roller, all glass but the TVR was torn down
for a repaint and left in a state where it was sanded but not primed.  It
has the TR6 rear diff with a Quaife, but the engine and trans are not
included. He is asking $4500.00 for the TVR as it sit.

He was giving us the engine that came out of that car. He had an early
intake manifold modified for a turbo on the engine but the turbo was long
gone.  I will need to collect that engine from him but if it is needed to
make his sale deal work for someone in our circle we can make it available.

This is an interesting guy.  He is a former Chysler engineer who changed
gears and went to Med school to become a doctor.  At 70 he is slowing down
but he probably had a bit of fun with cars in his lifetime. He had a couple
of Hayabusa engined sports racers, a Mustang and maybe it was a Celica
racer cars mostly apart in his shop.

Let me know off the list if you have an interest and I will connect you to
him.

BTW, the TR6 was terrific this past weekend. 8 hours Saturday and 7 on
Sunday. We added the Ramin Mirshab throttle body fuel injection prior to
this race and the car was transformed. We have run this car fitted with
dual SU's in ChampCar (ChumpCar), Lemons, and the WRL and we always felt
like we had a good handling car with decent brakes.  With the extra
responsiveness and probably a little more HP, the car became a bit more to
handle. We'll need to work on speeding up our pit stops to get more laps
completed but we still managed 4th in class out of 9 cars, losing to a BMW
325E, a 280ZX and a Boxster both days.

Bob Kramer
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From gblake58tr3 at icloud.com  Wed Sep 29 07:25:24 2021
From: gblake58tr3 at icloud.com (Greg Blake)
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2021 08:25:24 -0500
Subject: [Fot] TVR 2500M project car
In-Reply-To: <CABFvdWsR8_ZXS3zinhEYcgj-FdqXH++vW56ibbhBYzD4sWF6+Q@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CABFvdWsR8_ZXS3zinhEYcgj-FdqXH++vW56ibbhBYzD4sWF6+Q@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <DBC96B81-C4D0-4A9C-8AF7-C900D92529A7@icloud.com>

Bob is underselling it.  I?ve been involved with this car since the first build, participated in numerous race weekends as driver and as crew. The fuel injection swap was a game changer. 

We were at the same track with some of the same drivers back in March of this year prior to the swap. Same track/same driver times saw an average of 4 seconds/lap drop.  

This was an initial tune I put into the computer that was very conservative. We will do some more tuning in the coming months in preparation for next years schedule and will most certainly see better results. 

The other neat thing of having this setup is all the data we can analyze after a session. If interested, contact me and I can tell you all about that part and what you can do with tuner studio and mega log viewer. Really cool stuff. 

Thanks to Bob for providing the car to play with. 

Greg

Sent from my iPhone

> On Sep 29, 2021, at 7:48 AM, Bob Kramer via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> ?
> Amici,
> 
> We took our endurance TR6 to Harris Hill raceway here in Central Texas for a ChampCar weekend event and while we were having a great time with the car we were offered a long block TR6 engine that came out of a TVR 2500M that was on the property.  We met with the owner of the TVR and found out he is trying to sell it off.  It is a roller, all glass but the TVR was torn down for a repaint and left in a state where it was sanded but not primed.  It has the TR6 rear diff with a Quaife, but the engine and trans are not included. He is asking $4500.00 for the TVR as it sit.
> 
> He was giving us the engine that came out of that car. He had an early intake manifold modified for a turbo on the engine but the turbo was long gone.  I will need to collect that engine from him but if it is needed to make his sale deal work for someone in our circle we can make it available. 
> 
> This is an interesting guy.  He is a former Chysler engineer who changed gears and went to Med school to become a doctor.  At 70 he is slowing down but he probably had a bit of fun with cars in his lifetime. He had a couple of Hayabusa engined sports racers, a Mustang and maybe it was a Celica racer cars mostly apart in his shop.
> 
> Let me know off the list if you have an interest and I will connect you to him.
> 
> BTW, the TR6 was terrific this past weekend. 8 hours Saturday and 7 on Sunday. We added the Ramin Mirshab throttle body fuel injection prior to this race and the car was transformed. We have run this car fitted with dual SU's in ChampCar (ChumpCar), Lemons, and the WRL and we always felt like we had a good handling car with decent brakes.  With the extra responsiveness and probably a little more HP, the car became a bit more to handle. We'll need to work on speeding up our pit stops to get more laps completed but we still managed 4th in class out of 9 cars, losing to a BMW 325E, a 280ZX and a Boxster both days. 
> 
> Bob Kramer
> _______________________________________________
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> 
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From hankgiffin at cox.net  Wed Sep 29 20:34:16 2021
From: hankgiffin at cox.net (Henry Giffin)
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2021 22:34:16 -0400
Subject: [Fot] TR3 wire wheel knockoffs
In-Reply-To: <090DB230-0619-44A2-A07C-F8A834DDB220@aol.com>
References: <015a01d7b410$549a8c50$fdcfa4f0$@cox.net>
 <090DB230-0619-44A2-A07C-F8A834DDB220@aol.com>
Message-ID: <000c01d7b5a3$ab596c20$020c4460$@cox.net>

Phil, thanks.

   I removed the wheels today and they are bolt on adapters front and back but fine thread.  

     The plot thickens!!

     Hank

 

Hank Giffin

757-375-1491

 

From: Philip Gott <vfracing at aol.com> 
Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2021 8:39 AM
To: Henry Giffin <hankgiffin at cox.net>
Cc: fot at autox.team.net; fot-bounces at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Fot] TR3 wire wheel knockoffs

 

Hank;

I could be wrong here, but I have an early TR3 axle with the wire wheel hubs integral to the hub (as opposed to the bolt-on adapters). Those hubs appear to have a finer thread than the later bolt-on adapters. The thread change was concurrent with the switch from integral to bolt-on.

Phil

Sent from my iPhone





On Sep 27, 2021, at 10:27 PM, Henry Giffin via Fot <fot at autox.team.net <mailto:fot at autox.team.net> > wrote:

?

There is a lot of expertise on FoT and I have a question I expect the knowledgeable ones will be able to help.

     On my early (1956) street TR3 (ex-Mike Jackson) I decided to replace the somewhat rusty wire wheel knockoffs.  I had another set of knockoffs (and hubs) from another TR3 in better shape, but the threads were more coarse and didn?t fit.  So I thought they might have been from another British car, and ordered a new set of knockoffs from Moss.  They too were too coarse.

    Can anyone confirm that the early TR3s had a finer thread on their hubs? 

    I would like to keep the car original but may have to swap the hubs to use the nicer knockoffs, or chrome the fine threaded ones.  Or just live with the rust!  

    Can anyone confirm the early TR3s had finer knockoff threads or is there another possible explanation?

     Thx, Hank

     

 

Hank Giffin

757-375-1491

 

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From spitfire_racing at twcny.rr.com  Thu Sep 30 16:06:10 2021
From: spitfire_racing at twcny.rr.com (Spitfire Racing)
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2021 18:06:10 -0400
Subject: [Fot] Looking for enclosed trailer
Message-ID: <000601d7b647$60cd4ec0$2267ec40$@rr.com>

I have a good friend and fellow racer who is looking to purchase a used
16-18' enclosed trailer with dual axles (7000 lb okay) with a ramp style
drop tailgate.

Hopefully in the Northeast or Mid Atlantic area. So if someone is retiring
from racing  or is looking to go larger or newer this may be an option to
sell your old one.

Please send particulars. He may have an open trailer available if successful
on the enclosed search.

 

Russ Moore  Spitfire #49

 



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From chasgee22 at gmail.com  Thu Sep 30 16:19:39 2021
From: chasgee22 at gmail.com (chasgee22 at gmail.com)
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2021 15:19:39 -0700
Subject: [Fot] Toni (Kastner) Moran
In-Reply-To: <99B47536-0A8E-43A8-AD28-7B2993841FB6@gmail.com>
References: <99B47536-0A8E-43A8-AD28-7B2993841FB6@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <A185EF81-2D9B-4CBC-A68F-3EC72A88E3BD@gmail.com>

We should get her to waive the checkered flag at a cup race sometime!

Chuck

> On Sep 27, 2021, at 3:50 PM, Joe Alexander via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> ?Toni expresses her appreciation for all that the FOT has done to preserve the Kastner Legacy. We spent the afternoon with Toni and Dan. 
> 
> <image0.jpeg>
> 
> 
> Joe Alexander
> 4505 Donald Dr
> Cedar Falls, IA 50613
> The-vintage-racer.com
> Gasketinnovations.com
> Cell:  319.464.4711
> 
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From joealexandervintage at gmail.com  Thu Sep 30 16:21:41 2021
From: joealexandervintage at gmail.com (Joe Alexander)
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2021 16:21:41 -0600
Subject: [Fot] Toni (Kastner) Moran
In-Reply-To: <A185EF81-2D9B-4CBC-A68F-3EC72A88E3BD@gmail.com>
References: <A185EF81-2D9B-4CBC-A68F-3EC72A88E3BD@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <034D8DE2-9FB9-40F7-B35C-183835AC96B9@gmail.com>

That?s a great idea.  Pittsburgh for starters.

Joe Alexander
4505 Donald Dr
Cedar Falls, IA 50613
The-vintage-racer.com
Gasketinnovations.com
Cell:  319.464.4711


> On Sep 30, 2021, at 4:19 PM, chasgee22 at gmail.com wrote:
> 
> ?We should get her to waive the checkered flag at a cup race sometime!
> 
> Chuck
> 
>> On Sep 27, 2021, at 3:50 PM, Joe Alexander via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
>> 
>> ?Toni expresses her appreciation for all that the FOT has done to preserve the Kastner Legacy. We spent the afternoon with Toni and Dan. 
>> 
>> <image0.jpeg>
>> 
>> 
>> Joe Alexander
>> 4505 Donald Dr
>> Cedar Falls, IA 50613
>> The-vintage-racer.com
>> Gasketinnovations.com
>> Cell:  319.464.4711
>> 
>> _______________________________________________
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>> 
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>> 
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From yellow-green at sbcglobal.net  Tue Sep  7 21:43:33 2021
From: yellow-green at sbcglobal.net (DENNIS DELAP)
Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2021 22:43:33 -0500
Subject: [Fot] Road America crew pass
References: <03FEE073-6D7C-4A0B-95CA-AD93CBD4629B.ref@sbcglobal.net>
Message-ID: <03FEE073-6D7C-4A0B-95CA-AD93CBD4629B@sbcglobal.net>

Friends 
Does anyone have an extra crew pass for the Fall Festival?
Thanks 
Dennis 

Sent from my iPhone


From tr6driver at yahoo.com  Sat Sep 11 09:11:52 2021
From: tr6driver at yahoo.com (Jamie Palmer)
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2021 15:11:52 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [Fot] Fornwalt TR4/DBR Project (free)
References: <44789557.3990454.1631373112544.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <44789557.3990454.1631373112544@mail.yahoo.com>

Fellow FOT-ers,
I'm forced to admit failure in my attempt to get the Fornwalt project resurrected that I picked up from TRF a couple of years ago. Albert was kind enough to pass it on to me for free as long as I promised to pursue finishing the car, and I would like to do the same for someone capable of finishing the project.? All I ask is a chance to buy one of the bodies if you complete the project.
If you don't remember the car, the pictures from its time at TRF (it has not changed at all) are located in this directory:??https://www.the-roadster-factory.com/Images/POTW/Fornwalt-Fibreglass/
For info purposes:--Mr. Fornwalt (I know some of you knew him well) was a TR4 vintage racer who wanted an Aston Martin DBR and decided to build his own body to fit a TR4 chassis.--The body buck (male form) was completed, and the molds (female form) have been done for the front end, doors and hood. The rear was not started.--The buck is very high-quality work, done out of wood and plaster, and is formed over a "junk" rolling TR4 frame with engine and transmission. I was told the components were worthless apart from sizing but have not verified that. As the male buck was stored in the TRF warehouse for many years it has some very small, localized "bruises" that will need to be smoothed out with body filler prior to creating the female rear mold.--Mr. Fornwalt's widow had no interest in the project after his untimely death and passed the project on to Charles at TRF.? After Charles' death, Albert was cleaning things up and offered it to interested parties -- and I was (and am) interested.? However, I have to face facts and I'm not going to get to it any time soon -- the TR6 street car, TR6 race car, Italia and my Hathaway Hunter are all ahead of it in line.
If you are interested, please contact me off-list at tr6driver at yahoo.com and we can set up a phone call/face time.??
Thanks,
Jamie PalmerPittsboro, NC
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From bill at ponostyle.com  Sat Sep 11 11:32:51 2021
From: bill at ponostyle.com (Ponostyle)
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2021 10:32:51 -0700
Subject: [Fot] Fornwalt TR4/DBR Project (free)
In-Reply-To: <44789557.3990454.1631373112544@mail.yahoo.com>
References: <44789557.3990454.1631373112544.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
 <44789557.3990454.1631373112544@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <79EA0FE7-0596-48A0-AFA3-F3AB952DD38E@ponostyle.com>

That roadster factory link doesn?t work, in fact none of the backdoor links I tried work either. Perhaps their server is down. I?m painfully interested, that sounds like a fun project, unfortunately, like you, I have a lot of fun projects. 

