<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Amici...<div><br></div><div>Bob Wismer and I ran Hoosier tires at the end, but for over twenty years we ran Dunlop tires, influenced mostly by two factors. One was they wore like concrete (ten events common). Two they looked like they belonged on the cars (presentation). TSK, Tsk, tsk. Priorities?</div><div><br></div><div>Bill Dentinger<br><br><div id="AppleMailSignature">Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On Mar 11, 2018, at 12:57 PM, Tony Drews via Fot <<a href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net">fot@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<p>Some of the most fun I've had driving was on skinny Dunlops.
Major drift, big slip angles, what a hoot. If we could get
everyone to run that kind of thing it would be neat. I don't
think that's possible in the context of running within mixed
marque groups though.</p>
<p>I do think that tire technology is why we need Southwick rear
axles to begin with.<br>
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<p>Tony<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/11/2018 10:51 AM, fubog1 via Fot
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<blockquote type="cite" cite="mid:16215c2818f-c8c-65ec@webjas-vaa044.srv.aolmail.net"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="black">H<font size="2">enry you not only get it, but also touch on one of
the main issues.<br>
Yes tire technology has allowed these cars to go a lot faster
than was ever intended.<br>
They get faster and more stuff breaks; fix one thing and then
the next weak-link fails.<br>
At what point does it end?<br>
Rack & pinion steering, tubular adjustable front
suspension, light brake calipers, non-triumph gearboxes, wide
rims, big-bore engines, the latest greatest big-$$ rubber,
etc, etc, etc; some folks are willing and can afford to take
it to the limit, some aren't/cant afford it, especially with
trying to stay within some set of rules.<br>
That's why tires are really the biggest equalizer, as
difficult as it may be to control nowadays; we really need to
level the field.<br>
The other point is that we have to remember that we're VINTAGE
racing these cars, not doing ongoing development programs for
GT cars...<br>
FWIW<br>
Safety FasTR!<br>
Glen<br>
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From: yellow04 via Fot <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net"><fot@autox.team.net></a><br>
To: fot <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net"><fot@autox.team.net></a><br>
Sent: Sun, Mar 11, 2018 11:02 am<br>
Subject: Re: [Fot] Has anybody ran these new brake calipers?<br>
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As the person who innocently started this thread on the
subject of the <br>
readily available reproduction steel 16P calipers, a part I
can't <br>
construe how anybody could call a cheater part, I'll add my
two cents...<br>
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Tire technology moved Vintage Racing to a place that we can't
go back <br>
from. Like it or not, in order to keep us safe at the speeds
these new <br>
tires allow us to go, you need to get with the program or take
your <br>
chances. Even the venerable Hoosier Vintage TD bias ply tire
can be <br>
really fast in the right hands and we have proof many cars
lost wheels <br>
running Vintage TD's. Safety enhancements were needed, and the
gray area <br>
between whats a safety enhancement and a speed enhancement
will always <br>
be the heart of the debate.<br>
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As I am now taking care of Old Blue, Bill Dentinger's TR3, a
car that <br>
has been considered the most vintage correct TR3 running in
the States, <br>
this is an issue I have personally been grappling with. It
became <br>
crystal clear to me that to be comfortable running the car at
any level, <br>
there were some things they did "back in the day" that just
don't cut it <br>
any more. Updating some bits to make sure all the wheels stay
on the car <br>
is just common sense. Taking it beyond that, there lies the
conundrum... <br>
For what it's worth, under my watch Old Blue will run worm and
peg <br>
steering, 87mm bore, a Triumph gearbox, and as many of Bill's
original <br>
Triumph Competition Dept. bits as I can. Good fun.<br>
<br>
Henry<br>
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On 2018-03-10 02:18, Tony Drews via Fot wrote:<br>
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> Not sure how a brake question turned into the annual
"what is vintage"<br>
> debate - seems late in the season for it this time...<br>
> <br>
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