----- Original Message -----
From: Greg Solow <gregmogdoc@surfnetusa.com>
To: <JWoesvra@aol.com>
Sent: Friday, October 13, 2000 10:05 PM
Subject: Re: clutch rebuilding
> Thats what scatter shields are for aren't they? At the RPM that most
> production engines turn is truely vintage form, a standard Borg and Beck
> diaphragm clutch is not prone to "blow up failure," at least as far as the
> pressure plate is concerned. The later discs with the non-asbestos lining
> do tend to shed the linning, but the earlier linings were good for in
excess
> of 7,000 rpm in the 8 1/2 " diameter. I think that to many of these "so
> called" safety modifications are really performance enhancements. Vented
> brake rotors in cars that never had them, Tube shock on cars that had
> levers, wheels far wider than were ever legal, gutted interiors to reduce
> the "fire hazard" etc. I do advocate alloy flywheels, they were legal by
> 1967 i believe.
> Greg Solow
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <JWoesvra@aol.com>
> To: <brian@uunet.ca>; <gregmogdoc@surfnetusa.com>; <ericsmgs@prodigy.net>;
> <lwdent@fwi.com>; <mgvrmark@hotmail.com>
> Cc: <grand_wazoo@flinet.com>; <malcox@sonic.net>;
> <vintage-race@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Friday, October 13, 2000 7:46 PM
> Subject: Re: clutch rebuilding
>
>
> > In a message dated 10/13/2000 9:27:34 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> > brian@uunet.ca writes:
> >
> > << A final thought for racers; it is really better to go to a Tilton
> style
> > > > clutch. This eliminates the deficiencies of the Borg & Beck type
> which is
> > > > prone to high rpm failure. They also work well in oily conditions.
> >>
> >
> > Gee, I always thought that a small diameter multiplate clutch only
became
> > available in the last 15 years or so . To my way of thinking that makes
> it
> > fit the perfect description of a "non-vintage" modification akin to
roller
> > rocker arms or a belt drive conversion on a BMC "A' series engine. If I
> > remember correctly, the SCCA rules thoughout the 60s and 70s required
the
> > use of a clutch of standard diameter and type of construction in all
> > production cars.
> >
> Regards,
> > Greg Solow
> >
> >
> > Apparently Mr. Solow, you would prefer that your "original" leg and foot
> be
> > torn off by your "original' type clutch. While you're at it, why not
> have
> > Rupert mil-spec lap belts from WWII and borax soaked cotton coveralls?
> >
> > Jack Woehrle
>
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