:^)
Jim
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sally or Dick Taylor" <tr6taylor@webtv.net>
To: "James Franks" <jimmble@adelphia.net>
Cc: "Six pack" <6pack@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 3:31 PM
Subject: Re: Possible engine swap for Tr6
> James Franks says:
>
> "Sorry, Dick, but I must disagree", referring to my reply on Ryan's
> wanting to put a killer engine in a TR6, using the stock drive train.
> First, I take no offense to anyone disagreeing with me. Much of what
we
> respond to is subjective, with simply too many variables to include
> "what could happen, if....."
>
> Let's see on what we can agree on. I believe cars built strictly for
> racing must carry a different set of standards. Continually subjected
to
> full power acceleration, and usually when coming out of corners,
> possible bottoming out of the rear suspension can place undue stress
on
> any axle. This is generally not the case for a street machine.
>
> Horsepower is not what wrings off axles, or tears up the driveline.
> Torque does. Torque is at its greatest in the lower gears, and
judicious
> use of this will keep even stock drive train parts together. I do not
> recommend adding gobs of power to any drive train that already has
> 100,000 miles on it. Tolerances that accumulate can cause whip, and
> will break their components. Properly rebuilt parts, as when new, give
> great service.
>
> I'm not sure where references to "thrust washers and clutches" fit
here.
> Personally, I have never had a problem with either, throw out bearings
> excepted. This is going back 29 years, and now over 300,000 miles.
Same
> tranny, and diff.. and admittedly, both are now tired.
>
> I enjoy discussions about modified Triumphs, and would like to see
more
> of these. We don't even have to agree!
>
> Dick Taylor
> '73
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