| Issue #2 - January 1999 |
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The lastest rantings from the editor. [more]
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| Modifying the Spitfire |
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This issue it's the Spitfires turn. A beginners guide to extracting some performance from the Spitfire's engine. It's not as simple as "let's whack some Weber's on it"... [more]
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| Peter Allott's Spit 6 Restoration |
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Peter Allott (based in Waterdown, Ontario, Canada) is in the middle of a frame up restoration on his Spitfire Mk4 with GT6 running gear. Well, actually the car is for his wife Lynn. [more]
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| Steve Smith's Racing GT6 |
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Steve Smith (based in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA) has been racing his MkII GT6 in Vintage races since 1990. The car is extensively modified, and really looks the biz. [more]
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| Your Stuff |
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Reader contributions - letters, photos, etc.[more]
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| Triumph GT6 Ezine |
Feature Car - Steve Smith's Racing GT6 |
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Author: Steve Smith Editor: Todd Wilson
This GT-6 has been Vintage racing since 1990 and has increased its performance and reliability incrementally over this period. While it has always run in the top ten in a very competitive group it is only the past two years that it has started to shine. Early engine reliability problems were beaten with Carillo rods, J&E forged pistons, cam bearings in the block and synthetic oil coupled with a few oiling mods.
The head is a pure Competition Prep Manual job running about 10.5/1 compression. I've got access to the same tubular pushrods and springs that traditional sources sell, as well as the swaybars they sell, but for much less. All local products. I don't want to be a distributor but would help out fellow racers if they trade their speed tricks.
Handling has been the trial since day one as the suspension was basically stock for several years. It has finally started to work with an uprated (race) rear spring and 450# fronts. It has a tubular front swaybar equivalent to a 1" solid bar and no rear bar yet. Understeer is still there but reducing the front bar is a bit of a problem with the tubular installation.
All four corners of the car have proven weak and broken in their turn. Front uprights are a known weak point and I don't yet have a solution beyond frequent inspection. Rear hubs break often at the turndown for the inner bearing. These have been replaced with 240-Z hubs and TR-6 halfshafts. A Quaife diff finishes up the rear.
Brakes have not been a problem with this car and as we are required to run stock brakes no development has been done on this.
I would welcome correspondence with other GT-6 racers, as we can't improve the breed one person at a time
You can contact Steve at Gt6steve@aol.com - he's based in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA - and if you're after those parts, please try to tell him a trick he doesn't know.
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Do you have a GT6, Spitfire or Hybrid? Send me some photos and a little blurb on the car and I'll put it up here.
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