The guys here who do the jetting, this is their main line of
business-putting mazda motors in Spitfires and such. Tried to convince me
but, no dice. (Also told me and a couple of others that our brand new, out
of the box Webers were no good-to try to sell us new ones!)
I'd sooner do a Spit6 conversion (no offense Barry-gorgeous car you have!)
than do this!
IMHO,
Laura G.
----- Original Message -----
From: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
To: Simmons, Reid W <reid.w.simmons@intel.com>
Cc: <Spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 09, 1999 3:53 PM
Subject: Re: All British Field Meet, Portland, OR
>
> Reid,
> Did you notice what was under that Gas Shock supported bonnet? It was a
> Mazda Rotary engine!
>
> The guy was giving 2 lap rides during the event to daring people who
> wanted to take a fast tour of PIR.
>
> Joe
>
> "Simmons, Reid W" wrote:
> >
> > Hi all;
> >
> > I went to the All British Field Meet (ABFM) in Portland, Oregon last
> > weekend, and WOW! I saw more Frog-Eye Sprites (one of my top car loves)
in
> > one place than even when I raced Sprites. However, the Spitfire turnout
was
> > much less than I had hoped. MGs and Jaguars seemed to be there in the
> > greatest numbers.
> >
> > There was one Spitfire whose owner had installed "gas shocks" (hatchback
> > type gas cylinders) to assist with raising and lowering of the hood
> > (bonnet). Unfortunately, I did not take measurements of the mounting
> > locations nor did I note the type of gas shocks used. Has anyone on
this
> > list done a similar modification, and if so where and how did you mount
> > them, and what types of gas shocks did you use?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Reid
> > '79 Spitfire (original owner)
> > Beaverton, OR
>
> --
> "If you can't excel with talent, triumph with effort."
> -- Dave Weinbaum in National Enquirer
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