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61. Re: Priorities! (score: 1)
Author: EMILY COWEN <ecowen@cln.etc.bc.ca>
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 00:02:47 -0700 (PDT)
Hi Rick Morrison!! Sorry, Rick, but our '73 "B" with STOCK points ignition is happily firing Bosch Platinums at app. 0.050" gap. It's a daily driver, NOT a car-port queen... and has been very reliabl
/html/mgs/1997-06/msg01085.html (8,453 bytes)

62. Re: Wheels & Tires for Midget (score: 1)
Author: EMILY COWEN <ecowen@cln.etc.bc.ca>
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 00:09:47 -0700 (PDT)
Hi Mike Cook!! Ok Mike, give us a break and tell us where "8350 feet" IS in the Rockies. In your tag line... And, does your midget have upgraded brakes?? TTUL8r, Kirk Cowen (who'd love to ski at 8350
/html/mgs/1997-06/msg01086.html (7,199 bytes)

63. Re: How does Bob Allen do it? (score: 1)
Author: EMILY COWEN <ecowen@cln.etc.bc.ca>
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 00:48:19 -0700 (PDT)
Hi Stacie Short!! Hey Stacie, you're dealing with a bunch of old farts, so cut us a little slack!! You'll have to re-post your original question(s) because 1/3 of us deleted the messages because ther
/html/mgs/1997-06/msg01087.html (7,829 bytes)

64. Re: 79B Overdrive Problems (score: 1)
Author: EMILY COWEN <ecowen@cln.etc.bc.ca>
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 01:07:31 -0700 (PDT)
Hi Richard A. Boris!! When the filter, pump, and solenoid were removed, did you notice a little, bitty ball bearing that acts as a check valve for the pump output?? It MUST be there for the O/D to fu
/html/mgs/1997-06/msg01090.html (7,334 bytes)

65. Re: Aluminum cross flow heads (score: 1)
Author: EMILY COWEN <ecowen@cln.etc.bc.ca>
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 01:21:30 -0700 (PDT)
Hi Larry J. Dickstein!! Try Steve Darby, elan@indirect.com for heads, manifolds, roller rockers, camshafts, headers, suspension parts, etc. http://pinon.com/sportscar 505-268-6869 fax 505-232-3551 TT
/html/mgs/1997-06/msg01091.html (7,144 bytes)

66. Re: MG gas mileage (score: 1)
Author: EMILY COWEN <ecowen@cln.etc.bc.ca>
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 12:50:23 -0700 (PDT)
Hi Scott Gardner!! According to David Vizard's engine dyno tests, the "A" series engine develops LESS horsepower with fuel injection, than with SU's. Well, I guess it's all relative... your perceptio
/html/mgs/1997-06/msg01136.html (8,162 bytes)

67. Re: mgs@autox.team.net digest #10 Thu Jun 19 09:51:54 MDT 1997 (score: 1)
Author: EMILY COWEN <ecowen@cln.etc.bc.ca>
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 13:20:58 -0700 (PDT)
Hi Scott Gardener!! Soldered spade connections are subject to vibration failure because the solder wicks past the end of the spade connecter into the wire. The area where the solder ends is a stress
/html/mgs/1997-06/msg01138.html (8,783 bytes)

68. Re: Webers and sparkplugs (score: 1)
Author: EMILY COWEN <ecowen@cln.etc.bc.ca>
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 13:52:09 -0700 (PDT)
Hi Thomas James Pokrefke!!! Did you use a flat feeler gauge, a wire feeler gauge, or the Bosch feeler gauge?? The Bosch centre electrode is recessed into the insulator, and the gap CANNOT be reliably
/html/mgs/1997-06/msg01142.html (7,966 bytes)

69. Re: Webers and sparkplugs (score: 1)
Author: EMILY COWEN <ecowen@cln.etc.bc.ca>
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 15:19:58 -0700 (PDT)
Hi Jeff!! I just don't know. I do know that there is more than one accepted type of lead substitute on the market, so one person may report poor results with a lead substitute, while another person w
/html/mgs/1997-06/msg01153.html (8,662 bytes)

70. Re: Re[2]: MG gas mileage (score: 1)
Author: EMILY COWEN <ecowen@cln.etc.bc.ca>
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 15:31:25 -0700 (PDT)
Hi David Moore!! Yup, Mazda makes a rather nice kit(car)... Joking aside, I've heard of it being done in Britain, but I'll be dammned if I can remember how I found it. Not being interested in the con
/html/mgs/1997-06/msg01155.html (8,453 bytes)

