Well, I doubt he told you in that manner, but do keep in mind there are
tooling costs which are pretty high on any new product. If there's no market
for a considerable number of pieces it makes no sense from a business
standpoint regardless of the small handful who are disappointed. Actually
his manifolds were designed for triple Zenith-Stromburgs and not SUs. It's
only due to a few folks mounting up SUs on applications in TR-250/TR-6
successfully the perception came about they were "designed" for SUs. Realize
the dimensional differences between the two carbs. Space is tight in a GT-6
which is why the manifolds must drop. If there's clearance for a Stromburg,
there may not be for an SU setup with its higher domes.
In the past I have had him make some custom pushrods for us and he did a
perfect job and quickly too. I have worked on a number of cars that have his
products in them and to the best of my awareness, there have been no
failures or complaints. He's not running a hobby, it's a business with high
levels of customer satisfaction and customer service. I might also add he
competes in a Triumph also.
Russ Moore
Spitfire #49
Twin Pine Restoration
-----Original Message-----
From: fot-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:fot-bounces@autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of Gt6steve@aol.com
Sent: Friday, July 08, 2011 10:06 PM
To: Gt6steve@aol.com; chasgee@aol.com
Cc: FOT@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Fot] 1500 Spit rockers
When I solicited Richard in 2002 to build me a set of his triple SU
manifolds for the GT6 I was essentially told to F off as he didn't care
about
"the lesser" Triumphs.
I'm glad he's seen the economic potential and moved beyond that point but
to this day I find it hard to get past that dismissal. YMMV
In a message dated 7/8/2011 6:30:34 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
chasgee@aol.com writes:
http://www.goodparts.com/shop/index.php?categoryID=10
available in two ratios. Very high quality stuff and Richard stands
behind
his products.
Chuck Gee
-----Original Message-----
From: riverside <riverside@southslope.net>
To: FOT <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Fri, Jul 8, 2011 4:00 pm
Subject: [Fot] 1500 Spit rockers
Who sells a good quality roller rocker setup?
art de armond
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