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1. [Fot] TR3 rear shock conversion (score: 1): Author: Joe Henry <jhd11@hotmail.com>; Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 16:55:51 +0000; Thanks for the report on the Apple Hydraulics rebuild. We have one that leaks a bit and I was considering sending it in this winter. Guess I'll hold off on that now. Tim 1961 TR4 #317 I'm tired of my; /html/fot/2010-06/msg00120.html (7,812 bytes)
2. Re: [Fot] TR3 rear shock conversion (score: 1): Author: "MadMarx" <tr4racing@googlemail.com>; Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 19:39:45 +0200; And the first part of the race http://picasaweb.google.de/tr4racing/TR4Racing#5485437581349389506 Cheers Chris _______________________________________________ fot@autox.team.net http://www.fot-raci; /html/fot/2010-06/msg00121.html (6,432 bytes)
3. Re: [Fot] TR3 rear shock conversion (score: 1): Author: "Tim Murphy" <timmurph@fastbytes.com>; Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 22:05:50 -0500; I vote with Irv. Have them on my TR6. No leaks, work great. Marty _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail has tools for the New Busy. Search, chat and e-mail from yo; /html/fot/2010-06/msg00124.html (7,975 bytes)
4. Re: [Fot] TR3 rear shock conversion (score: 1): Author: "MadMarx" <tr4racing@googlemail.com>; Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 08:59:36 +0200; I have lever shocks. They leak a little, they get topped up from time to time and work great, also on bumpy tracks. Cheers Chris --Urspr|ngliche Nachricht-- Von: fot-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:fo; /html/fot/2010-06/msg00125.html (6,349 bytes)
5. Re: [Fot] TR3 rear shock conversion (score: 1): Author: "Joe Boruch" <jaboruch@netzero.net>; Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 11:34:42 GMT; Jack had the custom valved, externally adjustable ones from Peter at World Wide Imports on his TR-4 and worked with Peter to get the location of the external plumbing in an accessible area. He was ve; /html/fot/2010-06/msg00126.html (9,748 bytes)
6. Re: [Fot] TR3 rear shock conversion (score: 1): Author: Irv Korey <ikorey@comcast.net>; Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 07:11:38 -0500; When I bought my TR3 it had tube shocks on it. That caused me to lose a point with CVAR for authenticity. I didn't know about World Wide Imports, so I bought rebuilt lever shocks from Roadster Factor; /html/fot/2010-06/msg00127.html (8,174 bytes)
7. Re: [Fot] TR3 rear shock conversion (score: 1): Author: marty sukey <trmarty@hotmail.com>; Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 09:13:12 -0400; I'm surprised by the lack of Triumph entries. Anyone going? It looks like car counts are up slightly, probably something to do with HSR losing its date to the Bobby Rahal Group at Watkins Glen. Group; /html/fot/2010-06/msg00128.html (8,572 bytes)
8. Re: [Fot] TR3 rear shock conversion (score: 1): Author: Tony Drews <tony@tonydrews.com>; Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 09:43:32 -0500; Jason and I will be there to lend moral support. Seems as though Triumphs at Mid-Ohio have been few and far between for a few years now. Marty http://svra.com/SVRA/SVRAHome.nsf/attachmentweb/EJEN-7Z4; /html/fot/2010-06/msg00130.html (8,570 bytes)
9. Re: [Fot] TR3 rear shock conversion (score: 1): Author: Larry Young <cartravel@pobox.com>; Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 14:28:37 -0500; << One of the few nice things about lever shocks. >> Just mild curiosity from a Spitfire guy...what's the knock on lever shocks? What is it that they do badly that tube shocks do better? Scott (B.) O; /html/fot/2010-06/msg00141.html (8,260 bytes)
10. Re: [Fot] TR3 rear shock conversion (score: 1): Author: n197tr4@cs.com; Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 15:35:48 -0400; Does anyone in this group use the various shock fluid available from RedLine in thier lever shoX? If so, which weight(s). Just curious. I have a pint or two sitting on the shelf and I'm thinking of; /html/fot/2010-06/msg00142.html (8,627 bytes)
