- 21. sway bar part number (score: 1)
- Author: Dick Nyquist <dickn@hpspdbc.vid.hp.com>
- Date: Fri, 1 Jul 94 10:14:43 PDT
- Bob B had asked about part numbers for sway bars: Bob, I have ordered various sway bars from Whitney. As you know they are Addco bars and come in Addco boxes with Addco part numbers. The price is abo
- /html/british-cars/1994-07/msg00018.html (7,212 bytes)
- 22. SF-bay area dyno (score: 1)
- Author: Dick Nyquist <dickn@hpspdbc.vid.hp.com>
- Date: Wed, 6 Jul 94 10:32:15 PDT
- BFH asked about an engine dyno in the bay area: Rolland mentioned Charlie Rockwell in San Jose. Charlie has one of the few chassis dynos available to the public in nortern California, but I don't thi
- /html/british-cars/1994-07/msg00093.html (6,924 bytes)
- 23. Spit/GT6 chassis needed (score: 1)
- Author: Dick Nyquist <dickn@hpspdbc.vid.hp.com>
- Date: Thu, 7 Jul 94 15:04:44 PDT
- Hello Spit persons... I'm looking for a spare Spitfire or GT6 frame. I want to set up a TRS suspension for the racecar. It will take lots of modification and lots of time. but I don't want to take th
- /html/british-cars/1994-07/msg00161.html (6,634 bytes)
- 24. Shaky TC (score: 1)
- Author: Dick Nyquist <dickn@hpspdbc.vid.hp.com>
- Date: Mon, 11 Jul 94 14:52:27 PDT
- clue #1: TC has intermitant shake whick can be changed or even sometime stoped by desengaging or re engaging the clutch. clue #2: The car has a new crank shaft. .......... Ok, one posable explanation
- /html/british-cars/1994-07/msg00240.html (7,130 bytes)
- 25. Thunderhill passes (score: 1)
- Author: Dick Nyquist <dickn@hpspdbc.vid.hp.com>
- Date: Tue, 12 Jul 94 11:53:24 PDT
- I have 3 spare pit passes for this weekend at Thunderhill any bay area SOL who would like them call me at home. (415) 854-6702 we will leave to go up there on Thursday night or Friday morning but I c
- /html/british-cars/1994-07/msg00254.html (6,508 bytes)
- 26. race report Lagunjune 18 (score: 1)
- Author: Dick Nyquist <dickn@hpspdbc.vid.hp.com>
- Date: Tue, 19 Jul 94 14:10:25 PDT
- race June 18, 1994 at Laguna: (or, BETTER A SLOW CAR THAN NO CAR) ** It became clear that doing major suspension fabrication between races in the middle of the season was not consistant with the work
- /html/british-cars/1994-07/msg00446.html (13,633 bytes)
- 27. ThunderHill race July3, (score: 1)
- Author: Dick Nyquist <dickn@hpspdbc.vid.hp.com>
- Date: Wed, 20 Jul 94 11:23:15 PDT
- re 4th of July weekend at ThunderHill ** ** July 2nd and 3rd was a combined regional and Nasport race at the new SCCA track at ThunderHill. July 3rd is also Rochelle's birthday. In the normal course
- /html/british-cars/1994-07/msg00484.html (14,123 bytes)
- 28. Re: race report Lagunjune 18 (fwd) (score: 1)
- Author: Dick Nyquist <dickn@hpspdbc.vid.hp.com>
- Date: Wed, 20 Jul 94 11:26:18 PDT
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- /html/british-cars/1994-07/msg00485.html (7,268 bytes)
- 29. July 17 race (score: 1)
- Author: Dick Nyquist <dickn@hpspdbc.vid.hp.com>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jul 94 15:01:17 PDT
- SCCA regional race, July 17, 1994, Thunderhill (this is the third in a series of race reports and for now the last.) ** It was Rochelle's turn to drive. She had not driven the racecar in about 4 mont
- /html/british-cars/1994-07/msg00511.html (13,124 bytes)
- 30. Distrib & clutch (score: 1)
- Author: Dick Nyquist <dickn@hpspdbc.vid.hp.com>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jul 94 11:01:00 PDT
- re. Will's Spit unobtainium distrib bushing. Will, there are basicly three kinds of machine shops in this wide world. The first kind will do only the simple standard machining to do a basic rebuild
