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1. Re: 1980 TR8 EFI Throttle pot query (score: 1): Author: Lar Kaufman <lark@world.std.com>; Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 20:02:26 -0500 (EST); Anyone in the Massachusetts/New York area got an automotive trailer I can rent briefly? I need to retrieve a '91 Civic Wagon from a junkyard in southeastern New York this week, and take it to Concord; /html/buick-rover-v8/2001-11/msg00015.html (7,556 bytes)
2. Re: Idea to reality (score: 1): Author: Lar Kaufman <lark@world.std.com>; Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2001 11:55:38 -0400 (EDT); Has anyone tried converting to port injection EFI, maybe using a dual EFI setup using two induction systems from 2L 4-cyl cars? -lar "That so many are ready to live by luck, and so get the means of c; /html/buick-rover-v8/2001-09/msg00011.html (7,263 bytes)
3. Re: JETSTAR for sale (score: 1): Author: Lar Kaufman <lark@world.std.com>; Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 11:33:13 -0400 (EDT); Hmmm. Possibly... but I'm really looking for a '62 Tempest with the 215, for the balance and IRS features (though the drivetrain seems so unusual it's got to be problematic to keep it in good repair); /html/buick-rover-v8/2001-08/msg00025.html (7,355 bytes)
4. Re: Spark plug question ... (score: 1): Author: Lar Kaufman <lark@world.std.com>; Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 12:06:56 -0400 (EDT); If the inserts have been torn out, I'd recommend using Helicoil(TM) inserts to repair the head. These are also available in oversizes where damage has occurred. It wouldn't be a bad idea to leave the; /html/buick-rover-v8/2001-08/msg00027.html (7,067 bytes)
5. Re: JETSTAR for sale (score: 1): Author: Lar Kaufman <lark@world.std.com>; Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 12:12:33 -0400 (EDT); What tempts me about the Tempest (sorry) is not the stock configuration so much as the potential for modifying the rear end to a contemporary high performance IRS (with limited slip), so the car coul; /html/buick-rover-v8/2001-08/msg00028.html (7,511 bytes)
6. Re: Another Intake Manifold Mounting Question (score: 1): Author: Lar Kaufman <lark@world.std.com>; Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 12:59:10 -0400 (EDT); There may be something better, but you can generally find Champion spark plug thread lubricant at auto parts stores. This "lubricant" is considered suitable where torque values are important (e.g. av; /html/buick-rover-v8/2001-07/msg00048.html (8,406 bytes)
7. Manuals (score: 1): Author: Lar Kaufman <lark@world.std.com>; Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 13:08:20 -0400 (EDT); I've encountered a series of obstacles getting manuals for the 215. I do have a Chilton master manual that documents the '61 BOP engine sufficiently for gross maintenance. I tried to track down the H; /html/buick-rover-v8/1999-10/msg00013.html (9,890 bytes)
8. Re: Manuals (score: 1): Author: Lar Kaufman <lark@world.std.com>; Date: Sun, 10 Oct 1999 15:14:17 -0400 (EDT); Um. I think it would have been the Bluebird. Boxy, looked very like the Ford Cortina of its era (late 60's, early 70's). -lar "We, too, who look upon the loom are deafened; and only when we escape i; /html/buick-rover-v8/1999-10/msg00019.html (7,603 bytes)
9. Re: Manuals (score: 1): Author: Lar Kaufman <lark@world.std.com>; Date: Sun, 10 Oct 1999 15:24:54 -0400 (EDT); Sounds like I want Hardcastle's "Tuning" volume. I was planning also to update myself to the 2nd edition of Philip H. Smith's _Design and Tuning of Competition Engines_, but maybe I'll see whether Ha; /html/buick-rover-v8/1999-10/msg00020.html (7,795 bytes)
10. Re: Manuals (score: 1): Author: Lar Kaufman <lark@world.std.com>; Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 12:39:52 -0400 (EDT); Thanks, Stuart, you've given a good description that will help me get my resources together. I wanted to know how both of Hardcastle's books compared/overlapped, without having to buy them unseen. I; /html/buick-rover-v8/1999-10/msg00025.html (8,690 bytes)
