[TR] fan extension, fan belt, steering rack

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In a message dated 9/1/2007 11:03:51 AM Pacific Daylight Time,  
tr3driver at ca.rr.com writes:

However,  based both on personal experience and what I've been told, this
doesn't  appear to be too important for nearly stock, street-driven engines.
It's  the people who consistently run over 5000 rpm that seem to need  the
dampening.  To that end, most of the racing TR parts suppliers  offer a
harmonic dampener to fit the TRactor motor.  It's also usually  alloy, and
usually part of a narrow belt conversion, and quite  pricey.  TriumphTune
used to sell the parts to allow using the  dampener from a BMC motor, but
AFAIK that kit has been NLA for a long  time.




Greetings...  I got this from a friend who raced TR powered Morgans in  the 
70's in Europe.  The dampener from a 3-main MGB will fit with slight  
modification to the key-way to make it a bit deeper.  This also converts it  to a 
narrow belt.  You then need a narrow belt pulley for the generator (if  you are 
still using one-GM alternators come with narrow pulleys).  He  didn't recall the 
details for the waterpump pulley, maybe TR6.  His further  recommendations 
were tufftriding the crank and a very precise balance job.   His engines ran 
consistently over 6000 and he never broke a crankshaft  (again).    TJ



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