Does anyone know of a source for Clevite 77 or Vandevell
thrust washers for a 1500 Spitfire?
> FOT,
> Since today is the day for race reports, I'll fill you all in on the CVAR
> races this weekend. FOT with cars in attendance:
> Jeff Wilt, TR3A
> Susan Hensley, Spitfire
> John Price, TvR Vixen (TR6)
> BK, TR4
> FOT, sans cars:
> Richard Hardison, EP TR3A, "almost finished"
> Jim McAndrew, EP TR3 under restoration, Daytona Continental history
> Brad Kahler, EP TR3 for 2002
> Justin Wagner, jus' vistin'
> Rick Junkermeirer, CP TR6 under restoration
>
> First let me thank Justin for bringing me a new valve cover gasket. I
> destroyed my first one by removing it while hot. I can read, why didn't I?
> Also thanks go out to Brad for bringing me a set of NOS Yokohama 008R's. New
> as in lots of rubber left, Old as in no longer sticky! They will be mounted
> and used for warmup so that I can save my last goos set of tires and hope
> for help from the tire gods. Anyone want a set of widened stock TR wheels?
> Brad made me take them with the tires...
>
> Back to the racing. The weather was great, but hot all weekend. We'd start
> the day in the low 70's, and end up in the upper 90's. Great track
> conditions, but rather exhausting. We had 4 cars spread out in 3 groups.
> Jeff had lot's of fun in Group 4, running with the Formula Juniors. He's got
> a hankering for an O/D to go with the 4.10 gears to get more out of the car
> down the long straight. He ran well all weekend, but really needs to get off
> those street tires. John Price took out his TR6 powered TVR for the second
> time, and with a few tweeks to the engine and a tire pressure adjustment,
> brought his times down dramatically. Pretty car, which can go a whole lot
> faster. Susan was not so lucky. Her engine sputtered and died, and the
> resulting collection of bent pushrods put her on the trailer. Persisitence,
> patience, fortitude, and money, yeah that's what makes a vintage racer. Hang
> in there Susan, it'll come. You may remember me asking the group about
> addding a front spoiler to my TR4. I was hitting a wall on the TWS front
> straight watching the MagGots pull away. I'm here today to tell you that
> between pinning down the front of the bonnet and adding a TR6 front spoiler,
> I no longer have that problem. It's a joy to stay with the pack down the
> straight. Although I continue to struggle with a high rpm fuel starvation, I
> was able to stay with the lead group much of the time. Reeled off a 2:06
> lap, when the leaders were doing 2:04's. Finished 4th, 5th, 6th and 8th in
> my races, with 30 in the group. Yes, I am having fun.
>
> CVAR continues to grow. The groups are fielding larger and larger numbers,
> and we continue to have safe events. The only incidnet of merit all weekend
> that resulted in damage occured when an MGB, misssed a shift and hit the
> grass driving straight through a sand embankment. Quite a cloud. He lost
> both front and rear valances, a few scrapes and bruises. That's about it.
>
> Bob Kramer
> TR6, TR4A, TR4, 2.5PI
> Hill Country Triumph Club
> Corinthians Vintage Auto Racing
> rgk@flash.net
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