Bill

> On Sep 11, 2021, at 8:11 AM, Jamie Palmer via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> Fellow FOT-ers,
> 
> I'm forced to admit failure in my attempt to get the Fornwalt project resurrected that I picked up from TRF a couple of years ago. Albert was kind enough to pass it on to me for free as long as I promised to pursue finishing the car, and I would like to do the same for someone capable of finishing the project.  All I ask is a chance to buy one of the bodies if you complete the project.
> 
> If you don't remember the car, the pictures from its time at TRF (it has not changed at all) are located in this directory:  https://www.the-roadster-factory.com/Images/POTW/Fornwalt-Fibreglass/ <https://www.the-roadster-factory.com/Images/POTW/Fornwalt-Fibreglass/>
> 
> For info purposes:
> --Mr. Fornwalt (I know some of you knew him well) was a TR4 vintage racer who wanted an Aston Martin DBR and decided to build his own body to fit a TR4 chassis.
> --The body buck (male form) was completed, and the molds (female form) have been done for the front end, doors and hood. The rear was not started.
> --The buck is very high-quality work, done out of wood and plaster, and is formed over a "junk" rolling TR4 frame with engine and transmission. I was told the components were worthless apart from sizing but have not verified that. As the male buck was stored in the TRF warehouse for many years it has some very small, localized "bruises" that will need to be smoothed out with body filler prior to creating the female rear mold.
> --Mr. Fornwalt's widow had no interest in the project after his untimely death and passed the project on to Charles at TRF.  After Charles' death, Albert was cleaning things up and offered it to interested parties -- and I was (and am) interested.  However, I have to face facts and I'm not going to get to it any time soon -- the TR6 street car, TR6 race car, Italia and my Hathaway Hunter are all ahead of it in line.
> 
> If you are interested, please contact me off-list at tr6driver at yahoo.com and we can set up a phone call/face time.  
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jamie Palmer
> Pittsboro, NC
> 
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From tr4abrad at gmail.com  Sat Sep 11 19:24:35 2021
From: tr4abrad at gmail.com (Brad Eells)
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2021 18:24:35 -0700
Subject: [Fot] Bob Matcheski
Message-ID: <71B02573-40C2-4EB9-9200-05314E56D67B@gmail.com>

Amici,

This question came up on Facebook:
Bob?s son Derek is attempting to locate his dad?s race car.

Bob ran in the SCCA Northeast Region from 1975 to the early 80?s.

The car was sold on to someone in Canada.

Is this car familiar to anyone?

Robert (Bob) Matcheski. midnight blue, number 23 from middlefield CT

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From vfracing at aol.com  Sun Sep 12 05:49:41 2021
From: vfracing at aol.com (Philip Gott)
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2021 07:49:41 -0400
Subject: [Fot] Bob Matcheski
In-Reply-To: <71B02573-40C2-4EB9-9200-05314E56D67B@gmail.com>
References: <71B02573-40C2-4EB9-9200-05314E56D67B@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <A166280E-B574-48EF-9035-78883F43CB00@aol.com>

I remember Racing against him but have no idea where the car is?.  Good friendly competition!

Sent from my iPhone

> On Sep 11, 2021, at 9:25 PM, Brad Eells via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> ?Amici,
> 
> This question came up on Facebook:
> Bob?s son Derek is attempting to locate his dad?s race car.
> 
> Bob ran in the SCCA Northeast Region from 1975 to the early 80?s.
> 
> The car was sold on to someone in Canada.
> 
> Is this car familiar to anyone?
> 
> Robert (Bob) Matcheski. midnight blue, number 23 from middlefield CT
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From grandwazoo at earthlink.net  Sun Sep 12 12:53:55 2021
From: grandwazoo at earthlink.net (Mike Jackson)
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2021 18:53:55 +0000
Subject: [Fot] Fornwalt TR4/DBR Project (free)
Message-ID: <3ff5fc89-e753-ce20-dc46-eb15edb704ca@earthlink.net>

Not true!  I used the link and looked at the few pics available.  Just wish I had the talent and likely remaining number of years required to finish it!
What an enormous task.  I was co-owner of a TRiumph powered Devin for a very few years.  Just mounting such a body satisfactorily is a challenge if the parts are already available.  Plus the suspension travel had to be severally limited do to the low fenders.  Made the thing diabolical to race. 

Will hope another vintage racing friend from down here will be enthused enough to think seriously about it.

Bill was one of the first TRiumph racers I met when I went to my first out of state race at Summit Point.  And, a long ways from South  Florida it was.

Mike

riginal Message-----
From: Ponostyle <bill at ponostyle.com>
Sent: Sep 11, 2021 1:32 PM
To: Jamie Palmer <tr6driver at yahoo.com>
Cc: fot at autox.team.net <fot at autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Fot] Fornwalt TR4/DBR Project (free)

That roadster factory link doesn&rsquo;t work, in fact none of the backdoor links I tried work either. Perhaps their server is down. I&rsquo;m painfully interested, that sounds like a fun project, unfortunately, like you, I have a lot of fun projects.  
BillOn Sep 11, 2021, at 8:11 AM, Jamie Palmer via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
Fellow FOT-ers,
 
I'm forced to admit failure in my attempt to get the Fornwalt project resurrected that I picked up from TRF a couple of years ago. Albert was kind enough to pass it on to me for free as long as I promised to pursue finishing the car, and I would like to do the same for someone capable of finishing the project.  All I ask is a chance to buy one of the bodies if you complete the project.
 
If you don't remember the car, the pictures from its time at TRF (it has not changed at all) are located in this directory:  https://www.the-roadster-factory.com/Images/POTW/Fornwalt-Fibreglass/
 
For info purposes:
--Mr. Fornwalt (I know some of you knew him well) was a TR4 vintage racer who wanted an Aston Martin DBR and decided to build his own body to fit a TR4 chassis.
--The body buck (male form) was completed, and the molds (female form) have been done for the front end, doors and hood. The rear was not started.
--The buck is very high-quality work, done out of wood and plaster, and is formed over a "junk" rolling TR4 frame with engine and transmission. I was told the components were worthless apart from sizing but have not verified that. As the male buck was stored in the TRF warehouse for many years it has some very small, localized "bruises" that will need to be smoothed out with body filler prior to creating the female rear mold.
--Mr. Fornwalt's widow had no interest in the project after his untimely death and passed the project on to Charles at TRF.  After Charles' death, Albert was cleaning things up and offered it to interested parties -- and I was (and am) interested.  However, I have to face facts and I'm not going to get to it any time soon -- the TR6 street car, TR6 race car, Italia and my Hathaway Hunter are all ahead of it in line.
 
If you are interested, please contact me off-list at tr6driver at yahoo.com and we can set up a phone call/face time.  
 
Thanks,
 
Jamie Palmer
Pittsboro, NC
 


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From vfracing at aol.com  Sun Sep 12 20:29:38 2021
From: vfracing at aol.com (Philip Gott)
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2021 22:29:38 -0400
Subject: [Fot] Pure Water in the crankcase catch can
References: <33CE1469-4882-45C9-99C8-304CF4966344.ref@aol.com>
Message-ID: <33CE1469-4882-45C9-99C8-304CF4966344@aol.com>

This weekend at the Glen my engine pumped about 6 oz of pure water ( not the expected oil-water milkshake mixture) into the catch can in a 20 minute session. I had to top up the coolant a similar amount.
This is unusual due to the purity of the water.  It was clear. 
I am running Driven XP3 oil. Not running anti freeze, just water wetter.
What could be the cause? Anyone have similar experience? 
I?m thinking the aluminum plug in the head in the rocker arm area could be at fault. That could send water almost immediately out the vent in the rocker cover before it mixed with oil in the crankcase. Plausible?
Will run a cooling system pressure test tomorrow.
Any advice appreciated.
Thanks,
Phil Gott

Sent from my iPhone


From awashatko at wi.rr.com  Mon Sep 13 13:42:41 2021
From: awashatko at wi.rr.com (Allen Washatko)
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2021 14:42:41 -0500
Subject: [Fot] Hoosier Tire Temperature
Message-ID: <E9B1CFCC-1CEE-4732-A247-D11D4E3A0654@wi.rr.com>

FOT

In regards to my question regarding temperature operating range for a 225/50 R15 Hoosier Speedster tire, I have the following from Jess Speer/Hoosier:
For my car weighing 2035 lbs, hot tire pressure should be in the 26-28 lbs range. 

Sent from my iPhone


From nicholsondustin at yahoo.com  Mon Sep 13 15:57:45 2021
From: nicholsondustin at yahoo.com (dustin nicholson)
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2021 21:57:45 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [Fot] Hoosier Tire Temperature
In-Reply-To: <E9B1CFCC-1CEE-4732-A247-D11D4E3A0654@wi.rr.com>
References: <E9B1CFCC-1CEE-4732-A247-D11D4E3A0654@wi.rr.com>
Message-ID: <770851857.73692.1631570265970@mail.yahoo.com>

 Thank you Allen!? This weekend at Eagles Canyon was my first race in a TR3.? I've got the same tires and had the same question.? I guessed at 28 lbs. cold and was happy with the handling, I'll go down a few pounds next time based on this advice.
Appreciate it,
Dusty Nicholson1957 EP TR3 #43


    On Monday, September 13, 2021, 02:43:28 PM CDT, Allen Washatko via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:  
 
 FOT

In regards to my question regarding temperature operating range for a 225/50 R15 Hoosier Speedster tire, I have the following from Jess Speer/Hoosier:
For my car weighing 2035 lbs, hot tire pressure should be in the 26-28 lbs range. 

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From bill at ponostyle.com  Mon Sep 13 17:06:51 2021
From: bill at ponostyle.com (Ponostyle)
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2021 16:06:51 -0700
Subject: [Fot] Fornwalt TR4/DBR Project (free)
In-Reply-To: <3ff5fc89-e753-ce20-dc46-eb15edb704ca@earthlink.net>
References: <3ff5fc89-e753-ce20-dc46-eb15edb704ca@earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <1AFC129E-5E6E-4455-954B-601CCCC74B5C@ponostyle.com>

Odd, it still doesn?t work for me. No matter, I?m not going to do it. I hope someone does, but I have enough projects to keep me busy until I turn about 120. 

> On Sep 12, 2021, at 11:53 AM, Mike Jackson <grandwazoo at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
> Not true!  I used the link and looked at the few pics available.  Just wish I had the talent and likely remaining number of years required to finish it!
> What an enormous task.  I was co-owner of a TRiumph powered Devin for a very few years.  Just mounting such a body satisfactorily is a challenge if the parts are already available.  Plus the suspension travel had to be severally limited do to the low fenders.  Made the thing diabolical to race. 
>  
> Will hope another vintage racing friend from down here will be enthused enough to think seriously about it.
>  
> Bill was one of the first TRiumph racers I met when I went to my first out of state race at Summit Point.  And, a long ways from South  Florida it was.
>  
> Mike
>  
> riginal Message-----
> From: Ponostyle <bill at ponostyle.com>
> Sent: Sep 11, 2021 1:32 PM
> To: Jamie Palmer <tr6driver at yahoo.com>
> Cc: fot at autox.team.net <fot at autox.team.net>
> Subject: Re: [Fot] Fornwalt TR4/DBR Project (free)
> 
> 
> That roadster factory link doesn?t work, in fact none of the backdoor links I tried work either. Perhaps their server is down. I?m painfully interested, that sounds like a fun project, unfortunately, like you, I have a lot of fun projects. 
>  
> Bill
> 
> On Sep 11, 2021, at 8:11 AM, Jamie Palmer via Fot <fot at autox.team.net <mailto:fot at autox.team.net>> wrote:
> Fellow FOT-ers,
>  
> I'm forced to admit failure in my attempt to get the Fornwalt project resurrected that I picked up from TRF a couple of years ago. Albert was kind enough to pass it on to me for free as long as I promised to pursue finishing the car, and I would like to do the same for someone capable of finishing the project.  All I ask is a chance to buy one of the bodies if you complete the project.
>  
> If you don't remember the car, the pictures from its time at TRF (it has not changed at all) are located in this directory:  https://www.the-roadster-factory.com/Images/POTW/Fornwalt-Fibreglass/ <https://www.the-roadster-factory.com/Images/POTW/Fornwalt-Fibreglass/>
>  
> For info purposes:
> --Mr. Fornwalt (I know some of you knew him well) was a TR4 vintage racer who wanted an Aston Martin DBR and decided to build his own body to fit a TR4 chassis.
> --The body buck (male form) was completed, and the molds (female form) have been done for the front end, doors and hood. The rear was not started.
> --The buck is very high-quality work, done out of wood and plaster, and is formed over a "junk" rolling TR4 frame with engine and transmission. I was told the components were worthless apart from sizing but have not verified that. As the male buck was stored in the TRF warehouse for many years it has some very small, localized "bruises" that will need to be smoothed out with body filler prior to creating the female rear mold.
> --Mr. Fornwalt's widow had no interest in the project after his untimely death and passed the project on to Charles at TRF.  After Charles' death, Albert was cleaning things up and offered it to interested parties -- and I was (and am) interested.  However, I have to face facts and I'm not going to get to it any time soon -- the TR6 street car, TR6 race car, Italia and my Hathaway Hunter are all ahead of it in line.
>  
> If you are interested, please contact me off-list at tr6driver at yahoo.com <mailto:tr6driver at yahoo.com> and we can set up a phone call/face time.  
>  
> Thanks,
>  
> Jamie Palmer
> Pittsboro, NC
>  
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From terrysopher at gmail.com  Mon Sep 13 17:12:29 2021
From: terrysopher at gmail.com (Terry Sopher)
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2021 19:12:29 -0400
Subject: [Fot] Fornwalt TR4/DBR Project (free)
In-Reply-To: <1AFC129E-5E6E-4455-954B-601CCCC74B5C@ponostyle.com>
References: <1AFC129E-5E6E-4455-954B-601CCCC74B5C@ponostyle.com>
Message-ID: <0900A58E-A6DE-48D1-9386-119A958A6CE8@gmail.com>

There is a very talented fabricator here in Jax area.  I asked him to take a look and give an estimate to get the body panels completed molds, bucks & all and estimate of labor to fit/assemble etc.

