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Re: 1975 MG Midget, racing radios, heel & toe/how many revs

To: HORNERLJH <HORNERLJH@aol.com>
Subject: Re: 1975 MG Midget, racing radios, heel & toe/how many revs
From: "Robert Newell JR." <rnewell@geocities.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 1998 14:47:30 -0500
A good supplier of 2 way radio equip is Racing Electronics
(http://www.racingelectronics.com/), they might be able to help you out if you
your budget allows it.  it is at least worth a look.

Robert Newell

HORNERLJH wrote:

> 1.  What happened to that 1975 MG Midget that was for sale for $800?  Did the
> lister check it out?
> 2.  Racers:  I need help finding 2-way radios (4), headsets (2), etc., for our
> 2 cars & pit crew.  Anyone know where to go other than Pegasus, Motorola,
> Radio Shack?  We would even consider previously owned equipment.  We have a
> budget needless to say.
> 3.  My >2 cents on heel & toe:  learn to do it.  WHY = With less wear & tear
> the drive train in your LBC will love you for it and reward you w/ many extra
> miles of fun.  Using that procedure I have been blessed w/ 62k road miles on
> the original clutch.  WHEN = In addition to braking for curves it works great
> when downshifting to pass; just skip the braking part, i.e., "blip" the
> throttle as you are going through the downshifting process.  HOW MANY REVS =
> If you want to know how many revs to "blip" the accelerator to match revs you
> can have one of the intelligent listers help you calculate it from gear ratio
> differences.  Or,  watch your rev counter when you upshift.  Look at how many
> revs you lose going up in each gear.  If a 3->4 upshift at 3000 RPM leaves you
> at 2200 RPM in 4th, then a 4->3 downshift at 2200 RPM would imply "blipping"
> the throttle to 3000 RPM to smooth things out.  Now before you technically
> astute members find too much fault with this process I acknowledge that this
> may be inexact, but it works pretty well for me and nowadays it gets done
> pretty much by ear, touch, and feel.  As you get the feel of this you'll also
> get a better understanding of the torque band of you vehicle.  Any listers
> have any helpful corrections or additions to this?
>
> Jack Horner
> 1975 MG Midget
>




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