I have bent several and broken one upright with my Spitfire using just
Dunlop Racing CR65 tyres. According to my experience they tend to first
bend and then break if you still continue driving. So, if you hit
something and the steering wheel remains in different angle after that,
it's better to turn to pits...
Please see some on my website at: http://personal.inet.fi/koti/jtabell/
(-> Photo gallery)
Regards,
Jari from freezing Finland (-110F last night...)
Geoffrey Byrne wrote:
>I raced a GT6 for many years and never had any problems with the standard
>uprights with 200HP pushing 8inch wide slicks. Crack tested of course
>Geoff Byrne
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <Gt6steve@aol.com>
>To: <fot@autox.team.net>
>Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 4:53 AM
>Subject: GT6 front uprights?
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>>Hey Amici, has anybody purchased new GT6 uprights from Vicky Brit? Are
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>they
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>>NOS or Chinese? I snapped a drivers side yesterday at the trunnion and am
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>now
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>>seeking something either newer or stronger.
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>>I heard years ago that the stem can be strengthened by drilling and
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>tapping
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>>and putting a long socket head cap screw in, either to put the stem in
>>compression or simply add more steel by filling the oil hole. Anybody
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>ever heard of
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>>such a thing? Whatdya think?
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>>Steve
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