I've started bonding with the '59 TR3A I've taken over from Jeff Wilt
and Bob Kramer. Yesterday, my son, Tom, and I took it out to Hallet for
high speed touring as a prelude to the CVAR driving school next
weekend. We had a blast. We traded off driving and were both turning
laps about 4 or 5 sec slower than Jeff ran last fall. I guess that is
to be expected, since we are both new to racing and to this car. Other
than the need for improved driving skill, it seems to me that the cam
and gear ratio is not good at Hallet. We hit 6000 rpm in 3rd at the
very end of the straights. With 304 degrees duration, the cam produces
poor power below 4000. On several of the corners, it was difficult to
get through them at more than 3800-3900 rpm in 3rd. It seems that
shorter duration cam and a rear axle ratio higher than 4.1 would be
better on this course. I'm just thinking for now, since we need a lot
more driving experience, but I can tell it is going to be a lot of fun
driving and working on this car. Thanks Jeff and Bob.
Larry Young (Forever Young Racing Team)
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