11. unexplained absence (score: 1): Author: Lar Kaufman <lark@world.std.com>; Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 13:42:40 -0400 (EDT); I've been away since early August, and basically dumped more than 50MB of accumulated email unread. Since I was corresponding with several persons on this list, I thought I ought to apologize and let; /html/buick-rover-v8/1999-09/msg00036.html (6,835 bytes)
12. Re: 62 Skylark 215 oil pump loses prime (score: 1): Author: lark@world.std.com (Lar Kaufman); Date: Sat, 3 Jul 1999 07:38:05 -0400; If losing the prime is the only oiling problem, the easiest solution might be to install a hydraulic accumululator, e.g. Accusump. -lar "We, too, who look upon the loom are deafened; and only when we; /html/buick-rover-v8/1999-07/msg00008.html (6,939 bytes)
13. Re: V8 stuff in NY (score: 1): Author: lark@world.std.com (Lar Kaufman); Date: Sun, 13 Jun 1999 19:06:55 -0400; If anyone made it to this event and bought more than was needed, give me a holler. I still need an engine, and I'm ready to start on my project(s) here in Massachusetts. -lar "We, too, who look upon; /html/buick-rover-v8/1999-06/msg00031.html (7,011 bytes)
14. Re: V8 stuff in NY (score: 1): Author: lark@world.std.com (Lar Kaufman); Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 15:45:46 -0400; ... Outstanding! Thanks for the tip. -lar "We, too, who look upon the loom are deafened; and only when we escape it shall we hear the thousand voices that speak through it.... Ah, mortal! then, be h; /html/buick-rover-v8/1999-06/msg00033.html (7,044 bytes)
15. Re: New Rear End (score: 1): Author: lark@world.std.com (Lar Kaufman); Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1999 05:55:16 -0400; Would the TR4a IRS be strong enough? Surely the GT6 rear end should work... Or have you already examined and rejected these? -lar He that shall oppose an assault only with a shield to receive the blo; /html/buick-rover-v8/1999-04/msg00016.html (7,063 bytes)
16. Re: Rover crank specs-reply (score: 1): Author: lark@world.std.com (Lar Kaufman); Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 23:41:43 -0400; . . . True. We've already got someone on buick-rover-v8 stuffing a Buick 350 crank (3.875" stroke) into a P76 block, which requires minimal clearancing and turning down the mains. And other lists I'v; /html/buick-rover-v8/1999-04/msg00031.html (8,957 bytes)
17. Re: Rover crank specs-reply (score: 1): Author: lark@world.std.com (Lar Kaufman); Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 17:03:49 -0400; Regrets for dropping out of sight in the middle of a (now stale) discussion but law school has consumed me and won't spit me out until late May (I sincerely hope that it lets go of me then...). More; /html/buick-rover-v8/1999-04/msg00053.html (8,125 bytes)
18. Re: Rover crank specs-reply (score: 1): Author: lark@world.std.com (Lar Kaufman); Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 13:05:28 -0400; It's quite easy to figure out displacement if all you do is change the stroke. Your current displacement is 100%. Multiply that times the percentage of additional stroke, and add that to your origina; /html/buick-rover-v8/1999-04/msg00054.html (8,091 bytes)
19. Re: ignition (score: 1): Author: lark@world.std.com (Lar Kaufman); Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 15:30:40 -0500; Simon, did you check for play in the distributor shaft/drive itself? -lar Lar Kaufman "Cynics aren't born, but made." --Joseph Epstein Polymedia Services Concord, Massachusetts, U.S.A. lark@walden.co; /html/buick-rover-v8/1999-03/msg00049.html (6,660 bytes)
20. Re: Which heads to use on my 266 CI engine? -Reply (score: 1): Author: lark@world.std.com (Lar Kaufman); Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1999 11:17:24 -0500; Are there any Oldsmobile version aluminum heads available for the 215? I may have found a suitable block but I need to minimize weight... Thanks, -lar Lar Kaufman "Cynics aren't born, but made." --Jo; /html/buick-rover-v8/1999-03/msg00062.html (9,353 bytes)

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