Does it not occur to those of you with 4/4s that air filters, bumpers,
tops and speedometers are rather effeminate ? No air filter was fitted
to Matilda when I bought her in 65. If the Lord would have not wanted
you to re-build your engine every once in a while He would have fitted
one.
Chuck Harris
60 4/4 RHD (Emily)
66 4/4 (Matilda)
On Mon, 8 Sep 1997 11:00:05 -0900 (PDT) "Robert K. Alexander"
<ralex@unm.edu> writes:
>Thanks, Tom. John Blair was responsible for the panty-hose suggestion
>in
>response to my original query. I'm now looking at my wife's inventory
>with a whole new perspective!
>
>What I'm concerned with, as you must be too, is the filtering
>capacities of
>these garments, especially in the dusty Southwest. Going to have to
>dig out
>my old pocket comparator and measure (in microns?) the mesh size.
>Maybe a
>trip to Dillard's lingerie department for some comparative data
>gathering
>is in order. Definitly some room for original research here (John, if
>your
>listening, how about a new tech article?).
>
>The Morgan in question is a '67+4 with those long TR4 manifold tubes
>which
>leaves even less room (in fact, on this specimen the forward dashpot
>is
>rubbing on the bonnet). Apparently switching to the shorter TR3
>manifold
>defeats the "ram" effect on the air flow and drops the hp. Although
>this
>might be worth it here for cleanliness, I doubt that even this would
>accomodate much of a filter. Perhaps just not driving on windy days or
>dirt
>roads is the answer.
>
>Bob Alexander
>Dept. of Pantyhose Research
>University of New Mexico - Valencia Campus
>
>On Sun, 7 Sep 1997 GOTom@aol.com wrote:
>
>> Date: Sun, 7 Sep 1997 23:54:38 -0400 (EDT)
>> From: GOTom@aol.com
>> To: ralex@unm.edu
>> Subject: Re: air filters
>>
>> In a message dated 97-09-06 09:45:12 EDT, you write:
>>
>> << Sorry about that last message - switched subjects in mid-stream.
>Was
>> also going to ask if anyone had any kind of solution to putting air
>
>> filters on a TR4+4? There is nearly zero space on the front carb,
>but I
>> hate to put a scoop on that beautiful bonnet. What we need is some
>kind
>> of magic membrane that flows air, filters dust, and is very thin!
>>>
>>
>> Bob, someone not long a go mentioned panty hose as a quick fix.
>Haven't
>> tried it yet but sounds like a reasonable temporary effort. The
>below is a
>> copy (bless AOL''s automatic save messages) of an alternate fix I
>recently
>> saw on an MG.
>>
>> <<I don't know much about webbers however I saw a unique alternation
>on a 53
>> MG to accomodate larger carbs with air cleaners. Instead of doing a
>front
>> facing scoop, a cut was made about an inch below the bottom of the
>first 5
>> lovers (This bonnet is similar to early 50's Morgan and the front
>carb's air
>> cleaner hits the bonnett about the same place as it would on a
>Morgan). This
>> flap was bent outward (at the lover closest to the firewall) enough
>for the
>> lovered flap to clear the carb & air cleaner while leaving the front
>part as
>> the pivoit point. This formed a triangle at the bottom of the flap
>which
>> was fitted with a wedge of sheet metal (and molded into place) to
>support the
>> bottom of the flap. The results were a lovered flap that, at a
>distance, was
>> dificult to detect any modification. This may not work on all
>Morg's (The
>> older models with the streighter sides are probably better suited
>for this
>> modification) but if it may be worth consideration if one wants to
>minimize
>> distorations to the hood.>>
>>
>> Tom Gainer
>> 53 Flat Rad
>>
>PS: the MG idea sounds interesting. Are you going to do it? RA
>
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