The GT6 ran like a dream this weekend at Summit Point, well, other
than a leaky cork valve cover gasket dumping oil on the headers first
session (the bugger migrated out from under the alloy cover), and a
misfire that showed up late in the second session. After checking the
(tan) plugs, timing and point gap, I thought of TeriAnn's comments and
sanded and installed a new Mallory condenser, and ran a ground wire to
the distributor. Next outing was flawless and the car ran great the
rest of the weekend. Don't know which of the two fixes worked, but
I'm keeping both in place. There are other things to do over the
winter, but the weekend was a hoot!
Other FOT folks in attendance included Rich Rock, Craig Wensley and
John Herrara (I apologize if I am missing anyone else that was
there). There was one other all-Triumph running, a Spitfire in BRG
that matched mine, Rich's TVR with a 2.5 six, and a pretty, small
Peerless GT coupe that had a TR4 engine in it! All in all, I'm
guessing there were about 80 cars, grouped in under two liter vintage,
over two liter vintage, open wheel and sports racer vintage, and a
modern group that included a flock of Legends, at least one Stocker,
and some other newer machinery.
Friday was reportedly grey and damp, but by the time I showed up
Friday evening the wind was blowing the damp away and Saturday dawned
sunny and dry. Mid 50s Saturday and 60 Sunday, 35-40 at night,
perfect cool weather for a car I usually roast in during the summer!
Lots of track time in two days with two practice sessions, a 10 lap
race, a 15 lap race and a 45 minute enduro, plus the Friday I missed.
Summit Point's main course was in pretty rough shape in turn one and
the carousel, but it is reportedly being re-paved in March-April and
will be ready for the Jefferson 500 in May ( I believe being sponsored
by Vintage Racing Group). Hope to see some other East Coast Triumphs
there in the spring.
BTW, if anyone knows how to build a GT6 trans that does not drip oil
on the exhaust, I am all ears. The vent hole is clear, but it just
seems to ooze Redline out the gaskets and the front oil seal (which
has been replaced twice).
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