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Congratulations Steve!

That seems very similar to mine. I'm going to try 34 chokes next year.

You can still drive 3 wheelers on a bike licence. However, the Kitten has 4.

Actually, they are Dellortos and judging by the pictures, they are probably shot.

And I like to go as fast as possible with technology contemporary with my car as much as I can.

Sorted. Got a 'box, mounting and prop in Essex. Will pick up in November on my way to Wisbech for my drag series prize giving.

Yeah saw that one. There is another one in Romford which looks good and has come from a car converted to OD.

I'll take your advice Nick and keep my OD unit. I have found a box in Essex, which I could collect on my way to Wisbech in November.

Thanks mate, but I'm not sure about the ratios there. I'll have a competition clutch built as it eats organic one type clutches

I think the driver might have something to do with it John!

You might have a point in keeping the o/d for the future. Thanks for the contact.

Sorry, I forgot I haven't been here for a while so there are new members . It's a much modified drag racing GT6. The box is GT6 and that's what I need.

I know that this is the reverse of the norm, but I have my reasoning. I rarely drive any distance on the road these days and I have no need of the o/d on the track. What I need are the bits to convert it, these easiest way I think would be to find someone who wants to convert to o/d and exchange with cash adjustment. My gearbox was built by Mike Papworth in 2007 and is quiet and has a good change. The o/d was a recon exchange unit from Canleys in 2009 and has new solenoid fitted a couple of years ago. I would need a 'box for Mike to beef up and also need to get a competition clutch built. I estimate a GWO o/d set up complete should be worth about £350 - £400 as it is all recon. The prop has just benefitted from GKN HD U/Js. I would appreciate comments, advice, offers etc.

Brilliant weekend! I made a load of new fans who were surprised at how quick she is. PBs all round. I am now consistently running 14.3s @ c95mph, the new 205 60 13 Toyo R888R tyres are working well. Deffo improvement on my tired 185/60 R888 but took some tracking down. One more visit to Shakey next month and the season is done. I'm convinced I can get into the 13s next season. I met a guy who says he has a GT6!that he wants to race. Apparently he has Karl Dandridge building him a supercharged engine! As far as I know I am the only GT6 on the strip and by definition the quickest. Not bad for a NA all Triumph 2litre!

I'll be racing with Outlaw Street this weekend if anyone is in the area.

i am now living in Corfe Mullen, marital issues! From my experience and Triumphest, I would put a car like yours running mid to low 16s in road trim. To be honest i don't know how a 2500 Triumph 6 would do. My 2.1 is now tuned to red line at 6800 (last RR showed 155bhp at flywheel but improvements since). I exceed 7K several times on each run. To be fair the clutch was B&B and was 10 years old. It is normally the clutch that lets go first. I drop the clutch at about 6K, on a prepared track with sticky tyres running c10psi, that's quite a shock to the driveline! Small chassis Triumph and Drag Racing? I thought like you and expected to be ridiculed. On the contrary, spectators love the car, they love it "because its beautiful and it beats the big guys". The other racers have accepted me and respect the results I'm getting - couldn't be better!

In recent years I have just been doing my bucket list really. I took my entire budget for 2014 and did the Jersey Festival of Motoring over a long weekend. This started with a sprint down the sea front on Friday evening and hill climbs on Saturday and Sunday. Last year I did the Jersey Festival of Speed over the August B/H. A sprint at 5 mile road on Friday, hill climbs at Greve du leq on Saturday and Sunday and Bouley Bay hill climb on Monday. Last year I went to Dragstalgia at Santa Pod and run the RWYB on the Friday. Met up with some guys who talked me into trying drag racing, so I joined Outlaw Street and I have done 6 events with 2 to go. They have a slightly complex scoring system to allow cars like mine to compete with the big V8's. I am leading the Reaction Time (RT) table at this time and I am placed 7th (out of 20 odd) in the points table. I score mostly by making Personal Best (PB) but I haven't made that for 2 events. I blew the clutch up last time out on first run so didn't score. I think I'm leading the most improved table as I started in the 16s bracket due to ignition issues on the dial in meet. I am now running consistent med 14s with a PB of 14.4 @ 94mph. I would really like to run a 13.9 though! I am normally paired head-to-head with a '67 286cu Mustang coupe, I beat him 9 times out of 10 now! I ran a 14.7 at Triumphfest and was probably the fastest Triumph engine small chassis. Must finish off the clutch install this weekend.

