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1. Re: trans oil (score: 1)
Author: Brian Evans <brian@uunet.ca>
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 1998 09:00:03 -0500
Don't forget that motor oil (the 30W option) and gear oil (the 90w option) are measured on different viscosity scales, I have no idea why. 90W gear oil is about the same viscosity as 30W motor oil. A
/html/spridgets/1998-03/msg00029.html (8,103 bytes)

2. Re: 1098 vs 1275 (score: 1)
Author: Brian Evans <brian@uunet.ca>
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 08:17:37 -0500
Torque is why the 1275 is better than the 1098, performance-wise. The 1275 has far more power at lower RPM's, which you actually use, than a street-modified 1098. Also, a 1098 is pretty long stroke,
/html/spridgets/1998-03/msg00186.html (8,334 bytes)

3. Re: New Coil (score: 1)
Author: Brian Evans <brian@uunet.ca>
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 1998 10:19:13 -0500
external resistor coil. Often, the resistor isn't obvious - it's a piece of resistive wire in the wiring harness (you sometimes find it when the smoke leaks out if it ;)). intended. A coil gives onl
/html/spridgets/1998-03/msg00200.html (8,744 bytes)

4. Re: 1098 vs 1275 (score: 1)
Author: Brian Evans <brian@uunet.ca>
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 1998 08:13:41 -0500
If you're planning to use the car on the street, I'd avoid changing the throat of the carb's at all - while it improves ultimate HP potential, it really screws up low speed and part throttle running.
/html/spridgets/1998-03/msg00247.html (8,814 bytes)

5. Re: Marvel Mystery Oil (score: 1)
Author: Brian Evans <brian@uunet.ca>
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 1998 08:15:32 -0500
I've heard that it's essentially auto transmission fluid. I've never used the stuff, and I'm curious what people do with it Brian
/html/spridgets/1998-03/msg00248.html (7,626 bytes)

6. Re: Screwed The Pooch (Again) (score: 1)
Author: Brian Evans <brian@uunet.ca>
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 1998 08:17:18 -0500
Why can't you put the tranny in first, then install the engine? I put mine in together exactly once, and never again. Brian
/html/spridgets/1998-03/msg00249.html (9,290 bytes)

7. Re: Number 1 Died! (score: 1)
Author: Brian Evans <brian@uunet.ca>
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 1998 08:22:40 -0500
Got compression? That happened to me some many years ago, it was a burned exhaust valve... Stick your finger in the sparkplug hole when you crank the engine...if your finger is pushed off the seat, y
/html/spridgets/1998-03/msg00250.html (8,471 bytes)

8. Re: engine rebuild questions (score: 1)
Author: Brian Evans <brian@uunet.ca>
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 1998 15:04:15 -0500
My thoughts are below, for what their worth...I'm presuming that this will be a street driver, so roadability is paramount. I've not tried this, but then again I've not had problems with the stock sc
/html/spridgets/1998-03/msg00287.html (11,426 bytes)

9. Re: engine rebuild questions (score: 1)
Author: Brian Evans <brian@uunet.ca>
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 1998 08:04:07 -0500
The pretty blue ones, if they're made by Isky, sound pretty much like the pretty green ones, also made by Isky, but I hate to pick on companies by name. The issue here is that we had a rash of top ca
/html/spridgets/1998-03/msg00295.html (9,246 bytes)

10. Re: trans drain plug tool (score: 1)
Author: Brian Evans <brian@uunet.ca>
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1998 08:22:18 -0500
I made the original comment, cause that's what I'd heard, and another poster chimed in with the idea that the scales were actually the same, but the temperature that the measurement was made at was d
/html/spridgets/1998-03/msg00326.html (11,783 bytes)

11. Re: Help me with fluid choices please (score: 1)
Author: Brian Evans <brian@uunet.ca>
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1998 10:05:43 -0500
Sounds perfect to me. Use 15W-50 in the engine, and if it's a new rebuild, use normal, non-synthetic oil for the first 500 miles. Helps the cam/lifters break in properly. In actual fact, you only rea
/html/spridgets/1998-03/msg00329.html (8,625 bytes)

12. Oil viscosity (score: 1)
Author: Brian Evans <brian@uunet.ca>
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1998 11:48:20 -0500
So, being curious, surfed on over to the Halvoline pages, in honour of Micheal Andretti's recent victory, and took a look at the product specifications for gear oil and motor oil. found some interest
/html/spridgets/1998-03/msg00335.html (7,189 bytes)

13. Re: timing by EAR ??? (score: 1)
Author: Brian Evans <brian@uunet.ca>
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 1998 11:02:07 -0500
Short answer is no. When I sold my racing Cooper S, the new owner had some tuning problems. A quite experienced but not very smart mechanic "helped" him work on the problem, and timed the engine by e
/html/spridgets/1998-03/msg00390.html (7,755 bytes)

14. Re: Front Hubs (score: 1)
Author: Brian Evans <brian@uunet.ca>
Date: Mon, 2 Feb 1998 08:23:59 -0500
Pretty much what I thought, about the Hoosiers. Up here in VARAC land (Eastern Canada) our vintage tire rules preclude our running radials of any sort. They're allowed, but only in sizes that aren't
/html/spridgets/1998-02/msg00015.html (10,172 bytes)

15. Re: Weber Help (score: 1)
Author: Brian Evans <brian@uunet.ca>
Date: Mon, 2 Feb 1998 10:37:37 -0500
Looked at the chart - man, I wish I'd had that when I was doing my first weber conversion! Some comments: No specification or discussion of the bleed back valve. That's the little valve in the bottom
/html/spridgets/1998-02/msg00017.html (9,216 bytes)

16. Re: REAR AXLE SEALS (score: 1)
Author: Brian Evans <brian@uunet.ca>
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 1998 13:14:55 -0500
there is an oil seal at the back of the hub, an o-ring and paper gasket at the front of the hub between the hub face and the axle flange and that's all. The manual says to pack the bearing with greas
/html/spridgets/1998-02/msg00038.html (9,359 bytes)

17. Re: Cam/timing question, 1500 (score: 1)
Author: Brian Evans <brian@uunet.ca>
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 1998 13:22:31 -0500
Cams may or may not have the same timing as stock. As a general rule only, street cams tend to run at 110 deg ATDC, race cams tend to run from 103 Deg ATDC to 100 deg ATDC. The timing marks are dimpl
/html/spridgets/1998-02/msg00040.html (8,662 bytes)

18. Re: Weber Help / SUs (score: 1)
Author: Brian Evans <brian@uunet.ca>
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 1998 13:32:03 -0500
most serious engine guys can get more power out of a race engine with SU's than a single weber. Comptune is an example. But it takes a long time, a dyno, several thousands of dollars, and a skilled m
/html/spridgets/1998-02/msg00042.html (8,044 bytes)

19. Re: REAR AXLE SEALS (score: 1)
Author: Brian Evans <brian@uunet.ca>
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 1998 14:38:14 -0500
Basically, the single ball bearing design is marginal. The axle flange is forced to accept "wobble" loads that eventually break it because of inadequate support by the bearing. To check the bearing,
/html/spridgets/1998-02/msg00046.html (11,309 bytes)

20. Re: Cam/timing question, 1500 (score: 1)
Author: Brian Evans <brian@uunet.ca>
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 1998 15:38:36 -0500
Sorry to be short before, I was rushed for time. But the main thing is that I need to apologise 'cause I missed that you have a 1500 engine. But if the manual calls for timing marks to be used on the
/html/spridgets/1998-02/msg00051.html (10,644 bytes)


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