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21. Names for LBCs (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!iris.brown.edu!ejd@EDDIE.MIT.EDU; Date: Mon, 23 Apr 90 16:00:31 EDT; I don't have any suggestions for Dale, but I will pass along my own LBC's diminutive, pet name: 1971 Triumph Stag - 'Albatross', as it hangs from my neck in much the same manner as the dead sea bird; /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00207.html (6,636 bytes)
22. Re: LBC vs LJC (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!iris.brown.edu!ejd@EDDIE.MIT.EDU; Date: Tue, 24 Apr 90 09:39:06 EDT; Well, I own a M_____, and I _always_ wave to LBCs and other M_____s. The LBCers tend to wave back more often. I think the majority of M_____ owners haven't owned a specialty car before, and don't kno; /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00245.html (6,677 bytes)
23. Re: MPG (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!iris.brown.edu!ejd@EDDIE.MIT.EDU; Date: Tue, 24 Apr 90 20:50:36 EDT; Speaking of octane, has anyone had experience with mixing leaded regular and unleaded premium? The theory is that the result should have higher octane than the unleaded rating. -- end citation I've t; /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00272.html (8,418 bytes)
24. Re: parts for Lotus in San Jose, CA (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!iris.brown.edu!ejd@EDDIE.MIT.EDU; Date: Mon, 5 Mar 90 16:03:51 EST; Eddie (Berin?) finds on his Esprit ... This rotor, by the way, has some type of spring-load device that governs maximum revs (?). It is marked 3500 RPM, implying that it shorts out the high-tension (; /html/british-cars/1990-03/msg00036.html (7,081 bytes)
25. Re: TR8 brakes (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!iris.brown.edu!ejd@EDDIE.MIT.EDU; Date: Tue, 6 Mar 90 14:18:29 EST; Jim Muller reports from the 1980 C&D that part of the braking problem was in the rears locking up early. Perhaps the simplest way of tuning up one's TR8 brakes is to try an adjustable proportioning v; /html/british-cars/1990-03/msg00051.html (7,054 bytes)
26. Re: The Prisoner/Lotus (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!iris.brown.edu!ejd@EDDIE.MIT.EDU; Date: Wed, 21 Mar 90 11:17:04 EST; [referring to the Caterham 7 upgrades...]In the last year they have changed the rear end to a De Dion and disc brakes. Thre The rest remains unchanged. ...Not to pick too many nits, but wasn't the Mk; /html/british-cars/1990-03/msg00223.html (7,289 bytes)
27. A request (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!iris.brown.edu!ejd@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Ed Devinney); Date: Sat, 3 Feb 1990 00:07:27 PDT; Roger Garnett was kind enought to send me a copy of the _Sports and GT_ article on the Stag and enter into some correspondance which, along with the article, leads me to want to drop a TR6 motor (yes; /html/british-cars/1990-02/msg00020.html (8,012 bytes)
28. Re: Has it been done? (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!iris.brown.edu!ejd@EDDIE.MIT.EDU; Date: Thu, 8 Feb 90 16:08:26 EST; Ed Burns asks: There's a firm advertizing in the back of Autoweek every now & then which claims to make a swap kit for the Mazda Rotary into Spridget. 135hp in a Sprite - I'd love to try one sometime; /html/british-cars/1990-02/msg00047.html (7,569 bytes)
29. Re: 1100's, New British Roadster? (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!iris.brown.edu!ejd@EDDIE.MIT.EDU; Date: Sat, 10 Feb 90 13:46:24 EST; Scott Fisher writes about the wet HydroLastic suspension: I do remember seeing, in either an old AutoWeek or Road&Track, an artcile (oops - article) about an engineer working on active-type suspensio; /html/british-cars/1990-02/msg00065.html (8,139 bytes)
30. Re: On the subject of Brit car/Miata clones.... (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!iris.brown.edu!ejd@EDDIE.MIT.EDU; Date: Fri, 16 Feb 90 04:50:16 EST; Mark Brandemeuhl writes: A friend who works at Ford has told me about a two seat ragtop they are planning to release sometime "...in the near future..." I forget the model name, but it is an American; /html/british-cars/1990-02/msg00139.html (7,900 bytes)
