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41. Re: What do I weigh/Front Mounting Plate-TR3/4 Engine (score: 1): Author: "kas kastner" <kaskas@cox.net>; Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 08:29:17 -0700; I appreciate some of the answers to my story on the MG lightening holes. I left out another source of lightening that failed. That was drilled holes in the heavy master cylinder. The brakes just neve; /html/fot/2005-09/msg00182.html (7,977 bytes)
42. Re: How much I weigh (score: 1): Author: "kas kastner" <kaskas@cox.net>; Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 16:14:09 -0700; Yeah, you are right. I was just talking to Jimmy Coan and he told me that after my days there was a new regulation or a summary of regulations on weight and they (SCCA) decided and told everyone in t; /html/fot/2005-09/msg00184.html (9,544 bytes)
43. Re: Group 44 Gt6 - For Sale - Buyer Be Very Beware (score: 1): Author: "kas kastner" <kaskas@cox.net>; Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 08:52:38 -0700; There is a photo of the Group 44 GT-6 with Mike Downs winning at Daytona ( 1969) in my second book, The Historical and Technical Guide, page 162. Maybe some details can be picked up from that to make; /html/fot/2005-09/msg00261.html (10,949 bytes)
44. Re: Group 44 Gt6 - For Sale - Buyer Be Very Beware (score: 1): Author: "kas kastner" <kaskas@cox.net>; Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 13:16:30 -0700; Both the Group 44 cars and my cars (GT-6) were fitted with 1.5" Stromberg carburetors. After 1972 I cannot account for the groups car but I don't think that they ran it any other way. That was the on; /html/fot/2005-09/msg00276.html (10,545 bytes)
45. Re: Group 44 Gt6 - For Sale - Buyer Be Very Beware (score: 1): Author: "kas kastner" <kaskas@cox.net>; Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 15:05:41 -0700; Both the Group 44 cars and my cars (GT-6) were fitted with 1.5" Stromberg carburetors. After 1972 I cannot account for the groups car but I don't think that they ran it any other way. That was the on; /html/fot/2005-09/msg00278.html (10,587 bytes)
46. Re: Carb Oil. (score: 1): Author: "kas kastner" <kaskas@cox.net>; Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 07:59:38 -0700; Hundreds of tests and races. If you are running on the street, use the oil, if you are racing remove the clip from the end of the shaft, put the pieces carefully away where you'll never be able to fi; /html/fot/2005-09/msg00446.html (7,460 bytes)
47. Re: head plug (score: 1): Author: "kas kastner" <kaskas@cox.net>; Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2005 17:08:17 -0700; Yeah Jack, I too tried to use the stock alloy part to replace the plug and without at least a coating of epoxy I don't think it is workable. I just tapped the hole and went home early. In cutting hea; /html/fot/2005-08/msg00044.html (8,485 bytes)
48. Re: Engine won't run (score: 1): Author: "kas kastner" <kaskas@cox.net>; Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2005 20:47:26 -0700; Old adage from a Buick mechanic that was 300 years old when I was about 16. "You need four things for the engine to run." 1. Spark 2. Compression 3. Fuel 4. Ignition Now those four things, PLUS 6,000; /html/fot/2005-08/msg00091.html (10,401 bytes)
49. Re: Fornt [sic] sway bar (score: 1): Author: "kas kastner" <kaskas@cox.net>; Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 16:59:33 -0700; If all else fails you might try Kingston Sports Cars in England. Smart,guy lots of experience HE DRIVES on the 6 cyl beasties. try tony @ kingstonsportscars.co.uk -- Original Message -- From: SHANE I; /html/fot/2005-08/msg00107.html (6,988 bytes)
50. Re: Hallet & The FoT (score: 1): Author: "kas kastner" <kaskas@cox.net>; Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 21:53:42 -0700; Check the lap times and you'll find George is a fast guy. -- Original Message -- From: Susan Kahler To: GRMTim@aol.com Cc: fot@autox.team.net Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2005 4:29 PM Subject: Re: Hallet; /html/fot/2005-08/msg00171.html (9,117 bytes)
