TimW Posted October 14, 2012 Author Share Posted October 14, 2012 Great idea Colin and I could have the "fun" of an overdrive with a 5 speed!! I don't think the GT6 has enough room and the 5 speed gearbox doesn't have a drive flange on the rear it has a sliding spline :-/ :-/ :-/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piman Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Hello Nick, I pinned my thrust bearing in when I last rebuilt the engine. I suppose it is not necessary if you regularly check the end float but, belts and braces?GT6s, what cam did you use in your engine?Alec Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gt6s Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 piman wrote:GT6s, what cam did you use in your engine?Revington TR Sprint cam.http://www.revingtontr.com/shop/Collection_Display.asp?mscssid=2TMM6D58PVT48K3LM3UMUMKRXMBC3TCC&CarType=TR6&CID=1449 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gt6s Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 DAMMIT TIM !!You have put me in a notion for a set of those bloody rods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uksnatcher Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 Go on Laurence....you KNOW you want them.... :Phttp://www.chriswitor.com/proddetail.php?prod=146454H-6K Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT6 M Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 they are these wid a large mark up.been around a while now, were sold originally by a bloke int UShttp://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/Car-Parts-/14239/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=triumph+conrodsm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRAJ Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 339 wrote:Great idea Colin and I could have the "fun" of an overdrive with a 5 speed!! I don't think the GT6 has enough room and the 5 speed gearbox doesn't have a drive flange on the rear it has a sliding spline :-/ :-/ :-/Could the o/d not be fitted between a shortened prop and the diff?Colin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebrookster Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 Aahhhhhh!! The Maxspeeding rods!!There was a thread over on sideways a while back regarding these rods, basically they seemed a good idea and reasonably well made, however at the time they did not fit the 6 pot engine!! I was going to get hold of a couple at one point to test them out in the spitfire, but he ended up shooting off somewhere with his work, and it never quite worked out.However, from memory, they guy who tried them had reported the issue back to maxspeeding, who were quite concerned about this (as would be expected, seeing as they were sold for the 6 pot) and said they would look into it and see what could be done, I presume that this has now been done! (On the basis Witor's are selling them!)Oddly enough, the company had sent me an email a while back, they seemed to think kinkyspit was a company for some reason ;D ;D ;DHowever, has anyone on here used these yet? And if so, could they send me a pm to confirm what they fitted into, this could well be something that will incorporate into my website at some point!Cheers,PhilP.S - Just to clarify, from what I can remember the fitting issue was something to do with the rod being to "wide" (if that is the right term??) so it touched the side of the block. It is a while since that thread though, so I may well have a couple of details wrong!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimW Posted October 16, 2012 Author Share Posted October 16, 2012 Gt6s wrote:DAMMIT TIM !! You have put me in a notion for a set of those bloody rods. Sorry Laurence :B :B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimW Posted October 16, 2012 Author Share Posted October 16, 2012 CRAJ wrote:Could the o/d not be fitted between a shortened prop and the diff?Colin.The prop tunnel on a GT6 just wont be large enough to run an overdrive. Not enough room in front of the diff either because of the chassis rails. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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