A lot was done on the Fornwalt, but likely even more to get it all to fit & finish.  Will see what he comes back with.

Terry

> On Sep 13, 2021, at 19:07, Ponostyle via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> ?Odd, it still doesn?t work for me. No matter, I?m not going to do it. I hope someone does, but I have enough projects to keep me busy until I turn about 120. 
> 
>> On Sep 12, 2021, at 11:53 AM, Mike Jackson <grandwazoo at earthlink.net> wrote:
>> 
>> Not true!  I used the link and looked at the few pics available.  Just wish I had the talent and likely remaining number of years required to finish it!
>> What an enormous task.  I was co-owner of a TRiumph powered Devin for a very few years.  Just mounting such a body satisfactorily is a challenge if the parts are already available.  Plus the suspension travel had to be severally limited do to the low fenders.  Made the thing diabolical to race. 
>>  
>> Will hope another vintage racing friend from down here will be enthused enough to think seriously about it.
>>  
>> Bill was one of the first TRiumph racers I met when I went to my first out of state race at Summit Point.  And, a long ways from South  Florida it was.
>>  
>> Mike
>>  
>> riginal Message-----
>> From: Ponostyle <bill at ponostyle.com>
>> Sent: Sep 11, 2021 1:32 PM
>> To: Jamie Palmer <tr6driver at yahoo.com>
>> Cc: fot at autox.team.net <fot at autox.team.net>
>> Subject: Re: [Fot] Fornwalt TR4/DBR Project (free)
>> 
>> 
>> That roadster factory link doesn?t work, in fact none of the backdoor links I tried work either. Perhaps their server is down. I?m painfully interested, that sounds like a fun project, unfortunately, like you, I have a lot of fun projects. 
>>  
>> Bill
>> 
>> On Sep 11, 2021, at 8:11 AM, Jamie Palmer via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
>> Fellow FOT-ers,
>>  
>> I'm forced to admit failure in my attempt to get the Fornwalt project resurrected that I picked up from TRF a couple of years ago. Albert was kind enough to pass it on to me for free as long as I promised to pursue finishing the car, and I would like to do the same for someone capable of finishing the project.  All I ask is a chance to buy one of the bodies if you complete the project.
>>  
>> If you don't remember the car, the pictures from its time at TRF (it has not changed at all) are located in this directory:  https://www.the-roadster-factory.com/Images/POTW/Fornwalt-Fibreglass/
>>  
>> For info purposes:
>> --Mr. Fornwalt (I know some of you knew him well) was a TR4 vintage racer who wanted an Aston Martin DBR and decided to build his own body to fit a TR4 chassis.
>> --The body buck (male form) was completed, and the molds (female form) have been done for the front end, doors and hood. The rear was not started.
>> --The buck is very high-quality work, done out of wood and plaster, and is formed over a "junk" rolling TR4 frame with engine and transmission. I was told the components were worthless apart from sizing but have not verified that. As the male buck was stored in the TRF warehouse for many years it has some very small, localized "bruises" that will need to be smoothed out with body filler prior to creating the female rear mold.
>> --Mr. Fornwalt's widow had no interest in the project after his untimely death and passed the project on to Charles at TRF.  After Charles' death, Albert was cleaning things up and offered it to interested parties -- and I was (and am) interested.  However, I have to face facts and I'm not going to get to it any time soon -- the TR6 street car, TR6 race car, Italia and my Hathaway Hunter are all ahead of it in line.
>>  
>> If you are interested, please contact me off-list at tr6driver at yahoo.com and we can set up a phone call/face time.  
>>  
>> Thanks,
>>  
>> Jamie Palmer
>> Pittsboro, NC
>>  
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>> 
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From vfracing at aol.com  Mon Sep 13 17:37:19 2021
From: vfracing at aol.com (Philip Gott)
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2021 19:37:19 -0400
Subject: [Fot] Pure Water in the crankcase catch can
In-Reply-To: <33CE1469-4882-45C9-99C8-304CF4966344@aol.com>
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Message-ID: <23CA2EC1-EDFD-43A7-9781-77FE1AAE86F5@aol.com>

Thanks for the private responses.
It is indeed the aluminum plug in the rocker box floor. Some solutions are covered in Kas?s ?Triumphs? book. 
Does anyone have suggestions about how to remove that plug without first removing the cylinder head?
Phil

Sent from my iPhone

> On Sep 12, 2021, at 10:30 PM, Philip Gott via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> ?This weekend at the Glen my engine pumped about 6 oz of pure water ( not the expected oil-water milkshake mixture) into the catch can in a 20 minute session. I had to top up the coolant a similar amount.
> This is unusual due to the purity of the water.  It was clear. 
> I am running Driven XP3 oil. Not running anti freeze, just water wetter.
> What could be the cause? Anyone have similar experience? 
> I?m thinking the aluminum plug in the head in the rocker arm area could be at fault. That could send water almost immediately out the vent in the rocker cover before it mixed with oil in the crankcase. Plausible?
> Will run a cooling system pressure test tomorrow.
> Any advice appreciated.
> Thanks,
> Phil Gott
> 
> Sent from my iPhone



From enquiries at roadandtrack.net.au  Mon Sep 13 22:51:51 2021
From: enquiries at roadandtrack.net.au (Enquiries Road & Track)
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2021 14:51:51 +1000
Subject: [Fot] Hoosier Tire Temperature
In-Reply-To: <E9B1CFCC-1CEE-4732-A247-D11D4E3A0654@wi.rr.com>
References: <E9B1CFCC-1CEE-4732-A247-D11D4E3A0654@wi.rr.com>
Message-ID: <CA+UW8b1vZ4kAtWr70r7sGQ2kkckrOSiAF_2yyeKw3fmTsofGFg@mail.gmail.com>

interesting, but still does not specify the optimum tread temperature

in current model racing with both slicks and semi slicks, there is a wide
range between tyre makers and compounds, with many racers trying several
before settling on something that works for them

very few racers here use Hoosiers

most "old" cars with small engines/limited HP, seem to struggle to getto
the optimum tread temperature, which is often 60-70C.

Sometimes, we have had to decrease tyre width to get the temperature up to
'sensible" values

Terry


On Tue, Sep 14, 2021 at 5:43 AM Allen Washatko via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
wrote:

> FOT
>
> In regards to my question regarding temperature operating range for a
> 225/50 R15 Hoosier Speedster tire, I have the following from Jess
> Speer/Hoosier:
> For my car weighing 2035 lbs, hot tire pressure should be in the 26-28 lbs
> range.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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From rick.parent at att.net  Tue Sep 14 05:52:19 2021
From: rick.parent at att.net (Rick Parent)
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2021 11:52:19 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [Fot] Hoosier Tire Temperature
In-Reply-To: <CA+UW8b1vZ4kAtWr70r7sGQ2kkckrOSiAF_2yyeKw3fmTsofGFg@mail.gmail.com>
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 <CA+UW8b1vZ4kAtWr70r7sGQ2kkckrOSiAF_2yyeKw3fmTsofGFg@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <2090335052.258694.1631620339473@mail.yahoo.com>

No one can tell you what the optimum tire pressure should be because there are just too many variables. I can say the the best pressure for your tires is dictated by taking the temps at 3 spots across the tire coming off track. If they are hotter in the center you have too much pressure, if they are hotter on the inside and outside then you need more pressure. Most tires run hotter on the inside because of camber, caster and or toe settings, if this is the case the center number sis optimal between the inner and outer number. Don't be surprised if all 4 tires are different and they will vary between tracks as well.
Happy tuning!
Rick Parent
"Doing the right thing is always the right thing, regardless of consequences"
 

    On Tuesday, September 14, 2021, 12:48:57 AM EDT, Enquiries Road & Track via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:  
 
 interesting, but still does not specify the optimum tread temperature
in current model racing with both slicks and semi slicks, there is a wide range between tyre makers and compounds, with many racers trying several before settling on something that works for them
very few racers here use Hoosiers
most "old" cars with small engines/limited HP, seem to struggle to getto the optimum tread temperature, which?is often 60-70C.
Sometimes, we have had to decrease tyre width to get the temperature up to 'sensible" values
Terry


On Tue, Sep 14, 2021 at 5:43 AM Allen Washatko via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:

FOT

In regards to my question regarding temperature operating range for a 225/50 R15 Hoosier Speedster tire, I have the following from Jess Speer/Hoosier:
For my car weighing 2035 lbs, hot tire pressure should be in the 26-28 lbs range. 

Sent from my iPhone
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From tr4racing at googlemail.com  Tue Sep 14 06:16:13 2021
From: tr4racing at googlemail.com (tr4racing at googlemail.com)
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2021 14:16:13 +0200
Subject: [Fot] Hoosier Tire Temperature
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I woudn?t care too much about tempertures and such stuff.

I set up the pressure for best laptime, regardless what the manufacturer sais.

 

Better to have too much pressure, than too low.

 

Cheers

Chris

 

Von: Fot <fot-bounces at autox.team.net> Im Auftrag von dustin nicholson via Fot
Gesendet: Montag, 13. September 2021 23:58
An: FOT <fot at autox.team.net>; Allen Washatko <awashatko at wi.rr.com>
Betreff: Re: [Fot] Hoosier Tire Temperature

 

Thank you Allen!  This weekend at Eagles Canyon was my first race in a TR3.  I've got the same tires and had the same question.  I guessed at 28 lbs. cold and was happy with the handling, I'll go down a few pounds next time based on this advice.

 

Appreciate it,

 

Dusty Nicholson

1957 EP TR3 #43



 

On Monday, September 13, 2021, 02:43:28 PM CDT, Allen Washatko via Fot <fot at autox.team.net <mailto:fot at autox.team.net> > wrote: 

 

 

FOT

 

In regards to my question regarding temperature operating range for a 225/50 R15 Hoosier Speedster tire, I have the following from Jess Speer/Hoosier:

For my car weighing 2035 lbs, hot tire pressure should be in the 26-28 lbs range. 

 

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From ponobill at gmail.com  Tue Sep 14 07:23:26 2021
From: ponobill at gmail.com (Ponostyle)
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2021 06:23:26 -0700
Subject: [Fot] Hoosier Tire Temperature
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References: <E9B1CFCC-1CEE-4732-A247-D11D4E3A0654@wi.rr.com>
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If you get serious about making your car handle optimally for whatever the suspension is capable of delivering, tire temperatures are one of the inputs you need to consider. The information available in temperature readings gets swamped if you have too much toe in, bump steering or camber gain because all of these will heat different areas of the tire in random ways. If you have those factors under some kind of control then tire temperature can be used to set both pressure and optimize camber for a given tire. If you do a lap with your tire pressure intentionally set low you can use the temperature of the inside and outside edges to set your camber. The temperatures need to be read as soon as you stop and are best taken after a long sweeper, or even better on a skid pad. You skid pad can be any paved surface with enough space to run in a circle at reasonably high speed where you won?t get arrested for such shenanigans. Equalize the temperatures with camber adjustment.

Then hit the track or skid pad again and get a new set of readings. If inside and outside remain close but the center is hotter, reduce pressure, if it?s colder, increase pressure. test again. You?ll never get it completely even across the tire, but if you?re reasonably close, then the entire tire is providing traction. What that pressure is, is a function of the weight of your car, the width of the tire, and it?s construction. 

When I was switching back and forth between bias ply tires and radials to run with different organizations, getting the camber and pressure right made a huge difference. On Hoosier Speedsters Peyote did best at 22-23 pounds. The difference could be as much as 2 seconds a lap at tracks like PIR. 

Bill Babcock
Beach Bum
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https://www.Ponostyle.com

> On Sep 14, 2021, at 5:16 AM, Chris Marx via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> I woudn?t care too much about tempertures and such stuff.
> I set up the pressure for best laptime, regardless what the manufacturer sais.
>  
> Better to have too much pressure, than too low.
>  
> Cheers
> Chris
>  
> Von: Fot <fot-bounces at autox.team.net <mailto:fot-bounces at autox.team.net>> Im Auftrag von dustin nicholson via Fot
> Gesendet: Montag, 13. September 2021 23:58
> An: FOT <fot at autox.team.net <mailto:fot at autox.team.net>>; Allen Washatko <awashatko at wi.rr.com <mailto:awashatko at wi.rr.com>>
> Betreff: Re: [Fot] Hoosier Tire Temperature
>  
> Thank you Allen!  This weekend at Eagles Canyon was my first race in a TR3.  I've got the same tires and had the same question.  I guessed at 28 lbs. cold and was happy with the handling, I'll go down a few pounds next time based on this advice.
>  
> Appreciate it,
>  
> Dusty Nicholson
> 1957 EP TR3 #43
> <image001.png>
> 
>  
> On Monday, September 13, 2021, 02:43:28 PM CDT, Allen Washatko via Fot <fot at autox.team.net <mailto:fot at autox.team.net>> wrote: 
>  
>  
> FOT
>  
> In regards to my question regarding temperature operating range for a 225/50 R15 Hoosier Speedster tire, I have the following from Jess Speer/Hoosier:
> For my car weighing 2035 lbs, hot tire pressure should be in the 26-28 lbs range. 
>  
> Sent from my iPhone
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From fubog1 at aol.com  Tue Sep 14 07:33:21 2021
From: fubog1 at aol.com (fubog1)
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2021 13:33:21 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [Fot] Pure Water in the crankcase catch can
In-Reply-To: <23CA2EC1-EDFD-43A7-9781-77FE1AAE86F5@aol.com>
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 It can be done but it'll be a #itch to get the plug out with the head still on the engine, it's best/easiest to drill/machine it out on the bench.If it's leaking in the middle it's likely rotten and has to be replaced.If it's leaking around the edge, peen the edge of the plug, it's soft, and dump a small jar of the original Bars leak* in it & it'll likely be fine until next overhaul.Glen Efinger* it saved the USS Nautilus & also works well in TR racecars...
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Philip Gott via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
To: Friends Of Triumph <fot at autox.team.net>
Sent: Mon, Sep 13, 2021 7:37 pm
Subject: Re: [Fot] Pure Water in the crankcase catch can

Thanks for the private responses.
It is indeed the aluminum plug in the rocker box floor. Some solutions are covered in Kas?s ?Triumphs? book. 
Does anyone have suggestions about how to remove that plug without first removing the cylinder head?
Phil

Sent from my iPhone

> On Sep 12, 2021, at 10:30 PM, Philip Gott via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> ?This weekend at the Glen my engine pumped about 6 oz of pure water ( not the expected oil-water milkshake mixture) into the catch can in a 20 minute session. I had to top up the coolant a similar amount.
> This is unusual due to the purity of the water.? It was clear. 
> I am running Driven XP3 oil. Not running anti freeze, just water wetter.
> What could be the cause? Anyone have similar experience? 
> I?m thinking the aluminum plug in the head in the rocker arm area could be at fault. That could send water almost immediately out the vent in the rocker cover before it mixed with oil in the crankcase. Plausible?
> Will run a cooling system pressure test tomorrow.
> Any advice appreciated.
> Thanks,
> Phil Gott
> 
> Sent from my iPhone

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From rjl6n at cstone.net  Tue Sep 14 09:16:57 2021
From: rjl6n at cstone.net (R. John Lye)
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2021 11:16:57 -0400
Subject: [Fot] Speedo cable
Message-ID: <1631632617.v27bmv7bc4s40ww8@webmail.lumos.net>

Hi all,

This is somewhat of an odd request, but I hope that the collective wisdom here
might point me in the right direction.

