- 1. Re: 15" Wheels and tire (score: 1)
- Author: Tburke4@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 12:27:04 EST
- Doc is quite right. In suspensions designed to use modern low profile tires and larger diameter wheels, part of the benefit is that you can put the suspension pivot points further apart. By the same
- /html/spitfires/2005-02/msg00002.html (8,822 bytes)
- 2. Re: Suggestions for front spring compression (score: 1)
- Author: Tburke4@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 12:13:46 EST
- Hi Paul, If your firmer springs are shorter than stock, you may not have to compress them. A set I used slipped under the tower with no big fuss. In answer to your comment about having it done by a m
- /html/spitfires/2005-01/msg00101.html (9,670 bytes)
- 3. Spitfire Ace (score: 1)
- Author: Tburke4@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 14:02:58 EST
- For those of you who have access to the History Channel and an interest in the Spitfire's namesake... I caught a fascinating Birtish series on the History Channel this morning called "Spitfire Ace" w
- /html/spitfires/2004-12/msg00054.html (6,748 bytes)
- 4. Electrical Mystery (score: 1)
- Author: Tburke4@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2004 12:44:55 EST
- Hi Folks, I have to admit that it doesn't take much to mystify me electrically. I have been trying to make the heater and radio operational and this led, as it sometimes does, to a wiring fire under
- /html/spitfires/2004-11/msg00010.html (7,927 bytes)
- 5. Re: Electrical Mystery (score: 1)
- Author: Tburke4@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2004 14:59:13 EST
- The Spitfire is a 1980. And the radio is an 8-Track, so neither one is what you would call modern (neither am I, for that matter). The radio and heater are both disconnected now. What I am trying to
- /html/spitfires/2004-11/msg00012.html (7,761 bytes)
- 6. Re: Electrical Mystery (score: 1)
- Author: Tburke4@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2004 21:43:03 EST
- One of the things I'm going to check tomorrow is something I think is called the "heater resistor" which I took to be a coiled bare wire inside the heater vent box. I am not sure of its purpose, (oth
- /html/spitfires/2004-11/msg00018.html (8,714 bytes)
- 7. Re: Electrical Mystery (score: 1)
- Author: Tburke4@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2004 11:10:07 EST
- Hmmm... sounds like I really need to get in there and check that. I will let you all know what I find. Stay tuned for our next electrifying episode.... Tom B.
- /html/spitfires/2004-11/msg00022.html (7,933 bytes)
- 8. Re: deck height (score: 1)
- Author: Tburke4@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 08:43:49 EST
- My Gosh, James... Weren't you the callow youth who once was going to get rid of his Spitfire because it needed, what? A new engine, a clutch, or somesuch? And the the good people on this list convinc
- /html/spitfires/2004-11/msg00046.html (8,073 bytes)
- 9. Re: deck height (score: 1)
- Author: Tburke4@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 09:00:20 EST
- Sometimes I think the faults are the best part... Tom B
- /html/spitfires/2004-11/msg00048.html (7,150 bytes)
- 10. Re: deck height (score: 1)
- Author: Tburke4@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 14:05:20 EST
- aaron, Your story a while back about the St. Louis Double Regionals reminded me of watching a friend of mine, many, many years ago, who built a nice, hot Datsun 510 on a zero budget. He was running t
- /html/spitfires/2004-11/msg00050.html (8,043 bytes)
- 11. Re: Tire clearance/rub (score: 1)
- Author: Tburke4@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 10:16:02 EST
- What Terry says is quite correct, with a minor difference in my case. I have been running 205/60R13's with no problem using 5.5" TR7 steel rims and lowered springs. I just switched to a 5.5" aluminum
- /html/spitfires/2004-11/msg00121.html (8,053 bytes)
- 12. Re: Rhyming slang & insults (RE: Dished Pistons) (score: 1)
- Author: Tburke4@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 12:12:40 EST
- Here's what aquick search yielded.. I suppose we could have been called "Turkeys", given our dietary preferences, so it could be worse. and with that, my fellow Yankees... Let's eat! Happy Thanksgivi
- /html/spitfires/2004-11/msg00152.html (9,152 bytes)
- 13. Re: Rhyming slang & insults (RE: Dished Pistons) (score: 1)
- Author: Tburke4@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 12:42:23 EST
- Well, I apologize for disseminating faulty information. I should have posted the link. It was an FAQ about the New York Yankees and apparently not an official one at that. http://www.faqfarm.com/Spor
- /html/spitfires/2004-11/msg00154.html (10,371 bytes)
- 14. Re: Tire clearance/rub (score: 1)
- Author: Tburke4@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 08:33:44 EST
- Hello all, FYI regarding tire clearance, I put the stock springs (which replaced lowered Triumphtune springs) back on our 205/60-equipped Spit and now there's plenty of clearance at the front, but th
- /html/spitfires/2004-11/msg00164.html (7,498 bytes)
- 15. Starter doesn't always... (score: 1)
- Author: Tburke4@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2004 12:12:48 EDT
- After a mere five years of jackstand fun, our Spitfire is finally, not only running, but legal, having passed both Safety and Emissions. So I've been doing a series of shakedown runs, further and fur
- /html/spitfires/2004-09/msg00021.html (7,689 bytes)
- 16. Re: Starter doesn't always... (score: 1)
- Author: Tburke4@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2004 14:52:54 EDT
- Well, thank you, everyone! I went out to mess with the car and came back to a mailbox full of answers! So I need a cable or a starter or probably both. I have a couple around here so I guess I'll bre
- /html/spitfires/2004-09/msg00026.html (7,112 bytes)
- 17. Re: GT6 tire size (score: 1)
- Author: Tburke4@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2004 12:05:11 EDT
- Hi Dave, Not really identical to what you're looking for, but we have 205/60's (quite a difference diameter-wise) on stock TR7 rims and lowered stiff springs on the front, running about 3.5" of groun
- /html/spitfires/2004-07/msg00053.html (7,227 bytes)
- 18. Re: Minty Gear Speed Calculator (score: 1)
- Author: Tburke4@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 15:44:14 EDT
- Very cool and helpful, James! Having just fixed the speedometer, it will be interesting to see what the error is with our 60 series tires. Tom Burke
- /html/spitfires/2004-07/msg00075.html (6,835 bytes)
- 19. Re: Con-fused? (score: 1)
- Author: Tburke4@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 29 May 2004 20:39:39 EDT
- That's cool. I'll let you all know what I find. Thanks to everyone. Tom Burke
- /html/spitfires/2004-06/msg00017.html (9,222 bytes)
- 20. Re: Spitfire head identification (score: 1)
- Author: Tburke4@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 21:24:17 EDT
- Hi Barry, I have a spare head with the same numbers. From what I can find out, mostly at Mr. Tegler's fine site, it's a low compression, small valve, late model 1300 or early model 1500 head with no
- /html/spitfires/2004-05/msg00102.html (8,605 bytes)
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