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41. [Fot] Accusump Installation (score: 108): Author: fubog1 at aol.com (fubog1); Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2018 07:37:30 -0400; The accusump is one of the best things that you can have in the car. A- No dry starts, an engine suffers the most normal wear during dry starts. B- No more gulping air in left hand corners. The argum; /html/triumphs/2018-07/msg00126.html (9,835 bytes)
42. [Fot] Cams (score: 108): Author: fubog1 at aol.com (fubog1); Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2018 13:05:14 -0400; Yes, lacking access to a Cam Doc, you can use a set of V or bearing blocks, a degree wheel, dial indicator, and a bit of time, checked at 5 cam degrees, works fine. I'm still old school though, I plo; /html/triumphs/2018-07/msg00133.html (9,760 bytes)
43. [Fot] best gearbox for TR6 (score: 108): Author: fubog1 at aol.com (fubog1); Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2018 08:41:09 -0400; Yeah I try to stay out of these gearbox discussions but a TR box with OD is the way to go. For a street car, a J is fine, and it transforms the car. Glen Couldn't agree more. Go with the A or J type.; /html/triumphs/2018-07/msg00145.html (10,102 bytes)
44. [Fot] best gearbox for TR6 more... (score: 108): Author: fubog1 at aol.com (fubog1); Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2018 14:48:56 -0400; In all fairness to the conversion advocates, in spite of the benefit of both intermediate gearing & the extra top gear with the O/D unit, there are some downsides to the O/D. First, it's getting hard; /html/triumphs/2018-07/msg00148.html (14,710 bytes)
45. [Fot] Spit racer (score: 108): Author: fubog1 at aol.com (fubog1); Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2018 13:31:24 -0400; It's easily what may have been invested in building it, but surely stupid $$; for that price you could buy a lot more racecar! They also say it has a 6-speed gearbox, if it's O/D that would be OK but; /html/triumphs/2018-07/msg00159.html (9,597 bytes)
46. [Fot] Do(o)med or flat lifters? (score: 108): Author: fubog1 at aol.com (fubog1); Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2018 08:40:15 -0400; This is well covered in many engine-building books & I've discussed it at length with several camshaft engineers over the years. It's my understanding that the lobe should have a very slight angle gr; /html/triumphs/2018-07/msg00163.html (12,650 bytes)
47. [Fot] quench clearance (score: 108): Author: fubog1 at aol.com (fubog1); Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2018 14:46:52 -0400; If you have good race rods and all of the clearances are to spec, you could pop it up a few thou but I wouldn't go any less than .030. Yes you can run it a little tighter but that's the point where t; /html/triumphs/2018-07/msg00181.html (8,779 bytes)
48. [Fot] A-Type Overdrive Dilemma (score: 108): Author: fubog1 at aol.com (fubog1); Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2018 16:59:44 -0400; I would be looking for a bleed somewhere & check the pump, valves, etc, and try to get the pressure up a bit. Is it a big or small piston A? Does the accumulator hold "rest" pressure for some time? G; /html/triumphs/2018-08/msg00323.html (9,084 bytes)
49. [Fot] Kevin Potter (score: 108): Author: fubog1 at aol.com (fubog1); Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2018 07:24:32 -0400; Yeah I met Kevin a few times years ago, good guy, he's got the right approach and he's a damned good wrench. It was rare to see a Beady-Eye car with mechanical issues! Glen Paul... Well said, Paul, a; /html/triumphs/2018-08/msg00370.html (11,941 bytes)

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