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21. Re: The Sterling (score: 1): Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher); Date: Tue, 5 Oct 93 13:50:02 PDT; The first Sterling I saw was on a flat-bed tow truck, going through the Santa Monica Mountains of southern California (oh, you're from Fullerton; it was Sepulveda Pass at Mulholland, heading from th; /html/british-cars/1993-10/msg00079.html (11,109 bytes)
22. The Pilgrimage (score: 1): Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher); Date: Wed, 6 Oct 93 16:21:27 PDT; There are those who feel that the Indianapolis 500 is the greatest motor racing event in the world, with its grueling tradition and its track layout that permits nearly flat-out operation of a highly; /html/british-cars/1993-10/msg00107.html (11,300 bytes)
23. Re: MG pistons (score: 1): Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher); Date: Thu, 7 Oct 93 12:48:36 PDT; Forged vs. cast pistons are an interesting study. Forged pistons, because of the manufacturing technique (literally, bang on 'em with a giant lump of metal), run larger bore clearances than cast pis; /html/british-cars/1993-10/msg00134.html (13,276 bytes)
24. Re: Midget Air Pump (score: 1): Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher); Date: Fri, 8 Oct 93 15:10:18 PDT; So far, so good. Yes, all 1275s had air pumps of this basic configuration, or rather, all 1275s after 1968; the '67 Spridgets came without the pump. BTW, the air pump uses/loses all of about 2 bhp.; /html/british-cars/1993-10/msg00161.html (10,167 bytes)
25. Re: LBCs on the Tube (score: 1): Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher); Date: Mon, 11 Oct 93 10:23:35 PDT; It's an Aston Martin. Can't remember the designation, but Stephen Fry so identifies it in his epilogue to one of the previous series' episodes: "and driving that delicious Aston Martin motorcar..."; /html/british-cars/1993-10/msg00180.html (8,165 bytes)
26. One small step for an M.G... (score: 1): Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher); Date: Mon, 11 Oct 93 10:59:23 PDT; So I finally decided to take a few minutes last Friday and do some work on the M.G. that's sitting so forlorn in my garage. If you recall, Chris K and I last left it with the engine installed but not; /html/british-cars/1993-10/msg00182.html (8,590 bytes)
27. Re: Miata (not bashing) and weight to Hp ratios (score: 1): Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher); Date: Tue, 12 Oct 93 12:50:27 PDT; Here's a table that should help. (Hope everyone has monospace readers. :-) Miata '67 MGB '75 MGB MGB-GT Weight 2270 lb 2150 lb 2350 lb 2400 lb Power[notes] 116 bhp 98 bhp 65 bhp [linear transform] T; /html/british-cars/1993-10/msg00209.html (10,539 bytes)
28. Re: Rover V-SIX (not 8) (score: 1): Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher); Date: Thu, 14 Oct 93 12:01:57 PDT; Yee-ha! They *sell* that motor? Buy me one, Daddy, please! This is the motor that powered the short-lived M.G. Metro 6R4 rally car, which has the distinction of being the ugliest car ever built (yes; /html/british-cars/1993-10/msg00300.html (11,271 bytes)
29. Six Cylinder Sounds (was Re: Rover V6) (score: 1): Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher); Date: Fri, 15 Oct 93 10:10:47 PDT; As my 2-year-old is fond of saying, "Major poopy." The motor I was talking about is *much* more exciting... On the other hand, if it's the Honda engine found in the Acura NS-X, it's not far behind t; /html/british-cars/1993-10/msg00328.html (8,181 bytes)
30. Re: Dings.... (score: 1): Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher); Date: Mon, 18 Oct 93 15:31:35 PDT; That's right, you're still new here, aren't you? :-) Of COURSE someone on the list can help you -- in fact, there's even someone on this very list who argued over a 1974 Midget with the insurance co; /html/british-cars/1993-10/msg00362.html (13,465 bytes)
31. Re: Lotus Europa (score: 1): Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher); Date: Fri, 22 Oct 93 10:26:26 PDT; I'll let PhilE and a few others supply the specs. Well, that's what the factory used in most of them, with some getting the twin cam used in the Elan and Cortina (Lotus 26 and 28, respectively) Coli; /html/british-cars/1993-10/msg00448.html (11,850 bytes)
32. Re: Partial SCCA Runoff results (score: 1): Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher); Date: Sun, 24 Oct 93 18:24:02 PDT; This just came in from Usenet: Yeah, *that's* why I went racing in E Production, isn't it? Not to take anything away from Krueger (or M.G.), but I was saddened to hear that Hardy Prentice (TR3) was r; /html/british-cars/1993-10/msg00490.html (7,388 bytes)
33. SOL Economics (was Re: Sol Physics 10) (score: 1): Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher); Date: Mon, 25 Oct 93 17:54:56 PDT; I further submit that the defect stability level is of type float, not int... Now, for our next collection, let's discuss the economics of British cars. Fisher's First Law, as many list members no d; /html/british-cars/1993-10/msg00492.html (10,849 bytes)
34. Re: More SOL laws (score: 1): Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher); Date: Tue, 26 Oct 93 15:10:57 PDT; We don't *have* to. We know for the same reasons... There's also the Law of Maximum Obstruction, which says that for any contiguous group of cars, the probability of any individual car in that group; /html/british-cars/1993-10/msg00518.html (10,842 bytes)
35. Re: MGB Headers (score: 1): Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher); Date: Thu, 28 Oct 93 12:08:29 PDT; I'm doing tbhat now (hi Chris!) and have studied it in GREAT detail, both in MGB applications and in extrapolation from A Series knowledge. What do you want to do, just make the car run or make it b; /html/british-cars/1993-10/msg00571.html (16,355 bytes)
36. Re: MGB oil level (score: 1): Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher); Date: Fri, 29 Oct 93 15:23:52 PDT; It's somewhere between verifiable folklore and fact. The B Series engine has always had a half-baked oiling system. Originally, it was not meant to have a full-flow oiling system at all; the filter; /html/british-cars/1993-10/msg00612.html (11,940 bytes)
37. Re: cwt (score: 1): Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher); Date: Fri, 29 Oct 93 17:32:15 PDT; cwt is in fact the abbreviation for hundredweight (c for centi-). 112 pounds it is, or 8 stone (14 lb per stone). Thus a 19cwt car weighs 2128 lb, or 967.27 kg. Just don't ask about a conversion bet; /html/british-cars/1993-10/msg00614.html (7,508 bytes)
38. Car Detailing Secrets Of The Deranged (score: 1): Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher); Date: Wed, 1 Sep 93 13:29:10 PDT; I wrote this up for another mailing list a month or two ago, but since "the car I helped a friend detail" is Chris K's GT6, it's appropriate here too. The carets are someone else, the unindented text; /html/british-cars/1993-09/msg00021.html (19,002 bytes)
39. Re: Demise of British Sports Cars (score: 1): Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher); Date: Thu, 2 Sep 93 09:40:56 PDT; Gavin from Australia asks whether the Rover SD-1 Vitesse isn't a sports car. No, if I'm not mistaken, it's a fast saloon. The SD1 is based on the car called the 3500 in the US (not the 3.5L version o; /html/british-cars/1993-09/msg00034.html (8,667 bytes)
40. Re: The Spitfire's ok, but .... (score: 1): Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher); Date: Fri, 3 Sep 93 11:34:41 PDT; My knowledge of automotive electronics is generally limited to knowing that voltmeters aren't as cool as ammeters for a reason I've still never been able to internalize, but I've had some practical; /html/british-cars/1993-09/msg00052.html (10,363 bytes)

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