- 61. RE: Safer Fuel Tank. (score: 1)
- Author: Theo Smit <TSMIT@isotel.com>
- Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 09:41:32 -0700
- True enough. I did mention Earl's, which I believe is gasoline and oil proof through the entire size range in the Perform-o-Flex line. I wonder what people use when they rebuild that rear tank to pip
- /html/tigers/2000-02/msg00237.html (8,879 bytes)
- 62. Suspension, torque arms, etc. (score: 1)
- Author: Theo Smit <TSMIT@isotel.com>
- Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 10:06:15 -0700
- Bob, and Listers, After spending last evening making diagrams and cranking numbers, I stand corrected (with Isaac Newton's stern gaze burning a hole in my forehead) on the torque arm causing more wei
- /html/tigers/2000-02/msg00326.html (6,767 bytes)
- 63. RE: Dash lights and defroster hoses (score: 1)
- Author: Theo Smit <TSMIT@isotel.com>
- Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 14:05:19 -0700
- Hi Ray, NAPA is just trying to be helpful. This way you can route the hose to exactly the 1 1/2" diameter spot on the windshield you want to defrost. Choose wisely... Up here, the windows don't defro
- /html/tigers/2000-02/msg00362.html (7,784 bytes)
- 64. RE: Land Speed Alpine Updates (score: 1)
- Author: Theo Smit <TSMIT@isotel.com>
- Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2000 12:09:55 -0700
- Hi Mayf, Great pictures. If everyone waited until they had museum quality pics, we'd never get to see anything, and your pictures do show enough detail that we can figure out what you're up to. On th
- /html/tigers/2000-01/msg00011.html (8,184 bytes)
- 65. RE: Wheel sizes (photo request) (score: 1)
- Author: Theo Smit <TSMIT@isotel.com>
- Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 08:53:58 -0700
- Hi Mike, makes 14" street tires anymore, and while you can get 185/60 or 195/60 14's the selection in 15s is much larger. As for looks, there is a picture of the Vanderpools' car with 16" panasports
- /html/tigers/2000-01/msg00076.html (8,963 bytes)
- 66. RE: clutch help (score: 1)
- Author: Theo Smit <TSMIT@isotel.com>
- Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 15:49:44 -0700
- was it the rubber o-ring that fits on the piston, or the boot part that fits around the outside of the cylinder? For a one-time drive, you don't REALLY need the rubber boot. If you have some of the m
- /html/tigers/2000-01/msg00087.html (7,518 bytes)
- 67. RE: Pictures (score: 1)
- Author: Theo Smit <TSMIT@isotel.com>
- Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2000 08:22:53 -0700
- Rob, and Listers, It shows up in the background of the title shot as well, but not very clearly. It's a SV Alpine shell that I bought a few years before getting the Tiger. The PO had stripped and dip
- /html/tigers/2000-01/msg00102.html (8,958 bytes)
- 68. RE: Tach Lubrication (score: 1)
- Author: Theo Smit <TSMIT@isotel.com>
- Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2000 11:12:01 -0700
- Not that I'm an expert, but wouldn't graphite powder be a reasonable choice? It wouldn't attract dust, anyway, but keep it away from the electronics. Another choice may be one of the teflon-bearing g
- /html/tigers/2000-01/msg00106.html (8,171 bytes)
- 69. RE: New Disc. Brake Kits (score: 1)
- Author: Theo Smit <TSMIT@isotel.com>
- Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 08:46:55 -0700
- That's going to interest a lot of people, I bet. Can you give any details on rotor diameter and thickness, hat offset, caliper type and piston diameter, etc? Would this kit fit LAT-70's? Is the calip
- /html/tigers/2000-01/msg00147.html (7,985 bytes)
- 70. RE: Real? (score: 1)
- Author: Theo Smit <TSMIT@isotel.com>
- Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2000 08:12:11 -0700
- Well, if you tell us what area of the world you're in, you can probably get someone knowledgeable to help you check out the car. The list of differences is large, detailed, and kept out of public kno
- /html/tigers/2000-01/msg00168.html (7,428 bytes)
