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1. RE: Restorations (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 11:45:31 -0700 (PDT); Hi all, Having owned Triumphs off and on for thirty years, I have enjoyed doing as much of the work as possible. That said, I have never had an adequate facility for such work. My first concern in fu; /html/triumphs/2003-06/msg00803.html (6,440 bytes)
2. restorations (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 14:07:59 -0400; Fred Thomas states: Hear,hear! For truly rare cars or for shows far from home, perhaps a trailer is a good idea. Beyond that, drive the car. I place a great emphasis on the odometer. A nice car with; /html/triumphs/1998-08/msg00889.html (7,875 bytes)
3. Re: restorations (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 11:52:19 -0700; I try to drive my Spit to events if at all possible, but if the event is very far away, I can't stand to see that Tach sitting on 5K for extended periods of time. So until I spring for an OD tranny,; /html/triumphs/1998-08/msg00895.html (8,938 bytes)
4. RE: restorations (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 13:10:32 -0600; Ok I'll bite this one... I am admittedly Spit-challenged but how fast are you going at 5k rpm??? My TR6's O/D (J-type) invokes a 25% reduction in RPMs. At 70mph I'm revving at an indicated 2500rpm w; /html/triumphs/1998-08/msg00897.html (7,886 bytes)
5. Re: restorations (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 12:49:00 -0700; I'm going somewhere around 80mph at that rpm. Yeah, yeah, I know I'm not supposed to be driving that fast. But it's hard not to, especially when I'm caravaning with a couple of TR6's. As a matter of; /html/triumphs/1998-08/msg00905.html (9,335 bytes)
6. RE: restorations (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 13:51:41 -0600; Oh 80 is not so bad. I had visions of either triple digit speeds or a tongue-in-cheek posting. Seeing no smiley anywhere, I assumed the former. But I guess the Spits are quite highly strung. In any; /html/triumphs/1998-08/msg00907.html (8,001 bytes)
7. RE: restorations (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 15:09:39 -0500; On the later Spitfires the non-od 4th was about 17mph/1000 rpm, and the o/d 4th is about 20 mph/1000 rpm. I figured Joe probably had the 3.89, but I wasn't going to assume... Jim (whose Mini Cooper; /html/triumphs/1998-08/msg00908.html (8,746 bytes)
8. Re: restorations (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 13:10:21 -0700; Not having had an OD tranny, that is a hard one to answer. However, Andy Mace has a chart on the VTR site that gives the speeds/ratios/rpms, etc associated with the different Spitfire models. This d; /html/triumphs/1998-08/msg00909.html (9,014 bytes)
9. Re: restorations (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 13:13:13 -0700; You shoulda' assumed, you would have been correct. I swapped out the 4.11 with a 3.89 when I did the Swing-Spring upgrade last winter. It helps lower the top end rpm's but is not nearly enough. Joe; /html/triumphs/1998-08/msg00911.html (9,699 bytes)
10. Re: restorations (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 16:14:38 -0400 (); Yeah, I was going to mention that! <http://www.vtr.org/maintain/gearbox-ratios.html> --Andy * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Andrew Mace, President and * * 10/Herald/Vitesse (Sports 6); /html/triumphs/1998-08/msg00912.html (8,067 bytes)
11. RE: restorations (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 14:13:46 -0600; Below is an excerpt from a post I made a while ago concerning Laycock OD's. It might give more info on the topic: Here is a little nugget I gleaned off the Healy list recently. It might be of intere; /html/triumphs/1998-08/msg00913.html (8,407 bytes)
12. Re: restorations (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 19:29:52 EDT; FWIW -- a stock TR4 without OD - at 5000 rpm is going 100 mph. Don't ask about the autobahn/autoroute/autostrada in the '60's and 70's. :-). Art Kelly '64 TR4 CT33118L (original owner - and she and I; /html/triumphs/1998-08/msg00943.html (7,894 bytes)
13. RE: restorations (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 22:34:03 -0500; Didn't you mean "more highly HUNG"!!! "Taxation WITH representation isn't so hot, either!" Brad (Lincoln Nebraska 402-464-1502) 1964 Spitfire4 BFC25720L (In "Teething" Mode right now) 1966 TR4A CT72; /html/triumphs/1998-08/msg00964.html (7,766 bytes)
14. RE: restorations (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 22:11:11 -0700; Peter and Folks, I haven't been following this thread, but I put a non-OD differential (3.27:1, I think) in the back of my GT6 because the manufacturer, in its wisdom, put a higher ratio (3.89:1) in; /html/triumphs/1998-08/msg00970.html (7,670 bytes)
15. Re: restorations (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 23:39:04 -0700; Hmmm, I'll think about it a bit in print. With first and second locked out by the shift switch, the acceleration is quite good, but the top ratio is still the same, so the overdrive, in a sense, impr; /html/triumphs/1998-08/msg00971.html (9,048 bytes)
16. Re: restorations (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1998 11:31:49 -0700; As one who was in the caravan of Triumphs with Mr. Curry all I can say is the 5000 RPM must have been due to the fact that the wheels weren't in contact with the pavement to often.... ;') -jimb http:; /html/triumphs/1998-08/msg01259.html (8,923 bytes)

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