- 81. Re: [Fot] Selling my TR4 Vintage Race Car (score: 1)
- Author: <yellow04@tr4racer.com>
- Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2013 09:20:34 -0400
- The old yellow car got dragged down to VIR last weekend with a significantly less potent engine, and the results were pretty cool. My lap times were only 3 seconds off where I would have been with th
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- 82. Re: [Fot] Selling my TR4 Vintage Race Car (score: 1)
- Author: <yellow04@tr4racer.com>
- Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2013 10:42:32 -0400
- No doubt, the two feature races we had were outstanding! Almost could have thrown a blanket around the three of us at any time Sunday afternoon! Kudos to John Hasty, while he might be advancing in ag
- /html/fot/2013-04/msg00150.html (10,239 bytes)
- 83. Re: [Fot] Selling my TR4 Vintage Race Car (score: 1)
- Author: <yellow04@tr4racer.com>
- Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2013 14:31:20 -0400
- Moldex, Carillo's, Gillaners #24 cam, custom pop up pistons, Abacus head and some dyno time got me 145 at the rear wheels. I extrapolated the 170... ;-) Like I said, that was a lot of cash for 3 seco
- /html/fot/2013-04/msg00152.html (10,363 bytes)
- 84. Re: [Fot] Selling my TR4 Vintage Race Car (score: 1)
- Author: <yellow04@tr4racer.com>
- Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 08:42:39 -0400
- Truer words were never spoken... Does make me wonder how I got here, though... Wait, oh, yeah... I remember now! The last increments of performance are always the most costly. It was ever thus. Terry
- /html/fot/2013-04/msg00160.html (10,261 bytes)
- 85. Re: [Fot] VR-1 Oil (score: 1)
- Author: <yellow04@tr4racer.com>
- Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2013 09:38:20 -0400
- http://www.valvoline.com/pdf/vr1_racing.pdf VR-1 carries an API rating of "SN". This is the most current standard. A couple years back when the whole flat tappet cam failure issue was in full swing,
- /html/fot/2013-04/msg00175.html (10,542 bytes)
- 86. Re: [Fot] TR4 clutch, help (score: 1)
- Author: Yellow04 <yellow04@tr4racer.com>
- Date: Thu, 09 May 2013 19:14:32 -0700
- What are you running for a clutch? Any chance you overextended the pressure plate? Sent from my Verizon Wireless smartphone _______________________________________________ fot@autox.team.net http://w
- /html/fot/2013-05/msg00056.html (10,108 bytes)
- 87. Re: [Fot] trans fluif (score: 1)
- Author: Yellow04 <yellow04@tr4racer.com>
- Date: Sat, 11 May 2013 17:20:25 -0400
- Before I ponied up for the billet bottom end, I ran an OD in my race car. I tried a couple varieties of GL4 and 5, but never overcame the problem of the OD engaging sluggishly and then not at all on
- /html/fot/2013-05/msg00081.html (9,593 bytes)
- 88. Re: [Fot] SP (score: 1)
- Author: <yellow04@tr4racer.com>
- Date: Mon, 20 May 2013 14:20:21 -0400
- Awesome weekend at Summit Point for Triumphs. The track was is great form, the weather cooperated better than most spring race weekends in the mountains of West Virginia. Leo Oddi was at the top Triu
- /html/fot/2013-05/msg00146.html (8,719 bytes)
- 89. Re: [Fot] Brake Fluid (score: 1)
- Author: <yellow04@tr4racer.com>
- Date: Wed, 22 May 2013 06:45:41 -0400
- I know this goes against what most are saying here, but I have never had an issue with Castrol LMA, the stuff you can buy off the shelf at most auto parts stores. With Vintage legal race tires, I don
- /html/fot/2013-05/msg00166.html (9,532 bytes)
- 90. [Fot] Our weekend at the Track Formerly Known as Mosport (score: 1)
- Author: <yellow04@tr4racer.com>
- Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:07:09 -0400
- We had quite a gaggle of Triumphs running this past weekend at the Canadian Tire Motorsports Park, and everybody ran well and had enjoyed the weekend. The new owners of the track have made many impro
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- 91. Re: [Fot] Our weekend at the Track Formerly Known as Mosport (score: 1)
- Author: <yellow04@tr4racer.com>
- Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:25:49 -0400
- We will see, but keeping the revs under 6200 is the plan. So far, so good. Henry yellow04@tr4racer.com -- Original Message -- From: "Bob Kramer" <rkramer3@austin.rr.com> To: <yellow04@tr4racer.com> C
- /html/fot/2013-06/msg00096.html (11,793 bytes)
- 92. Re: [Fot] Front Engine mounts (score: 1)
- Author: Yellow04 <yellow04@tr4racer.com>
- Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2013 22:06:12 -0400
- My TR4 had solid front engine mounts when I bought the car. I never figured out any benefit of them, and they transferred enormous amounts of vibration into the frame. I am not sure if one of Joe's t
- /html/fot/2013-09/msg00038.html (10,304 bytes)
- 93. Re: [Fot] Kastner Cup Photos and a first question (score: 1)
- Author: <yellow04@tr4racer.com>
- Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 12:21:32 -0400
- The "Triumph Ghetto" was occupied by most of it's usual suspects, plus our royalty and guest for the weekend was Bill Dentinger. We were just up the hill from the excitement around the Lester Garages
- /html/fot/2013-09/msg00152.html (10,880 bytes)
- 94. Re: [Fot] Fuel Cell for TR3 (score: 1)
- Author: <yellow04@tr4racer.com>
- Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2013 09:28:14 -0400
- Love this line from the description. -Build your own metal container (drawing supplied) Heck, they supplied the drawing, what else do you need? ;-) _______________________________________________ fot
- /html/fot/2013-10/msg00036.html (8,835 bytes)
- 95. [Fot] Nomination (score: 1)
- Author: <yellow04@tr4racer.com>
- Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2013 12:05:55 -0400
- I would like to nominate and introduce to the group Steve Francis. Steve had been an SVRA member since 1989 and raced in Group 6 and Group 8. Two years ago he bought from a friend who was the origina
- /html/fot/2013-10/msg00192.html (8,719 bytes)
- 96. Re: [Fot] TR-4 / TR-6 tranny layshaft bearing mod? (score: 1)
- Author: <yellow04@tr4racer.com>
- Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2013 10:54:12 -0500
- Look at the Stag layshaft arrangement, it doubles up on the roller bearings on one side of the countershaft plus the thrust washers are roller bearings. Henry yellow04@tr4racer.com __________________
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- 97. Re: [Fot] Bob Wismer's TR4 racecar... (score: 1)
- Author: Yellow04 <yellow04@tr4racer.com>
- Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 05:45:04 -0400
- Outstanding news, congrats and welcome Paul! As the owner of another of the Beady Eye Vintage Racing Triumph cars, I am thrilled to hear Bob's car landed in the hands of an experienced racer and will
- /html/fot/2014-08/msg00242.html (10,208 bytes)
- 98. Re: [Fot] Sad news for the TRIUMPH community... (score: 1)
- Author: "yellow04" <yellow04@tr4racer.com>
- Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2014 19:33:40 -0400
- I'm going to miss him as well. A gentleman of our sport. One of many, but one I'm happy to be able to call him my friend. Rest in peace, Bob. --Original Message-- From: Fot [mailto:fot-bounces@autox.
- /html/fot/2014-10/msg00031.html (10,490 bytes)
- 99. [Fot] Pictures from the Kastner Cup event for fot-racing.com (score: 1)
- Author: Yellow04 <yellow04@tr4racer.com>
- Date: Tue, 26 May 2015 05:40:31 -0400
- If anybody has any good pictures from the Kastner Cup event that might be included in the fot-racing.com write-up, please contact me. Thanks Henry _______________________________________________ fot@
- /html/fot/2015-05/msg00219.html (8,361 bytes)
- 100. Re: [Fot] Wheels (score: 1)
- Author: Yellow04 <yellow04@tr4racer.com>
- Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2015 08:57:06 -0400
- Old Blue sits on Panasport Ultra Light racing wheels, 5.5X15. Not sure of the backspacing, maybe Bill remembers? http://www.spruellmotorsport.com/15x55-panasport-ultra-light-racing-wheel-p-68.html __
- /html/fot/2015-06/msg00094.html (10,655 bytes)
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