I am in need of a short speedometer cable with ends to match those of a TR-3A.
I currently have a cable for an O/D transmission, but would really like to find
one that is about three and a half or four feet long.

Would anyone have any good ideas about where to start looking for something
like that?  Does anyone custom make speedo cables any more?
?

--
Thanks,
John

rjl6n at cstone.net


From vfracing at aol.com  Tue Sep 14 09:36:56 2021
From: vfracing at aol.com (Philip Gott)
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2021 11:36:56 -0400
Subject: [Fot] Speedo cable
In-Reply-To: <1631632617.v27bmv7bc4s40ww8@webmail.lumos.net>
References: <1631632617.v27bmv7bc4s40ww8@webmail.lumos.net>
Message-ID: <80034303-7D38-428B-AE11-284F1F72B21F@aol.com>

Try Bob?s Speedometer Service in Howell, Mi. 

https://www.bobsspeedometer.com/

Phil Gott

Sent from my iPhone

> On Sep 14, 2021, at 11:17 AM, R. John Lye via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> ?Hi all,
> 
> This is somewhat of an odd request, but I hope that the collective wisdom here
> might point me in the right direction.
> 
> I am in need of a short speedometer cable with ends to match those of a TR-3A.
> I currently have a cable for an O/D transmission, but would really like to find
> one that is about three and a half or four feet long.
> 
> Would anyone have any good ideas about where to start looking for something
> like that?  Does anyone custom make speedo cables any more?
>  
> 
> --
> Thanks,
> John
> 
> rjl6n at cstone.net
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From rjl6n at cstone.net  Tue Sep 14 09:46:03 2021
From: rjl6n at cstone.net (R. John Lye)
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2021 11:46:03 -0400
Subject: [Fot] Speedo cable
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References: <1631632617.v27bmv7bc4s40ww8@webmail.lumos.net>
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Message-ID: <1631634363.3xry6ztqrooc8oc0@webmail.lumos.net>


	


Great, thanks Phil!

John
?



On Tue, 14 Sep 2021 11:36:56 -0400, Philip Gott <vfracing at aol.com> wrote:

Try Bob?s Speedometer Service in Howell, Mi.?
?

https://www.bobsspeedometer.com/

?

Phil Gott

?
Sent from my iPhone

?
On Sep 14, 2021, at 11:17 AM, R. John Lye via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
?



?Hi all,

This is somewhat of an odd request, but I hope that the collective wisdom here
might point me in the right direction.

I am in need of a short speedometer cable with ends to match those of a TR-3A.
I currently have a cable for an O/D transmission, but would really like to find
one that is about three and a half or four feet long.

Would anyone have any good ideas about where to start looking for something
like that? ?Does anyone custom make speedo cables any more?
?

--
Thanks,
John

rjl6n at cstone.net
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From quikrx at yahoo.com  Tue Sep 14 09:46:06 2021
From: quikrx at yahoo.com (ralph hansen)
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2021 15:46:06 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [Fot] Transportation
References: <1549859012.354668.1631634366352.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <1549859012.354668.1631634366352@mail.yahoo.com>

hello all,?
I have a friend looking to transport an Isuzu VehiCross from Corpus Christie TX to Antioch IL. Don't know much but apparently its been partially stripped and remains a body shell on wheels that can roll. Any transport companies you would recommend?
Thanks in advance,Ralph
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From jhasty at mhc-law.com  Tue Sep 14 10:05:04 2021
From: jhasty at mhc-law.com (John H. Hasty)
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2021 16:05:04 +0000
Subject: [Fot] Speedo cable
In-Reply-To: <1631632617.v27bmv7bc4s40ww8@webmail.lumos.net>
References: <1631632617.v27bmv7bc4s40ww8@webmail.lumos.net>
Message-ID: <5998B8A7-44D2-4597-9278-88F2101ED8B8@mhc-law.com>

Stewart Warner dealers used to make one any way you wanted

Sent from my iPhone

> On Sep 14, 2021, at 11:17 AM, R. John Lye via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> ?Hi all,
> 
> This is somewhat of an odd request, but I hope that the collective wisdom here
> might point me in the right direction.
> 
> I am in need of a short speedometer cable with ends to match those of a TR-3A.
> I currently have a cable for an O/D transmission, but would really like to find
> one that is about three and a half or four feet long.
> 
> Would anyone have any good ideas about where to start looking for something
> like that?  Does anyone custom make speedo cables any more?
>  
> 
> --
> Thanks,
> John
> 
> rjl6n at cstone.net
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> 
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From alfetta95 at optonline.net  Tue Sep 14 10:22:31 2021
From: alfetta95 at optonline.net (Redmond)
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2021 12:22:31 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [Fot] Coatesville Grand Prix
Message-ID: <564283647.203439.1631636551156@mymail.optimum.net>

If anyone is going to Coatesville this weekend, please stop by and say hello.  I'll be running the TR3.

Todd


https://coatesvillegrandprix.com/
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From chip at theukmotorsports.com  Tue Sep 14 10:44:22 2021
From: chip at theukmotorsports.com (Chip Collingwood)
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2021 12:44:22 -0400
Subject: [Fot] Speedo cable
In-Reply-To: <5998B8A7-44D2-4597-9278-88F2101ED8B8@mhc-law.com>
References: <1631632617.v27bmv7bc4s40ww8@webmail.lumos.net>
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Message-ID: <CABEZ9eFfgHbiKS7+dNjFJS06gFYjF34VS5dj=TQhMzNZxhOvBw@mail.gmail.com>

Morris Mintz @ West Valley Instruments

Chip

On Tue, Sep 14, 2021, 12:08 PM John H. Hasty via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
wrote:

> Stewart Warner dealers used to make one any way you wanted
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Sep 14, 2021, at 11:17 AM, R. John Lye via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
> wrote:
> >
> > ?Hi all,
> >
> > This is somewhat of an odd request, but I hope that the collective
> wisdom here
> > might point me in the right direction.
> >
> > I am in need of a short speedometer cable with ends to match those of a
> TR-3A.
> > I currently have a cable for an O/D transmission, but would really like
> to find
> > one that is about three and a half or four feet long.
> >
> > Would anyone have any good ideas about where to start looking for
> something
> > like that?  Does anyone custom make speedo cables any more?
> >
> >
> > --
> > Thanks,
> > John
> >
> > rjl6n at cstone.net
> > _______________________________________________
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> >
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From rjl6n at cstone.net  Tue Sep 14 10:59:31 2021
From: rjl6n at cstone.net (R. John Lye)
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2021 12:59:31 -0400
Subject: [Fot] Speedo cable
In-Reply-To: <5998B8A7-44D2-4597-9278-88F2101ED8B8@mhc-law.com>
References: <1631632617.v27bmv7bc4s40ww8@webmail.lumos.net>
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Message-ID: <1631638771.v0c71n1d3eo84c8c@webmail.lumos.net>

Good to know, thanks.  I didn't know that they did "British"

John
?





On Tue, 14 Sep 2021 16:05:04 +0000, "John H. Hasty" <jhasty at mhc-law.com> wrote:

Stewart Warner dealers used to make one any way you wanted

Sent from my iPhone

> On Sep 14, 2021, at 11:17 AM, R. John Lye via Fot wrote:
>
> ?Hi all,
>
> This is somewhat of an odd request, but I hope that the collective wisdom here
> might point me in the right direction.
>
> I am in need of a short speedometer cable with ends to match those of a TR-3A.
> I currently have a cable for an O/D transmission, but would really like to find
> one that is about three and a half or four feet long.
>
> Would anyone have any good ideas about where to start looking for something
> like that? Does anyone custom make speedo cables any more?
>
>
> --
> Thanks,
> John
>
> rjl6n at cstone.net
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From rjl6n at cstone.net  Tue Sep 14 11:00:25 2021
From: rjl6n at cstone.net (R. John Lye)
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2021 13:00:25 -0400
Subject: [Fot] Speedo cable
In-Reply-To: <CABEZ9eFfgHbiKS7+dNjFJS06gFYjF34VS5dj=TQhMzNZxhOvBw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <1631632617.v27bmv7bc4s40ww8@webmail.lumos.net>
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 <CABEZ9eFfgHbiKS7+dNjFJS06gFYjF34VS5dj=TQhMzNZxhOvBw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <1631638825.gc8mp200yso004ss@webmail.lumos.net>


	


Great, thanks Chip!

John
?



On Tue, 14 Sep 2021 12:44:22 -0400, Chip Collingwood <chip at theukmotorsports.com> wrote:
?
Morris Mintz @ West Valley Instruments
?

Chip

?


On Tue, Sep 14, 2021, 12:08 PM John H. Hasty via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:

Stewart Warner dealers used to make one any way you wanted

Sent from my iPhone

> On Sep 14, 2021, at 11:17 AM, R. John Lye via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
>
> ?Hi all,
>
> This is somewhat of an odd request, but I hope that the collective wisdom here
> might point me in the right direction.
>
> I am in need of a short speedometer cable with ends to match those of a TR-3A.
> I currently have a cable for an O/D transmission, but would really like to find
> one that is about three and a half or four feet long.
>
> Would anyone have any good ideas about where to start looking for something
> like that?? Does anyone custom make speedo cables any more?
>?
>
> --
> Thanks,
> John
>
> rjl6n at cstone.net
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From hankgiffin at cox.net  Tue Sep 14 11:33:17 2021
From: hankgiffin at cox.net (hankgiffin)
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2021 13:33:17 -0400
Subject: [Fot] Transportation
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Try USHIP.? it's a reverse auction where u enter the details and shipping companies bid against each other.? In a day or two the bidding gets down to a few dollars, and u can look at reviews and choose.??? ? ?I have used this several times with good results from TX and FL to VA.? Did a MotoGuzzi from Midwest to VA as well.? ? Be aware they all charge an additional service charge (maybe $25).Sent via the Samsung Galaxy Note20 Ultra 5G, an AT&T 5G smartphone
-------- Original message --------From: ralph hansen via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> Date: 9/14/21  12:13  (GMT-05:00) To: FOT Triumph <fot at autox.team.net> Subject: [Fot] Transportation hello all,?I have a friend looking to transport an Isuzu VehiCross from Corpus Christie TX to Antioch IL. Don't know much but apparently its been partially stripped and remains a body shell on wheels that can roll. Any transport companies you would recommend?Thanks in advance,Ralph
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From fintouch at ptd.net  Tue Sep 14 17:35:01 2021
From: fintouch at ptd.net (finishing Touch)
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2021 19:35:01 -0400
Subject: [Fot] Tire Pyrometer
Message-ID: <9cb746a4-e63b-8d28-7c16-8301395ce037@ptd.net>

I've decided to get a tire pyrometer and would appreciate any 
recommendations for a mid priced unit, or even better if anyone has or 
knows of a good used one for sale.

Thanks,
Mike Kurtz
#51 Yellow TR6


From jaboruch at yahoo.com  Tue Sep 14 18:37:51 2021
From: jaboruch at yahoo.com (Joe Boruch)
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2021 00:37:51 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [Fot] Tire Pyrometer
In-Reply-To: <9cb746a4-e63b-8d28-7c16-8301395ce037@ptd.net>
References: <9cb746a4-e63b-8d28-7c16-8301395ce037@ptd.net>
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 I have had the Longacre temperature compensated digital pressure gauge for about 10 years.? You can quickly store pressures and temps, but it is now over $400, so it's hardly mid=priced.? JoeB
    On Tuesday, September 14, 2021, 07:39:56 PM EDT, finishing Touch via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:  
 
 I've decided to get a tire pyrometer and would appreciate any 
recommendations for a mid priced unit, or even better if anyone has or 
knows of a good used one for sale.

