Gt6s

Quoted from Nick Jones

Extensive testing to destruction I imagine......  

Nick

You got it Nick. I could break an anvil.

Laurence

Quoted from Spitfire6

Hi,
I have a 3.27 with a Quaife.
Before the Quaife I had a 3.63 but, this was limiting my top speed on the Autobahn's.
Before CC fitted the Quaife, I have had many 3.63's die and maybe one 3.27.
Now no breakage after nearly ten years.

My car has over 100HP and a 3.63 is no good on the motorway/Autobahn IMHO.

Cheers,
Iain.

I would go for 3.63 with Quaife find a 28% J type OD and run oversize tyres. Equivalent to 185/70/13 this combination gives 24 mph per 1000 Rpm (5800 = 140 mph) A 3.27 on std tyres and stock overdrive gives 25 mph per 1000. But even with a Quaife in a 3.27 the next weak link in the 3.27 is the pinion gear which splits when used in anger. How do I know this stuff ?

Laurence

Gear lever needs shortened to eight inch's NO SHORTER or you won't be able to engage reverse.

Done quite a few.

And I think the change with the shorter lever on the big box very good indeed. I own two Gt6's and a Sixfire all with big boxes.

Laurence

Quoted from timireson

Catch off and window fully open then u can see them.
T.

And the seal removed rivets hidden behind it.

I have done a couple using Mini rear valances (Original type Mini) needs set in in three sections. Cheap though.

Laurence

Despite what the seller says these are most probably Weller. Before Weller made their own complete wheels they took wheels exchange and welded on their own rim onto original centres.

That clutch cylinder is on the wrong side

Big hammer sorts that.

Your Gt6 will suffer a bad reaction.

If you needed a transplant would you consider pig organs ?

Not A problem. That is the finalized Mk3 version. I did look into getting those produced but the price was very much an issue. Ended up I only made two sets. They are effective but lot of work so I refused to make any more.

Laurence

John Maybe boiled was a bit to far but certainly cooked. Do you really think I cannot recognise thinned oil when I see it ? Oil certinaly looses its lubricating properties after a few cookings. And BTW the oil temp can go significantly higher than the coolant especialy with our sumps shielded from cooling air.

Bainzy The oil cooler came of an MG Metro or even a turbo sorry no part numbers or even photos on this laptop. I used this cooler because it bolts straight up to a spin off filter head. Water oil coolers or heat exchangers for the pedantic can be got from many modern motors turbo diesels in particular you will need to find one thar uses the sam filter thread and sealing ring diameter as a Spitfire.

Matter of opinion, if driven hard (which all mine are) or even in traffic a Gt6 can boil its oil. Once boiled a few times it losses viscosity and becomes useless. I use a water cooled cooler off a Morris Garages Metro.

Laurence

Squeal piggy squeal.

Laurence

Now come on. There is a white 105 e Anglia (scrapper) in Deliverance.

Laurence

That ties in with Weller for me too. Weller wheels are as heavy as hell.

Laurence

A mate did this on his Sodomite Bint certainly improved the stopping but brake pedal went to nearer the floor. You can fit a SD1 master cylinder though.

Laurence

All Sodomites share the same hub. Not the same as Spitfire and the TR7 has struts. Interesting thing about Sodomite VL is that they are not handed, they have two sets of caliper mounts meaning you can fit two front calipers on each side.

Laurence

Not safe to run vehicle through gears while on axle stands !

If axles are allowed to drop while jacked up axles can pull on the handbrake cable.

Laurence

If it has exploded chances are 3.27 or not carrier will be scrap.

Laurence

Now you tell me Colin. My ones are in a pile.

Laurence

Don;t know what all this fuss is about engine hoists. I have removed and refitted Gt6 engines MYSELF with nothing more than a crowbar and some wood.

Engine hoists are for pussies.

Al-right I have done that. Have also fitted truck springs. Bulldozer and truck diffs. Excavator tracks and thrown about 60 hp outboard motors all on my own in the past. But now at 55 ( Old git ) and with a wrecked back ( Not profession related ).

I now own an engine crane.

Laurence

My 2p Waxstat conversion. ;)

Laurence

That statement is arse about tit. Formula Ford regs at the time stated that production wheels had to be used. To that end FF manufacturers used Triumph rims. When they became scarce FF's changed to Fiat 132 rims also made by Dunlop. after that the production word was dropped from the regs and wheels were supplied by Weller but back to the Triumph PCD.

That photo explains it perfectly and that is the way I was trained it always be done.

HOWEVER ! Some years ago I worked in a MAN truck dealership I had the two piece propshaft off a vehicle. I reassembled propshaft as I had been trained and discovered a really bad transmission vibration. I had my foreman look at the prop and he confirmed I had the prop properly assembled (also as he had always been trained). Out of curiosity we looked at a couple of other trucks of the same model to find that at the centre bearing carrier the couplings were crossed (Wrong as my foreman and I had been trained) I removed the joint on the vehicle I was working on to assemble the same way as the other trucks we had inspected VIBRATION GONE.

Laurence

It goes together with ends matched ie propshaft yoke in line with sliding joint propshaft end yoke.

Laurence