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361. Re: Value Trivia (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 12:50:50 EDT; Yes, and the also mentioned 63 Corvette. Well done. Any others you can think of? BIll /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive; /html/mgs/2002-04/msg00717.html (8,349 bytes)
362. Re: Value Trivia (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 12:57:27 EDT; Above the convertible version? What auction catalogue are you reading from???;-) Bill /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive; /html/mgs/2002-04/msg00718.html (8,408 bytes)
363. Re: Value Trivia (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 13:12:52 EDT; I hadn't thought of it, but maybe it shouldn't qualify - not really a coupe. Otherwise you'd have to argue that the Porsche 911 Targa was a coupe, which would make the regular 911 a what.......coupe; /html/mgs/2002-04/msg00721.html (8,654 bytes)
364. Re: Value Trivia (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 14:15:22 EDT; The question isn't what cars have coupe versions, it is which ones have coupe versions that are worth more than the convertibles. The Sunbeam Harrington Lemans is a fair call but are you suggesting t; /html/mgs/2002-04/msg00727.html (8,787 bytes)
365. Re: Value Trivia (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 15:52:31 EDT; The Dove GT wasn't really made in sufficient quantities to qualify as a version of the car (and wasn't, as I recall, offered by the factory in any case - there are lots of special bodied aftermarket; /html/mgs/2002-04/msg00732.html (8,855 bytes)
366. Re: Gasoline / Octane (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 12:07:56 EDT; Stupid is putting it much too strongly. Your mistake is commonly made by the public at large, who think that higher octane must be better and will give them more power, more hair, less midriff bulge.; /html/mgs/2002-04/msg00931.html (9,138 bytes)
367. Re: Triumph Stag / MGB Hybrid (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 18:26:27 EST; A much nicer engine - the Turner designed alloy hemi was a neat mill, and the larger version from the Majestic Major would really make an SP-250 fly - too bad the poor car was so mutt-ugly, and had s; /html/mgs/2002-03/msg00155.html (8,215 bytes)
368. Re: Triumph Stag / MGB Hybrid (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 11:35:46 EST; We had one of those <ahem> modified Buggered Eyes here in BC in the GOD (good old days). It was powered by a 215 Buick, though Lord knows how they managed to accomplish that - big shoehorn, I guess.; /html/mgs/2002-03/msg00186.html (8,768 bytes)
369. Re: Intake (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 19:16:19 EST; Not so, grasshopper! Webers were designed for both road and racing use, on Italian cars. The sad fact is that when you buy a new one, it comes jetted for some standard application - usually a Fiat or; /html/mgs/2002-03/msg00235.html (8,502 bytes)
370. Does Horsepower Matter? (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2002 11:16:52 EST; You may have seen this - a Lotus Elise following a Ferrari F40 around Montlhery, but if not, do have a look - it gets the blood pumping! Bill http://charlym3.free.fr/vid%E9os/One_Eleven_Association_1; /html/mgs/2002-03/msg00287.html (6,516 bytes)
371. Re: The Lotus Elise (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2002 18:07:47 EST; Nope - no way. When you have a car that is faster on the straights, it doesn't matter if you get passed going into the windy section, you just pull away on the next straight. I've been there - I ran; /html/mgs/2002-03/msg00303.html (8,169 bytes)
372. Re: Cooling (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 10:29:54 EST; I am responding to the cooling thread, but am blind-copying the racing and Twincam groups as this may have some interest for them. 50% of the problem with cooling in an MG (I direct my comments speci; /html/mgs/2002-03/msg00372.html (9,172 bytes)
373. Off Topic but Perhaps Useful? (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 12:13:57 EST; I have been 'designing' a website for a gardening club I belong to, and the software might be of interest to car guys that have thought about creating a website. Personally I am not keen on a persona; /html/mgs/2002-03/msg00376.html (7,056 bytes)
374. Re: Lumpy idle - more (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2002 10:47:12 EST; I doubt it. The only way an SU needle can wear is to rub in the jet orifice. The only catch is that if they are uncentred enough to do that, they normally won't allow the piston to rise, and the engi; /html/mgs/2002-03/msg00630.html (7,396 bytes)
375. Re: Lumpy idle - more (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2002 16:50:35 EST; Quite right Charles - I should have specified that I was talking about non-smogged SUs only. Bill /// /// mgs@autox.team.net mailing list /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool ///; /html/mgs/2002-03/msg00640.html (7,171 bytes)
376. Re: Aiiee - NOOOOOO -- tie rods and gaiters (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 09:20:18 EST; This suggestion and all the answers I saw are WRONG!!!! If you go wailing away on the nut with a big hammer, chances are you'll bugger something up. The taper of the pin fits very tightly in the tape; /html/mgs/2002-03/msg00669.html (8,745 bytes)
377. Re: 2.2 Litre MGB (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 16:36:42 EST; Dodgy cast iron that weeps coolant into the cylinders is a problem with too large a bore, as is insufficient head gasket material unless the bores are offset. I have done larger, but advise people to; /html/mgs/2002-03/msg00894.html (9,937 bytes)
378. Re: 2.2 Litre MGB (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2002 08:45:56 EST; Comes alive at 6500? Driveable??? Methinks a contradiction lurks, nay prances through that statement! The 'cammines' of such an engine, and the lower end figures you'll find, preclude the sort of fle; /html/mgs/2002-03/msg00905.html (7,903 bytes)
379. Re: 2.2 Litre MGB (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2002 22:42:13 EST; A fully done overbore (c. 1800cc) Twincam engine with suitable cams, Webers, head work and around 13.5:1 compression is capable of that, and has been done - many years ago! You had to use it to aroun; /html/mgs/2002-03/msg00934.html (8,378 bytes)
380. Re: Head Gasket trick... (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 10:07:24 EST; This is old technology, but it works very well in cases where head gaskets blow under high compression, or there simply isn't enough meat left between the cylinders for a conventional head gasket, as; /html/mgs/2002-03/msg00997.html (7,849 bytes)

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