Richard,
I should also have made clear that I need to pull some pieces off of the
car anyway and it would be no extra trouble to pull the pulley for
you...
Scott Barr
scott.barr@mccarty-law.com
72 GT6
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Taylor [SMTP:n196x@mindspring.com]
> Sent: Thursday, September 10, 1998 5:29 PM
> To: fot@autox.team.net
> Subject: The Final Stretch
>
> Amici,
> There are two more weekends before the HSR Classic @ Road Atlanta and
> I
> have my rebuilt engine back in the car and RUNNING! As far I know,
> nobody's ever been this far ahead ever before a race. At least it's
> never
> been heard of by any of the cronies I hang out with.
> But, naturally, there are a couple of worries with which I need a
> little
> help. The first has to do with the old pulley syndrom. I put the old
> fat
> one back on and it flails about and rattles disconcertedly(is that a
> word?). Whatever it is it just ain't right for my new tight fresh
> motor. I
> understand that the quick fix is to get a GT-6 water pump pulley and
> an MGB
> vibration dampener and modify things from there. The problem is that
> I
> can't find the GT-^ thing. Any ideas? Alternatives?
> The other concern is that I will be pulling probably 30 more HP than
> the
> old motor which ran fine with the standard radiator. It just looks
> like
> I'm headed into the dreaded arena of cooling deficiencies. I added an
> oil
> cooler but is that going to be enough? Since my car is streetable, I
> still
> have a heater (go ahead you real racers...laugh!) I guess I can use it
> to
> augment the cooling. I wonder if it can count for enough BTUs to make
> a
> difference. Whatch you'll think? With two weeks to worry about things,
> I
> should be able to address these two items con gusto.
> Thanks for your views.
> Richard Taylor, TR-4
> Atlanta
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