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1. Re: Triumphs and roll overs (score: 1): Author: JWoesvra@aol.com; Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2000 18:35:34 EDT; << Subj: Re: Triumphs and roll overs Date: 07/27/2000 10:37:29 AM Eastern Daylight Time From: jari.tabell@pp.inet.fi (Jari Tabell) To: JWoesvra@aol.com, vintage-race@autox.team.net JWoesvra@aol.com w; /html/vintage-race/2000-08/msg00016.html (8,039 bytes)
2. Re: Triumphs and roll overs (score: 1): Author: JWoesvra@aol.com; Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2000 20:00:10 EDT; << >> Jack, while I'm confident you're correct in this case, please don't discount the very real potential for failure here. It's happened on my GT6 and I don't want to see it again. Ironically, I th; /html/vintage-race/2000-08/msg00017.html (7,198 bytes)
3. Triumphs and roll overs (score: 1): Author: "Wm. Severin Thompson" <wsthompson@thicko.com>; Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 21:48:55 -0500; To all, Allow me to instigate a little discussion on a safety issue. Recently, Jack Drews' beautiful TR4 did a 3 flip rollover in the carousel at Road America. The culprit was a broken rear axle... w; /html/vintage-race/2000-07/msg00196.html (8,245 bytes)
4. Re: Triumphs and roll overs (score: 1): Author: SGHT@aol.com; Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 23:35:40 EDT; I do not have "the answer" but your suggestion of a 240Z unit brings back memories of my ride into the Armco at Watkins Glen 3 years ago in my 280Z, when the right rear suspension broke in the fast l; /html/vintage-race/2000-07/msg00197.html (7,984 bytes)
5. Re: Triumphs and roll overs (score: 1): Author: Jim Hayes <hayes@mediaone.net>; Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 00:01:14 -0400; Bring back the good old days when the drivers were fat and the tires were skinny! Jim (Exactly the same weight as F. Gonzalez when he won Ferrari's first GP victory!) -- Jim Hayes Fotec/Cable U haye; /html/vintage-race/2000-07/msg00198.html (8,175 bytes)
6. Re: Triumphs and roll overs (score: 1): Author: Don <djq1234@yahoo.com>; Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 21:36:46 -0700 (PDT); This sounds like deja vu all over again. My TR-3 did a triple roll (two of them airborne) at Phoenix a few years ago. It happened coming out of a sharp banked turn. The car was so badly damaged, I ju; /html/vintage-race/2000-07/msg00199.html (7,987 bytes)
7. Re: Triumphs and roll overs (score: 1): Author: JHarkness@aol.com; Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 06:41:12 EDT; Having 'been there' myself, I converted to an 8" Ford about a year ago. Same gear ratios available, actually heavier than stock, and no discernable performance difference. Considerably improved peace; /html/vintage-race/2000-07/msg00201.html (8,199 bytes)
8. Re: Triumphs and roll overs (score: 1): Author: Brian Evans <brian@uunet.ca>; Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 09:26:36 -0400; If these are solid axle cars, pre IRS, then perhaps the answer is to modify the rear hubs to a full floating design. This is what the Spridgets use, where the hub is pressed onto the axle housing its; /html/vintage-race/2000-07/msg00202.html (9,752 bytes)
9. Re: Triumphs and roll overs (score: 1): Author: M&J ROSEN <mra@sympatico.ca>; Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 09:54:02 +0000; It does bring up the issue of tire size/originality/legality etc. I've become a little less of a stickler for originality in the last few years but... Since seeing the Flounder's RRB Sprite at Mospor; /html/vintage-race/2000-07/msg00204.html (9,353 bytes)
10. Re: Triumphs and roll overs (score: 1): Author: "Tom & Diane Kubler $Kraftwerks$" <kubler_td@gowebway.com>; Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 10:44:54 -0700; Mike's comment with regard to VARAC prompted me to wonder if a tread width restriction could be of benefit. Many of the racing tires of today have considerably wider contact area than their bias ply; /html/vintage-race/2000-07/msg00205.html (11,115 bytes)
