- 21. Re: More Horses for Spridgets - I mean BIG PONIES (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!pwcs.StPaul.GOV!phile@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Philip J Ethier)
- Date: Mon, 14 May 90 10:09:19 CDT
- Crossflow head for A-blacks. I remember about 20 years ago seeing a Mini at an Ice race with a crossflow head. The exhaust went out the back side of the engine like Alec intended, but the front side
- /html/british-cars/1990-05/msg00284.html (8,199 bytes)
- 22. lever shock filling (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!pwcs.StPaul.GOV!phile@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Philip J Ethier)
- Date: Tue, 15 May 90 9:39:53 CDT
- The motorcycle shop I went to said the stuff was safe for British motorcycles. He had the stuff from 2.5 to 30 weight. I'm an autocross freak, so guess which weight I bought. Look, there is a reserv
- /html/british-cars/1990-05/msg00342.html (8,382 bytes)
- 23. Re: Another Whitworth Question (for PJE) (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!pwcs.StPaul.GOV!phile@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Philip J Ethier)
- Date: Tue, 15 May 90 9:19:55 CDT
- Nope, these are all the sizes up to 3/4. Yes 16mm is .630". You may have a fitting with a 16mm head a bit over tolerance. The fill bolts on my shocks seem to measure .527 which is .002 over spec, so
- /html/british-cars/1990-05/msg00343.html (8,305 bytes)
- 24. Re: Wrench Sizes (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!pwcs.StPaul.GOV!phile@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Philip J Ethier)
- Date: Wed, 16 May 90 8:21:09 CDT
- Yes, it works better. Snap-On sells them. phile@pwcs.stpaul.gov Login name: phile In real life: Philip J Ethier Phone: 298-5324
- /html/british-cars/1990-05/msg00369.html (7,541 bytes)
- 25. British Parts in Oregon (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!pwcs.StPaul.GOV!phile@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Philip J Ethier)
- Date: Thu, 17 May 90 11:00:47 CDT
- In Oregon, (503) 864-2001 Triumph and Jaguar only, I'm told. -- Login name: phile In real life: Philip J Ethier Phone: 298-5324
- /html/british-cars/1990-05/msg00416.html (7,053 bytes)
- 26. Newsgroup or list? (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!pwcs.StPaul.GOV!phile@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Philip J Ethier)
- Date: Fri, 18 May 90 10:26:38 CDT
- No, I like it like this. I would like it to be set up like the autox list, though. When a message is posted on autox, you respond directly to the user with an r command. There doesn't seem to be a w
- /html/british-cars/1990-05/msg00417.html (7,097 bytes)
- 27. Fuel pump? No, vapor lock. (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!pwcs.StPaul.GOV!phile@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Philip J Ethier)
- Date: Fri, 18 May 90 10:56:06 CDT
- This may be a good example of a message I gould email and not clutter the list. But I can't. No, it is not the fuel pump. It is totally dependent on fuel line temp. That is why it took so long to fi
- /html/british-cars/1990-05/msg00418.html (8,627 bytes)
- 28. Re: Line and Smoothness (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!pwcs.StPaul.GOV!phile@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Philip J Ethier)
- Date: Fri, 18 May 90 8:26:10 CDT
- I don't think they're reconcilable with the second kind of turn, which requires a very early turn-in and a reduction of radius, if I understand it correctly. I haven't had the chance to try this one
- /html/british-cars/1990-05/msg00422.html (7,905 bytes)
- 29. Re: Line and Smoothness (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!pwcs.StPaul.GOV!phile@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Philip J Ethier)
- Date: Mon, 21 May 90 9:03:11 CDT
- Mike, I think you have hit the nail on the head NOTICE. PLEASE SEND ALL FUTURE DISCUSSION OF THIS TOPIC TO autox@cs.utah.edu THE ORIGINAL POSTING WAS SENT THERE. THE MOVEMENT OF THIS DISCUSSION TO T
- /html/british-cars/1990-05/msg00435.html (8,215 bytes)
- 30. Re: GT-6 (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!pwcs.StPaul.GOV!phile@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Philip J Ethier)
- Date: Mon, 2 Apr 90 8:41:30 CDT
- Oops! This message was to be addressed only to Bob Bownes. Do to a ham-fisted operator malfunction, it went out on the list. Please, guys, don't all call up Mr. Gurusinghe! phile@pwcs.stpaul.gov -- L
- /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00015.html (6,501 bytes)
- 31. Spring start-up (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!pwcs.StPaul.GOV!phile@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Philip J Ethier)
- Date: Mon, 2 Apr 90 9:12:39 CDT
