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1. Re: Old School vs New School (score: 1)
Author: Larry Colen <lrc@red4est.com>
Date: Mon, 22 May 2006 13:34:39 -0700
When they said that the frogeye was putting out 130 hp (about 3 times stock, and about twice stock of a 1275) it was obvious that some serious work had been done on it. -- Software that holds your ha
/html/mgs/2006-05/msg00171.html (7,100 bytes)

2. Looking for lifters (score: 1)
Author: Larry Colen <lrc@red4est.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 17:37:57 -0700
I'm finally getting close to putting Jasmine's motor back together. Don at Replikamaschinen is doing the final work on the cylinder head. He sent me email last night worried about rocker ratios, and
/html/mgs/2006-07/msg00365.html (7,868 bytes)

3. I need to use/borrow a good bore guage] (score: 1)
Author: Larry Colen <lrc@red4est.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 01:55:49 -0700
I'm totally stoked, because I think that I finally have all of the parts I need to put Jasmine's motor back together. When Armando did my crank, he machined the rod journals to tighter than stock tol
/html/mgs/2006-08/msg00267.html (9,777 bytes)

4. Re: I need to use/borrow a good bore guage] (score: 1)
Author: Larry Colen <lrc@red4est.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 10:09:53 -0700
Actually plastigage is considered to be not as good of a way to check clearances. The manufacturing tolerances on it are not as tight, plus the age of it can affect how it behaves. The reason that pl
/html/mgs/2006-08/msg00270.html (8,136 bytes)

5. Re: I need to use/borrow a good bore guage] (score: 1)
Author: Larry Colen <lrc@red4est.com>
Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2006 15:39:07 -0700
I just got back from burningman, so I was way behind in my email. Correct, clearance is the correct word. With the motor being supercharged, the tighter clearance means that the rod would not bang as
/html/mgs/2006-09/msg00103.html (7,523 bytes)

6. Re: accelerator cable substitute (score: 1)
Author: Larry Colen <lrc@red4est.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 02:14:43 -0700
Been using bike cables for years. As has been mentioned they come in different weights of cable. Also, you may want to look for a teflon lined cable housing, they work a bit more smoothly than the un
/html/mgs/2006-09/msg00131.html (7,646 bytes)

7. Engine stand (score: 1)
Author: Larry Colen <lrc@red4est.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 14:07:21 -0700
Is there a good way for mounting an MG blcok on an engine stand for building a motor? The obvious ways to do so tend to interfere with some critical phase of the assembly, such as installing the back
/html/mgs/2006-09/msg00192.html (7,505 bytes)

8. Re: Engine stand (score: 1)
Author: Larry Colen <lrc@red4est.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 15:18:30 -0700
It almost sounds like I should come up with a way to, at lest temporarily, mount the engine stand to the floor so that it can't tip. -- Software that holds your hand is one thing, software that holds
/html/mgs/2006-09/msg00195.html (6,892 bytes)

9. Re: over drive oil (score: 1)
Author: Larry Colen <lrc@red4est.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2006 16:03:26 -0700
I don't know if there was any cause and effect, but on two separate occasions, after putting redline in my O/D tranny, the O/D died. After the second one, I replaced it with a Ford 5 speed conversion
/html/mgs/2006-10/msg00101.html (7,576 bytes)

10. Re: Dead pedal for B (score: 1)
Author: Larry Colen <lrc@red4est.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 15:36:54 -0800
pondered the switch? I used to ponder the question of a dead pedal in my MGB, until one day I realized that it has always had one. I was sitting in the right hand seat when I found it. -- Software th
/html/mgs/2006-11/msg00064.html (7,737 bytes)

11. MGs are why I exist (score: 1)
Author: Larry Colen <lrc@red4est.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 13:14:49 -0700
I thought y'all might appreciate this MG story. I'm sure that a lot of people on this list can make the statement "MGs are why I exist" metaphoricly, but it occurs to me, that I can honestly make tha
/html/mgs/2006-10/msg00242.html (7,228 bytes)

12. Re: MGs are why I exist (score: 1)
Author: Larry Colen <lrc@red4est.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 16:49:33 -0700
Nope. My parents never discussed that in any detail. However, by the time I'd been conceived Dad had traded the MGA on a '58 vette, where he'd selected every race option available. The car would pass
/html/mgs/2006-10/msg00247.html (7,913 bytes)

13. Re: MGs are why I exist (score: 1)
Author: Larry Colen <lrc@red4est.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 18:07:09 -0700
That's about the power he said he had, one hp/ci I wasn't there, that's just the story he told me. For all I know it was shifting from 2nd to 3rd at 100kph. :) -- Software that holds your hand is one
/html/mgs/2006-10/msg00249.html (7,366 bytes)

14. [MGS] Dead MGB overdrive (score: 1)
Author: Larry Colen <lrc@red4est.com>
Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2007 17:45:00 -0700
I'm going through boxes of stuff and found a dead MGB overdrive, I believe it's the later sort. It is already disassembled, if someone wants it enough to meet me at either my house in Felton, or near
/html/mgs/2007-06/msg00003.html (6,253 bytes)

15. Re: [Mgs] 175/65/14 Tires for MGB??? (score: 1)
Author: Larry Colen <lrc@red4est.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 09:04:12 -0700
If I recall correctly, you can run up to 195-60-14 on an MGB before things start getting tricky. You may need to roll the fenderlips to keep them from rubbing in the back. -- All your apex are belong
/html/mgs/2007-06/msg00098.html (8,049 bytes)

16. [Mgs] Sorting parts in the Santa Cruz Mountains (score: 1)
Author: Larry Colen <lrc@red4est.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 09:18:35 -0700
About a year and a half ago, a local teenager did something stupid and ended up parked ass over teakettle on my carport. This was particularly exciting as I was in the shed under the carport at the t
/html/mgs/2007-06/msg00101.html (7,884 bytes)

17. [Mgs] O/D MGB tranny w/o O/D (score: 1)
Author: Larry Colen <lrc@red4est.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2007 16:55:16 -0700
In the process of cleaning up, I found the transmission that went with my dead overdrive. I have no need of it. It's free to whoever wants to pick it up in Felton (Santa Cruz). I may be able to drop
/html/mgs/2007-06/msg00284.html (6,422 bytes)

18. [Mgs] A sportscar evening (score: 1)
Author: Larry Colen <lrc@red4est.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 00:00:07 -0700
While I've been waiting, first on parts, then on money, finally having time and a place, to reassemble my MG, I've been racing a '91 Spec Miata, and driving a ratty '93 Miata as my daily driver (and
/html/mgs/2007-06/msg00311.html (8,871 bytes)

19. [Mgs] Oil filter mount, oil cooler, accusump .... (score: 1)
Author: Larry Colen <lrc@red4est.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 00:11:58 -0700
As I finish repairing my carport, I am getting closer to getting my MGBGT http://red4est.com/jasmine put back together. With the supercharger, I should probably get about 100hp to the ground out of i
/html/mgs/2007-06/msg00312.html (8,480 bytes)

20. Re: [Mgs] West coast road trip time and places to stay (score: 1)
Author: Larry Colen <lrc@red4est.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2007 15:18:20 -0700
If you're heading back up on I-5, try to schedule your trip to go through Willows when they're having an open track day at Thunderhill http://thunderhill.com It's a very fun track. Quite challenging,
/html/mgs/2007-06/msg00389.html (8,348 bytes)

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