11. Re: Triumphs and roll overs (score: 1): Author: Jari Tabell <jari.tabell@pp.inet.fi>; Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 19:18:06 +0300; My own Triumph roll over, couple of weeks ago, (http://personal.inet.fi/koti/jtabell/bo00race.htm) happened with Dunlop 450 M section vintage racing tires and the car has never been fitted with anyth; /html/vintage-race/2000-07/msg00206.html (9,572 bytes)
12. Re: Triumphs and roll overs (score: 1): Author: "Wm. Severin Thompson" <wsthompson@thicko.com>; Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 14:23:07 -0500; In my humble opinion (and how often do you hear my opinion characterized as humble) this nothing more than a very, very serious safety issue, not an originality. If we were going for original, then t; /html/vintage-race/2000-07/msg00208.html (11,868 bytes)
13. Re: Triumphs and roll overs (score: 1): Author: "Jack W. Drews" <vinttr4@geneseo.net>; Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 16:20:55 -0500; But there is a fatal flaw. The problem is that this is not a floater axle, so like any other non-floater axle, if and when an axle shaft fails, the wheel and the car will part company, just like on o; /html/vintage-race/2000-07/msg00209.html (10,494 bytes)
14. Re: Triumphs and roll overs (score: 1): Author: "Elton Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>; Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 17:38:27 -0500; Rear axle problems?????? I spent serious time during my "formative" years driving a TR 3. I was always leery of the OTHER end . . . The Triumph competition department's answer to what caused brake-pa; /html/vintage-race/2000-07/msg00211.html (8,882 bytes)
15. Re: Triumphs and roll overs (score: 1): Author: Billd13@aol.com; Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 19:10:05 EDT; A point that I noticed when helping to load the TR on jack's trailer. The window net was mounted to the door. This is an absolute no-no in SCCA. It must be mounted to the roll cage. I have been telli; /html/vintage-race/2000-07/msg00212.html (9,003 bytes)
16. RE: Triumphs and roll overs (score: 1): Author: Sadek Charles H DLVA <SadekCH@nswc.navy.mil>; Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 19:43:35 -0400; While this is fresh in everyone's mind, a point about seat mounting. NASCAR (local good ole boys tracks) requires the seat be mounted to the cage and not to the floor. Reason is that if T-boned or si; /html/vintage-race/2000-07/msg00213.html (10,514 bytes)
17. Re: Triumphs and roll overs (score: 1): Author: "MalcolmCox" <malcox@napanet.net>; Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 23:30:43 -0700; MGA and MGB have floating hubs and have a toughish reputation. Perhaps that could be a resource Malcolm; /html/vintage-race/2000-07/msg00215.html (8,579 bytes)
18. Re: Triumphs and roll overs (score: 1): Author: Brian Evans <brian@uunet.ca>; Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 09:21:10 -0400; CASC rules allow the net to be mounted to the door if the door is positively pinned shut while on the track. This does not include the normal door hardware - it must be a separate pin. Which does not; /html/vintage-race/2000-07/msg00217.html (9,709 bytes)
19. Re: Triumphs and roll overs (score: 1): Author: "Irv Korey" <emanteno@attglobal.net>; Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 08:49:38 -0500; at "Rubber Apparently, there is an alternative using (gasp) MGB hubs and axles, which appantly are not as prone to the same failure. I am in Oregon now, and will be at the Vintage Triumph Register Na; /html/vintage-race/2000-07/msg00218.html (10,435 bytes)
20. Re: Triumphs and roll overs (score: 1): Author: franks@mail.teleport.com; Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 08:10:13 +0000; If you are in Portland this weekend stop by Portland International Raceway. We are running an SCCA double regional Saturday and Sunday. The vintage grid has been seeing about 40 cars per event. I bel; /html/vintage-race/2000-07/msg00220.html (10,254 bytes)

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