Thanks,
Mike Kurtz
#51 Yellow TR6
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From rick.parent at att.net  Wed Sep 15 07:16:38 2021
From: rick.parent at att.net (Rick Parent)
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2021 13:16:38 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [Fot] Tire Pyrometer
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https://www.harborfreight.com/201-infrared-laser-thermometer-with-color-alarms-64847.html?_br_psugg_q=temperature+gun

Rick Parent
"Doing the right thing is always the right thing, regardless of consequences"
 

    On Tuesday, September 14, 2021, 08:38:33 PM EDT, Joe Boruch via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:  
 
  I have had the Longacre temperature compensated digital pressure gauge for about 10 years.? You can quickly store pressures and temps, but it is now over $400, so it's hardly mid=priced.? JoeB
    On Tuesday, September 14, 2021, 07:39:56 PM EDT, finishing Touch via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:  
 
 I've decided to get a tire pyrometer and would appreciate any 
recommendations for a mid priced unit, or even better if anyone has or 
knows of a good used one for sale.

Thanks,
Mike Kurtz
#51 Yellow TR6
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From fubog1 at aol.com  Wed Sep 15 07:29:02 2021
From: fubog1 at aol.com (fubog1)
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2021 13:29:02 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [Fot] Tire Pyrometer
In-Reply-To: <798433070.717601.1631711798333@mail.yahoo.com>
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 <798433070.717601.1631711798333@mail.yahoo.com>
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 Another point re tire temps, it's best to "stick" w/a probe vs surface temp pyrometer, it's a better indicator of true temp, but a surface scan will still give the delta.
Glen Efinger
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Parent via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
To: 'Friends of Triumph' Triumph <fot at autox.team.net>; finishing Touch <fintouch at ptd.net>; Joe Boruch <jaboruch at yahoo.com>
Sent: Wed, Sep 15, 2021 9:16 am
Subject: Re: [Fot] Tire Pyrometer

https://www.harborfreight.com/201-infrared-laser-thermometer-with-color-alarms-64847.html?_br_psugg_q=temperature+gun

Rick Parent
"Doing the right thing is always the right thing, regardless of consequences"
 

    On Tuesday, September 14, 2021, 08:38:33 PM EDT, Joe Boruch via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:  
 
  I have had the Longacre temperature compensated digital pressure gauge for about 10 years.? You can quickly store pressures and temps, but it is now over $400, so it's hardly mid=priced.? JoeB
    On Tuesday, September 14, 2021, 07:39:56 PM EDT, finishing Touch via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:  
 
 I've decided to get a tire pyrometer and would appreciate any 
recommendations for a mid priced unit, or even better if anyone has or 
knows of a good used one for sale.

Thanks,
Mike Kurtz
#51 Yellow TR6
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From vfracing at aol.com  Wed Sep 15 10:32:03 2021
From: vfracing at aol.com (Philip Gott)
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2021 12:32:03 -0400
Subject: [Fot] Pure Water in the crankcase catch can
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Got it!
Yes, it was a challenge, but the Ken Knight solution worked well. 
1) ensure no filings can reach other parts of the engine
2) drill out the center of the plug big enough to fit a hack saw blade into it.
3) cut the plug into thirds, more or less, like a pizza. Cut to the cast iron threads, but not into them.
4) use a flat punch to knock one of the sections out.
5) fold the other two sections together with the punch. At this point it should either screw out or can be removed with a pair of pliers.
6) use heavy grease on a screw driver to get the aluminum pieces and filings out of the cooling system.
Thanks everyone, especially Ken, for your suggestions!
Phil Gott

Sent from my iPhone

> On Sep 14, 2021, at 9:37 AM, fubog1 via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> ?
> It can be done but it'll be a #itch to get the plug out with the head still on the engine, it's best/easiest to drill/machine it out on the bench.
> If it's leaking in the middle it's likely rotten and has to be replaced.
> If it's leaking around the edge, peen the edge of the plug, it's soft, and dump a small jar of the original Bars leak* in it & it'll likely be fine until next overhaul.
> Glen Efinger
> * it saved the USS Nautilus & also works well in TR racecars...
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Philip Gott via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
> To: Friends Of Triumph <fot at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Mon, Sep 13, 2021 7:37 pm
> Subject: Re: [Fot] Pure Water in the crankcase catch can
> 
> Thanks for the private responses.
> It is indeed the aluminum plug in the rocker box floor. Some solutions are covered in Kas?s ?Triumphs? book. 
> Does anyone have suggestions about how to remove that plug without first removing the cylinder head?
> Phil
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> > On Sep 12, 2021, at 10:30 PM, Philip Gott via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
> > 
> > ?This weekend at the Glen my engine pumped about 6 oz of pure water ( not the expected oil-water milkshake mixture) into the catch can in a 20 minute session. I had to top up the coolant a similar amount.
> > This is unusual due to the purity of the water.  It was clear. 
> > I am running Driven XP3 oil. Not running anti freeze, just water wetter.
> > What could be the cause? Anyone have similar experience? 
> > I?m thinking the aluminum plug in the head in the rocker arm area could be at fault. That could send water almost immediately out the vent in the rocker cover before it mixed with oil in the crankcase. Plausible?
> > Will run a cooling system pressure test tomorrow.
> > Any advice appreciated.
> > Thanks,
> > Phil Gott
> > 
> > Sent from my iPhone
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From robertlangtr6 at yahoo.com  Wed Sep 15 14:27:50 2021
From: robertlangtr6 at yahoo.com (Robert Lang)
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2021 20:27:50 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [Fot] Tire Pyrometer
In-Reply-To: <9cb746a4-e63b-8d28-7c16-8301395ce037@ptd.net>
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 Hi,
Mike - I've been using a cheap unit from Longacre since forever... probably 20 years. I paid less than $75 for it at the time. It's got no memory function - it does tires or brakes (different temp ranges) by touching the pointy probe to the surface that you're testing.
Turns out the meter is super helpful for lots of household chores, so it gets used year-round at our house. I used to use it to check the flue temps on the woodstove but it's also been used to find air leaks related to frozen pipes. SO - super useful.
Allen - Regarding actual tire temps for Hoosier - I have yet to find a setup the results in completely even tire temps across the face of the tire. I used to try changes on skid pads when our local SCCA Solo folks ran T&T's - no dice. That said, I have found over the years that the Hoosiers (both radials and bias-ply) are sensitive to operating PRESSURE much more than tire temps. In solo, we found that increments of .5 pounds mattered. But that's mostly due to how fast the tires need to heat up and kool down. A pound or so in vintage road racing seems to be good enough. That said, the best handling for me in my TR6 with TDR's is around 28 PSI hot. I adjust the cold temps based on pressure gain based on ambient temps and my first practice session at any track. I've been told by the guys at KTR that my hot pressures are probably too high, but I dropped them a lot and all I got was more tire rollover and not faster laps. But that's me and my car. Yours may be different.
Regards,Bob Lang

    On Tuesday, September 14, 2021, 07:39:34 PM EDT, finishing Touch via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:  
 
 I've decided to get a tire pyrometer and would appreciate any 
recommendations for a mid priced unit, or even better if anyone has or 
knows of a good used one for sale.

Thanks,
Mike Kurtz
#51 Yellow TR6
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From robertlangtr6 at yahoo.com  Wed Sep 15 14:33:33 2021
From: robertlangtr6 at yahoo.com (Robert Lang)
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2021 20:33:33 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [Fot] Tire Temp Gauge
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Additional data point:? 1997 racing dollars are worth about 1/2 of 2021 racing dollars, so figure $150 for a probe tire temp gauge.
Yours in inflation (pun intended)Bob Lang
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From toodamnfunky at comcast.net  Thu Sep 16 11:39:24 2021
From: toodamnfunky at comcast.net (Jim Gray)
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2021 11:39:24 -0600
Subject: [Fot] Tire Temp Gauge
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I use the longacre temp probe and their 60lb pressure gauge. This may have already been covered but I?ll just say it.

A cheap pressure gauge that reads beyond 60 lbs can have a + or ? of 5lbs which as you know by now is huge.

I also send that gauge back to longacre every two seasons for calibration. With a gauge that only reads to 60 you can pressurize fairly accurately to 1/2PSI. I use the hoosier SM7?s in Colorado and they are sensitive to pressure and tire temp.

After several years of using them I have a pretty good feel how to get them in the window for a good quali lap.

Get a good pressure gauge.

jim g

 

From: Fot <fot-bounces at autox.team.net> On Behalf Of Robert Lang via Fot
Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2021 2:34 PM
To: FOT Triumph <fot at autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Fot] Tire Temp Gauge

 

Additional data point:  1997 racing dollars are worth about 1/2 of 2021 racing dollars, so figure $150 for a probe tire temp gauge.

 

Yours in inflation (pun intended)

Bob Lang

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From sjanzen at me.com  Thu Sep 16 14:38:15 2021
From: sjanzen at me.com (Scott Janzen)
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2021 16:38:15 -0400
Subject: [Fot] Aluminum Radiator Fabricator needed
Message-ID: <9B245E30-C751-4096-9C13-3DFFE62D1470@me.com>

I need to get an aluminum radiator made for my GT6.  I have a crossflow set-up, and the outfit that made the one I have went out of business.  Anyone have any suggestions?  I have an old one I can send for someone to copy.
Don?t want to re-invent the wheel with new connections, mounts, fan etc- just want an exact copy so that it slips right in when I need it.

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From chasgee22 at gmail.com  Thu Sep 16 15:08:07 2021
From: chasgee22 at gmail.com (chasgee22 at gmail.com)
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2021 14:08:07 -0700
Subject: [Fot] Aluminum Radiator Fabricator needed
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Hi Scott,

These guys have built a couple of them for me:  https://cgj.com/?s=Triumph+

They used to be called Bryce Thomas Radiator.  Although they have a catalog of Triumph radiators, I?ve always sent them what I have and they replicated it.  They?ve been good to me, fast, and high quality.

Thanks,

Chuck

> On Sep 16, 2021, at 1:38 PM, Scott Janzen via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> ?I need to get an aluminum radiator made for my GT6.  I have a crossflow set-up, and the outfit that made the one I have went out of business.  Anyone have any suggestions?  I have an old one I can send for someone to copy.
> Don?t want to re-invent the wheel with new connections, mounts, fan etc- just want an exact copy so that it slips right in when I need it.
> 
> Thanks,
> Scott
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From sjanzen at me.com  Thu Sep 16 18:24:53 2021
From: sjanzen at me.com (Scott Janzen)
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2021 20:24:53 -0400
Subject: [Fot] Aluminum Radiator Fabricator needed
In-Reply-To: <FC7AF863-E3D1-44AB-8709-CF2F6B3DE626@gmail.com>
References: <9B245E30-C751-4096-9C13-3DFFE62D1470@me.com>
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thanks - Got several Griffen recommendations, this outfit and Wizard Radiator in Buffalo.
I?ll see who is most receptive to doing a match of my current non-stock radiator.

Scott

On Sep 16, 2021, at 5:08 PM, chasgee22 at gmail.com wrote:

Hi Scott,

These guys have built a couple of them for me:  https://cgj.com/?s=Triumph+ <https://cgj.com/?s=Triumph+>

They used to be called Bryce Thomas Radiator.  Although they have a catalog of Triumph radiators, I?ve always sent them what I have and they replicated it.  They?ve been good to me, fast, and high quality.

Thanks,

Chuck

> On Sep 16, 2021, at 1:38 PM, Scott Janzen via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> ?I need to get an aluminum radiator made for my GT6.  I have a crossflow set-up, and the outfit that made the one I have went out of business.  Anyone have any suggestions?  I have an old one I can send for someone to copy.
> Don?t want to re-invent the wheel with new connections, mounts, fan etc- just want an exact copy so that it slips right in when I need it.
> 
> Thanks,
> Scott
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From sjanzen at me.com  Fri Sep 17 11:23:25 2021
From: sjanzen at me.com (Scott Janzen)
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2021 13:23:25 -0400
Subject: [Fot] Throw-out bearings
Message-ID: <D9488992-397B-4DFD-9231-841790AAB859@me.com>

I recently replaced the clutch in my GT6 and put the (probably very old) throwout bearing back in.  While it spins freely, I?m a guy who likes to have spares for everything.  I?m concerned about getting a new/reproduction unit.  Does anyone have good or bad experiences to report with these?  
If  Moss part numbers are any guide, the GT6 shares the part with the TR7 and TR8, but the Tr6, Tr4 and Spitfire each have different units as they all have different part numbers.

Scott
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From jason at multivintage.com  Tue Sep 21 12:40:33 2021
From: jason at multivintage.com (Jason Ostrowski)
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2021 14:40:33 -0400
Subject: [Fot] =?utf-8?q?Kas=2C_Bill=3B_Here=E2=80=99s_the_post_I_promise?=
 =?utf-8?q?d_you!?=
Message-ID: <97E9E5C8-4DB3-4768-A613-B37C6A91152D@multivintage.com>

Over the years 2 of my greatest mentors and fans were Bill Dentinger and Kas Kastner. Those 2 gentlemen always loved my stories on FOT. Always quick to support me with praise or criticism. I think about them often and miss their kind words, jokes and jabs.
Family, work obligations and $ pushed my GT6?s into the corner of the FGR garage for more than a couple years. 
My racing addiction had reached a melting point and it was starting to affect the solid aspects of my being- my marriage, my kids and my business. 
Although I was always at the track as a friend and crew my cars sat dormant for a few seasons.
In conversation with Kas and Bill, these Friendly Ghost faithful gents ?talked me off the ledge? during that period of my lack of seat time. They respected my decision to put family first and enjoy the non-race moments of my life.
They also knew I would return behind the wheel and looked forward to my next racing story.

I had told them both that my next post on FOT had to be about me finishing a race.
Kas always liked how I would pat my car on the dashboard as I crossed the finish line; saying ?The cars like it when you talk to them you know; I always did that too.?
Well my friends- I finished 3 races at Road America this weekend. I gave my yellow car more than a rub on the belly as I took the final checkered flag. A wave of emotion hit my face. Even my raised fist could not hold back the tears.
To Kas and Bill- Here is the post I promised you!
Godspeeds the Triumph faithful to great moments of joy.
You are missed and will always be remembered. 
Never be beaten by equipment!

