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101. Re: [TR] Aluminum head? (score: 1)
Author: Michael Porter <mdporter@dfn.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2019 19:50:29 -0600
There have been attempts at making aluminum heads for the wet-sleeve engines, but they've been largely unsuccessful, for one major reason--they have been designed as analogues of the cast-iron head d
/html/triumphs/2019-09/msg00040.html (12,025 bytes)

102. Re: [TR] Aluminum head? (score: 1)
Author: Michael Porter <mdporter@dfn.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2019 20:41:37 -0600
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/html/triumphs/2019-09/msg00046.html (14,038 bytes)

103. Re: [TR] Aluminum head? (score: 1)
Author: Michael Porter <mdporter@dfn.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2019 21:39:54 -0600
You've probably averted problems because the liners weren't sticking up to spec (especially toward the high side of the tolerance). It's a curious situation.  The heads aren't wildly popular because
/html/triumphs/2019-09/msg00049.html (11,852 bytes)

104. Re: [TR] TR4A - Need Advice on Road Springs (score: 1)
Author: Michael Porter <mdporter@dfn.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2019 13:19:35 -0600
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/html/triumphs/2019-09/msg00080.html (14,325 bytes)

105. Re: [TR] Pain job for 1972 TR6 (score: 1)
Author: Michael Porter <mdporter@dfn.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2019 17:31:08 -0600
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/html/triumphs/2019-10/msg00026.html (18,574 bytes)

106. Re: [TR] What is the correct way to measure fuel pressure (score: 1)
Author: Michael Porter <mdporter@dfn.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2019 21:22:40 -0600
Umm, this might confuse a couple of principles.  Yes, lifting a column of liquid by atmospheric pressure limits the column to 34 feet (of water, or the equivalent), and the figures above reflect tha
/html/triumphs/2019-10/msg00107.html (12,963 bytes)

107. Re: [TR] [EXTERNAL] Re: VINs (score: 1)
Author: Michael Porter <mdporter@dfn.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2019 21:14:58 -0700
Sometimes you get neither.  Back in the early Zeroes, I bought a car in Texas, A TR7 (well, hell, it was an oddity with a John's Cars Buick V-6 conversion), and drove it back to NM.  Admittedly, I
/html/triumphs/2019-11/msg00050.html (11,893 bytes)

108. Re: [TR] Experience with Vitesse 5-speed transmission conversion? (score: 1)
Author: Michael Porter <mdporter@dfn.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2020 16:58:30 -0700
Umm, the final drive depends upon the rear end ratio, which must be higher in the Miata than the TR.  In fact, the old Miata 6-speeds (circa `93 or so) had a quite numerically high Ist and a quite l
/html/triumphs/2020-01/msg00004.html (10,955 bytes)

109. Re: [TR] need a relay non Triumph (score: 1)
Author: Michael Porter <mdporter@dfn.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 18:00:48 -0700
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/html/triumphs/2020-01/msg00147.html (15,828 bytes)

110. Re: [TR] Palindrome Day-no TR content (score: 1)
Author: Michael Porter <mdporter@dfn.com>
Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2020 18:46:31 -0700
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/html/triumphs/2020-02/msg00026.html (11,664 bytes)

111. Re: [TR] distributor advance (score: 1)
Author: Michael Porter <mdporter@dfn.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2020 13:59:35 -0700
Wasn't it Randall who said early on that the main spring, though stiffer, was loose in its connection, which would account for the quick advance off idle?  In the case of the advance/idle retard mech
/html/triumphs/2020-03/msg00008.html (10,990 bytes)

112. Re: [TR] sandblasting (score: 1)
Author: Michael Porter <mdporter@dfn.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 18:41:14 -0600
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/html/triumphs/2020-04/msg00233.html (13,681 bytes)

113. Re: [TR] TR3 Pistons (score: 1)
Author: Michael Porter <mdporter@dfn.com>
Date: Sun, 24 May 2020 19:04:43 -0600
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/html/triumphs/2020-05/msg00170.html (13,629 bytes)

114. Re: [TR] TR3 Pistons (score: 1)
Author: Michael Porter <mdporter@dfn.com>
Date: Sun, 24 May 2020 19:07:23 -0600
Oh, dear.  Oops, sorry, Jeff.  Thought you were asking a general question.  Didn't pay sufficient attention.  You were asking Bill about the specifics of his engine. I'll go back to sitting in th
/html/triumphs/2020-05/msg00171.html (10,174 bytes)

115. Re: [TR] [Fot] Tumble cleaning (score: 1)
Author: Michael Porter <mdporter@dfn.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2020 11:49:25 -0600
One can avoid conflict with one's wives, partners, spouses, whatever by employing something like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJIdKqzWuDY Go to 52:28  in the above video to see what I mean. 
/html/triumphs/2020-06/msg00037.html (9,437 bytes)

116. Re: [TR] How did the factory add on factory options (score: 1)
Author: Michael Porter <mdporter@dfn.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2020 12:02:27 -0600
In the days of Henry Ford, there weren't options, so it wasn't an issue.  As the business became more competitive, even the old fascist Ford had to admit that "any color, as long as it's black" wasn
/html/triumphs/2020-06/msg00039.html (11,902 bytes)

117. Re: [TR] How did the factory add on factory options (score: 1)
Author: Michael Porter <mdporter@dfn.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2020 12:40:06 -0600
Even into the `80s, this was still being done, to a degree, by notable manufacturers such as Toyota, although it was for purposes of economy of shipping.  Before Toyota began investing in plants in
/html/triumphs/2020-06/msg00043.html (12,970 bytes)

118. Re: [TR] TR Bonnets: (Was Re: TR3 - how does the door latch strap fasten to the door latch) (score: 1)
Author: Michael Porter <mdporter@dfn.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2020 23:40:23 -0600
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/html/triumphs/2020-06/msg00076.html (16,165 bytes)

119. Re: [TR] How to tell the size of bolt or setscrew from the part number? (score: 1)
Author: Michael Porter <mdporter@dfn.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2020 15:59:19 -0600
The system has to be designed to accommodate this, and I don't think either the S-T or B-L systems do.  And most manufacturers do this differently.  For example, GMC simply assigns part numbers seq
/html/triumphs/2020-06/msg00117.html (13,008 bytes)

120. Re: [TR] How to tell the size of bolt or setscrew from the part number (score: 1)
Author: Michael Porter <mdporter@dfn.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2020 16:02:24 -0600
Hmm, I stand corrected on the B-L system.  I didn't think it had much rhyme or reason to it.  The S-T system, however, I think, is sequentially based. Cheers. -- Michael Porter Roswell, NM Never le
/html/triumphs/2020-06/msg00118.html (9,725 bytes)


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