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181. Re: 73 Midget 5 Speed (score: 1): Author: "Mike Gigante" <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>; Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 11:25:47 +1100; I have a 69 Midget that has a Datsun 120Y motor/auto drivetrain. I bought it as a burnt out 'wreck'. A buddy of mine who does forest rallies in a 120Y-based car is prettty keen on me getting this car; /html/spridgets/1999-01/msg01077.html (10,127 bytes)
182. Re: bugeye (score: 1): Author: "Mike Gigante" <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>; Date: Wed, 2 Dec 1998 15:46:56 -0800; Carol, just go for the stock sway bar. I'm sure most of the suppliers will be able to sell you a 2nd hand bar. For a normal road car, anything bigger is a complete waste of time unless you have chang; /html/spridgets/1998-12/msg00034.html (8,266 bytes)
183. Re: DPO stories thread (score: 1): Author: "Mike Gigante" <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>; Date: Thu, 3 Dec 1998 09:52:22 -0800; I always carry a small roll of tie wire in the car (I live on a farm and fencing supplies are part of my normal kit). On one rally (3 Peaks '96) we re-hung the exhaust with a couple of loops of the w; /html/spridgets/1998-12/msg00058.html (9,003 bytes)
184. Re: electric fan (score: 1): Author: "Mike Gigante" <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>; Date: Mon, 7 Dec 1998 10:40:52 -0800; Make sure there is a shroud around the electric fan and that it is mounted flush onto the radiator. Otherwise the air (at least a fair proportion of it) will blow around the fan, not through the radi; /html/spridgets/1998-12/msg00186.html (9,589 bytes)
185. Re: Suzuki Swift in USA (score: 1): Author: "Mike Gigante" <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>; Date: Mon, 7 Dec 1998 12:53:59 -0800; That makes sense - it also sold here as the Holden Barina - Holden is owned by GM. You have to use the crossflow thermostat housing and hoses. There is a slightly better hose choice, but I'll have to; /html/spridgets/1998-12/msg00189.html (8,971 bytes)
186. Re: Suzuki Swift in USA (score: 1): Author: "Mike Gigante" <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>; Date: Mon, 7 Dec 1998 15:48:21 -0800; Hmm, such cutting and welding is not necessary for the type I have acquired. I purchased the '85 I believe. I'll drag out all my info and get back to the list. As I said - apart from a couple of allo; /html/spridgets/1998-12/msg00196.html (11,223 bytes)
187. Re: Low Compression Motor (score: 1): Author: "Mike Gigante" <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>; Date: Tue, 8 Dec 1998 09:02:34 -0800; The only difference is the piston set. Even with that engine number, you may find that someone has changed pistons at some point. Next time you rebuild it, just go for the pistons with smaller dishes; /html/spridgets/1998-12/msg00222.html (8,145 bytes)
188. Re: Transmission Tunnel (score: 1): Author: "Mike Gigante" <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>; Date: Tue, 8 Dec 1998 09:16:43 -0800; One of my bugeyes has this as well. Almost certainly the result of a flailing drive shaft! (after a failed U-joint). On mine, there was a little "reshaping" of the tunnel itself, like a donut ring bu; /html/spridgets/1998-12/msg00226.html (8,835 bytes)
189. Re: More on fans/radiators (score: 1): Author: "Mike Gigante" <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>; Date: Tue, 8 Dec 1998 09:30:16 -0800; With a conventional crossflow radiator, you can use the engine fan (which does *pull* the air through the radiator) with an electric fan which pushes the air through (and is of course mounted in fron; /html/spridgets/1998-12/msg00228.html (10,373 bytes)
190. Re: Radiator (score: 1): Author: "Mike Gigante" <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>; Date: Wed, 9 Dec 1998 10:04:48 -0800; You can get an extra core to fit. My crossflow has an extra one. If you are planning to get the radiator recored, then personally I'd be re-coreing a crossflow. My experience with downflows hasn't be; /html/spridgets/1998-12/msg00277.html (10,771 bytes)
