<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">Ah, The Kastner Cup at Heartland Park.</div><div dir="ltr">One of my favorite racing weekends of all time, a real treat.</div><div dir="ltr">My first Kastner Cup.</div><div dir="ltr">I barely made it to the track. I had stayed up for days straight trying to get my car ready. Upon arrival I was greeted with the warmth and friendship of several the Great Triumph hero’s I had, until then, only read about in the funny pages.</div><div dir="ltr">My car broke in the first session.</div><div dir="ltr">A spectator, a GT6 guy named Brad brought me a moss covered barn find transmission that we installed under the Kansas moonlight.</div><div dir="ltr">The next day I was racing again.</div><div dir="ltr">I have this distinct memory of Sam Halkias screaming up behind me in the Catawamba Marina TR6. Looking back through my wink mirror he waved, paused and signaled to me with facial expressions and hand signals that only us auto racers could understand saying “nice job little buddy, here I come; I’m now going to fly by you on your left side”.</div><div dir="ltr">We partied, raced, bought an Ambro body and finished our first Kastner Cup there in Heartland Park.</div><div dir="ltr">When I got home, there it was, a long and personal email from Kas Kastner…praising me, my dedication, the sound of my car, my driving style, and lap by lap list of how many tenths of second I was improving each lap in a segment of the track where he was taking “splits”.</div><div dir="ltr">I couldn’t believe it.</div><div dir="ltr">It was the start of what Kas called our “unique kinship”</div><div dir="ltr">He sure had a nice way of motivating people.</div><div dir="ltr">Godspeed old pals.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Jason Ostrowski </div><div dir="ltr">Friendly Ghost Racing </div><div dir="ltr">1969 Triumph GT6+ racecars</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Mar 4, 2024, at 3:36 PM, Dan Forgey via Fot <fot@autox.team.net> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
<div class="rteDiv"></div><p style="margin-top:2px; margin-bottom:2px">Yea that was me. When I revamp the suspension on it it would lift the rear wheel in very tight corners. Softened the rear sway one adjustment and all was well.</p><br>
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<div origmsg="yes"></div>On Mon, 4 Mar, 2024 at 12:40 PM, JAMES GRAY via Fot <fot@autox.team.net> wrote:<div class="rteDiv"> </div><div class="rteDiv" style="border-left: 3px #CCCCCC solid; padding-left:8px;"><div style="background-color:#F9F9F9; color:#454545;padding:5px; margin-bottom:15px; line-height:23px">To: charly; charly via fot<br>
</div><div>That black 4A was owned by Dan Forgey and is now owned by Mark Eden.<br>
I have an IRS chassis on my '64 and use a quaife and running LOTS of torque and never break an inside wheel loose but in Colorado we can run the Hoosier R7/SM7 DORT slicks. That has to be factored in.<br>
That said, an IRS rear end will almost always grip better than a live axle with or without a LSD.<br>
Overly stiff rear sway bars is usually the culprit. I run 3/4" on mine. A locker has always been out of the question for me.<br>
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> On 03/03/2024 6:04 PM MST Charly via Fot <<a href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net">fot@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br>
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> I have always run (almost always) a LSD diff in my TR6. I've run a Quaife (which I wasn't happy with) and a Trans-X with several different ratios. I have no experience with a Locker, <br>
> but I'd imagine it would make it a beast.<br>
> I think the Quaife would be good for a street car, I was able to spin the inside tire at lower speeds while corneing with it.<br>
> When I wasn't running a LSD, I was able to spin a tire quite often.<br>
> Charly Mitchel <br>
> TR6 #44<br>
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> On Sun 03/03/24 12:24 PM , DENNIS DELAP via Fot <a href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net">fot@autox.team.net</a> sent:<br>
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> > This is a question that I have for those who race a TR6, TR250, or TR4A.<br>
> > Are you running a limited slip differential? Seems to me I remember a Black 4A at the Heartland Park cup that did not<br>
> > because it was sufficiently lowered and sprung.I’m contemplating taking the locker out of my TVR to make it nicer on<br>
> > the street.Thanks in advance for your comments.<br>
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