11. Re: [Fot] TR3 rear shock conversion (score: 1): Author: "Stutzman" <stutzmans@comcast.net>; Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:51:52 -0400; I mean, aside from that. Doesn't everything leak? :-) Do tube shocks out-perform lever shocks in some other way? Leak?? Tim << One of the few nice things about lever shocks. >> Just mild curiosity fr; /html/fot/2010-06/msg00144.html (9,939 bytes)
12. Re: [Fot] TR3 rear shock conversion (score: 1): Author: "Barr, Scott" <sbarr@McCarty-Law.com>; Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:09:30 -0500; Scott, shocks - the Brits really do use the correct term, dampers - serve to dampen wheel up & down movement. The difference happens when there is a rapid series of up/down oscillations. The lever sh; /html/fot/2010-06/msg00145.html (11,934 bytes)
13. Re: [Fot] TR3 rear shock conversion (score: 1): Author: "Robert M. Lang" <lang@isis.mit.edu>; Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 17:20:33 -0400 (EDT); This almost certainly boinked since I forgot to trim off the extra bits. The construction has a lot of limitations. Modern racing shocks have precisely controlled damping that doesn't change much as; /html/fot/2010-06/msg00146.html (7,244 bytes)
14. Re: [Fot] TR3 rear shock conversion (score: 1): Author: "Barr, Scott" <sbarr@McCarty-Law.com>; Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:49:17 -0500; grade. You drill at the top of the cylinder a small hole and tap it for a 10/32 thread (or larger), drain the oil, or add oil, slowly I'll admit, then insert a 10/32 threaded bolt (or whatever size y; /html/fot/2010-06/msg00148.html (13,078 bytes)
15. Re: [Fot] TR3 rear shock conversion (score: 1): Author: Ted Schumacher <tedtsimx@bright.net>; Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 18:40:08 -0400; How would you like pulling up to the starting grid knowing that your right rear shock is completely dead? That happened to me at the last race I ran in Germany in the summer of 1956. I drove to the t; /html/fot/2010-06/msg00149.html (13,771 bytes)
16. Re: [Fot] TR3 rear shock conversion (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <billb@bnj.com>; Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 20:26:14 -0700; No. However, TR4's were allowed rear tube shock conversions in one of the early SCCA GCR's (1961?), so with that in hand, I never had an issue when I presented my TR4 with tube shock conversion for t; /html/fot/2010-06/msg00154.html (7,315 bytes)
17. Re: [Fot] TR3 rear shock conversion (score: 1): Author: "MadMarx" <tr4racing@googlemail.com>; Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 08:51:54 +0200; If you built your car to that GCR "year' and could prove it, CVAR would allow it without points deduction. You just can't mix and match different allowable specs from various GCR years to cherry pick; /html/fot/2010-06/msg00155.html (7,983 bytes)
18. Re: [Fot] TR3 rear shock conversion (score: 1): Author: "MadMarx" <tr4racing@googlemail.com>; Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 09:02:17 +0200; I tried not to learn too much about the rules, so I wouldn't knowingly cheat. I believe CVAR group 4 is supposed to follow the 1961 GCR (if I remember correctly). Apparently, tube shocks would be ok; /html/fot/2010-06/msg00156.html (8,222 bytes)
19. Re: [Fot] TR3 rear shock conversion (score: 1): Author: Larry Young <cartravel@pobox.com>; Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 09:59:58 -0500; == If you built your car to that GCR "year' and could prove it, CVAR would allow it without points deduction. You just can't mix and match different allowable specs from various GCR years to cherry p; /html/fot/2010-06/msg00157.html (8,602 bytes)
20. Re: [Fot] TR3 rear shock conversion (score: 1): Author: Irv Korey <ikorey@comcast.net>; Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 10:50:34 -0500; There was a big shakeup in the SCCA when they merged with the California Sports Car Club and the Cal Clubs production car regulations. I was in charge of that portion of the merger for the Cal Club.; /html/fot/2010-06/msg00158.html (9,015 bytes)

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