I never did circuit racing because I just could not afford it. The ever rising costs in MSA Hill Climb events has lead to me going for quality rather than quantity over the last couple of years (trips to Jersey 2014 & 2014). I have taken up drag racing this season because it is relatively cheap compared to Hill Climb, and I always wanted to try it. For example the MSA are "lifing" safety equipment in speed events as they do in circuit racing now. I Had to get a new helmet (Snell 2015) and FHR (Hans) device! A typical Hill Climb weekend's entry fees is now c£200 for up to 8 runs. Drag racing (non-MSA) is typically £40 - £50 for a weekend with as many runs as you can fit in!

In response to the DHLA 40 question, the H suffix carbs are OEM/Emission carbs. No suffix or suffix 'E' are most desirable as they are universal. (there are others such as 'C' but are very rare now). BTW normally the received opinion is that a 2.1L Pinto requires 36 chokes which means DHLA45 body. All 45s are none emission.

TT rollers are indeed Titan and are used by others such as the mini boys etc, I believe thay are considered excellent quality if not cheap. Titan kits include billet pillars etc whereas HS rollers come on their own. I have HS, got them from that chap in the States that Steve knows (some years ago), great service and price. I selected good pillars from my stash. I used a TT spacer kit and shimmed the sideways float out with shims from a mini site. I also shimmed the valve springs for equal installed height with shims from the same site.

I doubt it's a twisted spindle, as you say the butterflies are equal. Check for an air leak somewhere. Most of the problems are air leaks or linkage in my experience.

That's about 6psi or in other words, about twice what the Webers need, ergo - no surprise that they flood. IMHO impossible to set up side draughts without pressure regulator. Malpassi rules.....

My missus could do with tucking 'er back in!!!

