triumphs
[Top] [All Lists]

Re: gt6 speed(?)

To: "Nicholas Glenn E. Barlow" <barlow@cadesm32.eng.utah.edu>
Subject: Re: gt6 speed(?)
From: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>
Date: Wed, 10 May 1995 10:58:41 -0900 (PDT)
Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net

On Tue, 9 May 1995, Nicholas Glenn E. Barlow wrote:

> I checked all the serial #'s and everything seems to be an mk1 except it
> has a gt6+ emblem on the rear (I haven't looked at the gear box # and....

> indicators of an mk1... so the mystery is... why does it have a GT6+
> emblem?  I'm sure the body is mk1 because of the s# and the style.  Maybe
> he took the mk2's frame and threw away Its superior suspension(?!) and
> kept the mk1 body because it was rust free and took the emblem off of a
> crashed mk2.... 

Where is the GT6+ emblem mounted? Towards the right, or in the center 
(where the original GT6 badge would have been)? Do the rear bumper and 
light arrangements resemble the "Mk.1" or the "+"? Is the Body number 
fairly close to the Commission number (within, say, 25-50 numbers)?
                                                                        
> Anyway, sorry to turn this into a novel, but my real question is why does
> my speedometer say I'm going 10 mph faster than I really am?  Does my car
> perhaps have an mk2 gear box with different ratios (do they differ)?  Or
> do the speedometers have some kind of way to calibrate them? 

Could be an incorrect speedo for the diff currently installed, or vica 
versa. Most GT6s without OD used the 3.27:1 rear, while OD equipped cars 
usually used a 3.89:1 diff.

Andy Mace

<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>
  • gt6 speed(?), Nicholas Glenn E. Barlow
    • Re: gt6 speed(?), Andrew Mace <=