At 06:35 PM 5/23/2001 EDT, WSpohn4@aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated 23/05/01 3:11:59 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
>....
>What you are obviously unaware of, Barney, is that the Riley does not use
the B series axle that your MGA does. It uses the A series like a Midget,
but with even longer axles, which is why they snap like celery sticks when
asked to deal with any additional torque. ....
Now THAT I can understand. I have seen a Midget on street tires snap a
half shaft and block the street in front of me. The poor fellow had to
drive a rented Ford Escort in the POR Rally in Stock class rather than
running the Midget in Vintage class. How embarrassing!
Barney Gaylord
1958 MGA with an attitude
http://www.ntsource.com/~barneymg
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