71. Re: MG gas mileage (score: 1)
Author: EMILY COWEN <ecowen@cln.etc.bc.ca>
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 15:39:11 -0700 (PDT)
Hi Trevor Boicey!! If you're speaking to throttle body injection, you'd have to be desperate to get rid of your SU's to try this typical knee jerk reaction of the NA auto manufacturers to proper (mul
/html/mgs/1997-06/msg01157.html (8,465 bytes)

72. Re: How does Bob Allen do it? (score: 1)
Author: EMILY COWEN <ecowen@cln.etc.bc.ca>
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 15:57:10 -0700 (PDT)
Hi Bill Singleton!! Well, in rebuttal, empty most of the time, but occasionally subject to titillating chunks of information from obscure courses from years past that pop into consciousness and deman
/html/mgs/1997-06/msg01158.html (7,600 bytes)

73. Re: MG gas mileage (score: 1)
Author: EMILY COWEN <ecowen@cln.etc.bc.ca>
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 17:36:01 -0700 (PDT)
Hi Trevor Boicey!! A BIG advantage to direct injection as well as multi-port injection, is the dry manifold, without the usual fuel distribution problems. The daunting task would be to figure out how
/html/mgs/1997-06/msg01165.html (9,013 bytes)

74. Re: MG gas mileage (score: 1)
Author: EMILY COWEN <ecowen@cln.etc.bc.ca>
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 18:36:16 -0700 (PDT)
Hi Trevor Boicey!! Of course he was, but that doesn't change the results. He was somewhat surprised, and double checked his set up. Same results... QED. Trevor, were I Bob Allen, this is where I'd ev
/html/mgs/1997-06/msg01171.html (11,045 bytes)

75. Re: Wheels & Tires for Midget (score: 1)
Author: EMILY COWEN <ecowen@cln.etc.bc.ca>
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 18:52:23 -0700 (PDT)
Hi Mike Cook!! ^^^^^^^^^^ Sounds like eastern Canada... ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Yer gonna kill that poor little thing!! Not only is it a tough climb, but the air's a lot less dense than sea level. How
/html/mgs/1997-06/msg01173.html (7,376 bytes)

76. MGA 4 syncro conversion... (score: 1)
Author: EMILY COWEN <ecowen@cln.etc.bc.ca>
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 19:37:05 -0700 (PDT)
Hello All!! Well, my son and I have dropped the 18V engine and 4 syncro O/D transmission into his '56 "A", and it went well. We must use the "A" exhaust manifold unless we grind the "B" exhaust flang
/html/mgs/1997-06/msg01177.html (7,464 bytes)

77. Re: Priorities! (score: 1)
Author: EMILY COWEN <ecowen@cln.etc.bc.ca>
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 1997 01:09:54 -0700 (PDT)
Hi Rick Morrison!! You might consider one of the asymmetrical point cams that BL developed for their racing program. Original cam was good to app 5500 rpm with stock points; asymetrical cam was good
/html/mgs/1997-06/msg01212.html (8,106 bytes)

78. Re: MG gas mileage (score: 1)
Author: EMILY COWEN <ecowen@cln.etc.bc.ca>
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 1997 01:14:22 -0700 (PDT)
Hi Trevor Boicey!! Trevor, I'm one of the old farts... if I relaxed any more, I'd be dead! TTUL8r, Kirk Cowen (who's trying to jog your analytical/diagnostic thinking, not flame you... ];-)
/html/mgs/1997-06/msg01213.html (7,955 bytes)

79. Re: Leaf Springs (score: 1)
Author: EMILY COWEN <ecowen@cln.etc.bc.ca>
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 1997 01:35:55 -0700 (PDT)
Hi Bob Allen!! I don't know the country of origin, but we use "WEBER" in the shop. We've tried Bosch, Pittsburg, Millwake(sp?), Makita, and have come back to Weber. The same for the cutting, and grin
/html/mgs/1997-06/msg01214.html (7,171 bytes)

80. Re: Leaf Springs (score: 1)
Author: EMILY COWEN <ecowen@cln.etc.bc.ca>
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 1997 01:42:36 -0700 (PDT)
^^^^^ Make that WALTER. TTUL8r, Kirk Cowen (who's just had a brain fart)
/html/mgs/1997-06/msg01215.html (6,997 bytes)


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