I think SVRA has allowed it for a couple of years. I ran all last year
with a T5 in my TR3 and it is great. Also doesn't leak like the old TR
box with CR grears. When I ran the OD box leaking was also a problem.
The TR boxes had just been apart too many times.
Dean T.
Feb 10, 2009 12:57:41 PM, igofaster@charter.net wrote:
Some of ya'll (I'm Texan) recall the trials and tribulations of my
sweet Bob Davis GT6 with a T50 5 speed gearbox.
CVAR has not allowed the 5 speed conversion... I just ran out of
the library.. with my March 2009 Grassroots Motorsports Magazine.
Our fellow FoT'er Tim Suddard and his race prepared TR3 have
apparently been allowed to make the transmission swap to a Borg
Warner T5 five speed conversion. Apparently SVRA stated that "any
car that came with five forward speeds, like our over-drive
equipped Triumphs-can make the transmission swap". Maybe this is a
new rule, apparently it is. Not that I don't mind playing by the
rules... I'm on my 4th transmission job...$3000.00 plus dollars and
DNF's 50% of the last 6 events...
I'm on the newest Triumph transmission from Quantumechanics... a
custom GT6 transmission with TR7 gears and a J type overdrive..
modifications to the frame to TRY to make it work.. AGAIN.....
Needless to say, I'm going after CVAR, ONCE AGAIN, to see if there
may be a chance I can put the T50 back in the car.. I could have
sold the T50 for several thousand dollars with the drive shaft,
conversion, and mod's to the car... but I haven't... hoping I can
find a spot for it.
Frankly, I'm upset... seems if a national captioning vintage race
group allows the 5 speed conversion, other groups should come
around and acknowledge the swap.
thanks Tim Suddard for the article, maybe we can move forward to
reliable racing.
I quote Tim's article " it's more fun to run reliable at the back
of the group-or not at all." I've said it before, I don't care if I
start last and finish last, I just wanna race... after all... it's
an $8.00 trophy at the end of the season.
Bobby Whitehead
#53 CVAR Triumph GT6+ Group II
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