[Fot] Racing a Triumph TRANSMISSIONS

[Robert M. Lang]

> On 2012-10-12, at 2:04 PM, "john hasty" <jhhasty at gdhs.com> wrote:
>
>> Interestingly enough, the SVRA G3 rules say that transmissions can be
>> replaced with 5 speed units; however, the TR3,4 6 etc. rules say that stock
>> transmission should be used???? I have asked for them to consider the
>> issue....


Like the song says: "same as it ever was".

When you're scared of the competition, you torque the rules to your 
advantage. ;-)

In SCCA club racing, you can use alternate transmissions and alternate 
gear sets, but you cannot run overdrive on a non-standard gearbox. God 
knows why... a T5 (or whatever) with a normal O/D 5th gear offers exactly 
NO advantage other than reliability.

Oddly, in SCCA Solo - when the various "Street" classes were created 
(about 10 or 12 years ago), they specifically exclude Triumphs. Gee, I 
wonder why?

c ya,
rml
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