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1. Spridget Newsletter (score: 1): Author: "Mike & Kerry Gigante" <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>; Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 11:48:20 +1000; A while ago on the spridget list there was some lamenting the loss of Rick Moses' Sprite newsletter. At the time I mentioned another spridget newsletter put out by Ray English. I have finally gotten; /html/mgs/2000-05/msg00731.html (7,454 bytes)
2. Re: RE: Octain booster and compression ratios (score: 1): Author: "Mike & Kerry Gigante" <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>; Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 09:45:23 +1000; Running straight avgas will not burn pistons, valves or anything else. The only differences are higher octane, cleaner burning and more $$. It is possibly a little harder to start in cold conditions; /html/mgs/2000-05/msg00939.html (10,328 bytes)
3. Re: thread length?? (score: 1): Author: "Mike & Kerry Gigante" <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>; Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 19:03:25 +1100; The threaded end of the spridget steering rack is 1.75" long -- just measured one of my spare rack now. You didn't say which car (B, midget or Spit) you were doing. I can't help you on the others. M; /html/mgs/2000-03/msg00007.html (7,857 bytes)
4. Re: Oran Park Historics - Pictures (score: 1): Author: "Mike & Kerry Gigante" <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>; Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2000 20:56:19 +1100; John Pitt, of John Pitt Sporting Cars in Melbourne, was seriously injured in his MGB at this meeting. He is still in a critical condition. John is a regular in the Victorian MG racing series. Did any; /html/mgs/2000-02/msg00106.html (7,959 bytes)
5. Re: Midgets and Sprites (score: 1): Author: "Mike Gigante" <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>; Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2000 22:31:49 +1100; It is pretty unusual for a 'B' to beat a Spridget with a similar level of on the race track and at autox. The only exceptions are the V8 Bs. Mike '65 Midget racecar '59 1380cc Bugeye rally car 67 BGT; /html/mgs/2000-01/msg00391.html (9,959 bytes)
6. Re: Speeding in the UK (score: 1): Author: "Mike Gigante" <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>; Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 13:38:16 +1100; This is just not correct. If you don't lock up a wheel, the braking distances are IDENTICAL If you lock up a wheel, the car with ABS will stop in a shorter distance If you can threshold brake like an; /html/mgs/2000-01/msg00473.html (8,872 bytes)
7. Re: Midgets and Sprites (score: 1): Author: "Mike Gigante" <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>; Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 14:03:59 +1100; There is a current MG racing series here. It has been running for years and In it there are 3 classes of car full race, historic, and fast road. There are a couple of TC/TD's, A's, 4 cylinder and V8; /html/mgs/2000-01/msg00474.html (11,645 bytes)
8. Re: Midgets and Sprites (score: 1): Author: "Mike Gigante" <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>; Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 13:29:49 +1100; Max and others, It doesn't take much to make an A series motor go *much* faster. As delivered by BMC, you could easily believe the performance was deliberately held back so as not to embarrass the B.; /html/mgs/2000-01/msg00475.html (9,945 bytes)
9. Re: Speeding in the UK (score: 1): Author: "Mike Gigante" <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>; Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2000 11:32:18 +1100; I live on a rural dirt road, ABS and dirt roads don't go. You come down the hill to a T intersection and hit the brakes - if you are going a little too quick and hit the brakes hard, the car with ABS; /html/mgs/2000-01/msg00536.html (7,840 bytes)
10. Re: Midgets and Sprites (score: 1): Author: "Mike Gigante" <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>; Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2000 12:15:31 +1100; I really think it comes down to the following factors: a) As delivered, the A-series engine was detuned by the factory. Small valves, mediocre cam (not much different from the Morry Minor for heavens; /html/mgs/2000-01/msg00538.html (12,175 bytes)
11. Re: Sydney get together..! (score: 1): Author: "Mike Gigante" <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>; Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2000 17:29:34 +1100; Yep, I'll be there with one of the many 4cyl 'B beating Midgets! :-) Mike; /html/mgs/2000-01/msg00644.html (7,517 bytes)
12. Re: NHTSA says ABS increases braking distance! (It doesn't say that at all) (score: 1): Author: "Mike & Kerry Gigante" <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>; Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2000 22:53:34 +1100; I'm afraid that Simon is misrepresenting this link. I quote directly from the page -- Do cars with ABS stop more quickly than cars without? ABS is designed to help the driver maintain control of the; /html/mgs/2000-01/msg00937.html (8,152 bytes)
13. Re: Weekend at the races-Reply (score: 1): Author: "Mike & Kerry Gigante" <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>; Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 19:30:30 +1100; Except that the 100-6 was around well before the MGC. Eric Rudd also owns some very fast Healey 3000s Mike very 14; /html/mgs/2000-01/msg01617.html (8,053 bytes)
14. Re: Disc brake conversions on '79 Midget? (score: 1): Author: "Mike Gigante" <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>; Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 20:45:11 +1100; The very earliest Midgets would have had drum brakes (for a year or 2). yes, you can just swap the disk brake kingpin, uprights, hubs, rotors and callipers *as well as* the master cylinder from later; /html/mgs/1999-11/msg00780.html (9,336 bytes)
15. Re: Rotary Midget (score: 1): Author: "Mike Gigante" <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>; Date: Wed, 24 Nov 1999 12:05:14 +1100; It is Dean King's car. There are some photos of the engine bay at http://home.vicnet.net.au/~mikeg/cars/display.htm follow the link to the "frankensprite" Mike; /html/mgs/1999-11/msg01023.html (7,274 bytes)
16. Re: Fuel in Australia (score: 1): Author: "Mike Gigante" <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>; Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1999 14:03:08 +1000; Shell's Optimax is indeed *very good stuff*. It is as good as Super (leaded) used to be in the good old days. We reckon that you'd be able to run b/n 11 and 11.5:1 on this stuff instead of about 9.8:; /html/mgs/1999-10/msg01052.html (8,282 bytes)
17. Re: rallys and rally computers (score: 1): Author: "Mike Gigante" <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>; Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 13:48:44 +1000; I know this question was a long time ago, but I thought I'd share the a couple of clubmates. I have a VDO minicockpit, they have bought a bicycle computer and it does most of what my mini-cockpit doe; /html/mgs/1999-08/msg00401.html (7,962 bytes)
18. Re: Ignition timing (score: 1): Author: "Mike Gigante" <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>; Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 11:52:38 +1000; Well, I have used avgas in both my race and rally cars. The race car needs it (13:1), but the rally car doesn't (9.8:1). These motors get pulled down on average once per year or so. If there was a pr; /html/mgs/1999-08/msg01118.html (10,711 bytes)
19. Re: Racing Wires (score: 1): Author: "Mike Gigante" <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>; Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 09:20:19 +1000; Well, as an example, Geoff Leake races a Healey 100/4 with Dayton wire wheels (72 spoke) and Yokohama A008RS tyres. On the weekend at Oran Park he broke 3 spokes. He check the spokes after every sess; /html/mgs/1999-07/msg01524.html (9,543 bytes)
20. Re: Blowing (score: 1): Author: "Mike Gigante" <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>; Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 11:06:07 +1000; Last time I asked, the complete works (blower, carb, manifold etc etc) was about A$5500 or about US$3600. I use a lot of Hans' stuff on my race and rally cars. His workmanship is exceptional and his; /html/mgs/1999-05/msg00113.html (9,603 bytes)

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