DaveNotSoSideways Posted August 25, 2012 Author Share Posted August 25, 2012 I was a simulation champion once, ruler of all England and world wide warrior of the wheel. I'd be much smarter thesedays. I might be able to rule the world this time, not just this little overcrowded island. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimes Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 and where does one find a close ratio gearbox? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millstone10 Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 The Minty Lamb is a great start http://www.mintylamb.co.uk/gearspeed/ Sure helped me! Nigel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pomwah Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 Jim, if you want to compare gear and diff ratios to speed, I knocked up a quick spreadsheet to do it when I was trying to work out what diff ratio to put behind the T50. You're welcome to a copy, saves you having to be online to work it out. Minty/James does provide you with a lot of standard Triumph gearbox ratios that I didn't build in. Cheers James (the other one) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pomwah Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 Found this: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ultra-Rare-Close-Ratio-Fully-uprated-4-syncro-Spitfire-Mk-I-IV-Herald-O-D-Box-/140837355456?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&fits=Car+Make%3ATriumph|Model%3ASpitfire&hash=item20ca8f7fc0 Cheers James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimes Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 the sneak preview section of this site is telling me something has been deleted. does the poster of the deleted want to elaborate on how the close ratio boxes aren't rare? just for me? cheers, Jim OH, and I do have a box of gearbits that i think includes a 948 gearbox. Dunno If that can help me at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamish Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 I am new to this site. It seems this thread hasn’t been used in a while but it seem to ask for car videos this is a link to my videos I made of my newbie 2017 sprint and hill climb championship it’s a cheapo camera so forgive the quality There are a few others on my channel from some historic tracks and hill in the uk. Please move over if this is the wrong place. H Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamish Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 Not really competition but some video of a very wet TR Register castle Combe track day on 4/4/18https://youtu.be/vebynzPkfsEAnd another oneThis is another run during the day. https://youtu.be/RQSLSAdNTB0I need to learn the GoPro settings. I filmed in Top 1080 definition but find it takes hours to upload !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 Shows very well how wet it was that day........ Respect for going out in that with just aeroscreens - how wet did you get? That was definitely a day for decent wet weather road tyres rather than competition/track day barely road-legal things. Certainly ours were working for us and we found we could go faster than most through the twisty bits. Our car (grey Vitesse) doesn't seem to feature in your footage but Alan's blue/silver one is there briefly as you blew him away..... Alan was going pretty well at Gurston on Sunday though...... though maybe not as quick as this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFNnXOAAhWI Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zetecspit Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 Yep, great respect for those who went topless. We made a brief appearance, I believe that was when Molly was driving. All great fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamish Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 I think to be fair to Alan in his vitesse he was letting me past before heading for the pits. I did end up putting a waterproof on over the nomex as my shoulders were getting drenched the way the groups were arranged I didn’t get to see too many others on track. I was was impressed with the car and tyres in that weather. The rain is a great leveller power wise as my 3a doesn’t have much. I think I have one other film to load where I gave a mate a trip round. But it takes ages. I should have used 720 definition not full 1080hd !! I’m at Mira for my first sprint May 5th but they don’t allow filming there. H Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtuckunder Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 2 hours ago, Nick Jones said: Alan was going pretty well at Gurston on Sunday though...... though maybe not as quick as this Yes to put that run in context, I made that a 31 sec run, some 14 sec's quicker than my PB there, dam dam quick. If you like speed on the hills if you havent seen it before this is worth a watch, wonder if any of Nick's X1/9 welding is in it? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7YGVEMlHPs Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamish Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 Alan that’s an amazing crazy time your target bogey time must be about 40secs ? respect. I’ll go home now then ........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 "My" X 1/9 would have exploded in a cloud of bran flakes at a fraction of the power.......... surely a silhouette machine that one? Bloody quick and beautifully driven. Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtuckunder Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 3 hours ago, Hamish said: your target bogey time must be about 40secs ? My bogey this year is 42 secs, so getting towards it, but an extra 3 secs at Gurston is a mountain rather than a hill to climb! NB. The Triumph record at Gurston was set by Hugh Maude a number of years ago, in a very light 4.6 TR7/V8 at 35 secs! Steve in a Grandfathers Axe version of that car, (i.e. I think it was dismantled in the garage that the new car was built) is starting to get seriously close to that time! Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamish Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 Alan are you dong Mira ? fast track for a well set up car like yours. H Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 (edited) Reawakening this thread, beacsue I've just got me a copy of MovieMaker. This was at Snetteron a few years ago. Kevin Rochefort left his shutter running! Bloody BMWs! Snetterton Murray's the wrong way - slideshow video_trial_0.mp4 Edited April 4, 2021 by JohnD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 looks like a little bit of a moment...... well held though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamish Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 On the oil cement line too well held ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 (edited) Less the driving. more a demonstration that a Herald-type suspension can be preapred so it WON'T go all do-lally when pressed! Edited April 5, 2021 by JohnD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richy_rich Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 Hey, it's been a while (been a complicated 18 months or so ) but the car is still running and finally got to do something with it the other weekend. Montée Historique des Hautes Vosges is a new event by the people that organise the Ballon d'Alsace (doing that again next month too..) It is however, a much narrower and rougher surface - almost like a gravel rally stage in places. Short video of one of the practise runs below, only real decent footage I got as I'm rubbish at the in car camera and can't reach it from the driver's seat when strapped in... I got quicker as the weekend progressed until eventually finding my limit by sliding head-first into the hay bales/armco (luckily no real damage) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamish Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 did you get another practice for being blocked ? looks a lovely run up the hill - reminds me of the road taken in past motorcycle European tours great stuff love to see what others get up to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 Great road and a decent length! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richy_rich Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 1 hour ago, Hamish said: did you get another practice for being blocked ? looks a lovely run up the hill - reminds me of the road taken in past motorcycle European tours Nah, it's not really that competitive and we had plenty of runs (think I did around 8 in total). As the weekend goes on the order and timings between cars gets sorted out. At the Ballon d'Alsace there's actually room to overtake, not so here (although I did think about trying, before just opting to stick the fan on and cruise the rest... ) 1 hour ago, Nick Jones said: Great road and a decent length! Yeah, it was pretty fun. I think it's about 3 or 4 km and pretty steep, the camera doesn't show the big scary drops off the edge. Still first time out in the car for ages, both the new engine and CV joint conversion seem to be holding up and aside from knocking an exhaust clamp loose on a pothole nothing at all to do so quite happy with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteClan Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 Thought this may be of interest as it has some Triumph content. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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