Jason Ostrowski
Friendly Ghost Racing 
1969 Triumph GT6+ racecars
Sent from my iPhone

From tr4racing at googlemail.com  Tue Sep 21 13:06:25 2021
From: tr4racing at googlemail.com (tr4racing at googlemail.com)
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2021 21:06:25 +0200
Subject: [Fot] 
	=?utf-8?q?Kas=2C_Bill=3B_Here=E2=80=99s_the_post_I_promise?=
	=?utf-8?q?d_you!?=
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Good to have you back.
Kas would have loved it.

Cheers
Chris


-----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht-----
Von: Fot <fot-bounces at autox.team.net> Im Auftrag von Jason Ostrowski via Fot
Gesendet: Dienstag, 21. September 2021 20:41
An: Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
Betreff: [Fot] Kas, Bill; Here?s the post I promised you!

Over the years 2 of my greatest mentors and fans were Bill Dentinger and Kas Kastner. Those 2 gentlemen always loved my stories on FOT. Always quick to support me with praise or criticism. I think about them often and miss their kind words, jokes and jabs.
Family, work obligations and $ pushed my GT6?s into the corner of the FGR garage for more than a couple years. 
My racing addiction had reached a melting point and it was starting to affect the solid aspects of my being- my marriage, my kids and my business. 
Although I was always at the track as a friend and crew my cars sat dormant for a few seasons.
In conversation with Kas and Bill, these Friendly Ghost faithful gents ?talked me off the ledge? during that period of my lack of seat time. They respected my decision to put family first and enjoy the non-race moments of my life.
They also knew I would return behind the wheel and looked forward to my next racing story.

I had told them both that my next post on FOT had to be about me finishing a race.
Kas always liked how I would pat my car on the dashboard as I crossed the finish line; saying ?The cars like it when you talk to them you know; I always did that too.?
Well my friends- I finished 3 races at Road America this weekend. I gave my yellow car more than a rub on the belly as I took the final checkered flag. A wave of emotion hit my face. Even my raised fist could not hold back the tears.
To Kas and Bill- Here is the post I promised you!
Godspeeds the Triumph faithful to great moments of joy.
You are missed and will always be remembered. 
Never be beaten by equipment!

Jason Ostrowski
Friendly Ghost Racing 
1969 Triumph GT6+ racecars
Sent from my iPhone
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From chasgee22 at gmail.com  Tue Sep 21 13:14:36 2021
From: chasgee22 at gmail.com (Chuck Gee)
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2021 12:14:36 -0700
Subject: [Fot] 
 =?utf-8?q?Kas=2C_Bill=3B_Here=E2=80=99s_the_post_I_promise?=
 =?utf-8?q?d_you!?=
In-Reply-To: <97E9E5C8-4DB3-4768-A613-B37C6A91152D@multivintage.com>
References: <97E9E5C8-4DB3-4768-A613-B37C6A91152D@multivintage.com>
Message-ID: <E07A4DDE-A6D9-4FDF-8086-3ACD13716206@gmail.com>

Nicely done Jason!  Great to see your posts again.  Kas always enjoyed your company.

Thanks,

Chuck

> On Sep 21, 2021, at 11:46 AM, Jason Ostrowski via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> ?Over the years 2 of my greatest mentors and fans were Bill Dentinger and Kas Kastner. Those 2 gentlemen always loved my stories on FOT. Always quick to support me with praise or criticism. I think about them often and miss their kind words, jokes and jabs.
> Family, work obligations and $ pushed my GT6?s into the corner of the FGR garage for more than a couple years. 
> My racing addiction had reached a melting point and it was starting to affect the solid aspects of my being- my marriage, my kids and my business. 
> Although I was always at the track as a friend and crew my cars sat dormant for a few seasons.
> In conversation with Kas and Bill, these Friendly Ghost faithful gents ?talked me off the ledge? during that period of my lack of seat time. They respected my decision to put family first and enjoy the non-race moments of my life.
> They also knew I would return behind the wheel and looked forward to my next racing story.
> 
> I had told them both that my next post on FOT had to be about me finishing a race.
> Kas always liked how I would pat my car on the dashboard as I crossed the finish line; saying ?The cars like it when you talk to them you know; I always did that too.?
> Well my friends- I finished 3 races at Road America this weekend. I gave my yellow car more than a rub on the belly as I took the final checkered flag. A wave of emotion hit my face. Even my raised fist could not hold back the tears.
> To Kas and Bill- Here is the post I promised you!
> Godspeeds the Triumph faithful to great moments of joy.
> You are missed and will always be remembered. 
> Never be beaten by equipment!
> 
> Jason Ostrowski
> Friendly Ghost Racing 
> 1969 Triumph GT6+ racecars
> Sent from my iPhone
> _______________________________________________
> fot at autox.team.net
> 
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From jason at multivintage.com  Tue Sep 21 14:22:06 2021
From: jason at multivintage.com (Jason Ostrowski)
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2021 16:22:06 -0400
Subject: [Fot] 
 =?utf-8?q?Kas=2C_Bill=3B_Here=E2=80=99s_the_post_I_promise?=
 =?utf-8?q?d_you!?=
In-Reply-To: <E07A4DDE-A6D9-4FDF-8086-3ACD13716206@gmail.com>
References: <E07A4DDE-A6D9-4FDF-8086-3ACD13716206@gmail.com>
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> On Sep 21, 2021, at 3:14 PM, Chuck Gee <chasgee22 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> ?Nicely done Jason!  Great to see your posts again.  Kas always enjoyed your company.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Chuck
> 
>> On Sep 21, 2021, at 11:46 AM, Jason Ostrowski via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
>> 
>> ?Over the years 2 of my greatest mentors and fans were Bill Dentinger and Kas Kastner. Those 2 gentlemen always loved my stories on FOT. Always quick to support me with praise or criticism. I think about them often and miss their kind words, jokes and jabs.
>> Family, work obligations and $ pushed my GT6?s into the corner of the FGR garage for more than a couple years. 
>> My racing addiction had reached a melting point and it was starting to affect the solid aspects of my being- my marriage, my kids and my business. 
>> Although I was always at the track as a friend and crew my cars sat dormant for a few seasons.
>> In conversation with Kas and Bill, these Friendly Ghost faithful gents ?talked me off the ledge? during that period of my lack of seat time. They respected my decision to put family first and enjoy the non-race moments of my life.
>> They also knew I would return behind the wheel and looked forward to my next racing story.
>> 
>> I had told them both that my next post on FOT had to be about me finishing a race.
>> Kas always liked how I would pat my car on the dashboard as I crossed the finish line; saying ?The cars like it when you talk to them you know; I always did that too.?
>> Well my friends- I finished 3 races at Road America this weekend. I gave my yellow car more than a rub on the belly as I took the final checkered flag. A wave of emotion hit my face. Even my raised fist could not hold back the tears.
>> To Kas and Bill- Here is the post I promised you!
>> Godspeeds the Triumph faithful to great moments of joy.
>> You are missed and will always be remembered. 
>> Never be beaten by equipment!
>> 
>> Jason Ostrowski
>> Friendly Ghost Racing 
>> 1969 Triumph GT6+ racecars
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> _______________________________________________
>> fot at autox.team.net
>> 
>> http://www.fot-racing.com
>> 
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>> 
>> 

From walje at sbcglobal.net  Tue Sep 21 16:30:28 2021
From: walje at sbcglobal.net (DENNIS WALJE)
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2021 17:30:28 -0500
Subject: [Fot] COTA
References: <752BC3DB-6921-425D-B0E3-58339FD54076.ref@sbcglobal.net>
Message-ID: <752BC3DB-6921-425D-B0E3-58339FD54076@sbcglobal.net>

Will anyone be going to the SVRA event at COTA in November?

My GT6 is not done so I plan to crew for a friend with a 240Z. 

It would be great to meet some of the FOT members and offer support for the race. 

Dennis Walje
68 GT6

Sent from my iPhone


From fintouch at ptd.net  Tue Sep 21 18:20:48 2021
From: fintouch at ptd.net (Finishing Touch)
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2021 20:20:48 -0400
Subject: [Fot] Good Parts to Watkins Glen
Message-ID: <2e6e7ca2-8c18-0eb0-c0a3-9ae47f91d020@ptd.net>

If anyone is planning on placing any orders with ?Good Parts? in the 
next couple of weeks and will be at the VRG event at Watkins Glen (Oct. 
15-17), I?d be willing to bring your order along to the track and save 
you the shipping costs. If interested, let me know.

Mike Kurtz
Yellow TR6 ? #51



From alfetta95 at optonline.net  Wed Sep 22 05:49:03 2021
From: alfetta95 at optonline.net (Alfetta95)
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2021 07:49:03 -0400
Subject: [Fot] Coatesville Vintage Grand Prix
Message-ID: <05C5F285-3FED-415A-B53D-A64F8DD88BDA@optonline.net>

Here are some pics from this past weekend. Car ran great. It?s nice that my wife had fun too.  Makes going to the next one easier. ? Dave Yeager brought his TR4 also.  I believe he used to be a FoT member. Thank you to Lou Burkhardt for stopping by to say hello. I hope the video works.   







https://share.icloud.com/photos/0P7E-I5huxEsnn-L4AwMnR_Bg#Coatesville

Todd
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From petedolan28 at gmail.com  Wed Sep 22 10:27:32 2021
From: petedolan28 at gmail.com (Peter Dolan)
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2021 10:27:32 -0600
Subject: [Fot] COTA
In-Reply-To: <752BC3DB-6921-425D-B0E3-58339FD54076@sbcglobal.net>
References: <752BC3DB-6921-425D-B0E3-58339FD54076@sbcglobal.net>
Message-ID: <ECECC2F6-EFDE-4014-9E31-3B93E4FFD188@gmail.com>

I?ll be there driving a Shelby Mustang with guys from Cobra Automotive out of CT, no triumph this time though.

Pete Dolan
406-404-0036

Sent from my iPhone

> On Sep 21, 2021, at 4:32 PM, DENNIS WALJE via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> ?Will anyone be going to the SVRA event at COTA in November?
> 
> My GT6 is not done so I plan to crew for a friend with a 240Z. 
> 
> It would be great to meet some of the FOT members and offer support for the race. 
> 
> Dennis Walje
> 68 GT6
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> _______________________________________________
> fot at autox.team.net
> 
> http://www.fot-racing.com
> 
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From dos_gusanos at msn.com  Wed Sep 22 14:29:35 2021
From: dos_gusanos at msn.com (Henry A. Morrison)
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2021 20:29:35 +0000
Subject: [Fot] 
 =?windows-1252?q?Kas=2C_Bill=3B_Here=92s_the_post_I_promis?=
 =?windows-1252?q?ed_you!?=
In-Reply-To: <97E9E5C8-4DB3-4768-A613-B37C6A91152D@multivintage.com>
References: <97E9E5C8-4DB3-4768-A613-B37C6A91152D@multivintage.com>
Message-ID: <SJ0PR04MB7583EF2868BE3DF98466A8EC90A29@SJ0PR04MB7583.namprd04.prod.outlook.com>

Congratulations,  Part of diving on the edge is flirting with divorce court. I do it every day.

Henry Morrison
________________________________
From: Fot <fot-bounces at autox.team.net> on behalf of Jason Ostrowski via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2021 12:40 PM
To: Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
Subject: [Fot] Kas, Bill; Here?s the post I promised you!

Over the years 2 of my greatest mentors and fans were Bill Dentinger and Kas Kastner. Those 2 gentlemen always loved my stories on FOT. Always quick to support me with praise or criticism. I think about them often and miss their kind words, jokes and jabs.
Family, work obligations and $ pushed my GT6?s into the corner of the FGR garage for more than a couple years.
My racing addiction had reached a melting point and it was starting to affect the solid aspects of my being- my marriage, my kids and my business.
Although I was always at the track as a friend and crew my cars sat dormant for a few seasons.
In conversation with Kas and Bill, these Friendly Ghost faithful gents ?talked me off the ledge? during that period of my lack of seat time. They respected my decision to put family first and enjoy the non-race moments of my life.
They also knew I would return behind the wheel and looked forward to my next racing story.

I had told them both that my next post on FOT had to be about me finishing a race.
Kas always liked how I would pat my car on the dashboard as I crossed the finish line; saying ?The cars like it when you talk to them you know; I always did that too.?
Well my friends- I finished 3 races at Road America this weekend. I gave my yellow car more than a rub on the belly as I took the final checkered flag. A wave of emotion hit my face. Even my raised fist could not hold back the tears.
To Kas and Bill- Here is the post I promised you!
Godspeeds the Triumph faithful to great moments of joy.
You are missed and will always be remembered.
Never be beaten by equipment!

Jason Ostrowski
Friendly Ghost Racing
1969 Triumph GT6+ racecars
Sent from my iPhone
_______________________________________________
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http://www.fot-racing.com

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From sjanzen at me.com  Wed Sep 22 15:10:00 2021
From: sjanzen at me.com (Scott Janzen)
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2021 17:10:00 -0400
Subject: [Fot] GT6 race car or basis wanted
Message-ID: <6C98171C-7E66-4ED2-A985-796C71F6E3DA@me.com>

Someone I?ve met this season crewing for another driver is very interested in building up a GT6 for vintage racing.  John is more interested in starting with a roller or mothballed racer and re-building everything than in buying a ?race-ready? car, but would look at both.  Clearly a car that has a decent roll cage would be a huge start in the right direction.  I?ve suggested he is probably better off financially trying to find a finished car, but he?s a very experienced racer and seems good at the mechanical and fabricating aspects.