51. Re: Rods? (score: 1): Author: "kas kastner" <kaskas@cox.net>; Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 12:50:33 -0700; With the TR-6 it is not the rods (although they could use some help) but it is the crankshaft. It has no overlap and thus it whips around and has a terrible harmonic right where you want to race the; /html/fot/2005-08/msg00232.html (8,109 bytes)
52. Re: Rods? (score: 1): Author: "kas kastner" <kaskas@cox.net>; Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 12:54:54 -0700; I had an expensive independent engineering firm do a survey of the TR-6 crankshaft in about 1969 or 1970. Their recommendation was that nitride treatment to the crank would improve the strength (liva; /html/fot/2005-08/msg00233.html (8,485 bytes)
53. Nomination (score: 1): Author: "kas kastner" <kaskas@cox.net>; Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 12:29:32 -0700; I would like a second for a fellow with a terrific TR-6. This is Tom Kreger of the Portland area. Tom's car is the wonderful injected TR-6 I have featured in my last book Good guy, likes fast TRIUMPH; /html/fot/2005-08/msg00306.html (7,341 bytes)
54. Re: Re:rods (score: 1): Author: "kas kastner" <kaskas@cox.net>; Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 07:30:14 -0700; I finally have to add something here on the crankshaft business. I finally got a stock crank to last and last and last. I used it for the final two years of my contracts with BL. I used a rev limit o; /html/fot/2005-08/msg00322.html (8,156 bytes)
55. Re: Hoosier tire wear survey (score: 1): Author: "kas kastner" <kaskas@cox.net>; Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 12:04:20 -0700; Neat thing about bias ply tires is the ability to then easily change the diameter of the rear tires (stagger) for advantage. -- Original Message -- From: Bill Babcock To: Bill Babcock ; 'Henry Frye'; /html/fot/2005-08/msg00343.html (11,118 bytes)
56. Re: BRIC pile-up (score: 1): Author: "kas kastner" <kaskas@cox.net>; Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 14:44:37 -0700; I believe you are getting yourself into a great sport with tons of nice people that will race you 'till 'ya drop but in a great and sporting fashion. -- Original Message -- From: Joe Guinan To: fot@a; /html/fot/2005-07/msg00208.html (8,440 bytes)
57. Re: TR-6 Rear Disc Brakes & mild rant... (score: 1): Author: "kas kastner" <kaskas@cox.net>; Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 14:11:37 -0700; [Here's one that fell behind the back of my electronic desk about a month or so ago. I apologise for the delay. mjb.] This thread exposes the real problem in vintage racing and so called "cheating".; /html/fot/2005-07/msg00263.html (8,421 bytes)
58. Re: Rules, Accidents, and Vintage Racing (score: 1): Author: "kas kastner" <kaskas@cox.net>; Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2005 13:33:37 -0700; I want to point out that my message was sent over 30 days ago and has nothing to do with the incident at RA, but was referring to several previous messages concerning "cheating". -- Original Message; /html/fot/2005-07/msg00275.html (10,276 bytes)
59. Re: TR 3 Steering (score: 1): Author: "kas kastner" <kaskas@cox.net>; Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 11:14:45 -0700; Without Ackerman the two front wheels are trying to travel through totally different arcs when going thru a corner, thus you are scrubbing speed and also inducing understeer. -- Original Message -- F; /html/fot/2005-07/msg00368.html (8,124 bytes)
60. Re: alloy head, for 6 cylinder (score: 1): Author: "kas kastner" <kaskas@cox.net>; Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2005 13:04:12 -0700; If you have the aluminum head metal sprayed with CAST IRON (.005" thick) it will even pass the magnet test. Then you rust it in places with a little muratic acid. I can vouch that it works on flywhee; /html/fot/2005-06/msg00124.html (9,072 bytes)

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