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Re: [Spridgets] Best Spridget Clutch for Racing

To: "'Robert Duquette'" <robertduquette@sympatico.ca>, "Spridgets
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Best Spridget Clutch for Racing
From: "Norm 2Bs" <twobees@sprynet.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:05:36 -0400
It ISN'T visible!

My first MGB was BRG with black interior.  I was hit 24 times in 2 years.
Once while parked in front of a store & a guy backed right into the nose of
the B.  Said, he "didn't see it."  Think about it - blacktop roads, green
foliage, the car disappears.

Norm

-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Duquette [mailto:robertduquette@sympatico.ca]
Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 9:29 AM
To: mail4carpenters@peoplepc.com; twobees@sprynet.com
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Best Spridget Clutch for Racing



I was more interested in why the BRG might be an issue!! :)

RHD can be an issue when you are trying to get out of a roadside parking
spot with a car behind you and some left hand turns at intersections.  If
there is a left hand turn lane in both directions, a car in the oncoming
lane cuts your view of oncoming traffic.

http://www3.sympatico.ca/robertduquette/temp/RedTonneau.jpg
http://www3.sympatico.ca/robertduquette/65Sprite.htm


----Original Message Follows----

Norm,

Whats makes driving the RHD Turner in Florida a suicide?  Just curious as I
may move their some day.

Thanks,

Mike C

-----Original Message-----
 >From: Norm 2Bs <twobees@sprynet.com>
 >Sent: Aug 19, 2008 10:11 PM
 >To: Spridgets Digest <spridgets@autox.team.net>, Vintage Racing
 >      Digest <vintage-race@autox.team.net>
 >Subject: [Spridgets] Best Spridget Clutch for Racing
 >
 >Greetings All.
 >
 >I'm just back from a hectic week in Monterey.  While out there, the shop
>working on my Turner (948 A engine & trans) called to tell me the clutch
was
 >pretty shot.  I won't know what size is in there until I pull the engine
>beginning tomorrow night.  But, I THINK it's a 7-1/4 inch.  The number on
>the pressure plate is HA1062.  Anyone know what that is?  >  >While I will
only be using the Turner for racing as driving a BRG, RHD  >Turner here in
Florida would be suicide, I don't necessarily need a  >full-bore racing
clutch.  >  >I used the standard heavy-duty Borg & Beck in my MGB & just
changed discs  >annually.  That was a car I drove daily & raced a few times
for 6 years.
I
 >haven't found anything comparable yet for the Spridget system in the
Turner.
 >
 >Any suggestions?
 >
 >Thanks in advance.
 >
 >Norm Sippel
 >'59 Turner Mk1


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