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41. measuring piston rise (score: 1): Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>; Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 14:38:01 -0800; The application is my MGB with an HP supercharger. I'm simultaneously trying to get things dialed in and learn about what is happening with the motor, fuel/air ratios, power etc. I was able to sort o; /html/british-cars/2003-03/msg00034.html (9,049 bytes)
42. Re: measuring piston rise (score: 1): Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>; Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 16:52:11 -0800; I did not mean to add another vent hole. I meant to run a vacuum line from the top of the damper to some sort of a vacuum guage, ideally an electronic one so that I could datalog the output. Modulo t; /html/british-cars/2003-03/msg00038.html (9,553 bytes)
43. Re: measuring piston rise (score: 1): Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>; Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2003 11:41:24 -0800; I just realized that the HIF 6 in this application seems to have a vacuum port that is plugged off. If it leads to where I think it does, it gets the vacuum from between the butterfly and the piston,; /html/british-cars/2003-03/msg00074.html (9,230 bytes)
44. Re: measuring piston rise (score: 1): Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>; Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2003 12:52:49 -0800; I thought that that vacuum, was what sucked the fuel up, but that the backwards facing ports in the bottom of the piston were past the bridge and in the area between the bridge (venturi) and the thro; /html/british-cars/2003-03/msg00076.html (11,572 bytes)
45. "Sons of Lucas" in "British Car" magazine. (score: 1): Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>; Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2003 14:24:01 -0800; I picked up the last issue of "British Car" the other night and was amused by an item on a group that gets together intermittently calling themselves the "Sons of Lucas". No mention of team.net thoug; /html/british-cars/2003-03/msg00081.html (7,418 bytes)
46. Re: measuring piston rise (score: 1): Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>; Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2003 16:09:22 -0800; Let's hear it for the empirical method. I took a (diagnostic) vacuum guage and connected it to the port on the side of the SU. I suspect maybe that it is for the crankcase breather. Anyways what the; /html/british-cars/2003-03/msg00082.html (8,895 bytes)
47. Weekly donuts in Mountain View (score: 1): Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>; Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2003 12:59:41 -0800; I just found out, from two different guys that were there, about a weekly gathering in Mountain View. It's from 8-10 AM on Saturday mornings at the Krispy Kreme in Mountain View (Rengstorff, logical; /html/british-cars/2003-02/msg00015.html (7,163 bytes)
48. Re: A Plea for the List was - An American (score: 1): Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>; Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 15:47:45 -0800; Despite the fact that there have been long periods that I have actively followed the list, I think I can count as an "old timer" as I was a SOL before the list moved to team.net. I subscribe to both; /html/british-cars/2003-02/msg00023.html (16,153 bytes)
49. Re: A Plea for the List was - An American (score: 1): Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>; Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 16:46:27 -0800; http://www.team.net/tn-mail.html http://www.team.net/tn-lists.html -- I've found something worse than oldies station that play the music I used to listen to. Oldies stations that play the "new" musi; /html/british-cars/2003-02/msg00026.html (9,522 bytes)
50. Re: A Plea for the List was - An American (score: 1): Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>; Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 19:11:44 -0800; What we have here is a classic religious argument, "use em or look at em". I'm inclined to suggest that if John wants an MGBGT with perfect bodywork that'll never get dinged up, then I've got this re; /html/british-cars/2003-02/msg00037.html (11,924 bytes)
51. Reading O2 sensors (score: 1): Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>; Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2003 17:12:39 -0800; I'm trying to dial in the carburettor on my MGB now that I've installed the blower. Rather than spending $100/hour on the dyno, I thought I'd try installing a mixture guage, so I bought the Nordskog; /html/british-cars/2003-02/msg00061.html (7,772 bytes)
52. Tuning goals (score: 1): Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>; Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2003 22:32:54 -0800; I've been trying to get the fuel/air and timing dialed in on my supercharged MGB. I'm getting it closer, but have some questions for those that have more experience tuning (in both the British and Am; /html/british-cars/2003-02/msg00072.html (7,768 bytes)
53. HIFs: did I do something bad? (score: 1): Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>; Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 00:46:33 -0800; The jet on my HIF 44 is about .132" below the bridge. No matter how I turn the adjusting screw, it does not change appreciably. Is it possible that at one point I screwed past some magical point and; /html/british-cars/2003-02/msg00073.html (7,098 bytes)
54. Re: HIFun and Tuning goals. (score: 1): Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>; Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 11:08:28 -0800; I'll address all of the responses in one mail. Charlie: 1.35" is a typo. I meant .135". I've done almost nothing on my dial calipers lately over .1" (I've been measuring needle profiles) so the numbe; /html/british-cars/2003-02/msg00075.html (8,955 bytes)
55. Re: did I do something bad? (score: 1): Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>; Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 11:11:36 -0800; Oops, one I missed. Yes the screw is going in and out. It goes in enough that I actually get some fuel seeping past it and out far enough that the head extends out beyond the body of the carb, with p; /html/british-cars/2003-02/msg00076.html (8,394 bytes)
56. Re: did I do something bad? (score: 1): Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>; Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 02:03:29 -0800; Derwerken vas derspringensproingen. What a glorious pain in the butt!. With the heatshield for the carb, it was nearly impossible to remove the cover to the float with the carb in place, and only pos; /html/british-cars/2003-02/msg00078.html (9,242 bytes)
57. Anti reversion flappers (score: 1): Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>; Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 00:32:56 -0800; One side effect, for me anyways, of doing lots of modification and tuning on a car is that I get ideas that I can't tell whether they are brilliant, stupid, or just plain weird. I was reading about p; /html/british-cars/2003-02/msg00090.html (8,095 bytes)
58. Another lesson learned (score: 1): Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>; Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 22:58:30 -0800; I managed to pop the lever that moves the jet off the controlling screw on my HIF 44 carb. I went through a big thrash last week to fix it. It's a glorious pain in the butt with the blower, because y; /html/british-cars/2003-02/msg00093.html (8,287 bytes)
59. SU needle profiles - 0.1" ? (score: 1): Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>; Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2002 19:26:52 -0800; It seems like the SU needle profiles measurements (in the back of the Haynes SU book) are taken every tenth of an inch. Is this correct? Larry -- I've found something worse than oldies station that p; /html/british-cars/2002-12/msg00003.html (7,126 bytes)
60. Book on modifying British Cyl heads (score: 1): Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>; Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2002 13:07:34 -0800; Do any of you know the book? And, hopefully, where to find it? Larry -- I've found something worse than oldies station that play the music I used to listen to. Oldies stations that play the "new" mus; /html/british-cars/2002-12/msg00008.html (7,641 bytes)

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