- /html/british-cars/1994-07/msg00536.html (9,112 bytes)
- 31. tr rocker gasket (score: 1)
- Author: Dick Nyquist <dickn@hpspdbc.vid.hp.com>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jul 94 8:55:38 PDT
- someone enquired about alternate valve cover gaskets: Boy are you in luck. There is a rubber alternative to the cork valve cover gasket for the TR2-3-4 engine. Some where I have the part number but n
- /html/british-cars/1994-07/msg00570.html (6,431 bytes)
- 32. TR3 beefy suspension (score: 1)
- Author: Dick Nyquist <dickn@hpspdbc.vid.hp.com>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jul 94 9:38:47 PDT
- TR3s ride like an oxcart, which is fine on a smooth road but tough on rough (Boston) roads. 8^) Heaviers springs and heavier shocks only make things more so. The same is true of sway bars.The one mo
- /html/british-cars/1994-07/msg00572.html (7,236 bytes)
- 33. starter ring (score: 1)
- Author: Dick Nyquist <dickn@hpspdbc.vid.hp.com>
- Date: Wed, 27 Jul 94 9:55:15 PDT
- The way to loosen fasteners that have very agressive grades of Loktite holding them is to apply heat. This breaks down the Loktite. Putting Loktite on a starter ring while it is hot will probably do
- /html/british-cars/1994-07/msg00647.html (6,710 bytes)
- 34. Re: CART (score: 1)
- Author: Dick Nyquist <dickn@hpspdbc.vid.hp.com>
- Date: Fri, 29 Jul 94 9:04:14 PDT
- Whata buncha wimps! <grin> You softies would appreciate your TRs a lot Not to mention bicycle tires.
- /html/british-cars/1994-07/msg00731.html (6,808 bytes)
- 35. Re: CART (score: 1)
- Author: Dick Nyquist <dickn@hpspdbc.vid.hp.com>
- Date: Fri, 29 Jul 94 14:15:49 PDT
- Not since you took me out to lunch. And a mighty fine ride it was. /Dick
- /html/british-cars/1994-07/msg00740.html (7,038 bytes)
- 36. tr6 oil pressure (score: 1)
- Author: Dick Nyquist <dickn@hpspdbc.vid.hp.com>
- Date: Wed, 1 Jun 94 9:45:05 PDT
- If your oil pressure is 10lb hot idle/25lb at 2k rpm and you want to save your crankshaft from serious damage, you should change your bearings asap and while your at it check the clearance of the cam
- /html/british-cars/1994-06/msg00015.html (6,547 bytes)
- 37. bright carbs (score: 1)
- Author: Dick Nyquist <dickn@hpspdbc.vid.hp.com>
- Date: Mon, 6 Jun 94 9:40:43 PDT
- carbs are either alum or zinc die castings. Anodize is usually used on alum that is NOT diecast. Die cast alum has a higher silicone content and tends, as a result, to uneven discoloration when anodi
- /html/british-cars/1994-06/msg00158.html (6,449 bytes)
- 38. oil coolers (score: 1)
- Author: Dick Nyquist <dickn@hpspdbc.vid.hp.com>
- Date: Thu, 9 Jun 94 11:27:24 PDT
- Most of the Triumphs I run for any length of time end up with an oil cooler. One of the reasons an oil cooler works so well is that engine oil usually runs quite a bit warmer then water in the same e
- /html/british-cars/1994-06/msg00368.html (6,476 bytes)
- 39. Surry topsey tops (score: 1)
- Author: Dick Nyquist <dickn@hpspdbc.vid.hp.com>
- Date: Tue, 14 Jun 94 10:36:48 PDT
- I've had a couple Surrey top TR4s and have seen a few others. Mine have had the tube inside the back edge of the soft top. I have not seen the nylon thingy that you describe. Maybe it was used on lat
- /html/british-cars/1994-06/msg00508.html (6,393 bytes)
- 40. Sunbeam GT (score: 1)
- Author: Dick Nyquist <dickn@hpspdbc.vid.hp.com>
- Date: Tue, 21 Jun 94 10:58:38 PDT
- The only Sunbeam Alpine GT that I remember is the Sunbeam LeManns Herington. These were fairly pretty and fairly rare. If you the one you are looking has a fair body and if the price is reasonable it
- /html/british-cars/1994-06/msg00672.html (7,237 bytes)
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