- 1. Re: Yeeeeeeee-ha! (score: 1)
- Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>
- Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2001 07:24:52 +0100
- Fair enough - you are not driving non-stop for 9 hours. Naps are good. Naps are your friends. :-) ATB -- Mike Michael Hargreave Mawson, author of "Eyewitness in the Crimea" http://www.greenhillbooks.
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- 2. Re: Yeeeeeeee-ha! (score: 1)
- Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>
- Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2001 07:55:33 +0100
- Seven hours without a break is going to be *very* tiring... Wow! We seem to have different definitions of the word. To me, it means, "exactly as it was originally seen on display in a car showroom".
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- 3. Re: Yeeeeeeee-ha! (score: 1)
- Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>
- Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2001 07:58:15 +0100
- All perfectly true, but you have to bear in mind how much harder you are working when driving a Spit - mentally and physically. There is nothing to worry about if you do stop, stretch, have lunch som
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- 4. Re: Yeeeeeeee-ha! (score: 1)
- Author: PorscheRcr@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2001 11:59:43 EDT
- << >You know, a friend of mine who had his 1964 LHD Spitfire converted I don't know about where you guys are, but I take plenty of grief about the engine swap. Not that I listen of course :) Bill J G
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- 5. Re: Yeeeeeeee-ha! (score: 1)
- Author: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
- Date: Sat, 01 Sep 2001 09:10:45 -0700
- You guys should try putting a Honda S-2000 engine in a Spit and see what kind of grief you get!!!! Joe
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- 6. Re: Yeeeeeeee-ha! (score: 1)
- Author: PorscheRcr@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2001 19:40:36 EDT
- << You guys should try putting a Honda S-2000 engine in a Spit and see what kind of grief you get!!!! >> You certainly won't get any from me Joe! More power to you (both figuratively AND literally) B
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- 7. Re: Yeeeeeeee-ha! (score: 1)
- Author: Barry Schwartz <bschwart@pacbell.net>
- Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2001 07:07:53 -0700
- ** That's too bad, I rarely if ever (can't really say that I have ever) received any grief or criticism about my swap (well one guy yelled out "hey it's 'post to be 'murican cars" at the Route 66 car
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- 8. Yeeeeeeee-ha! (score: 1)
- Author: "Laura Gharazeddine" <Laura.G@141.com>
- Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 15:03:34 -0600
- It was a long, hot-and I do mean *HOT* day on Sunday, but Nigel now has a 'new' tranny and 'new' clutch! And the speedo/odometer actually works! (Though the speedo is 10-15 mph off...) First gear is
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- 9. Re: Yeeeeeeee-ha! (score: 1)
- Author: "Jeff McNeal" <jmcneal@ohms.com>
- Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 17:11:42 -0700
- I hope you put an overdrive in there if you were going through all that trouble and expense anyway... Now that I know that the new issue of Spitfire & GT6 magazine is being mailed, I'm looking forwar
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- 10. Re: Yeeeeeeee-ha! (score: 1)
- Author: "Laura Gharazeddine" <Laura.G@141.com>
- Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 00:33:19 -0600
- all that Nope. I went with a regular 1500 transmission. After much discussion, driving, 'research' and thought, I decided that I really do like my car the way it is! And it really does drive wonderf
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- 11. Re: Yeeeeeeee-ha! (score: 1)
- Author: Philip Willcocks <p_willcocks_list@yahoo.com>
- Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 10:25:48 +0100
- Well I got mine this morning and I'm in London, England! mailed, ;-)
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- 12. Re: Yeeeeeeee-ha! (score: 1)
- Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>
- Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 07:07:50 +0100
- Very interested to hear that you made this choice. When I first got Carly, and started learning about Spitfires, I made an instant decision to replace the standard gearbox with an OD gearbox as soon
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- 13. Re: Yeeeeeeee-ha! (score: 1)
- Author: "Laura Gharazeddine" <Laura.G@141.com>
- Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 01:04:40 -0600
- of got decision former such as more is to to least priority for Thank you for supporting me! People have said, "(hrumph!) You've obviously never driven a Spitfire with o/d!" Well, I have. Of course,
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- 14. Re: Yeeeeeeee-ha! (score: 1)
- Author: "T. .R. Dafforn" <td214@cam.ac.uk>
- Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 10:40:11 +0100
- Hi Laura, and Mike, I too have been coming around to the non-OD idea, and perhaps also to the idea of going down the same route as Laura. The OD seems to be more weight, more friction and more things
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- 15. RE: Yeeeeeeee-ha! (score: 1)
- Author: Davies William-qswi646 <William.M.Davies@motorola.com>
- Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 11:19:14 +0100
- Hmmmmm..... Well I can't let all of the overdrive-bashing go unanswered. Having owned and driven a multitude of different Triumphs since my first Herald in 1989, I have experienced cars with and wit
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- 16. RE: Yeeeeeeee-ha! (score: 1)
- Author: "Laura Gharazeddine" <Laura.G@141.com>
- Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 11:46:55 -0600
- Having owned Herald in 1989, transport. Off (in <Omissions> I've not used reliable address in the be an issue. Heralds...... I wouldn't say that it's "over-drive bashing"-it's just three people sayi
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- 17. RE: Yeeeeeeee-ha! (score: 1)
- Author: "St.John, Kenneth" <ken.stjohn@hexcel.com>
- Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 12:45:32 -0700
- Without 100 dollars to spend on an O/D, my decision is suprisingly easy! Ken St.John '74 1500 "Ginger" with "Factory 4-speed"
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- 18. Re: Yeeeeeeee-ha! (score: 1)
- Author: reed mideke <rfm@redshift.com>
- Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 13:00:53 -0700
- That is, of course, the only part that really matters. Personally, I have a 5 speed and want another gear for interstate cruising ;-) -- Email: rfm(at)redshift.com or rfm(at)portalofevil.com Home pag
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- 19. Re: Yeeeeeeee-ha! (score: 1)
- Author: "Laura Gharazeddine" <Laura.G@141.com>
- Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 14:59:36 -0600
- car? 5 speed? Funny thing, my ex-Sentra is a 5 speed and whenever I drive it-even on the freeway-I seldom use the 5th-and it doesn't seem to make that much difference when I do. It's a 2liter engine
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- 20. RE: Yeeeeeeee-ha! (score: 1)
- Author: "Laura Gharazeddine" <Laura.G@141.com>
- Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 14:55:21 -0600
- suprisingly easy! I think you left out a '0'! And don't for get the money for installation if you don't do it yourself-it's not as simple as putting in a regular transmission. And then there's money
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