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161. Balance (score: 1): Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>; Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2003 17:38:15 -0700; I taught with Unlimited Laps at Thunderhill Friday. Unfortunately, in anticipation of the ground being too wet, the rallycross scheduled for today was postponed until May 31st (the weekend after Memo; /html/mgs/2003-04/msg00556.html (9,338 bytes)
162. Re: Balance (score: 1): Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>; Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2003 09:27:24 -0700; In most of these "open track" events, doing anything like spinning or going off the track is considered naughty. They don't want anyone losing it and wrecking their car, much less anyone else's. -- I; /html/mgs/2003-04/msg00566.html (7,572 bytes)
163. Re: Spirited Driving (was re: balance) (score: 1): Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>; Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2003 11:00:15 -0700; As I intimated, there's a big difference between how the same event will be viewed in a "race group" and an "open track" group. I don't know if they are popular in Oz, but in the US there are a lot o; /html/mgs/2003-04/msg00569.html (10,121 bytes)
164. Re: Willy's sportscar (score: 1): Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>; Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 16:16:41 -0700; Bill Harrah sort of split the difference. About the time that someone totalled one of his Ferrari's, he decided that his Jeep Wagoneer needed a bit more power, and had his mechanic put the Ferrari mo; /html/mgs/2003-04/msg00750.html (8,408 bytes)
165. Fluids (score: 1): Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>; Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 16:22:49 -0700; My brake problem proved to be the brakes needing to be bled. A friend was commenting that he's been known to bleed brakes after every hard track session. And I had put on nearly 1000 track miles sinc; /html/mgs/2003-04/msg00751.html (7,274 bytes)
166. exhaust system (score: 1): Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>; Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2003 14:30:10 -0700; I've got an exhaust system from behind the manifold (exahuast pipe and mufflers) for an MGBGT that I no longer need. It's in reasonable shape and is low restriction. If anyone in the Santa Cruz / San; /html/mgs/2003-04/msg00758.html (6,867 bytes)
167. swapping cams (score: 1): Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>; Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2003 17:15:42 -0700; How tough is it to swap cams in an MGB with the engine in place? I am entertaining the idea of pulling the "showroom stock cheater cam" that I have in the engine now, and replacing it with one optimi; /html/mgs/2003-04/msg00760.html (7,627 bytes)
168. Re: OT, lack of oil pressure in a 260Z (score: 1): Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>; Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2003 18:11:37 -0700; Is there a good seal between the oil pump and the "pickup tube" that goes down into the pan? Though if you get oil pumped, then it probably isn't sucking air? Are you measuring oil pressure cranking?; /html/mgs/2003-04/msg00764.html (9,978 bytes)
169. Re: 72B lives...with reservations (score: 1): Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>; Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2003 19:33:31 -0700; Here's a test that will cost you about $30. Buy a "calibrated" mechanical guage. One that reads temperature in degrees, rather than nebulous hot /cold. Stick the probe in a pot of boiling water. Unl; /html/mgs/2003-04/msg00767.html (8,798 bytes)
170. Taking a page out of Tom Sawyer (score: 1): Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>; Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2003 19:56:05 -0700; Except for about one year during college, I have had at least one british car since about this time of year in 1978. Over that time period I've amassed a fair number of "handy spare parts". Unfortuna; /html/mgs/2003-04/msg00770.html (8,198 bytes)
171. Twincam Midget (score: 1): Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>; Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 14:42:51 -0700; I was picking some parts up at British Motorsports this morning and one of Dave's employee's (I've spaced on his name) mentioned that the Pick'n'Pull on Commercial Way in San Jose has a Midget that t; /html/mgs/2003-04/msg00908.html (7,446 bytes)
172. Re: exhaust system (score: 1): Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>; Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 14:52:39 -0700; Speaking of exhaust systems, I just had Holiday Muffler in Santa Cruz do some work on mine. Even with the glasspack and the spintech muffler, the car was a bit loud for comfort in a daily driver. SCC; /html/mgs/2003-04/msg00909.html (8,077 bytes)
173. Jasmine progress for Drivers School next weekend (score: 1): Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>; Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 00:13:49 -0800; This weekend, I made good progress on getting Jasmine ready for SCCA drivers school next weekend. Yesterday I got the missing 4 inches of weld in her cage done, so it is now SCCA legal. I then got my; /html/mgs/2003-03/msg00024.html (9,339 bytes)
174. Steering rack fluid (score: 1): Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>; Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 00:21:11 -0800; The haynes book lists the fluid in the steering rack as Extreme Pressure SAE 90 oil. Is this the same as gear oil, like goes in the diffs? Larry -- I've found something worse than oldies station that; /html/mgs/2003-03/msg00025.html (7,841 bytes)
175. Re: Steering rack fluid (score: 1): Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>; Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2003 00:26:25 -0800; I just re-read the "fine manual" and it seemed that in order to fill the fluid I have to take the whole rack out. Is that true? Or, if it's in the car, can I just take the cover plate off the top and; /html/mgs/2003-03/msg00069.html (8,585 bytes)
176. Today's dyno runs, new stuff learned (score: 1): Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>; Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2003 17:42:36 -0800; After spending several hours on the dyno today, I got to work to find several bug that need to be fixed RIGHT AWAY. ARRGGH. I had hoped to determine an ideal needle lean for cruising, richer under po; /html/mgs/2003-03/msg00085.html (10,791 bytes)
177. Re: Seeking a good tire pressure (score: 1): Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>; Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2003 18:24:21 -0800; The "right" way to check tire pressure is to use a pyrometer and to check the temperatures across the tire (three readings, inside, middle outside). This, of course, is impractical unless you *want*; /html/mgs/2003-03/msg00088.html (10,911 bytes)
178. measuring piston rise (score: 1): Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>; Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 14:38:01 -0800; The application is my MGB with an HP supercharger. I'm simultaneously trying to get things dialed in and learn about what is happening with the motor, fuel/air ratios, power etc. I was able to sort o; /html/mgs/2003-03/msg00215.html (8,729 bytes)
179. Re: measuring piston rise (score: 1): Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>; Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 16:52:11 -0800; I did not mean to add another vent hole. I meant to run a vacuum line from the top of the damper to some sort of a vacuum guage, ideally an electronic one so that I could datalog the output. Modulo t; /html/mgs/2003-03/msg00218.html (8,899 bytes)
180. Re: Hello and dual gauge for sell/trade (score: 1): Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>; Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 23:26:52 -0800; I really hope to have time to write about my weekend real soon. The upside of stripping out the splines on my RR hub is that I found out about Economy foreign car parts in Chico CA (about 45 minutes; /html/mgs/2003-03/msg00226.html (9,051 bytes)

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