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RE: spitfire input shaft specs needed (single rail)

To: "'Joe Curry'" <spitlist@gte.net>,
Subject: RE: spitfire input shaft specs needed (single rail)
From: Davies William-qswi646 <William.M.Davies@motorola.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2000 09:58:58 +0100


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe Curry [mailto:spitlist@gte.net]
> Sent: 29 September 2000 15:39
> To: Davies William-qswi646
> Cc: 'Brad Kahler'; triumphs@autox.team.net; spitfires@autox.team.net;
> fot@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: spitfire input shaft specs needed (single rail)
> 
> When you get finished with that, you are still left with the 
> concern about how to get a clutch disk that will fit the fine 
> splines of
> the gearbox.  Since the Mk3 clutch and flywheel are different 
> (flat flywheel and smaller clutch, it is not a real clean job. 
> Hopefully, someone (try Ted Schumacher) offers a correctly 
> sized disk with the proper splines.  Otherwise you may need 
> to retrofit a
> 1500 flywheel and clutch to the 1296 engine.  This is what I 
> had to do on my race car using the GT6 geatbox (but with different
> splines)

Well as the car is already fitted with a single rail gearbox, I had assumed
that the clutch/flywheel/starter motor issue was already resolved in order
to install a 1500 gearbox the first time round! There is an appropriate
clutch plate supplied by John Kipping/Canley Classics here in the UK. The
alternative method of changing the flywheel to accomodate the 1500 clutch
assembly leaves a different starter ring gear, so the 1500 starter moter
then becomes a requirement (with associated wiring changes). The simplest
solution is to just change the clutch plate,
        Cheers,
                Bill.

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