- 1. Civis Romanus Sum (score: 1)
- Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher)
- Date: Mon, 1 Nov 93 17:17:05 PST
- (translation: "How much will it cost to fill my Honda with grated cheese?") (And ten net.points to the first person who calls me at (408)441-3141 leaving me voice-mail, saying "Ich bin ein Berliner"
- /html/british-cars/1993-11/msg00059.html (13,843 bytes)
- 2. Re: MGB oil level (score: 1)
- Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher)
- Date: Wed, 3 Nov 93 13:42:12 PST
- Ooooh, yeah, that's a way cool thing to do to a race motor. The idea is that since these things are spinning at 8000 or 9000 RPM (and there's a lot more you have to do in order to keep them in one p
- /html/british-cars/1993-11/msg00087.html (9,013 bytes)
- 3. Re: MGB OIL PRESSURE (score: 1)
- Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher)
- Date: Thu, 4 Nov 93 11:38:31 PST
- Oh, I'd better backtrack a little on my prognistications of doom. I've personally lost 1.25 B motors to bearing failure brought on by low oil levels, but they were because I was combining 1+ G loadi
- /html/british-cars/1993-11/msg00120.html (15,520 bytes)
- 4. My next British car (score: 1)
- Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher)
- Date: Mon, 8 Nov 93 15:09:33 PST
- Well, I've seen it -- the British car I want to own next. Open, exposed to the elements, 0-60 quoted by the factory in about 8 seconds, very traditional shape, an engine that I slaver over, and best
- /html/british-cars/1993-11/msg00125.html (8,875 bytes)
- 5. Re: Who needs oil pressure ? (score: 1)
- Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher)
- Date: Mon, 8 Nov 93 17:05:11 PST
- Um, more than zero, I assure you. :-) One derivative of which, BTW, is the very BMC B Series engine we're talking about. Five, actually. I've got the years on the T-shirt from the Historics the year
- /html/british-cars/1993-11/msg00126.html (10,379 bytes)
- 6. Engine Development (score: 1)
- Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher)
- Date: Mon, 8 Nov 93 17:29:16 PST
- Actually, that's not true. It was true roughly till 1968, after which point engine development has been greatly affected by the redirection of engineering dollars toward pollution control systems and
- /html/british-cars/1993-11/msg00127.html (9,262 bytes)
- 7. Re: Lineage of MG's B engine (score: 1)
- Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher)
- Date: Tue, 9 Nov 93 11:47:17 PST
- Naw, not at all... especially on something as obscure as this. I make it a point of knowing stuff that nobody else does and then selling it to them. :-) They were mistaken. Lindsay Porter wrote a bo
- /html/british-cars/1993-11/msg00153.html (10,094 bytes)
- 8. Re: Who needs oil pressure ? (score: 1)
- Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher)
- Date: Tue, 9 Nov 93 11:54:50 PST
- If you mean World Champ, you've got it dead to rights. Stirling Moss drove the Vanwall, as did (I believe) Tony Brooks. Moss won a few races with it, but couldn't defeat Fangio and the well-establis
- /html/british-cars/1993-11/msg00155.html (11,249 bytes)
- 9. Re: Who needs oil pressure ? (score: 1)
- Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher)
- Date: Tue, 9 Nov 93 17:16:31 PST
- Yeah, yeah. :-) Actually, my most dramatic memory of that day *did* involve going in reverse. I was on course with three other guys, one of whom, Mark Shuler, is known to at least one other list mem
- /html/british-cars/1993-11/msg00168.html (8,732 bytes)
- 10. Re: Re: engine balancing (score: 1)
- Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher)
- Date: Tue, 9 Nov 93 17:10:42 PST
- The procedure that you describe is called "end-for-end" balancing, and it's a preferred and only slightly more expensive procedure. Good shops (i.e., any racing shop) will more or less automatically
- /html/british-cars/1993-11/msg00169.html (9,889 bytes)
- 11. RE: re: Max RPM (score: 1)
- Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher)
- Date: Wed, 10 Nov 93 14:26:02 PST
- Those In The Know, of course. I think this started with Phil Ethier's OFATP (Our Friends Across The Pond); I adapted that to OFNITK (Our Friends Not In The Know). The rest is, well, you know. I've s
- /html/british-cars/1993-11/msg00202.html (9,432 bytes)
- 12. Re: MG in the Amazon jungle (score: 1)
- Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher)
- Date: Wed, 10 Nov 93 17:02:43 PST
- The only thing that would have made that picture complete would have been if they'd been using its battery to jump-start a Jeep. :-) Engine specs (or blueprints) include a range of tolerances for va
- /html/british-cars/1993-11/msg00203.html (10,603 bytes)
- 13. Re: mgb oil-pressure (score: 1)
- Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher)
- Date: Thu, 11 Nov 93 11:07:49 PST
- Sorry, I must have missed it. Here goes... That's at the low side of acceptable. I don't know where you're located, but if the intel.com address means Santa Clara, run 20W-50 Castrol GTX all year ro
- /html/british-cars/1993-11/msg00213.html (11,660 bytes)
- 14. Re: RE: re: Max RPM (score: 1)
- Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher)
- Date: Fri, 12 Nov 93 12:46:01 PST
- I think we ought to enter as a team. Redcar and The Green Car (hey, this one's for Dick Nyquist, where did you get your TR3 painted so inexpensively?), touring through Mexico. We need a TR -- Chris,
- /html/british-cars/1993-11/msg00251.html (8,309 bytes)
- 15. Re: Blueprinting/Bearing Clearances (score: 1)
- Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher)
- Date: Fri, 12 Nov 93 12:19:17 PST
- Boy, did I *ever*. This is worse than the time I told someone that the valve clearance was supposed to be 0.21"... :-) That's another good point -- race motors often have larger clearances for both
- /html/british-cars/1993-11/msg00252.html (8,447 bytes)
- 16. Lineage and Progress (score: 1)
- Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher)
- Date: Fri, 12 Nov 93 14:25:54 PST
- I stand by Lindsay Porter's very well researched book, "Leyland B Series History and Technical Data," Haynes, 1990 or so. If I get time to post any information over the weekend (I'll be working on a
- /html/british-cars/1993-11/msg00259.html (10,186 bytes)
- 17. Re: 2 batteries -> 1 battery ? (score: 1)
- Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher)
- Date: Tue, 16 Nov 93 14:28:28 PST
- Easy, no gotchas. A win in every category except concours judging. Use the right-hand battery bin and buy a new ground cable. The hot cable (on post-68 Bs, anyway) is on the rightmost side of the ca
- /html/british-cars/1993-11/msg00331.html (8,182 bytes)
- 18. Re: TR3 Brake reservoirs (score: 1)
- Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher)
- Date: Tue, 16 Nov 93 16:33:51 PST
- For what it's worth, my original 1963 122S has Girling master cylinders and Lockheed hydraulics. The brake master cylinder is black, the clutch cylinder is unpainted. I *believe* that the master cyl
- /html/british-cars/1993-11/msg00332.html (8,718 bytes)
- 19. SU Tuning 101 (score: 1)
- Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher)
- Date: Thu, 18 Nov 93 11:48:33 PST
- I just wrote something for the Z Cars mailing list: an introduction to SU carburetors. Since that applies here as well, I thought I'd send it along. [. . .] Okay, my credentials first: Ten years of h
- /html/british-cars/1993-11/msg00387.html (17,972 bytes)
- 20. Re: SOL spit sagacity sought... (score: 1)
- Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher)
- Date: Mon, 4 Oct 93 12:51:47 PDT
- I'm not a Spitfire wizard by any stretch of the imagination, but I can answer your questions about engine modifications. The system approach that I always recommend in engine modifications not only
- /html/british-cars/1993-10/msg00056.html (13,039 bytes)
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