Wonder what ever happened to 'run what you brung' or' those that cheat
are more equal'?...or am I seriously dating myself??
Bill '70 6
James Franks wrote:
>Thanks for the warning, Bob!
>That's the power of the list at work, getting information from across the
>nation without leaving the garage.
>
>Jim
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Robert M. Lang" <lang@isis.mit.edu>
>To: "James Franks" <jimmble@adelphia.net>
>Cc: "Chris Kincer" <ChrisKincer@insightbb.com>; <6pack@autox.team.net>
>Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 9:36 AM
>Subject: Re: Smoking at the light
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>>All the above is good advice. However, I need to caution on the last
>>statement - use iron guides. The stock guides are iron, but the
>>replacement guides that are out there seem to be of dubious quality. You
>>need to make sure that the guides have the proper holes drilled in them.
>>
>>To make a car 100% stock (for SCCA street prepared autocross), I needed
>>new valve guides. The rules say STOCK guides. I bought a set from one of
>>the big three, but when we ran a bore gauge trough the guides, we found
>>the bores to be stock dimension on the ends but to .003" LARGER in the
>>middle.
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