Mike, I would like a picture or two, and also how these might be ordered.
On your lifter question:
PRI Racing offers lightened and hardened cam followers. Expensive, but so
are god cams. http://www.prirace.com/cam_followers.htm
Also, Integral Cams will resurface and test the hardness of lifters.
http://www.integralcams.com/
Chuck
Mike Munson wrote:
> I use Nascar bars from Speedway Engineering on my TR6 racecar. They are
> 1.25 hollow bars with anodized aluminum arms. They are less than 8#
> apiece and are connected to the suspension with .5" rod ends. They work
> really well. I have pictures if anyone wants them.
>
> Mike Munson
> Snellville, Ga.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-fot@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-fot@autox.team.net] On
> Behalf Of JLEE
> Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 7:50 PM
> To: fot@autox.team.net
> Subject: Swaybars
>
> When I raced my TR4 in the early eighties, I happened to be working as a
> machinist. I built my bars from stressproof steel as Kas suggested. I
> used
> 1.250" on the front and 1.00" on the rear. I also built a panhard rod
> for
> good measure. The links were put on with key stock much like the rear
> axle
> is. I also made the links adjustable so I could tweak the front to rear
> bias.
> I ran the car for several years without ever having to adjust anything.
> They
> are still on the car which I am restoring. Next to the Jack Wheeler
> engine
> rebuild, this was the best thing I ever did on the car. The car feels
> like
> your driving on rails. I wouldn't take them off now for anything.
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