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21. Re: REAR AXLE SEALS (score: 1)
Author: Brian Evans <brian@uunet.ca>
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 1998 15:45:21 -0500
double bearing hubs are available at Winners Circle, 216 333 4666, they are a direct replacement, they don't change offset, they are expensive ($300 or so I think) Brian
/html/spridgets/1998-02/msg00052.html (8,704 bytes)

22. Re: Weber Help / SUs (score: 1)
Author: Brian Evans <brian@uunet.ca>
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 08:27:02 -0500
Carb's are interesting things. To your points - dyno's don't lie. And top engine guys, of which I only know of two or three, can always get more HP out of an ultimate racing engine on HS2's than they
/html/spridgets/1998-02/msg00063.html (12,243 bytes)

23. Re: REAR AXLE SEALS (score: 1)
Author: Brian Evans <brian@uunet.ca>
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 10:31:22 -0500
The hubs are total replacements, machined from billet steel, that use a stock bearing in the stock position and a second bearing in the inner position. I know that Winners Circle manufactures their v
/html/spridgets/1998-02/msg00069.html (8,344 bytes)

24. Re: Vega GT rims (score: 1)
Author: Brian Evans <brian@uunet.ca>
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 13:31:39 -0500
I meant a square wheel arch quarter elliptic car. As I recall, they stick out the side of the round arch on a bugeye just fine. I don't think they need a spacer, but as my buddy ran them, not me, I d
/html/spridgets/1998-02/msg00071.html (9,136 bytes)

25. Re: Weber Help / SUs (score: 1)
Author: Brian Evans <brian@uunet.ca>
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 1998 08:39:29 -0500
I agree, and think your experience is pretty normal - a 45 weber is TONs better for potential power than a STOCK pair of SU HS2's, and the Weber has accelerator pumps, which make a big difference in
/html/spridgets/1998-02/msg00092.html (9,797 bytes)

26. Re: Vega GT rims (score: 1)
Author: Brian Evans <brian@uunet.ca>
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 1998 11:07:42 -0500
Weller advertises in a number of british Mag's like Cars and Car Conversions, etc, where they normally offer their street wheel line. They offer an off-the-shelf 5.5" by 13 wheel designed for Midgets
/html/spridgets/1998-02/msg00095.html (8,496 bytes)

27. Re: fact or fiction (score: 1)
Author: Brian Evans <brian@uunet.ca>
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 1998 08:36:44 -0500
Impact wrench. For a long time, sometimes! Brian Evans sorry, wrong them as opinion as correct. example, the editor, or "historical important... seemingly self related in the web site such) cover of
/html/spridgets/1998-02/msg00208.html (12,402 bytes)

28. Re: Need immediate help! (score: 1)
Author: Brian Evans <brian@uunet.ca>
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 1998 08:34:05 -0500
If you've had the crank turned already, then you need to figure out if it's the crank or the block that out. It's easiest to Mic the crank, and a dial verier caliper is probably accurate enough to co
/html/spridgets/1998-02/msg00209.html (8,454 bytes)

29. Re: 72 Running Badly (score: 1)
Author: Brian Evans <brian@uunet.ca>
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 1998 08:16:41 -0500
Check firing order, - 1-3-4-2 going counter clockwise around the distributor. people often get that wrong, speaking from experience...has the effect of making the motor run on just 1 and 4, since the
/html/spridgets/1998-02/msg00239.html (8,926 bytes)

30. RE: Left Lane Cruiser! (score: 1)
Author: Brian Evans <brian@uunet.ca>
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 1998 08:46:22 -0500
Fastest I've been in a Midget is 125 MPH, at the bottom of the Dip at Road Atlanta. Car was 1962 Midget Mk 1, 1275 race motor, 4.22 diff, 8000 rpm, and speed was calculated using tire circumference.
/html/spridgets/1998-02/msg00240.html (10,309 bytes)

31. RE: Rookie Mistakes (score: 1)
Author: Brian Evans <brian@uunet.ca>
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 1998 08:23:45 -0500
The rise in the frame rails gives a similar rise to the lower A-arm mounting points, giving anti-dive to the front suspension. also it gives a little castor angle as well, given the design of the low
/html/spridgets/1998-02/msg00328.html (8,880 bytes)

32. Re: Troubles with Tacho (score: 1)
Author: Brian Evans <brian@uunet.ca>
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 1998 08:25:35 -0500
Has Greg considered the possibility that the Tach is broken? Brian
/html/spridgets/1998-02/msg00329.html (8,304 bytes)

33. Re: 1098 Head (score: 1)
Author: Brian Evans <brian@uunet.ca>
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 09:23:20 -0500
heads - but watch out for combustion chamer size. These heads are designed to run with flat top pistons, and in a 948 might give very low compression. I think they are 28.5cc or something like that.
/html/spridgets/1998-02/msg00463.html (7,794 bytes)

34. Re: Header & Exhaust (score: 1)
Author: Brian Evans <brian@uunet.ca>
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 14:27:46 -0500
On the basic premise - I have used Maniflow and Janspeed headers, both very good quality. I just made a header for my race car, bought tubing bends, and went at it with cutoff saw and welding torche
/html/spridgets/1998-02/msg00566.html (8,616 bytes)

35. Re: steering rack lubrication (score: 1)
Author: Brian Evans <brian@uunet.ca>
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 1998 08:36:06 -0500
Fairly long discussion about this a few weeks ago. manual calls for gear oil, the best choice is gear oil, if you have a reasonable grease gun you can remove the grease cartridge, pour oil in the bod
/html/spridgets/1998-02/msg00644.html (7,980 bytes)

36. re: front wheel bearings (score: 1)
Author: Brian Evans <brian@uunet.ca>
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 1998 09:26:52 -0500
Mini's use the same kind of front bearing setup, and the bearings and spacer were sold as a matched kit - the spacer was touted as not interchangeable between different pairs of bearings, let alone d
/html/spridgets/1998-02/msg00674.html (8,560 bytes)

37. Re: PISTON/CONROD ORIENTATION (score: 1)
Author: Brian Evans <brian@uunet.ca>
Date: Mon, 5 Jan 1998 09:49:29 -0500
comments interspersed below...Brian Yes. Modern rings seal better, and Cooper S always had three rings anyway, so these are ok. The pistons are symmetrical so it doesn't really matter which direction
/html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00123.html (9,870 bytes)

38. Re: If you feel like answering... (score: 1)
Author: Brian Evans <brian@uunet.ca>
Date: Mon, 5 Jan 1998 10:00:37 -0500
Keeping in mind that the advice below puts the oil into the OUTPUT of the oil pump, if your're still having trouble getting pressure up then try a few more tricks... Prime as below - put some oil int
/html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00124.html (8,383 bytes)

39. Re: Order of operations question (score: 1)
Author: Brian Evans <brian@uunet.ca>
Date: Mon, 5 Jan 1998 12:43:10 -0500
You forgot to set the static timing to about 5 deg btdc or so. also, if you have new tappets, or camshaft and tappets, it's very important to run the engine at no less than 2000 rpm for at least 20 m
/html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00133.html (8,876 bytes)

40. bug-eye bonnet for sale (score: 1)
Author: Brian Evans <brian@uunet.ca>
Date: Mon, 5 Jan 1998 12:47:33 -0500
A friend in the Windsor/Detroit area has a bugeye bonnet that he doesn't need. As I recall it needs a little cleaning and rust repair, but is all there and hasn't been bent (crashed). He'd like $100.
/html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00136.html (6,691 bytes)

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