[Fot] Overdrive issue

[Larry Young]

I had the opposite experience from most, because the overdrive actually 
saved me once.  The clutch throwout bearing went out on my TR3 and I 
couldn't shift.  I managed to get it into 3rd gear and ran two races at 
Hallett using only 3rd and 3rd overdrive.  I only lost about a second 
off my normal lap times.

BillDentin at aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 04/03/2007 9:06:27 AM Central Daylight Time, 
> henry at henryfrye.com writes:
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>> Best mod EVER to an overdrive:
>>
>> Sell it for silly money to the street car crowd, use the cash for a set
>> of close ratio gears and a set of tires.
>>
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> More or less Mike Belfer's take as well.  Not that they don't 
> work...they work great.  But they are complicated and usually one of 
> the first things to break.  I believe that to be a majority opinion.
>
> But having said that, I have difficulty explaining the success of long 
> time Beady Eye member Don Brick, who raced a very mildly prepared TR4 
> for years and years.  It had an overdrive.  He made very effective use 
> of it, and somehow he always kept it working.
>
> Bill Dentinger
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