191. Re: Radiator Stuff (score: 1): Author: "Mike Gigante" <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>; Date: Wed, 9 Dec 1998 10:31:18 -0800; Or we could end up with some calculus to describe theoretical performance. Some might remember this *did* happen once when the discussion was about thermostat removal and whether faster flow was bett; /html/spridgets/1998-12/msg00278.html (9,327 bytes)
192. Re: Radiator Stuff (score: 1): Author: "Mike Gigante" <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>; Date: Wed, 9 Dec 1998 10:34:38 -0800; I spoke too soon! Mike --Original Message-- From: Ron Soave <redlotus@spacey.net> To: Peter Samaroo <mrbugeye@hotmail.com>; autox@earthlink.net <autox@earthlink.net> Cc: spridgets@autox.team.net <spr; /html/spridgets/1998-12/msg00279.html (11,766 bytes)
193. Re: Radiator Stuff (score: 1): Author: "Mike Gigante" <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>; Date: Wed, 9 Dec 1998 14:59:56 -0800; Sounds like the right one to use. Mike; /html/spridgets/1998-12/msg00292.html (8,934 bytes)
194. Re: Radiator Stuff (score: 1): Author: "Mike Gigante" <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>; Date: Wed, 9 Dec 1998 15:01:55 -0800; I have a crossflow in my rally bugeye. It does fit. I didn't do the fitting but look at it, there doesn't seem to be anything obvious that has changed. Mike the the; /html/spridgets/1998-12/msg00293.html (10,260 bytes)
195. Re: Wind tunnel access (score: 1): Author: "Mike Gigante" <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>; Date: Thu, 10 Dec 1998 10:26:51 -0800; There are data tables that will give you the drag readings of a brick. That is a reasonable approximation for a spridget! Mike working full & UK would; /html/spridgets/1998-12/msg00337.html (8,908 bytes)
196. Re: Bonnet hinge testing my sanity (score: 1): Author: "Mike Gigante" <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>; Date: Thu, 10 Dec 1998 11:21:27 -0800; I am a great fan of the copper based never seize for any squeaky places or places that like to seize up (surprise surprise!) Even after the "grease" action has long based, it still seems to work. Mik; /html/spridgets/1998-12/msg00339.html (8,436 bytes)
197. Re: Silicone brake light switch (score: 1): Author: "Mike Gigante" <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>; Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1998 10:18:43 -0800; A fellow sprite racer has just mounted a contact switch near the end of the master cylinder pushrod. He used a bent piece of alloy that was bolted to the pedal box mounting "thingy". He did this afte; /html/spridgets/1998-12/msg00360.html (10,024 bytes)
198. Re: Off Subject, MGA needs an Engine (score: 1): Author: "Mike Gigante" <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>; Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1998 13:31:13 -0800; There is a bugeye with a Nissan turbo motor running in New South Wales. Ian Gibbs is the owner/driver. It is *very* fast and the motor is cheap and reliable. You can contact partner Wendy "Giggles" G; /html/spridgets/1998-12/msg00426.html (9,453 bytes)
199. Re: Wind tunnel access (score: 1): Author: "Mike Gigante" <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>; Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1998 10:08:56 -0800; I can tell you from experience that a bugeye sprite gets pretty light of steering at > 120mph! I wish I could have had a front spoiler on but it was against the rules. The fastest bugeye was doing we; /html/spridgets/1998-12/msg00445.html (9,760 bytes)
200. Re: Wind tunnel access (score: 1): Author: "Mike Gigante" <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>; Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 09:47:43 -0800; If you do decide to use scale models and a home built tunnel, there are a couple of important things to take care of. 1) Reynolds Number (size, density, airspeed, viscosity all combine to make a scal; /html/spridgets/1998-12/msg00472.html (10,296 bytes)

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