- 161. Re: Rear Shock Kit (score: 1)
- Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 09:56:58 EST
- Now made of unobtanium, and not common even in the day. You would have to battle hordes of vintage racers willing to pay much more than you woiuld, to get any. And the adjuster knob would still be le
- /html/mgs/2003-11/msg00376.html (8,200 bytes)
- 162. Lawrie's B (score: 1)
- Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 09:17:33 EST
- I had a look at Lawrie's page - lots of interesting stuff - but particularly looked at the B convertible he modified, and thought that it was much as I would have done it (which is a real compliment,
- /html/mgs/2003-11/msg00565.html (7,744 bytes)
- 163. A Couple of Car Photos (score: 1)
- Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2003 09:31:34 EDT
- Playing with new image uploading software, I stuck a couple of car related pics from last weekend here: http://www.myspeakerscorner.com/forum/spawn.php?qv=1&fn=1&tid=45141 Bill
- /html/mgs/2003-10/msg00004.html (6,363 bytes)
- 164. Lawrie - MGC (score: 1)
- Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2003 20:45:06 EDT
- Welcome back - must have been annoying to have to read what some were saying and be unable to respond with a quick "Nonsense!" ;-) I looked through my MGC manual and the thickness of the head seems t
- /html/mgs/2003-10/msg00054.html (7,321 bytes)
- 165. Re: MGC Clutch Master and Slave (score: 1)
- Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 15:34:47 EDT
- Just sleeve the originals. Bill 69 MGC
- /html/mgs/2003-10/msg00458.html (6,508 bytes)
- 166. Re: Re: head retorquing question (score: 1)
- Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2003 15:00:32 EDT
- For those of us who are very picky, a final check of all of the nuts to ensure even torque is in order. I always do this on the race engines. Bill /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool ///
- /html/mgs/2003-09/msg00052.html (8,412 bytes)
- 167. Re: Have I lost my mind/ Triumph (score: 1)
- Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2003 15:22:19 EDT
- The Stag wasn't significantly faster than the stock MGC, although you will see figures varying by a second or so in the 0-60 (usually 9.5 to 10.5 range for both). Neither was quite as fast as an MGA
- /html/mgs/2003-09/msg00054.html (7,788 bytes)
- 168. Re: head retorquing question (score: 1)
- Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2003 11:45:38 EDT
- No, you just back them off enough to break any corrosion bonding and to ensure that the 'pull up' to the proper clamping torque is a 'sliding' reading. Probably a quarter trun is enough to do this. O
- /html/mgs/2003-09/msg00060.html (8,802 bytes)
- 169. Re:Rostyle trivia question (score: 1)
- Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 09:26:12 EDT
- A few cars had Rostyle wheels - including the Mk2 Jensen Interceptor. BIll
- /html/mgs/2003-09/msg00289.html (6,568 bytes)
- 170. Best Coffee Table (score: 1)
- Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 17:14:18 EDT
- Anyone beat this one? http://www.lamborghiniregistry.ch/Urraco/20178.html Hmm - maybe my spare Twincam race engine? Bill
- /html/mgs/2003-09/msg00307.html (6,953 bytes)
- 171. Re: Best Coffee Table (score: 1)
- Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 20:26:44 EDT
- Whaddya mean? Twincams don't leak..... Bill
- /html/mgs/2003-09/msg00310.html (7,064 bytes)
- 172. Re: Moss Supercharger (score: 1)
- Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 00:08:56 EDT
- Cam timing for forced in duction and normally tuned motors are not the same. You want much less overlap for blown than for regular tuning. I'm afraid you'll have to make up your mind which way you wa
- /html/mgs/2003-09/msg00324.html (6,788 bytes)
- 173. Interesting Hobby (score: 1)
- Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 15:59:20 EDT
- Bill
- /html/mgs/2003-09/msg00335.html (5,990 bytes)
- 174. Lotus people are....different (score: 1)
- Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 09:26:20 EDT
- In Nanaimo today a gentleman named David O. Saville Peck (some may recall him from the Can Am series) launched an attempt on the World Land Speed Record for driving a car backwards. I am not kidding.
- /html/mgs/2003-09/msg00345.html (6,696 bytes)
- 175. Re: Sock air filters (score: 1)
- Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 09:22:54 EDT
- I use Filtron foam socks over the stacks on my TVR race car which I run without inner fenders. Found them at a Volkswagen outlet. Bill
- /html/mgs/2003-09/msg00409.html (6,706 bytes)
- 176. Mileage (score: 1)
- Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 19:31:29 EDT
- Did over 600 miles this weekend in the Interceptor, and got 21 mpg Imperial at steady 80 - 100 mph. There IS something to be said for having a large engine! Just wondered how MGB mileage matches that
- /html/mgs/2003-09/msg00620.html (7,310 bytes)
- 177. Re: Mileage (score: 1)
- Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 00:00:08 EDT
- Do it at 100 mph and see which gives you the best mileage! Bill
- /html/mgs/2003-09/msg00631.html (7,474 bytes)
- 178. Re: Mileage (score: 1)
- Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 11:00:11 EDT
- No additional surcharge for tickets ;-) I am the soul of discretion (and use a Valentine 1 when the Gods of Lucas circuitry don't frown on me). The tickets I have picked up in the last few years cons
- /html/mgs/2003-09/msg00650.html (10,613 bytes)
- 179. Re: Mileage (score: 1)
- Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 11:11:11 EDT
- They do, but my odometer is in miles, and I can still relate to mpg better than litres per 100 km, so I convert that way. Besides, no one in the US, last hold out of non-Metric, would be able to unde
- /html/mgs/2003-09/msg00655.html (8,644 bytes)
- 180. Re: Mileage (score: 1)
- Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 20:30:40 EDT
- Aha - but my _other_ Jensen also weighs about 3200 (plastic body), has similar compression as your car, and has returned in the low to mid 20s mileage (better than the 6.3 Interceptor), using 1100 cf
- /html/mgs/2003-09/msg00676.html (7,792 bytes)
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