Tony, you were building a Formula Vee.
GJB
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-vintage-race@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-vintage-race@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Tony Clark
Sent: Monday, May 04, 1998 8:46 PM
To: Jack W Drews; vintage race list
Subject: Re: reality check
April Fool's Day was last month, Jack, but guess what? I did that
exact same thing: when building a transaxle for a race car, I
flipped sides with the ring gear but. . . everything turned out all
right: What race car was I building?
:-)
Tony
Jack wrote:
> Overhauled my differential this weekend. Went for a test drive and
found
> I had four speeds reverse, one forward. Realizing that I had
installed
> the ring gear on the wrong side, and not wanting to re-do it, I
simply
> wired the starter backwards, reversed the spark plug wires in the
> distributor, and now the engine turns counterclockwise, so
everything is
> OK.
>
> You believe me, don't you?
> --
> uncle jack the carfrek
> TR4 Rallye Replica vintage racer
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