- 41. Re: Midget Wheel Rub (score: 1)
- Author: Mike Gigante <mg@mega.cgl.rmit.edu.au>
- Date: Fri, 4 Aug 1995 15:42:37 -1000
- Yes, the axle housing, the half shafts and (obviously) the hubs are different. The wire wheel half shafts are somewhere around 1/2 longer than the steel wheel half shafts. I checked a few catalogues
- /html/mgs/1995-08/msg00085.html (7,934 bytes)
- 42. Re: Midget Wheel Rub (score: 1)
- Author: Mike Gigante <mg@mega.cgl.rmit.edu.au>
- Date: Fri, 4 Aug 1995 16:03:44 -1000
- Whoops, I stuffed up when I said that the WW half shafts were ~ 1/2" longer, I meant ~ 1/2 shorter (or as Ray pointed out 9/16) or conversely that the steel half shafts are longer.. Sorry about the b
- /html/mgs/1995-08/msg00086.html (8,410 bytes)
- 43. Re: Tyres! Tyres! Tyres! (score: 1)
- Author: Mike Gigante <mg@mega.cgl.rmit.edu.au>
- Date: Fri, 4 Aug 1995 16:34:31 -1000
- Last night I polled a number of club members about wheel tyres on square arch spridgets. It seems managing 13x5 with 165/70 is a snack for most brands of tyre. Some 13x5.5 and 175/70 and 175/60 worke
- /html/mgs/1995-08/msg00087.html (8,248 bytes)
- 44. Marina engines (score: 1)
- Author: Mike Gigante <mg@mega.cgl.rmit.edu.au>
- Date: Sun, 27 Aug 1995 14:54:26 -1000
- I was at a britcars wrecker yard on Saturday and the guy there insisted that the Austin/Morris Marina had an OHC engine (and thus didn't share the same block/crank/head as a A-series spridget engine)
- /html/mgs/1995-08/msg00656.html (7,447 bytes)
- 45. Re: FWD: Re:Engine life at high revs (score: 1)
- Author: Mike Gigante <mg@mega.cgl.rmit.edu.au>
- Date: Sun, 27 Aug 1995 16:15:40 -1000
- I should point out that on A series engines, constant high revs will ususally result in a cracked crank (and then loss of oil pressure) well before rod failure. The rods on A-series engines are *very
- /html/mgs/1995-08/msg00657.html (7,457 bytes)
- 46. Re: mgb chassis numbers (score: 1)
- Author: Mike Gigante <mg@mega.cgl.rmit.edu.au>
- Date: Sun, 27 Aug 1995 18:49:27 -1000
- On registering LHD cars in Australia, well firstly converting a LHD spridget to RHD is pretty simple. Secondly, in my state (Victoria), you can get a classic car "permit" which allows driving on the
- /html/mgs/1995-08/msg00658.html (7,784 bytes)
- 47. Re: Marina engines (score: 1)
- Author: Mike Gigante <mg@mega.cgl.rmit.edu.au>
- Date: Wed, 30 Aug 1995 13:55:28 -1000
- Hi Neil, thanks for the info. I have subsequently discovered that Australia only received the 1800 Marina engine, while the UK, NZ definately received both engines. Not sure abouyt the US or Canada.
- /html/mgs/1995-08/msg00807.html (7,186 bytes)
- 48. Re: Australian Ford Capri, sold in US as Mercury Capri. (score: 1)
- Author: Mike Gigante <mg@mega.cgl.rmit.edu.au>
- Date: Sun, 30 Jul 1995 22:13:23 -1000
- The only trouble is that the car is an embarrassment! Sports car indeed! Mike _______________________________________________________________________ Mike Gigante Royal Melbourne Institute of Technol
- /html/mgs/1995-07/msg00475.html (7,152 bytes)
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