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Re: [Fot] Retiring from Triumph Racing

To: Bobby Whitehead <igofaster@att.net>, FoT Triumph <fot@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Fot] Retiring from Triumph Racing
From: Mike Munson via Fot <fot@autox.team.net>
Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2015 03:36:40 +0000 (UTC)
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Sorry to hear that Bobby!

      From: Bobby Whitehead via Fot <fot@autox.team.net>
 To: FoT Triumph <fot@autox.team.net>=20
 Sent: Friday, January 30, 2015 3:38 PM
 Subject: [Fot] Retiring from Triumph Racing
  =20
Hello Group...=C2=A0 I FINALLY got my GT6 car back together after 2 1/2 yea=
rs of trying to find someone who could line bore the engine.. the builder r=
ecommended by a fellow group member was out of state.. I almost had to show=
 up threatening to get my engine back after 9 months... I got the engine ba=
ck in the car and used my local speed shop in North Texas to dial it in. We=
ll.,.. the engine was a crap assembly and so back out again to start over a=
nd re-machine ...back and forth in and out a couple of times to FINALLY get=
 it right..=C2=A0 So dialed in 121 hp at the rear wheel dyno'ed ... all flu=
ffed up and ready to go. I even registered both of my cars for the final CV=
AR event at Texas World next month.. it would have been a logistics nightma=
re sort of.. I would have to trailer one car down one weekend, one the next=
, and repeat...=C2=A0 so... I figured a test and tune was appropriate for t=
he Triumph seeing how it had been 2.5 years since I'd been in the car so I =
went to Eagles Canyon yesterday and ran a couple of 15 minute sessions... h=
onestly after racing a GTA with 400 hp and my 1965 Mustang with 400 hp... a=
 little Triumph with 150 hp was a little boring... to top it off... I came =
in with a blown seal or trunion on the front right hub. Had I been at the t=
rack it would have been one session or two and I would have been done for t=
he weekend. Not that you can't blow up a Ford engine or seal... the differe=
nce is... I could go to O'Reillys and get a new wheel bearing or whatever..=
. I'm just tired of trying with the GT6... I've had a lot of fun running 13=
0-140 mph in our Group 1 in the Mustang. So.. with that... I'm selling the =
GT-6+ , 3 parts cars , and all my bits and pieces... I have to repair the h=
ub or seal or whatever blew on the car this next week, but I'll be listing =
it and my parts on eBay in the next few months so look for it or you can em=
ail me if you have a part or maybe interested in any of my stuff... I start=
ed today with a MKIII parts car and a MKII hood on eBay. I'm firesignsales =
on eBay if you wanna watch in the future....=C2=A0=C2=A0 Bobby Whitehead

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lveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;fo=
nt-size:16px">Sorry to hear that Bobby!<br><div><span></span></div><br>  <d=
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/b> Bobby Whitehead via Fot &lt;fot@autox.team.net&gt;<br> <b><span style=
=3D"font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> FoT Triumph &lt;fot@autox.team.net&g=
t; <br> <b><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, Janu=
ary 30, 2015 3:38 PM<br> <b id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1422836624447_18687"><span i=
d=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1422836624447_18686" style=3D"font-weight: bold;">Subject=
:</span></b> [Fot] Retiring from Triumph Racing<br> </font> </div> <div id=
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=3D"yiv6408697830"><div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1422836624447_18695"><div id=3D"=
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_0_1_1422836624447_18693"><div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1422836624447_18692" styl=
e=3D"color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica =
Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><div id=
=3D"yiv6408697830yui_3_16_0_6_1422651624244_7">Hello Group...&nbsp; I FINAL=
LY got my GT6 car back together after 2 1/2 years of trying to find someone=
 who could line bore the engine.. the builder recommended by a fellow group=
 member was out of state.. I almost had to show up threatening to get my en=
gine back after 9 months... I got the engine back in the car and used my lo=
cal speed shop in North Texas to dial it in. Well.,.. the engine was a crap=
 assembly and so back out again to start over and re-machine ...back and fo=
rth in and out a couple of times to FINALLY get it right..&nbsp; So dialed =
in 121 hp at the rear
 wheel dyno'ed ... all fluffed up and ready to go. I even registered both o=
f my cars for the final CVAR event at Texas World next month.. it would hav=
e been a logistics nightmare sort of.. I would have to trailer one car down=
 one weekend, one the next, and repeat...&nbsp; so... I figured a test and =
tune was appropriate for the Triumph seeing how it had been 2.5 years since=
 I'd been in the car so I went to Eagles Canyon yesterday and ran a couple =
of 15 minute sessions... honestly after racing a GTA with 400 hp and my 196=
5 Mustang with 400 hp... a little Triumph with 150 hp was a little boring..=
. to top it off... I came in with a blown seal or trunion on the front righ=
t hub. Had I been at the track it would have been one session or two and I =
would have been done for the weekend. Not that you can't blow up a Ford eng=
ine or seal... the difference is... I could go to O'Reillys and get a new w=
heel bearing or whatever... I'm just tired of trying with the GT6...
 I've had a lot of fun running 130-140 mph in our Group 1 in the Mustang. S=
o.. with that... I'm selling the GT-6+ , 3 parts cars , and all my bits and=
 pieces... I have to repair the hub or seal or whatever blew on the car thi=
s next week, but I'll be listing it and my parts on eBay in the next few mo=
nths so look for it or you can email me if you have a part or maybe interes=
ted in any of my stuff... I started today with a MKIII parts car and a MKII=
 hood on eBay. I'm firesignsales on eBay if you wanna watch in the future..=
..&nbsp;&nbsp; Bobby Whitehead<br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div=
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