31. Re: minimaniahotwaterandice (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!iris.brown.edu!ejd@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Ed J. Devinney); Date: Tue, 20 Feb 90 15:53:46 EST; On the subject of a New England SOL meet - count me in, tho I'll drive the Japanese BritCar-knockoff. We all know the current fate of the Chariot of Failure... ed; /html/british-cars/1990-02/msg00178.html (7,044 bytes)
32. Re: minimaniahotwaterandice (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!iris.brown.edu!ejd@EDDIE.MIT.EDU; Date: Wed, 21 Feb 90 12:41:45 EST; Phil Ethier writes, in reference to my Far East BritClone: No, guess again. ed d. (BTW - Ed Burns & everyone else: howzabout referring to Ed B. and Ed D. in postings - or just call us both Bruce to k; /html/british-cars/1990-02/msg00189.html (7,165 bytes)
33. Re: Far Eastern clone (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!iris.brown.edu!ejd@EDDIE.MIT.EDU; Date: Wed, 21 Feb 90 23:22:10 EST; Chad McCubbins wins the 1990 edition of 'Guess which car I drive', and will be awarded the traditional prize of a Laurel, and Hardy handshake. Congratulations, and thanks for playing! Next up ... wha; /html/british-cars/1990-02/msg00198.html (7,210 bytes)
34. Re: Some people! (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!iris.brown.edu!ejd@EDDIE.MIT.EDU; Date: Mon, 26 Feb 90 04:39:11 EST; mjb writes: Boy, I don't know about the Miata, or at least the folks who buy them. This past weekend it was NICE. Warm, sunny, with temperatures in the mid 50s. I was really really wishing I had at l; /html/british-cars/1990-02/msg00238.html (7,641 bytes)
35. Re: TR8 brakes (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!iris.brown.edu!ejd@EDDIE.MIT.EDU; Date: Tue, 27 Feb 90 15:55:18 EST; A few general comments on improving braking which may or may not be applicable: = hi-perf pads such as Ferodo, etc. = properly bedding the pads (anyone have a good procedure for this?) = braided-stee; /html/british-cars/1990-02/msg00258.html (7,680 bytes)
36. Re: British Cars going Metric? (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!iris.brown.edu!ejd@EDDIE.MIT.EDU; Date: Tue, 27 Feb 90 15:43:18 EST; Any comments? Next time, just go on in there and keep muttering 'Whitworth' over and over again. This will at least cause them to remember that your car isn't metric. But seriouly, it isn't really SA; /html/british-cars/1990-02/msg00259.html (7,271 bytes)
37. 3.5V8 errata & teaser (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!iris.brown.edu!ejd@EDDIE.MIT.EDU; Date: Wed, 28 Feb 90 09:53:42 EST; Roger Garnett has pointed out that the phone # I gave for Eightparts/Rovers West is wrong. The correct # is: 602-748-8115 And, coming soon to a terminal near you ... the long awaited British Supplier; /html/british-cars/1990-02/msg00263.html (6,796 bytes)
38. Re: Ways you British Car catches fire. (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!iris.brown.edu!ejd@EDDIE.MIT.EDU; Date: Wed, 28 Feb 90 03:36:56 EST; Is this why the Product-of-the-Month hype in the last "Your Classic" was a selection of under-bonnet fire extinguishers? Anybody have a source for these in the US? After my first (& inshallah, last); /html/british-cars/1990-02/msg00266.html (6,818 bytes)
39. Land Rover Swaps (really nitpicking) (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!iris.brown.edu!ejd@EDDIE.MIT.EDU; Date: Wed, 28 Feb 90 09:23:39 EST; ^^^^^^Not from the factory they weren't, though that's a popular swap for the stock motor, which, as it is all-alloy, isn't even heavy enough to use as a boat anchor. ed d.; /html/british-cars/1990-02/msg00271.html (6,693 bytes)
40. Loonies, collectors, and the 'minor rebuild' (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!iris.brown.edu!ejd@EDDIE.MIT.EDU; Date: Mon, 29 Jan 90 15:36:34 EST; Timothy Lyle Smith has been having a spot of trouble with his oil pressure, and it's been very informative to read the responses to his questions. However, Roger Garnett has used a loaded term: .....; /html/british-cars/1990-01/msg00030.html (8,130 bytes)

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