Anybody have or know of a good candidate?  John?s in Virginia but seems willing to travel pretty far for the right car.
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From clw2000 at msn.com  Wed Sep 22 16:06:06 2021
From: clw2000 at msn.com (Chuck WATSON)
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2021 22:06:06 +0000
Subject: [Fot] GT6 race car or basis wanted
In-Reply-To: <6C98171C-7E66-4ED2-A985-796C71F6E3DA@me.com>
References: <6C98171C-7E66-4ED2-A985-796C71F6E3DA@me.com>
Message-ID: <SN6PR02MB46555D1022FB5ED1522D1128BFA29@SN6PR02MB4655.namprd02.prod.outlook.com>

Scott,

I have a great project available. Send your contact info to me at clw2000 at msn.com and I?ll get info to you by end of week.

Get Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef>
________________________________
From: Fot <fot-bounces at autox.team.net> on behalf of Scott Janzen via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2021 5:10:00 PM
To: 'Friends of Triumph' Triumph <fot at autox.team.net>
Subject: [Fot] GT6 race car or basis wanted

Someone I?ve met this season crewing for another driver is very interested in building up a GT6 for vintage racing.  John is more interested in starting with a roller or mothballed racer and re-building everything than in buying a ?race-ready? car, but would look at both.  Clearly a car that has a decent roll cage would be a huge start in the right direction.  I?ve suggested he is probably better off financially trying to find a finished car, but he?s a very experienced racer and seems good at the mechanical and fabricating aspects.

Anybody have or know of a good candidate?  John?s in Virginia but seems willing to travel pretty far for the right car.
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From curt.johnston at comcast.net  Wed Sep 22 16:24:28 2021
From: curt.johnston at comcast.net (Curt Johnston)
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2021 15:24:28 -0700
Subject: [Fot] COTA
In-Reply-To: <ECECC2F6-EFDE-4014-9E31-3B93E4FFD188@gmail.com>
References: <ECECC2F6-EFDE-4014-9E31-3B93E4FFD188@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <881AA759-43BB-4976-8EFB-BFD6BC3E4B4B@comcast.net>

Dennis,

I?ll be there driving the Huffaker TR7 at COTA.

Sent by Curt Johnston from my iPhone

707-249-1667

> On Sep 22, 2021, at 9:29 AM, Peter Dolan via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> ?I?ll be there driving a Shelby Mustang with guys from Cobra Automotive out of CT, no triumph this time though.
> 
> Pete Dolan
> 406-404-0036
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Sep 21, 2021, at 4:32 PM, DENNIS WALJE via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
>> 
>> ?Will anyone be going to the SVRA event at COTA in November?
>> 
>> My GT6 is not done so I plan to crew for a friend with a 240Z. 
>> 
>> It would be great to meet some of the FOT members and offer support for the race. 
>> 
>> Dennis Walje
>> 68 GT6
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> _______________________________________________
>> fot at autox.team.net
>> 
>> http://www.fot-racing.com
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From keithfiles at btinternet.com  Thu Sep 23 02:59:47 2021
From: keithfiles at btinternet.com (Keith Files)
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2021 09:59:47 +0100
Subject: [Fot] 
 =?utf-8?q?Kas=2C_Bill=3B_Here=E2=80=99s_the_post_I_promise?=
 =?utf-8?q?d_you!?=
In-Reply-To: <97E9E5C8-4DB3-4768-A613-B37C6A91152D@multivintage.com>
References: <97E9E5C8-4DB3-4768-A613-B37C6A91152D@multivintage.com>
Message-ID: <68C9A647-783F-48C4-B09C-07663A7DD5DC@btinternet.com>

A truly lovely post Jason, this is what the FOT is all about.

Kind regards,

Keith

> On 21 Sep 2021, at 19:40, Jason Ostrowski via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> Over the years 2 of my greatest mentors and fans were Bill Dentinger and Kas Kastner. Those 2 gentlemen always loved my stories on FOT. Always quick to support me with praise or criticism. I think about them often and miss their kind words, jokes and jabs.
> Family, work obligations and $ pushed my GT6?s into the corner of the FGR garage for more than a couple years. 
> My racing addiction had reached a melting point and it was starting to affect the solid aspects of my being- my marriage, my kids and my business. 
> Although I was always at the track as a friend and crew my cars sat dormant for a few seasons.
> In conversation with Kas and Bill, these Friendly Ghost faithful gents ?talked me off the ledge? during that period of my lack of seat time. They respected my decision to put family first and enjoy the non-race moments of my life.
> They also knew I would return behind the wheel and looked forward to my next racing story.
> 
> I had told them both that my next post on FOT had to be about me finishing a race.
> Kas always liked how I would pat my car on the dashboard as I crossed the finish line; saying ?The cars like it when you talk to them you know; I always did that too.?
> Well my friends- I finished 3 races at Road America this weekend. I gave my yellow car more than a rub on the belly as I took the final checkered flag. A wave of emotion hit my face. Even my raised fist could not hold back the tears.
> To Kas and Bill- Here is the post I promised you!
> Godspeeds the Triumph faithful to great moments of joy.
> You are missed and will always be remembered. 
> Never be beaten by equipment!
> 
> Jason Ostrowski
> Friendly Ghost Racing 
> 1969 Triumph GT6+ racecars
> Sent from my iPhone
> _______________________________________________
> fot at autox.team.net
> 
> http://www.fot-racing.com
> 
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From enquiries at roadandtrack.net.au  Thu Sep 23 14:48:27 2021
From: enquiries at roadandtrack.net.au (Enquiries Road & Track)
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2021 06:48:27 +1000
Subject: [Fot] Tire Pyrometer
In-Reply-To: <9cb746a4-e63b-8d28-7c16-8301395ce037@ptd.net>
References: <9cb746a4-e63b-8d28-7c16-8301395ce037@ptd.net>
Message-ID: <CA+UW8b2P0Uvcnq7yG4M1fXLMmRSM5yr5gdDyFt6SUB9foWvGhw@mail.gmail.com>

i got mine from the local go-kart parts supplier for about $50 and the kit
included a couple of spare probe pins (which you will bend!)

Terry


On Wed, Sep 15, 2021 at 9:40 AM finishing Touch via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
wrote:

> I've decided to get a tire pyrometer and would appreciate any
> recommendations for a mid priced unit, or even better if anyone has or
> knows of a good used one for sale.
>
> Thanks,
> Mike Kurtz
> #51 Yellow TR6
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From chip at theukmotorsports.com  Thu Sep 23 17:51:38 2021
From: chip at theukmotorsports.com (Chip Collingwood)
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2021 19:51:38 -0400
Subject: [Fot] 
	=?utf-8?q?Kas=2C_Bill=3B_Here=E2=80=99s_the_post_I_promise?=
	=?utf-8?q?d_you!?=
In-Reply-To: <97E9E5C8-4DB3-4768-A613-B37C6A91152D@multivintage.com>
References: <97E9E5C8-4DB3-4768-A613-B37C6A91152D@multivintage.com>
Message-ID: <CABEZ9eGY7_0WihEtvOaN4Z2SCKzo9bd6NFsEjFGRv_RzEZza1w@mail.gmail.com>

????

On Tue, Sep 21, 2021, 2:46 PM Jason Ostrowski via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
wrote:

> Over the years 2 of my greatest mentors and fans were Bill Dentinger and
> Kas Kastner. Those 2 gentlemen always loved my stories on FOT. Always quick
> to support me with praise or criticism. I think about them often and miss
> their kind words, jokes and jabs.
> Family, work obligations and $ pushed my GT6?s into the corner of the FGR
> garage for more than a couple years.
> My racing addiction had reached a melting point and it was starting to
> affect the solid aspects of my being- my marriage, my kids and my business.
> Although I was always at the track as a friend and crew my cars sat
> dormant for a few seasons.
> In conversation with Kas and Bill, these Friendly Ghost faithful gents
> ?talked me off the ledge? during that period of my lack of seat time. They
> respected my decision to put family first and enjoy the non-race moments of
> my life.
> They also knew I would return behind the wheel and looked forward to my
> next racing story.
>
> I had told them both that my next post on FOT had to be about me finishing
> a race.
> Kas always liked how I would pat my car on the dashboard as I crossed the
> finish line; saying ?The cars like it when you talk to them you know; I
> always did that too.?
> Well my friends- I finished 3 races at Road America this weekend. I gave
> my yellow car more than a rub on the belly as I took the final checkered
> flag. A wave of emotion hit my face. Even my raised fist could not hold
> back the tears.
> To Kas and Bill- Here is the post I promised you!
> Godspeeds the Triumph faithful to great moments of joy.
> You are missed and will always be remembered.
> Never be beaten by equipment!
>
> Jason Ostrowski
> Friendly Ghost Racing
> 1969 Triumph GT6+ racecars
> Sent from my iPhone
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From yellow-green at sbcglobal.net  Fri Sep 24 10:01:53 2021
From: yellow-green at sbcglobal.net (DENNIS DELAP)
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2021 11:01:53 -0500
Subject: [Fot] Fwd: Street-Legal and Track-Ready 1962 Triumph TR4 Special is
 now open for bidding!
References: <F4AA7311-FCAB-476A-90EC-5C7257861885@sbcglobal.net>
Message-ID: <9CBECBF2-24F7-4AC1-A93E-5FDFCA47A2FD@sbcglobal.net>

A M I C I
I?ve got my Special up for auction.
Take a look.
Dennis 

Sent from my iPhone

Begin forwarded message:

> From: DENNIS DELAP <yellow-green at sbcglobal.net>
> Date: September 24, 2021 at 7:37:21 AM CDT
> To: Richard Larson <rdlarsonlaw at gmail.com>
> Subject: Fwd: Street-Legal and Track-Ready 1962 Triumph TR4 Special is now open for bidding!
> 
> ?Any serious offers on the FJ?
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> Begin forwarded message:
> 
>> From: auctions at hemmings.com
>> Date: September 24, 2021 at 7:00:06 AM CDT
>> To: yellow-green at sbcglobal.net
>> Subject: Street-Legal and Track-Ready 1962 Triumph TR4 Special is now open for bidding!
>> 
>> ?
>>  
>> The Pursuit is On!
>> 
>> That auction you?re watching is now accepting bids. Get in here and get that high bid!
>> 
>> Street-Legal and Track-Ready 1962 Triumph TR4 Special
>> 
>>  
>> Bid Now
>> 
>>    
>> 
>> You are receiving this because you opted-in to the Hemmings Auctions email. For more information about this newsletter, email webmaster at hemmings.com or write to: Customer Service, Hemmings Motor News ? 222 Main Street ? Bennington, VT 05201 ? USA. You can update your email preferences here at any time, or unsubscribe yellow-green at sbcglobal.net from all Hemmings newsletters here.
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From chasgee22 at gmail.com  Fri Sep 24 10:26:49 2021
From: chasgee22 at gmail.com (chasgee22 at gmail.com)
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2021 09:26:49 -0700
Subject: [Fot] Fwd: Street-Legal and Track-Ready 1962 Triumph TR4
 Special is now open for bidding!
In-Reply-To: <9CBECBF2-24F7-4AC1-A93E-5FDFCA47A2FD@sbcglobal.net>
References: <9CBECBF2-24F7-4AC1-A93E-5FDFCA47A2FD@sbcglobal.net>
Message-ID: <13573E1B-8B55-4FDC-BF2F-26998816033F@gmail.com>

Very cool.  Good luck Dennis!  

Chuck

> On Sep 24, 2021, at 9:03 AM, DENNIS DELAP via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> ?A M I C I
> I?ve got my Special up for auction.
> Take a look.
> Dennis 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> Begin forwarded message:
> 
>> From: DENNIS DELAP <yellow-green at sbcglobal.net>
>> Date: September 24, 2021 at 7:37:21 AM CDT
>> To: Richard Larson <rdlarsonlaw at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Fwd: Street-Legal and Track-Ready 1962 Triumph TR4 Special is now open for bidding!
>> 
>> ?Any serious offers on the FJ?
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>> Begin forwarded message:
>> 
>>> From: auctions at hemmings.com
>>> Date: September 24, 2021 at 7:00:06 AM CDT
>>> To: yellow-green at sbcglobal.net
>>> Subject: Street-Legal and Track-Ready 1962 Triumph TR4 Special is now open for bidding!
>>> 
>>> ?
>>>  
>>> The Pursuit is On!
>>> 
>>> That auction you?re watching is now accepting bids. Get in here and get that high bid!
>>> 
>>> Street-Legal and Track-Ready 1962 Triumph TR4 Special
>>> 
>>>  
>>> Bid Now
>>> 
>>>    
>>> 
>>> You are receiving this because you opted-in to the Hemmings Auctions email. For more information about this newsletter, email webmaster at hemmings.com or write to: Customer Service, Hemmings Motor News ? 222 Main Street ? Bennington, VT 05201 ? USA. You can update your email preferences here at any time, or unsubscribe yellow-green at sbcglobal.net from all Hemmings newsletters here.
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From joealexandervintage at gmail.com  Mon Sep 27 11:26:18 2021
From: joealexandervintage at gmail.com (Joe Alexander)
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2021 11:26:18 -0600
Subject: [Fot] Various Configurations of Head Lamp Replacements
Message-ID: <CFE2E86C-1D3E-404A-ACAE-473F4F975FAA@gmail.com>

Added recently is the Cold Air Intake.

Available at Pegasus, too.