- 71. RE: Real (score: 1)
- Author: Theo Smit <TSMIT@isotel.com>
- Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2000 11:44:04 -0700
- As a non-original-rivets Tiger owner, I'll say that there are still lots of ways to verify the authenticity of the bodyshell besides the rivets. There are two things to worry about if it doesn't have
- /html/tigers/2000-01/msg00171.html (9,239 bytes)
- 72. RE: Tiger authentication (score: 1)
- Author: Theo Smit <TSMIT@isotel.com>
- Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2000 15:04:52 -0700
- I don't think that notion (i.e. "TAC'ed Tigers are the only real Tigers") was being advanced here. Ramon's point (I think) was that if it's been TAC'ed, then you can be pretty sure that you're lookin
- /html/tigers/2000-01/msg00177.html (9,610 bytes)
- 73. RE: Tiger authentication (score: 1)
- Author: Theo Smit <TSMIT@isotel.com>
- Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2000 15:22:49 -0700
- Bill, I'm flattered, but I'm not, at this point, a Tiger expert. I am fortunate enough to have easy access to both an Alpine shell and my Tiger, which allows me to make comparisons on these two parti
- /html/tigers/2000-01/msg00178.html (11,138 bytes)
- 74. RE: Re: Overheating (score: 1)
- Author: Theo Smit <TSMIT@isotel.com>
- Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2000 17:46:27 -0700
- Hi Tim, How far is the water pump pulley face from the rad? If you have three inches or so to spare, you can put a puller electric fan behind the rad. Get one from a Honda Civic or something like tha
- /html/tigers/2000-01/msg00184.html (10,273 bytes)
- 75. RE: Is it a tiger? (score: 1)
- Author: Theo Smit <TSMIT@isotel.com>
- Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2000 09:27:30 -0700
- Hi Tim, are you back in town? Did you mount skates on the Tiger for the commute into town? You were lucky enough to find a Tiger that was in reasonably original condition. Most Tigers have, at some p
- /html/tigers/2000-01/msg00197.html (9,313 bytes)
- 76. RE: Platinum?? (score: 1)
- Author: Theo Smit <TSMIT@isotel.com>
- Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2000 10:23:39 -0700
- You can get similar improvement to mileage by using water injection (or windshield washer mix, if it's -22C outside, like right now). The water vapor dilutes the incoming fuel/air charge, but then t
- /html/tigers/2000-01/msg00210.html (8,578 bytes)
- 77. RE: TAC (score: 1)
- Author: Theo Smit <TSMIT@isotel.com>
- Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2000 14:10:00 -0700
- It's my understanding that TAC authentication requires the consensus of three TAC inspectors regarding a particular Tiger. They don't have to all see the car at the same time, however. Theo.
- /html/tigers/2000-01/msg00220.html (8,568 bytes)
- 78. RE: Strange Panel Lamp Switch? (score: 1)
- Author: Theo Smit <TSMIT@isotel.com>
- Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2000 13:59:28 -0700
- That doesn't sound right. The conventional panel light switch is a two-position (off / on) and you have the little flip-up lenses on the indicator lights to give you 'low' and 'high'. However, you co
- /html/tigers/2000-01/msg00240.html (8,777 bytes)
- 79. RE: Cold Start Myths (score: 1)
- Author: Theo Smit <TSMIT@isotel.com>
- Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 09:41:09 -0700
- Hi all, When I try to start my car in cold weather, I want every electron the battery's got going to the starter. No heater motor, no wipers, no lights. Since it's reasonbly well established that the
- /html/tigers/2000-01/msg00273.html (9,503 bytes)
- 80. RE: Cold Start Myths (score: 1)
- Author: Theo Smit <TSMIT@isotel.com>
- Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 13:50:01 -0700
- To keep things as simple as possible, let's make some assumptions: 1. We need zero volts to run the starter. This means we can use all the voltage available for heating up the battery. 2. It takes 1
- /html/tigers/2000-01/msg00287.html (13,170 bytes)
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