In a message dated 8/24/2007 9:29:50 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
pethier@comcast.net writes:
From: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>
> On 25 Aug 2007 at 3:11, pethier@comcast.net wrote (and Randall wrote
> similarly):
> > Backwards is easier because you can bump the car bumper with your
> > knees while you are looking at the valves or distributor cam or
> > whatever you are working on.
>
> Well, as I said before, with a Spitfire or GT6 that's not an issue!
Hmm. The titular TR6 has a front-hinged hood, too. Oops.
> > Obviously the Europa was easier forwards, because I was bumping the
> > back bumper. :-)
>
> I woulda' thought the Europa had overhead cams adjusted with shims.
The Twin Cam cars did.
> Except that it was just a Renault engine after all, right. Or was it
> adjustable OHC?
The Renault engine in the original and Series 2 Lotus Europa cars was a
pushrod engine with rocker arms. That's what I had. There is nothing
sticking
out the front of the engine. It is completely flat. The cam pulley sticks
out the back of the block, but you are sternly warned to NEVER attempt to turn
over the engine by turning the cam pulley.
>Or was the JPS a real Lotus engine?
All of the Twin Cam, Europa Special and the rare-but-often-faked John Player
Special Europa cars had Ford blocks with the Lotus Twin Cam head.
>Or are you just
> talking about setting static timing?
That too.
> So many questions.
I hope I had so many answers.
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Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA
1962 Triumph TR4 CT2846L, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1993 Suburban,
1994 Miata C package
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If you have a TR3 up on jackstands and have a trouble light sitting under
the pan, and yuu have the front wheels removed, and you bump the starter motor
with the car in gear, it will leap off the jackstands, and will flatten the
trouble light so flat you can hang it on your garage wall for your friends to
admire.
Mike Moore
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