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Re: gearbox info

To: John Kipping <johnkipping@inet.net.nz>
Subject: Re: gearbox info
From: Chuck Arnold <chuck.arnold@oracle.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 08:16:43 -0700
While we are on teh subject, I would like to know what the teeth count 
is for a stock TR6, and what the ones are for the so called "close 
ratio" gear boxes assembled for these transmissions using Dolomite 
Sprint bits.
Thanks,
Chuck

John Kipping wrote:

>Hi Terry,
>The 4 speed TR7 box is identical in ratios to the GT6 therefore the teeth
>counts are identical. However most TR7 boxes had thick tooth reverse gears,
>and the last few had a sharper helix angle on second gear.
>John Kipping
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Terry and Cindy" <roadandtrack@hypermax.net.au>
>To: <fot@autox.team.net>
>Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 5:06 AM
>Subject: RE: TR7 vs GT6 4 sp gearbox info
>
>
>  
>
>>does anyone happen to have a 4speed TR7 box in bits??
>>
>>i would like a gear tooth count if possible.
>>
>>I built the gearbox in our old GT6 racer from new (specially imported) TR7
>>bits many, many years ago and would like to build up a spare, but want to
>>double check this first before I start hunting down parts
>>
>>we never got the 4sp cars here in Australia (thankfully), so I've only
>>    
>>
>seen
>  
>
>>a couple of them and never bothered saving the data on teeth numbers
>>
>>if any of the GT6 racers are reading this, do you have any comment??.
>>
>>thanks a lot
>>
>>Terry O'Beirne
>>
>>
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