- 41. Re: brake pads, brake lines (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2003 19:46:05 -0800 (PST)
- Buy them direct from Porterfield. http://porterfield-brakes.com/ Make up your own brake lines - it's easy. Pegasus Racing will sell you all the bits, and their catalog has detailed instructions. Ple
- /html/fot/2003-03/msg00350.html (7,162 bytes)
- 42. Re: porterfield pads (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 20:40:25 -0800 (PST)
- BTW, I *love* their R4S pads for the street. Very low noise, almost no dust. They are very different from the "full-race" R4 compound, which I love for the track ... but the R4 is quite noisy. I know
- /html/fot/2003-03/msg00378.html (6,305 bytes)
- 43. hard brake lines (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2003 14:37:26 -0800 (PST)
- Since I wrote that article on brake plumbing (referenced earlier in this thread), I get the occasional letter from folks saying that cupro-nickel lines are The Shit, and I should say good things abou
- /html/fot/2003-03/msg00425.html (6,717 bytes)
- 44. Re: Gear oils (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 17:42:16 -0800 (PST)
- I found this link yesterday: http://www.redlineoil.com/redlineoil/mtlti.htm it goes into a great deal of detail regarding Red Line gear lubes, as well as giving some comparison of the various options
- /html/fot/2003-01/msg00166.html (6,425 bytes)
- 45. Re: accelerator shaft (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2002 11:55:54 -0800 (PST)
- I ran into this problem with my 4A about 8 years back - after the nail that someone had used instead of a roll pin finally sheared inside the accelerator linkage (made for a fairly unpleasant drive h
- /html/fot/2002-12/msg00017.html (6,913 bytes)
- 46. Re: Quaife and spinning (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 10:12:12 -0800 (PST)
- Um, then how is this different from an open diff?
- /html/fot/2002-12/msg00115.html (6,913 bytes)
- 47. domain registration (no Triumph content, really) (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2002 15:46:26 -0800 (PST)
- Mordy, Mark, and anyone else who owns domains: Get yourself away from Network Solutions; they'll screw you again and again. I'm fond of the OpenSRS registrars; in particular, I have all my domains at
- /html/fot/2002-11/msg00063.html (6,727 bytes)
- 48. Re: updating the comp prep manuals (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 09:51:34 -0800 (PST)
- I, for one, would love to see this happen. I think you'd sell a lot. Look at the tome that Vizard produced for the A-series ... and how many copies it has sold (I think it's in it 5th, maybe 6th pri
- /html/fot/2002-11/msg00281.html (6,625 bytes)
- 49. Re: spark plug wires (score: 1)
- Author: "Christopher A. Kantarjiev" <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Sun, 06 Oct 2002 19:34:54 -0700
- Bumblebee wire looks lovely, but it's really not very good - I've found it to harden with heat cycling very quickly. Get a set of Magnecor wires. You can get them in "stealth black" or fancier colors
- /html/fot/2002-10/msg00020.html (6,502 bytes)
- 50. tr4a head (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 10:33:09 -0700 (PDT)
- In the three weeks of mail I caught up on yesterday, I think someone was looking for a tr4a head. I have one that might be of use - send me some mail, please, if you still need it. I'm in California.
- /html/fot/2002-10/msg00032.html (6,250 bytes)
- 51. Electric fans (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 08:41:59 -0700 (PDT)
- I've been *very* happy with the fans from Scotts Manufacturing. Lots of sizes and configurations to fit whatever problem you have. Contact info in the Monster List (of course).
- /html/fot/2002-10/msg00040.html (6,369 bytes)
- 52. TR4A seat replacement... (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 16:19:15 -0700 (PDT)
- Afer many years, my TR4A is running again and (fingers crossed) will soon be back on the road. Which means that I'm revisiting some long-postponed upgrade decisions! When I bought her, she had seats
- /html/fot/2002-10/msg00130.html (7,553 bytes)
- 53. sealing pushrod tubes (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2002 17:50:48 -0700 (PDT)
- as it turns out, I'm preparing a 4A head (on the bench) and wold love to hear all tricks regarding this. I already knew the green loctite trick for the top ... I've never had access to the bottom bef
- /html/fot/2002-07/msg00049.html (6,403 bytes)
- 54. replacing push-in hose barbs (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 17:53:10 -0700 (PDT)
- Some years back, I converted my 4A to an electric pump. For a regulator, I did a little project cross-pollenization: I used a FISPA filter/regulator from an ALFA 1750 with Webers, figuring that it wo
- /html/fot/2002-07/msg00064.html (6,947 bytes)
- 55. Re: fot-digest V1 #590 (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Thu, 2 May 2002 09:53:41 -0700 (PDT)
- Congrats!
- /html/fot/2002-05/msg00005.html (6,269 bytes)
- 56. GT6/TR6/Spit engine bits for sale on Ebay (score: 1)
- Author: "Christopher A. Kantarjiev" <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 15:49:10 -0800
- I've just listed a bunch of parts left over from a rebuild I planned but never completed: all aimed at the GT6, but most will also fit TR6 and some will also do for a Spitfire. See, for example, <htt
- /html/fot/2002-03/msg00095.html (6,831 bytes)
- 57. Lucas high output generator? (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2002 17:42:01 -0800 (PST)
- Over the holidays Speedvison (Legends of Motor Racing) featured a neat film made by Standard Triumph. This short documented the effort at Sebring in 1963. The film spent some time detailing the mods,
- /html/fot/2002-01/msg00044.html (7,297 bytes)
- 58. Re: bearings and seals (score: 1)
- Author: "Christopher A. Kantarjiev" <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 21:07:53 -0700
- I'll put in my usual pitch here for Dave Bean as a purveyor of same - remember that many Loti use Herald/Spitfire uprights. Dave Bean is also a good source for all-metal Nylos bearing seals for our v
- /html/fot/2001-06/msg00088.html (6,328 bytes)
- 59. Re: quaife box in GT6 (score: 1)
- Author: "Christopher A. Kantarjiev" <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Wed, 09 May 2001 08:42:19 -0700
- Yup, it'll fit. Dick Nyquist examined this option once upon a time for their GT3 GT6+. He ended up going with a Saenz box, instead, I believe.
- /html/fot/2001-05/msg00104.html (6,277 bytes)
- 60. Re: shifter fork screw (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 11:43:41 -0700 (PDT)
- 8 point socket? Sears usually has them... then I'd get out my butterfly impact wrench and kroil.
- /html/fot/2001-05/msg00236.html (6,601 bytes)
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