Charley - I'm the one who first suggested and nominated you to get you into
the FOT gang. Great guys and gals !
I think Ken Gillanders in Temple City, So. Calif. sells Racestoration items.
Contact Ken at :- BFEKENG@aol.com
BFKENG = British Frame & Engine Ken G. (626) 443-0939 Mention a hello to
Ken from me.
Don Elliott, Original Owner, 1958 TR3A Montreal
http://mysite.freeserve.com/trebor/don3a_big.JPG
----- Original Message -----
From: "Charly Mitchel" <charly@mitchelplumbing.com>
To: "MARK J WEATHERS" <markjwea@email.msn.com>; <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2004 10:30 AM
Subject: TR6 upright
> Mark, I sent out the TR6 upright to you last week, you should be getting
it
> today. I hope it works for you. I tried to knock the axel out of it and
I
> put a few scratches on the surface the seal rides on, I hope they can be
> polished out. I had my 1st race this last weekend that the car actually
ran
> well, in Mission BC ( http://vrcbc.ca/hmr.html ). The replacement axels
seem
> to work well, I was able to just about cut my stopping distance in half.
They
> worked so well I overheated my brakes and warped the rotors. Now to find
a
> fix for that. I've been running organic pads on the front until now and
I'm
> switching to semi-metallic as soon as I put the rotors back on. Any
thoughts
> on the brakes?
> I also had a problem with the car running hot. I put in a restrictor in
the
> thermostat housing and it helped a little bit, but on the last race the
car
> boiled over. I've tried contacting the guys @ Racestorastions about the
> aluminum water pump impellor, but get no response. Do you know of a
stateside
> source for them? I'm taking the radiator out to make sure it's not
blocked
> and having it flow tested. Any other ideas on trying to keep the car
cool?
> It only seems to over heat when I start running it over 5000rpm's. On the
> street it seems to stay cool.
> My next race is @ Pacific Raceways ( http://www.sovren.org/Page_1.html )
on
> May 15th & 16th and hope to have most of these thins sorted out by then.
> Let me know about the upright and I can settle with you on the axels.
> Thanks, Charly
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