I took this off the Defence Network - probably be in the tower by midnight for breaching protocol or summat! GO CHRIS!!!!!! Royal Marine makes judo squad for London 2012 03/07/2012 Royal Marine Chris Sherrington has been named in Team GB's judo squad for the London 2012 Olympics but, as Lorraine McBride reports, he's taking nothing for granted. Royal Marine Chris Sherrington has been picked for Team GB's judo squad [Picture: British Judo Association] British heavyweight judo champion Marine Chris Sherrington oozes dedication from every pore. Clearly his formidable training ethic has paid dividends as last week he was named in Britain's 14-strong Olympic judo squad in the men's +100kg category. Describing his joy at making his Olympics debut, Marine Sherrington said: "It is a real relief to be honest because I feel like I've been waiting a long time to hear about whether or not I have been selected. I now know which direction I'm going in and I have a goal that I'll be aiming for. "This is my first Olympics and I am really honoured to have qualified. It's a double honour because not only am I representing my country but also the Royal Navy and the Royal Marines who have been hugely supportive of my training and have helped me get where I am today." It's a cliché that an athlete lives, eats and dreams sport, but in Marine Sherrington's case this is illustrated to a tee as he laughingly recounts the night that he unwittingly pinned wife Zoe in a headlock in his sleep, dreaming that he was fighting. Luckily, Zoe behaved just like any opponent staring defeat in the face and meekly tapped his arm in submission. Moments later, he leaned over muttering: "Did I win?" The Marine was just 10 years old when he first tried judo: "Mum and dad used to make us go so they could grab time for themselves every Friday night," said Marine Sherrington. But two years later he quit and switched to rugby union, sticking with it until his late teens. Marine Sherrington joined the Marines in 2000 and it was after a deployment to Iraq that he felt inspired to return to judo as an outlet for his surplus energy. Racing through his green, brown and the coveted black belts in 12 breakneck months, he began to compete a year later at the relatively advanced age of 22: "I wanted to see how far I could make it and within six months I was number three in Britain." Judo has taken him all over the world to Europe, Russia, Japan, New Zealand, Samoa, America, Canada and Belarus, but he sees little of the exotic cities he competes in: "I turn up on the Friday, get to my hotel, weigh in, sleep, fight Saturday and fly home Monday. I get a stamp on my passport but that's about it," he said. Royal Marine Chris Sherrington competing against Jerome Wustner from France in the 2010 British Open [Picture: British Judo Association] A Marine through-and-through, 21-stone (133kg) of solid muscle and six-foot-five (1.95m), Marine Sherrington credits the physical conditioning of his beloved Marines for instilling him with tip-top fitness and a never-say-die belief. He needed it too. Although ranked Britain's heavyweight number one judo champ back in the spring, Marine Sherrington's top-dog status belied a labyrinthine points system that left him ranked 54th in the world, which meant that Olympic selection went right to the wire: "You can be number one in Britain but not even be ranked in the world," explained Marine Sherrington. "Judo is very tough. It's one of those sports that you've got to hang in at, as long as your body can physically take it." The last few years have been hard physically. In 2009, he was beset with crippling shoulder, ankle and knee injuries resulting in four major operations that could have ended his career. But he stuck with it and his unswerving Bootneck conviction means that few would bet against him coming out on top against the best in London 2012. Coming from a minnow sport, Marine Sherrington knows that judo lacks the razzmatazz of many spectator sports. Despite taking two British Open golds, he clearly doesn't envy the global fame of footballers Gerrard, Rooney and Terry, though he's something of a novelty on the circuit for sporting his cherished Green Beret whenever he clambers up onto the winner's podium. In top-level sport, sacrifices come thick and fast. Like most athletes, Marine Sherrington doesn't drink or has even enjoyed a holiday in six years: "To be successful in judo, I have to focus because it is just so tough," said the Marine. Even his 2011 marriage to Zoe was squeezed in before a fight in Estonia 48 hours after the ceremony: "Zoe knows the score and how much I've put into it," he said. "In the past, I've been broken and snapped. I've had to rest; you can never plan what's going to happen." On the tantalising prospect of Olympic glory in London 2012 Marine Sherrington said: "It is hard to say who I'll be watching out for because we're talking about the top 24 guys in the world - it is a complete luck of the draw in the way the fights will be marked up so I'm just concentrating on my training at the moment. Royal Marine Chris Sherrington with the Bronze Medal he won in the 2010 British Open [Picture: British Judo Association] "Although physical exercise is a massive part of being a Marine it is very different to what I do now because it is so controlled and judo is very technical. We can't just use our muscle to move people around - it is all about technique and style." Marine Sherrington is the polar opposite of a showboater who's long lost count of his medal haul: "A lot of people fall out with me over this," he admitted. When he ran out of space at home, he gave his medals to his mum but, faced with the prospect of building an extension, she handed them back: "To be honest, they all started going in the bin," he said. "You've got to remember, I'm a Marine," he added. "I don't consider myself a judo player. I'm just playing in someone else's yard at the moment and the only medals I'm interested in are the best." Asked if that elusive gold medal seeps into his brain the moment he wakens, Marine Sherrington pauses: "When I first went into judo, the typical Marine thinking is 'I can do anything, I can win anything'. Then reality hits because, until you've done at least six years of judo at international level, you're not going to win. "For the first four years on the international scene I went out first fight. Slowly, you win one... two... then you go out again. You go in another competition and win one, then win two. Then, all of a sudden, it all comes together as it did for me in Samoa and you win five fights and take gold." Marine Sherrington's career highlight to date was at the Samoa World Cup when he won gold for Britain: "Put it this way, very few people win a gold medal at the World Cup," said Marine Sherrington with justifiable pride. "I will be putting that one in a frame on the wall." Many will be hoping that come London 2012 Marine Sherrington may just have to clear a bit more space in the trophy cabinet.

Nope. I think there's a lot more thread contact with these sleeves than a conventional nut. It's just that with the ST studs which at 3/8 x 35mm are a long way down in the wheel, I only measured about 10mm of contact - scary.