- It runs, It lives, It breathes! I spent the weekend with the Spridget torn apart. Took off the front cover, timing chain and chainwheels, front mounting plate just to put in a new gasket to solve the
- /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00016.html (8,039 bytes)
- 32. Datsun 2000 exhaust (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!pwcs.StPaul.GOV!phile@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Philip J Ethier)
- Date: Tue, 3 Apr 90 8:39:33 CDT
- Have you contacted the Datsun roadster specialists (think they are in the Pacific Northwest, can't remember name just now, it's in my GRM Vintage Views)? I really would suggest junking the whole thin
- /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00021.html (6,921 bytes)
- 33. Re: battery chargers & current limiting (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!pwcs.StPaul.GOV!phile@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Philip J Ethier)
- Date: Tue, 3 Apr 90 8:18:59 CDT
- Yes, I did forget about that. I suppose a guy should measure the resistance of the bulb cold to figure this out. I think it is LESS than when hot. I'm sure that the bulb will never heat in this batt
- /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00022.html (8,372 bytes)
- 34. Re: Muffler woes (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!pwcs.StPaul.GOV!phile@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Philip J Ethier)
- Date: Wed, 4 Apr 90 11:19:02 CDT
- Pardon my ignorance, but what is an SW guy? Stewart-Warner? Son of Whitworth? Wait a minute, Software, right? Obviously, I am not a computer professional... phile@pwcs.stpaul.gov -- Login name: phil
- /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00031.html (7,732 bytes)
- 35. Spridget sees light of day and lives. (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!pwcs.StPaul.GOV!phile@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Philip J Ethier)
- Date: Wed, 4 Apr 90 15:17:22 CDT
- I ran the Spridget around the neighborhood to blow out the cobwebs. Of course I didn't erect the hood (put the top on). It was all of 52 degrees and sunny, so I just put on an old Minnesota Strikers
- /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00035.html (7,756 bytes)
- 36. RE: April fools... (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!pwcs.StPaul.GOV!phile@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Philip J Ethier)
- Date: Thu, 5 Apr 90 8:48:44 CDT
- What you think isn't important. What I think isn't important. What the seller thinks is the only thing that is important. phile@pwcs.stpaul.gov -- Login name: phile In real life: Philip J Ethier Pho
- /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00042.html (8,360 bytes)
- 37. Re: AEH714 cam (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!pwcs.StPaul.GOV!phile@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Philip J Ethier)
- Date: Fri, 6 Apr 90 8:15:44 CDT
- If you insist in driving something this weird (and neat!), I see no course of action other than getting it dyno'd by someone who understands 4-cylinder performance cars. Ask around your area (where
- /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00045.html (7,571 bytes)
- 38. Re: Offy-Midgets, again! (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!pwcs.StPaul.GOV!phile@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Philip J Ethier)
- Date: Thu, 12 Apr 90 8:40:53 CDT
- Im really going to go out on a limb here, as I don't have any books handy. Would that be the "Supersprite" with a Coventry-Climax engine? There is a British-car specialist in Minneapolis who has his
- /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00077.html (8,435 bytes)
- 39. Spridget deals (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!pwcs.StPaul.GOV!phile@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Philip J Ethier)
- Date: Thu, 12 Apr 90 9:50:59 CDT
- Oh, sure! When is something like this going to pop up where I can reach it! If that happened here in the Twin Cities, I would probably hurt myself reaching for my checkbook. I have folks offering me
- /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00081.html (9,007 bytes)
- 40. Re: Sunbeam Alpines (was: Re: Argh ... not even an april fools joke) (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!pwcs.StPaul.GOV!phile@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Philip J Ethier)
- Date: Thu, 12 Apr 90 9:00:32 CDT
- The reason for the lower price of Alpines, IMHO, is that they are not as good a sports car as other makes. I'm not trying to start a "my car is better than yours' flame war here. Anyone who has seen
- /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00082.html (8,451 bytes)
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