<html><head><base href="x-msg://3562/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">so, while I respect the need proper operating temps, if the failure experienced is not bearing failure, but simply gear teeth breaking off under load, would lower temps help? <div>I run Redline synthetic. </div><div><br><div><div>On Jul 13, 2015, at 2:32 PM, Peter Vucinic wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; "><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Get the oil temp down and use full synthetic.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">I did much testing on my road going TR4 diff. Even a road car, at highway speed cruising, the oil temp is 180-200F.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">With the diff ‘tucked up’ and limited air flow. You are starting with a problem before you start!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(112, 48, 160); ">"You can Make a Small Fortune From Motor Racing. As long as You Started With A Lage Fortune!"<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Kind Regards<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Peter Vucinic<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">TR4 - TR7 V8 - Spitfire MkII<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; 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"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Consolas; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Archive:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.team.net/archive" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://www.team.net/archive</a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Consolas; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Forums:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.team.net/forums" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://www.team.net/forums</a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; 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">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Fot [mailto:fot-bounces@autox.team.net]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Scott Janzen<br><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Tuesday, 14 July 2015 12:20 AM<br><b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Jason Ostrowski<br><b>Cc:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>'Friends of Triumph' Triumph<br><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [Fot] Gt6 differential failure<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 36pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 36pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">thanks, Jason - yes, I was banging through the gears, and there's now a steep 150' +/- DROP at this track, downhill turn, where I was in second gear at 7,000 RPM, first accelerating, then letting it slow me down as I approached the sharp right to the uphill climb. I'm sure that did not do the diff any good.<o:p></o:p></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 36pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 36pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">Somehow the idea of putting a Subaru diff in this car does not feel very "vintage".<o:p></o:p></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 36pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 36pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">Question - has anyone checked the oil temp, and would cooling make a difference? I do run Redline 75-85 gear oil.<o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 36pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 36pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">I will report back and send carnage photos when I get it out.<o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 36pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div><div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 36pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">On Jul 13, 2015, at 10:12 AM, Jason Ostrowski wrote:<o:p></o:p></div></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 36pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div><div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 36pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">I agree that it is consumable.<o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 36pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">A change to something different would seem to lead to a redesign of all the parts that mate to it and that could turn into a whole new set of other related projects.<o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 36pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">Likely a costly and complex endeavor to say the least.<o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 36pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">Knowing you, I assume you are using a quality oil already as Steve recommends.<o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 36pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">I notice you are racing faster lately and seem to be doing great with the car.<o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 36pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 36pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">Begin Public Service announcement to all FoT...<o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 36pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 36pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">That being said, (especially the faster you go) don't forget to remind yourself regularly about how you need to treat the drivetrain.<o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 36pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">Perhaps most importantly on this issue is careful driving with a constant focus to smooth transition between the gears.<o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 36pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">And really important is super smooth take-offs.<o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 36pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">I'm lucky to have John Reed (best GT6 racer of all time) at the track with me most of the time.<o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 36pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">He is never afraid to remind me of this.<o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 36pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">And does so on a regular basis when I'm leaving the grid.<o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 36pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">Even after all these years of coaching he will still often yell at me through my helmet prior to taking off.<o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 36pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">something like....<o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 36pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "> "Ride that F$#&%ng clutch baby!!"<o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 36pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">or "Easy take off".<o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 36pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">Wisdom I'm not afraid to admit I need to be reminded of in a tense moment taking off to hit the track.<o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 36pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">One slip of the foot or abrupt start is all it takes to do damage to the differential.<o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 36pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">I can trace most of my differential failures back to sketchy shift transitions or abrupt starts...<o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 36pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">We all hate to admit that an equipment failure is our own fault but, speaking for myself, I know it often is.<o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 36pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">This was an FoT Public Service Announcement...<o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 36pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">Brought to you by Friendly Ghost Racing.<o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 36pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 36pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">Jason Ostrowski<o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 36pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">Friendly Ghost Racing <o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 36pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">1969 Triumph GT6+ Racecars <o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 36pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "> <o:p></o:p></div></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 36pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 36pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">On Sun, Jul 12, 2015 at 7:01 AM, Scott Janzen <<a href="mailto:sjanzen@me.com" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">sjanzen@me.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">Mine disintegrated in a big way in the last race yesterday at Pitt Race. Last one did the same thing about 3-4 years ago.<br>Should I just consider this a consumable item, or swap to something stronger? What are other vintage racers doing?<br><br>Sent from my mobile device<br>_______________________________________________<br><a href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">fot@autox.team.net</a><br><br><a href="http://www.fot-racing.com/" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://www.fot-racing.com</a><br><br>Donate:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br>Archive:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.team.net/archive" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://www.team.net/archive</a><br>Forums:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.team.net/forums" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://www.team.net/forums</a><br>Unsubscribe/Manage:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/fot/jason@multivintage.com" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/fot/jason@multivintage.com</a><br><br><o:p></o:p></p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 36pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div></div></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 36pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div></div></div></div></div></span></div><br></div></body></html>