John Worthy writes:
>Hi
>
>Does anyone out there have any details regarding the gearing of a TR6
circa
>1972 with o/d on 2, 3 and 4th? This beast of mine is a US delivery carb
>version converted to RHD. It runs Pirelli P400s at 185/65 HR 15 with a
>rolling circumference of approx. 1.885m (or for you imperialists arouns
>6'2"). I suspect this low profile undergears this car quite
substabtially.
>I read some where where the geraing is supposed to be arouns 41.7 Km/1000
>or, once again 25.9 m/1000. i suspect I am getting around 36Km/1000 or
>22.4m/1000.
I ran 205/60's on my TR6 and thats about what I had, too. I had to add
about 5% to my speedo reading (not that it was accurate ;-)).
The O/D compensated, though. The problem would have been worse without
the O/D. Since then I swapped out for 205/70's (they just fit) which
have a circumference almost equal to the original tyres. They ride much
nicer and handle about the same.
>While I'm at it does anyone in the US or England have access to cheap TR6
>spares other than Rimmer or Moss Motors?
>
Moss is one of the "Big Three" over here. The other two are The Roadster
Factory (I think they buy from Rimmers) and Victoria British. I know
nothing about whether they export. Write if you need more info.
>John Worthy jworthy@pcug.org.au
cheerio
Dave Massey St. Louis, MO USA 105671.471@compuserve.com
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