I ripped out the centers of 3 or 4 stock clutch discs in my Spitfire before
someone pointed me to the "competition" disk with a solid center. I'd
imagine there's one for the GT6 too. Got mine from West Michigan Imports
(Duane Bailey, a Spitfire racer) -- 616-878-5774 or dbailey_wmi@yahoo.com
(Since then I've gone to a Quartermaster clutch setup.)
--Rocky Entriken
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Janzen" <sjanzen@me.com>
To: "'Friends of Triumph' Triumph" <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, July 26, 2013 9:35 PM
Subject: [Fot] Clutch Failure in GT6
>I ran the Schenley Park GP in Pittsburgh this past weekend - a fantastic
> event, racing on city streets- I'll be back.
> It is, however, hard on the car, and once again I've found the weak link.
> The clutch disc center basically ripped out - the metal around only one of
> three rivets was still intact.
> So, it's a stock disc and pressure plate, never given trouble before,
> probably
> on its 3rd-4th season. Should I just replace it, or is there an easily
> adaptable upgrade that's stronger?
>
> It's an 8-1/2" disc, 23 spline - the car has a TR4-6 gearbox in it (the
> GT6
> box was the old weak link) and a good aluminum flywheel I got from Ted
> that
> I'd hate to give up on.
>
> What is being used out there - given that I have a TR4-6 box with the
> cross-shaft/fork arrangement, I'm guessing whatever you TR4 racers have
> done
> might work too.
>
> Scott
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