- 121. Re: More Tires (score: 1)
- Author: "Greg Solow" <gregmogdoc@surfnetusa.com>
- Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 23:04:12 -0700
- What is it that you like about the BFGs? Do they handle more predictably, give faster lap times or stick or brake better? set
- /html/fot/1999-06/msg00080.html (7,459 bytes)
- 122. Re: Racing without charging system (score: 1)
- Author: "Greg Solow" <Gregmogdoc@surfnetusa.com>
- Date: Sun, 9 May 1999 12:09:54 -0700
- I thought that true "Vintage " race cars that were raced in the 60's had to have working charging systems! In fact, having just checked the 1972 SCCA General Competition Rules, it says "The standard
- /html/fot/1999-05/msg00121.html (8,460 bytes)
- 123. Re: blocks and heads (score: 1)
- Author: "Greg Solow" <Gregmogdoc@surfnetusa.com>
- Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 20:16:51 -0700
- We use the factory steel competiton head gaskets, .020" thick and trim them to fit the modified combustion chambers. Then we glue a piece of .012" to .014" soft copper wire around each cylinder in th
- /html/fot/1999-05/msg00252.html (8,703 bytes)
- 124. Re: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (score: 1)
- Author: "Greg Solow" <gregmogdoc@surfnetusa.com>
- Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 00:33:19 -0700
- A few years ago we were helping a vintage racer with his TR-3 and I had the opportunity to race his car on several occasions. On one of these the gearbox began to crack where the bell housing joins t
- /html/fot/1999-04/msg00042.html (9,980 bytes)
- 125. Re: Thrust Washers & Crankshafts (score: 1)
- Author: "Greg Solow" <gregmogdoc@surfnetusa.com>
- Date: Tue, 2 Mar 1999 23:38:20 -0800
- A good crankshaft technician can weld up, stress relieve, straighten and regrind your crank to be as good or better than new. The question is can you get a replacement that is usable or grindable for
- /html/fot/1999-03/msg00015.html (7,966 bytes)
- 126. Re: Diff Differences... (score: 1)
- Author: "Greg Solow" <gregmogdoc@surfnetusa.com>
- Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 08:12:08 -0800
- For my Morgan +4 I have both a welded 4.11 and a clutch type "positraction" limited slip 3.77 axles. The welded axle behaves just as Kas says, as you go into a corner, you must be "on the gas" if you
- /html/fot/1999-03/msg00052.html (12,991 bytes)
- 127. Re: Exploding flywheels (was GT6 suspension uprights) (score: 1)
- Author: "Greg Solow" <gregmogdoc@surfnetusa.com>
- Date: Mon, 8 Mar 1999 22:18:41 -0800
- Once I saw an Alfa clutch explode on the start finish straight at Laguna Seca. Pieces fo the clutch were deflected off of the surface of the track and came up through the floor of the car. Greg Solow
- /html/fot/1999-03/msg00096.html (9,137 bytes)
- 128. Re: Harmonic Dampeners and Cranks and TR6 (score: 1)
- Author: "Greg Solow" <gregmogdoc@surfnetusa.com>
- Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 11:32:00 -0800
- To avoid the possibility of Ign. timing errors because of damper movement and to achieve greater accuracy by virtue of the larger diameter and hence greater distance between the degree marks, we have
- /html/fot/1999-03/msg00135.html (10,971 bytes)
- 129. Re: nomination (score: 1)
- Author: "Greg Solow" <gregmogdoc@surfnetusa.com>
- Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 21:13:59 -0800
- I second heartily! and
- /html/fot/1999-02/msg00099.html (7,917 bytes)
- 130. Re: TR oil cooler-wanted (score: 1)
- Author: "Greg Solow" <Gregmogdoc@surfnetusa.com>
- Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 00:35:07 -0800
- We have new oil cooler adapter plates in stock . They are machined out of Aluminum billet and route the oil past the pressure relief valve and thru the filter before it goes thru the cooler. This pre
- /html/fot/1999-01/msg00076.html (7,048 bytes)
- 131. Re: HARMONIC BALANCER (score: 1)
- Author: "Greg Solow" <Gregmogdoc@surfnetusa.com>
- Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 22:15:13 -0800
- We have never run a damper on the TR-4 engines that we have built. Using rev limits of 7200 rpm with a properly prepared bottom end we have no problems and do not believe that there is any benefit to
- /html/fot/1999-01/msg00156.html (8,969 bytes)
- 132. Re: Fuel System Questions (score: 1)
- Author: "Greg Solow" <gregmogdoc@surfnetusa.com>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 18:48:46 -0800
- My '65 Morgan with a 2.2 l. full race TR-4 with Weber carbs uses about 10 gallons per hour when racing at Thunderhill using a 3.7:1 rear axle ratio. Your Stromberg carbs are designed to operate at a
- /html/fot/1999-01/msg00205.html (9,826 bytes)
- 133. Re: Rev Poll (score: 1)
- Author: "Greg Solow" <gregmogdoc@surfnetusa.com>
- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 13:45:07 -0800
- This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_0005_01BE4AC4.6A64F800 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable For years, actually alm
- /html/fot/1999-01/msg00214.html (19,224 bytes)
- 134. Re: Re: Fuel System Questions (score: 1)
- Author: "Greg Solow" <gregmogdoc@surfnetusa.com>
- Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1999 00:17:28 -0800
- When Don Devendorf was driving Kastner's GT-6 in the early 70's it definitely had 150 cd Strombergs on it . It certainly didn't appear to have any fuel starvation problems under any conditions whatso
- /html/fot/1999-01/msg00234.html (8,478 bytes)
- 135. Fw: 1956 AC Ace roadster for sale (score: 1)
- Author: "greg solow" <gregmogdoc@surfnetusa.com>
- Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1998 10:51:44 -0800
- This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_00BA_01BE2FF4.8FDFFF20 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable We have recently comple
- /html/fot/1998-12/msg00102.html (10,282 bytes)
- 136. RE: Align Boring for Cam Bearings (score: 1)
- Author: SOLOW GREG <gregmogdoc@surfnetusa.com>
- Date: Sat, 14 Nov 1998 02:16:37 -0800
- Good machine shop work is hard to find. Shop around for price on the = align bore and cam bearing=20 job, but get some references that you can check on as to the quality of = the work. You don't, I a
- /html/fot/1998-11/msg00073.html (10,152 bytes)
- 137. RE: New Additions to FOT (score: 1)
- Author: SOLOW GREG <gregmogdoc@surfnetusa.com>
- Date: Sat, 14 Nov 1998 02:28:26 -0800
- Hi Amici! Its a privilege to be a part of the list. I have a 58 TR-3 = street car with a 3/4 race engine,=20 and a slightly modified suspension. I race a 64 Morgan +4 that I owned = since new. In the
- /html/fot/1998-11/msg00074.html (10,279 bytes)
- 138. RE: New Additions to FOT (score: 1)
- Author: SOLOW GREG <gregmogdoc@surfnetusa.com>
- Date: Sat, 14 Nov 1998 14:02:08 -0800
- Thanks for the warm welcome. Although I currently have a billet crank = in my car, I ran with a modified stock crank at the same power level and = rpm (about 160 hp and 6800 rpm) for over 30,000 stre
- /html/fot/1998-11/msg00085.html (11,262 bytes)
- 139. Re: New addition (score: 1)
- Author: "greg solow" <gregmogdoc@surfnetusa.com>
- Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1998 02:36:35 -0800
- This doesn't sound like a vintage car to me! None of those mods were legal 1975. What are we doing , racing vintage cars or racing old cars with no rules! I am sure there is a proper place to race a
- /html/fot/1998-11/msg00166.html (9,346 bytes)
- 140. Re: Advice on GT6 valve replacement (score: 1)
- Author: "greg solow" <gregmogdoc@surfnetusa.com>
- Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 01:28:44 -0800
- To run without problems on unleaded gas, you should also install hard valve seats in the cylinder head in addition to the bronze guides( manganese bronze are less abrasive and more slippery than sili
- /html/fot/1998-11/msg00187.html (7,620 bytes)
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