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4505 Donald Dr
Cedar Falls, IA 50613
The-vintage-racer.com
Gasketinnovations.com
Cell:  319.464.4711


From joealexandervintage at gmail.com  Mon Sep 27 16:49:30 2021
From: joealexandervintage at gmail.com (Joe Alexander)
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2021 16:49:30 -0600
Subject: [Fot] Toni (Kastner) Moran
Message-ID: <99B47536-0A8E-43A8-AD28-7B2993841FB6@gmail.com>

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4505 Donald Dr
Cedar Falls, IA 50613
The-vintage-racer.com
Gasketinnovations.com
Cell:  319.464.4711


From hankgiffin at cox.net  Mon Sep 27 20:27:04 2021
From: hankgiffin at cox.net (Henry Giffin)
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2021 22:27:04 -0400
Subject: [Fot] TR3 wire wheel knockoffs
Message-ID: <015a01d7b410$549a8c50$fdcfa4f0$@cox.net>

There is a lot of expertise on FoT and I have a question I expect the
knowledgeable ones will be able to help.

     On my early (1956) street TR3 (ex-Mike Jackson) I decided to replace
the somewhat rusty wire wheel knockoffs.  I had another set of knockoffs
(and hubs) from another TR3 in better shape, but the threads were more
coarse and didn't fit.  So I thought they might have been from another
British car, and ordered a new set of knockoffs from Moss.  They too were
too coarse.

    Can anyone confirm that the early TR3s had a finer thread on their hubs?


    I would like to keep the car original but may have to swap the hubs to
use the nicer knockoffs, or chrome the fine threaded ones.  Or just live
with the rust!  

    Can anyone confirm the early TR3s had finer knockoff threads or is there
another possible explanation?

     Thx, Hank

     

 

Hank Giffin

757-375-1491

 

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From vfracing at aol.com  Tue Sep 28 06:39:27 2021
From: vfracing at aol.com (Philip Gott)
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2021 08:39:27 -0400
Subject: [Fot] TR3 wire wheel knockoffs
In-Reply-To: <015a01d7b410$549a8c50$fdcfa4f0$@cox.net>
References: <015a01d7b410$549a8c50$fdcfa4f0$@cox.net>
Message-ID: <090DB230-0619-44A2-A07C-F8A834DDB220@aol.com>

Hank;
I could be wrong here, but I have an early TR3 axle with the wire wheel hubs integral to the hub (as opposed to the bolt-on adapters). Those hubs appear to have a finer thread than the later bolt-on adapters. The thread change was concurrent with the switch from integral to bolt-on.
Phil

Sent from my iPhone

> On Sep 27, 2021, at 10:27 PM, Henry Giffin via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> ?
> There is a lot of expertise on FoT and I have a question I expect the knowledgeable ones will be able to help.
>      On my early (1956) street TR3 (ex-Mike Jackson) I decided to replace the somewhat rusty wire wheel knockoffs.  I had another set of knockoffs (and hubs) from another TR3 in better shape, but the threads were more coarse and didn?t fit.  So I thought they might have been from another British car, and ordered a new set of knockoffs from Moss.  They too were too coarse.
>     Can anyone confirm that the early TR3s had a finer thread on their hubs?
>     I would like to keep the car original but may have to swap the hubs to use the nicer knockoffs, or chrome the fine threaded ones.  Or just live with the rust! 
>     Can anyone confirm the early TR3s had finer knockoff threads or is there another possible explanation?
>      Thx, Hank
>     
>  
> Hank Giffin
> 757-375-1491
>  
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From rkramer56 at gmail.com  Wed Sep 29 06:47:13 2021
From: rkramer56 at gmail.com (Bob Kramer)
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2021 07:47:13 -0500
Subject: [Fot] TVR 2500M project car
Message-ID: <CABFvdWsR8_ZXS3zinhEYcgj-FdqXH++vW56ibbhBYzD4sWF6+Q@mail.gmail.com>

Amici,

We took our endurance TR6 to Harris Hill raceway here in Central Texas for
a ChampCar weekend event and while we were having a great time with the car
we were offered a long block TR6 engine that came out of a TVR 2500M that
was on the property.  We met with the owner of the TVR and found out he is
trying to sell it off.  It is a roller, all glass but the TVR was torn down
for a repaint and left in a state where it was sanded but not primed.  It
has the TR6 rear diff with a Quaife, but the engine and trans are not
included. He is asking $4500.00 for the TVR as it sit.

He was giving us the engine that came out of that car. He had an early
intake manifold modified for a turbo on the engine but the turbo was long
gone.  I will need to collect that engine from him but if it is needed to
make his sale deal work for someone in our circle we can make it available.

This is an interesting guy.  He is a former Chysler engineer who changed
gears and went to Med school to become a doctor.  At 70 he is slowing down
but he probably had a bit of fun with cars in his lifetime. He had a couple
of Hayabusa engined sports racers, a Mustang and maybe it was a Celica
racer cars mostly apart in his shop.

Let me know off the list if you have an interest and I will connect you to
him.

BTW, the TR6 was terrific this past weekend. 8 hours Saturday and 7 on
Sunday. We added the Ramin Mirshab throttle body fuel injection prior to
this race and the car was transformed. We have run this car fitted with
dual SU's in ChampCar (ChumpCar), Lemons, and the WRL and we always felt
like we had a good handling car with decent brakes.  With the extra
responsiveness and probably a little more HP, the car became a bit more to
handle. We'll need to work on speeding up our pit stops to get more laps
completed but we still managed 4th in class out of 9 cars, losing to a BMW
325E, a 280ZX and a Boxster both days.

Bob Kramer
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From gblake58tr3 at icloud.com  Wed Sep 29 07:25:24 2021
From: gblake58tr3 at icloud.com (Greg Blake)
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2021 08:25:24 -0500
Subject: [Fot] TVR 2500M project car
In-Reply-To: <CABFvdWsR8_ZXS3zinhEYcgj-FdqXH++vW56ibbhBYzD4sWF6+Q@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CABFvdWsR8_ZXS3zinhEYcgj-FdqXH++vW56ibbhBYzD4sWF6+Q@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <DBC96B81-C4D0-4A9C-8AF7-C900D92529A7@icloud.com>

Bob is underselling it.  I?ve been involved with this car since the first build, participated in numerous race weekends as driver and as crew. The fuel injection swap was a game changer. 

We were at the same track with some of the same drivers back in March of this year prior to the swap. Same track/same driver times saw an average of 4 seconds/lap drop.  

This was an initial tune I put into the computer that was very conservative. We will do some more tuning in the coming months in preparation for next years schedule and will most certainly see better results. 

The other neat thing of having this setup is all the data we can analyze after a session. If interested, contact me and I can tell you all about that part and what you can do with tuner studio and mega log viewer. Really cool stuff. 

Thanks to Bob for providing the car to play with. 

Greg

Sent from my iPhone

> On Sep 29, 2021, at 7:48 AM, Bob Kramer via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> ?
> Amici,
> 
> We took our endurance TR6 to Harris Hill raceway here in Central Texas for a ChampCar weekend event and while we were having a great time with the car we were offered a long block TR6 engine that came out of a TVR 2500M that was on the property.  We met with the owner of the TVR and found out he is trying to sell it off.  It is a roller, all glass but the TVR was torn down for a repaint and left in a state where it was sanded but not primed.  It has the TR6 rear diff with a Quaife, but the engine and trans are not included. He is asking $4500.00 for the TVR as it sit.
> 
> He was giving us the engine that came out of that car. He had an early intake manifold modified for a turbo on the engine but the turbo was long gone.  I will need to collect that engine from him but if it is needed to make his sale deal work for someone in our circle we can make it available. 
> 
> This is an interesting guy.  He is a former Chysler engineer who changed gears and went to Med school to become a doctor.  At 70 he is slowing down but he probably had a bit of fun with cars in his lifetime. He had a couple of Hayabusa engined sports racers, a Mustang and maybe it was a Celica racer cars mostly apart in his shop.
> 
> Let me know off the list if you have an interest and I will connect you to him.
> 
> BTW, the TR6 was terrific this past weekend. 8 hours Saturday and 7 on Sunday. We added the Ramin Mirshab throttle body fuel injection prior to this race and the car was transformed. We have run this car fitted with dual SU's in ChampCar (ChumpCar), Lemons, and the WRL and we always felt like we had a good handling car with decent brakes.  With the extra responsiveness and probably a little more HP, the car became a bit more to handle. We'll need to work on speeding up our pit stops to get more laps completed but we still managed 4th in class out of 9 cars, losing to a BMW 325E, a 280ZX and a Boxster both days. 
> 
> Bob Kramer
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From hankgiffin at cox.net  Wed Sep 29 20:34:16 2021
From: hankgiffin at cox.net (Henry Giffin)
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2021 22:34:16 -0400
Subject: [Fot] TR3 wire wheel knockoffs
In-Reply-To: <090DB230-0619-44A2-A07C-F8A834DDB220@aol.com>
References: <015a01d7b410$549a8c50$fdcfa4f0$@cox.net>
 <090DB230-0619-44A2-A07C-F8A834DDB220@aol.com>
Message-ID: <000c01d7b5a3$ab596c20$020c4460$@cox.net>

Phil, thanks.

   I removed the wheels today and they are bolt on adapters front and back but fine thread.  

     The plot thickens!!

     Hank

 

Hank Giffin

757-375-1491

 

From: Philip Gott <vfracing at aol.com> 
Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2021 8:39 AM
To: Henry Giffin <hankgiffin at cox.net>
Cc: fot at autox.team.net; fot-bounces at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Fot] TR3 wire wheel knockoffs

 

Hank;

I could be wrong here, but I have an early TR3 axle with the wire wheel hubs integral to the hub (as opposed to the bolt-on adapters). Those hubs appear to have a finer thread than the later bolt-on adapters. The thread change was concurrent with the switch from integral to bolt-on.

Phil

Sent from my iPhone





On Sep 27, 2021, at 10:27 PM, Henry Giffin via Fot <fot at autox.team.net <mailto:fot at autox.team.net> > wrote:

?

There is a lot of expertise on FoT and I have a question I expect the knowledgeable ones will be able to help.

     On my early (1956) street TR3 (ex-Mike Jackson) I decided to replace the somewhat rusty wire wheel knockoffs.  I had another set of knockoffs (and hubs) from another TR3 in better shape, but the threads were more coarse and didn?t fit.  So I thought they might have been from another British car, and ordered a new set of knockoffs from Moss.  They too were too coarse.

    Can anyone confirm that the early TR3s had a finer thread on their hubs? 

    I would like to keep the car original but may have to swap the hubs to use the nicer knockoffs, or chrome the fine threaded ones.  Or just live with the rust!  

    Can anyone confirm the early TR3s had finer knockoff threads or is there another possible explanation?

     Thx, Hank

     

 

Hank Giffin

757-375-1491

 

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From spitfire_racing at twcny.rr.com  Thu Sep 30 16:06:10 2021
From: spitfire_racing at twcny.rr.com (Spitfire Racing)
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2021 18:06:10 -0400
Subject: [Fot] Looking for enclosed trailer
Message-ID: <000601d7b647$60cd4ec0$2267ec40$@rr.com>

I have a good friend and fellow racer who is looking to purchase a used
16-18' enclosed trailer with dual axles (7000 lb okay) with a ramp style
drop tailgate.

Hopefully in the Northeast or Mid Atlantic area. So if someone is retiring
from racing  or is looking to go larger or newer this may be an option to
sell your old one.

Please send particulars. He may have an open trailer available if successful
on the enclosed search.

 

Russ Moore  Spitfire #49

 



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From chasgee22 at gmail.com  Thu Sep 30 16:19:39 2021
From: chasgee22 at gmail.com (chasgee22 at gmail.com)
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2021 15:19:39 -0700
Subject: [Fot] Toni (Kastner) Moran
In-Reply-To: <99B47536-0A8E-43A8-AD28-7B2993841FB6@gmail.com>
References: <99B47536-0A8E-43A8-AD28-7B2993841FB6@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <A185EF81-2D9B-4CBC-A68F-3EC72A88E3BD@gmail.com>

We should get her to waive the checkered flag at a cup race sometime!

Chuck

> On Sep 27, 2021, at 3:50 PM, Joe Alexander via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> ?Toni expresses her appreciation for all that the FOT has done to preserve the Kastner Legacy. We spent the afternoon with Toni and Dan. 
> 
> <image0.jpeg>
> 
> 
> Joe Alexander
> 4505 Donald Dr
> Cedar Falls, IA 50613
> The-vintage-racer.com
> Gasketinnovations.com
> Cell:  319.464.4711
> 
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From joealexandervintage at gmail.com  Thu Sep 30 16:21:41 2021
From: joealexandervintage at gmail.com (Joe Alexander)
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2021 16:21:41 -0600
Subject: [Fot] Toni (Kastner) Moran
In-Reply-To: <A185EF81-2D9B-4CBC-A68F-3EC72A88E3BD@gmail.com>
References: <A185EF81-2D9B-4CBC-A68F-3EC72A88E3BD@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <034D8DE2-9FB9-40F7-B35C-183835AC96B9@gmail.com>

That?s a great idea.  Pittsburgh for starters.

Joe Alexander
4505 Donald Dr
Cedar Falls, IA 50613
The-vintage-racer.com
Gasketinnovations.com
Cell:  319.464.4711


> On Sep 30, 2021, at 4:19 PM, chasgee22 at gmail.com wrote:
> 
> ?We should get her to waive the checkered flag at a cup race sometime!
> 
> Chuck
> 
>> On Sep 27, 2021, at 3:50 PM, Joe Alexander via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
>> 
>> ?Toni expresses her appreciation for all that the FOT has done to preserve the Kastner Legacy. We spent the afternoon with Toni and Dan. 
>> 
>> <image0.jpeg>
>> 
>> 
>> Joe Alexander
>> 4505 Donald Dr
>> Cedar Falls, IA 50613
>> The-vintage-racer.com
>> Gasketinnovations.com
>> Cell:  319.464.4711
>> 
>> _______________________________________________
>> fot at autox.team.net
>> 
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