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1. Civis Romanus Sum (score: 1): Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher); Date: Mon, 1 Nov 93 17:17:05 PST; (translation: "How much will it cost to fill my Honda with grated cheese?") (And ten net.points to the first person who calls me at (408)441-3141 leaving me voice-mail, saying "Ich bin ein Berliner"; /html/british-cars/1993-11/msg00059.html (13,843 bytes)
2. Re: MGB oil level (score: 1): Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher); Date: Wed, 3 Nov 93 13:42:12 PST; Ooooh, yeah, that's a way cool thing to do to a race motor. The idea is that since these things are spinning at 8000 or 9000 RPM (and there's a lot more you have to do in order to keep them in one p; /html/british-cars/1993-11/msg00087.html (9,013 bytes)
3. Re: MGB OIL PRESSURE (score: 1): Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher); Date: Thu, 4 Nov 93 11:38:31 PST; Oh, I'd better backtrack a little on my prognistications of doom. I've personally lost 1.25 B motors to bearing failure brought on by low oil levels, but they were because I was combining 1+ G loadi; /html/british-cars/1993-11/msg00120.html (15,520 bytes)
4. My next British car (score: 1): Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher); Date: Mon, 8 Nov 93 15:09:33 PST; Well, I've seen it -- the British car I want to own next. Open, exposed to the elements, 0-60 quoted by the factory in about 8 seconds, very traditional shape, an engine that I slaver over, and best; /html/british-cars/1993-11/msg00125.html (8,875 bytes)
5. Re: Who needs oil pressure ? (score: 1): Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher); Date: Mon, 8 Nov 93 17:05:11 PST; Um, more than zero, I assure you. :-) One derivative of which, BTW, is the very BMC B Series engine we're talking about. Five, actually. I've got the years on the T-shirt from the Historics the year; /html/british-cars/1993-11/msg00126.html (10,379 bytes)
6. Engine Development (score: 1): Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher); Date: Mon, 8 Nov 93 17:29:16 PST; Actually, that's not true. It was true roughly till 1968, after which point engine development has been greatly affected by the redirection of engineering dollars toward pollution control systems and; /html/british-cars/1993-11/msg00127.html (9,262 bytes)
7. Re: Lineage of MG's B engine (score: 1): Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher); Date: Tue, 9 Nov 93 11:47:17 PST; Naw, not at all... especially on something as obscure as this. I make it a point of knowing stuff that nobody else does and then selling it to them. :-) They were mistaken. Lindsay Porter wrote a bo; /html/british-cars/1993-11/msg00153.html (10,094 bytes)
8. Re: Who needs oil pressure ? (score: 1): Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher); Date: Tue, 9 Nov 93 11:54:50 PST; If you mean World Champ, you've got it dead to rights. Stirling Moss drove the Vanwall, as did (I believe) Tony Brooks. Moss won a few races with it, but couldn't defeat Fangio and the well-establis; /html/british-cars/1993-11/msg00155.html (11,249 bytes)
9. Re: Who needs oil pressure ? (score: 1): Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher); Date: Tue, 9 Nov 93 17:16:31 PST; Yeah, yeah. :-) Actually, my most dramatic memory of that day *did* involve going in reverse. I was on course with three other guys, one of whom, Mark Shuler, is known to at least one other list mem; /html/british-cars/1993-11/msg00168.html (8,732 bytes)
10. Re: Re: engine balancing (score: 1): Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher); Date: Tue, 9 Nov 93 17:10:42 PST; The procedure that you describe is called "end-for-end" balancing, and it's a preferred and only slightly more expensive procedure. Good shops (i.e., any racing shop) will more or less automatically; /html/british-cars/1993-11/msg00169.html (9,889 bytes)
11. RE: re: Max RPM (score: 1): Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher); Date: Wed, 10 Nov 93 14:26:02 PST; Those In The Know, of course. I think this started with Phil Ethier's OFATP (Our Friends Across The Pond); I adapted that to OFNITK (Our Friends Not In The Know). The rest is, well, you know. I've s; /html/british-cars/1993-11/msg00202.html (9,432 bytes)
12. Re: MG in the Amazon jungle (score: 1): Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher); Date: Wed, 10 Nov 93 17:02:43 PST; The only thing that would have made that picture complete would have been if they'd been using its battery to jump-start a Jeep. :-) Engine specs (or blueprints) include a range of tolerances for va; /html/british-cars/1993-11/msg00203.html (10,603 bytes)
13. Re: mgb oil-pressure (score: 1): Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher); Date: Thu, 11 Nov 93 11:07:49 PST; Sorry, I must have missed it. Here goes... That's at the low side of acceptable. I don't know where you're located, but if the intel.com address means Santa Clara, run 20W-50 Castrol GTX all year ro; /html/british-cars/1993-11/msg00213.html (11,660 bytes)
14. Re: RE: re: Max RPM (score: 1): Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher); Date: Fri, 12 Nov 93 12:46:01 PST; I think we ought to enter as a team. Redcar and The Green Car (hey, this one's for Dick Nyquist, where did you get your TR3 painted so inexpensively?), touring through Mexico. We need a TR -- Chris,; /html/british-cars/1993-11/msg00251.html (8,309 bytes)
15. Re: Blueprinting/Bearing Clearances (score: 1): Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher); Date: Fri, 12 Nov 93 12:19:17 PST; Boy, did I *ever*. This is worse than the time I told someone that the valve clearance was supposed to be 0.21"... :-) That's another good point -- race motors often have larger clearances for both; /html/british-cars/1993-11/msg00252.html (8,447 bytes)
16. Lineage and Progress (score: 1): Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher); Date: Fri, 12 Nov 93 14:25:54 PST; I stand by Lindsay Porter's very well researched book, "Leyland B Series History and Technical Data," Haynes, 1990 or so. If I get time to post any information over the weekend (I'll be working on a; /html/british-cars/1993-11/msg00259.html (10,186 bytes)
17. Re: 2 batteries -> 1 battery ? (score: 1): Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher); Date: Tue, 16 Nov 93 14:28:28 PST; Easy, no gotchas. A win in every category except concours judging. Use the right-hand battery bin and buy a new ground cable. The hot cable (on post-68 Bs, anyway) is on the rightmost side of the ca; /html/british-cars/1993-11/msg00331.html (8,182 bytes)
18. Re: TR3 Brake reservoirs (score: 1): Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher); Date: Tue, 16 Nov 93 16:33:51 PST; For what it's worth, my original 1963 122S has Girling master cylinders and Lockheed hydraulics. The brake master cylinder is black, the clutch cylinder is unpainted. I *believe* that the master cyl; /html/british-cars/1993-11/msg00332.html (8,718 bytes)
19. SU Tuning 101 (score: 1): Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher); Date: Thu, 18 Nov 93 11:48:33 PST; I just wrote something for the Z Cars mailing list: an introduction to SU carburetors. Since that applies here as well, I thought I'd send it along. [. . .] Okay, my credentials first: Ten years of h; /html/british-cars/1993-11/msg00387.html (17,972 bytes)
20. Re: SOL spit sagacity sought... (score: 1): Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher); Date: Mon, 4 Oct 93 12:51:47 PDT; I'm not a Spitfire wizard by any stretch of the imagination, but I can answer your questions about engine modifications. The system approach that I always recommend in engine modifications not only; /html/british-cars/1993-10/msg00056.html (13,039 bytes)

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