[Land-speed] Transmissions...

[Richard Wallendal]

At the ECTA Ohio mile there has been a beautiful
British racing tiger running

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On Nov 22, 2014, at 4:49 PM, "Larry Mayfield" <drmayf at mayfco.com> wrote:

> Just sitting here watching 'bama work WCU over in prep for the Iron Bowl
> next week. Kinda boring so I thought I would ask a question for the list
and
> any others who might want to chime in.  I am guessing that just about every
> transmission made in the recent past, say 20 years or so, has been used on
> the salt. I was parsing one of the catalogs and I see Brinn, Bert, and
> Falcon 2 speed transmission used in sprint cars. Clutch is internal to the
> case of the trans and a fly wheel may or may not be used or even needed.
So
> I a m naturally curious, have any of those gear boxes been used as far as
> anyone knows? Was wondering about the multi plate and disk clutch pack in
> the trans case: that work ok?  Since the trans is similar to an auto trans,
> is a blanket or turtle shell needed for ballistic protection?  I see that
> the Bert can be had with a very short case arrangement also. Of course they
> are nearly free.. NOT!  Since no flywheel mounted clutch is used, does tech
> accept that a scatter shield is not needed or what?
>
> Anyway, was just curious: any experience out there?
>
> Oh, on the subject of odd questions, one associate mentioned that he had
> seen a Sunbeam Tiger running on the salt recently. No, not the glass bodied
> Series 3 Alpine a=that is dressed like a BelAir chevy circa 1957, but a
real
> Tiger. Any help on this one and if so, a contact or email?
>
> mayf
>
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