Steve,
We all know why your GT6 eats Gearboxes! It's because of all that power
sitting under the bonnet! :)
So the thing to do is for all the GT6 owners to donate their gearboxes to us
Spitfire pilots and in turn get one of those TR boxes with
the close ratio gears!
You will, of course, do this.... won't you???? :)
Joe (C)
Gt6steve@aol.com wrote:
>
> Greetings Amici,
> All this talk about gears is timely as my GT6 racer has been eating gearboxes
> like mad lately. One of the possible solutions is to use the TR box and the
> CR gearset makes it somewhat viable.
> Other solutions include the Spit Hewland conversion at about three thousand
> Dollars if one can be found. A Quaffe Rocket box is viable at about the same
> price or there's Toyota conversion from New Zealand. The Hewland conversion
> is the only one VARA legal as our rules specify the original casing must be
> used.
> The TR has some charm though because of the price and presumed durability.
> It is still technically illegal but it's at least period and the Lemans spits
> ran them; and what's a GT6 but a Lemans Spitfire? (squint a little and you
> won't notice those two extra cylinders).
> So, has anybody actually confirmed Ken has the CR gearsets? Is a straight
> cut set available? What are the drawbacks to using the TR box? Weight?
> Cases breaking?
> Anybody doing it already? Any thoughts at all?
> Steve Smith in Las Vegas
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