- 81. RE: Hallett Shootout - Car Classification - Clarification (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>
- Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2005 17:35:18 -0800
- All I ever have is a SCCA National license--it's just like Visa, accepted == unsubscribe/change address requests to majordomo@autox.team.net
- /html/fot/2005-12/msg00121.html (9,056 bytes)
- 82. RE: new topic-oil coolers for my TR4A (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>
- Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2005 17:36:29 -0800
- Maseratis have used them since the beginning of time. I have one in my 1967 Mistral. Works fine when it isn't leaking. I bet new ones are even better. == unsubscribe/change address requests to majord
- /html/fot/2005-12/msg00122.html (7,717 bytes)
- 83. RE: car classification - clarification (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>
- Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2005 09:21:29 -0800
- Actually, there IS no waiver--that's the important part. When a club undertakes some official action they get endless arguments from then on that "you did it for him, why not for me". So there is no
- /html/fot/2005-12/msg00129.html (7,357 bytes)
- 84. RE: Hallett Shootout - Car Classification - Clarification (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>
- Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2005 15:11:44 -0800
- We have vintage grids here in Portland at every PIR race. == unsubscribe/change address requests to majordomo@autox.team.net
- /html/fot/2005-12/msg00140.html (8,704 bytes)
- 85. RE: Hallett Shootout - Car Classification - Clarification (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>
- Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2005 15:10:42 -0800
- SCCA generally accepts vintage licenses for Vintage Racing. Their vintage grids are very loose--pretty much anyone that has the money and a safe car can run. == unsubscribe/change address requests to
- /html/fot/2005-12/msg00141.html (8,946 bytes)
- 86. RE: Fwd: [WtW] OT: The Nordschleife Challenge (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>
- Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 11:18:02 -0800
- Any time you take a Barber or Russell school you're bound to have some high speed van rides. As Grassroots Motorsports once showed, a decent modern minivan is a good competition for any Porsche more
- /html/fot/2005-12/msg00156.html (7,846 bytes)
- 87. Here's an interesting technology for sharing pictures (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>
- Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 18:52:56 -0800
- Neat product. Once you have the player installed you can create your own loop, drag and drop your pictures into a loop to build a picture website. Each picture can be captioned and can be a hot link
- /html/fot/2005-12/msg00159.html (7,043 bytes)
- 88. RE: TR4's and Tarmac Autotesting (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>
- Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005 19:54:29 -0800
- You might try eliminating your rear braking entirely (or just biasing way towards the front). Then as you start your turn in, you get the front end pointed towards the apex (front wheels will be unde
- /html/fot/2005-12/msg00182.html (6,874 bytes)
- 89. RE: TR4's and Tarmac Autotesting (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>
- Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005 20:03:55 -0800
- A stiffer front bar almost always helps turn in, as long as traction is good. In the rain, the weight transfer makes the front end skate more--sometimes that's good. Understeer is the poor man's trac
- /html/fot/2005-12/msg00183.html (6,751 bytes)
- 90. Airstream Progress (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>
- Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2005 15:56:01 -0800
- Here's a filmloop I made of the airstream as of this morning. Making good progress. Unfortunately I have to stop for the winter. It's time to clean the shop and get Peyote in there. I've got an oil l
- /html/fot/2005-12/msg00193.html (6,764 bytes)
- 91. RE: aluminium radiators ? (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>
- Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2005 10:33:18 -0800
- I've found the stock replacement aluminum radiators with the long neck (like stock) to be things of beauty but very fragile. Just pressing down on the cap to close it caused a crack in mine. Unless y
- /html/fot/2005-12/msg00201.html (6,773 bytes)
- 92. RE: Shelf-Life of Shocks (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>
- Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 08:51:33 -0800
- Certainly the seals can perish, and if they are air-filled the oil will oxidize a little. You always see them stored on their side, but that might just be because it's easiest. Still I can see the oi
- /html/fot/2005-12/msg00212.html (6,719 bytes)
- 93. RE: Moving the TR6 motor rearward (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>
- Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 08:47:13 -0800
- Of course it would. That's one of Peyote's best tricks. The motor is back ten inches and down three. Along with all the other changes the diagonal and front to back weights with me standing in the se
- /html/fot/2005-12/msg00213.html (7,065 bytes)
- 94. RE: A week late, drat (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>
- Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 17:41:13 -0800
- Congratulations Joe, Mark, et al. Nine years is a long time to be doing anything. Most of my marriages didn't last that long. == unsubscribe/change address requests to majordomo@autox.team.net
- /html/fot/2005-12/msg00219.html (7,540 bytes)
- 95. RE: Friends of Triumph (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>
- Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 21:41:35 -0800
- Most certainly--sounds like a delightful chap. == unsubscribe/change address requests to majordomo@autox.team.net
- /html/fot/2005-12/msg00224.html (6,636 bytes)
- 96. RE: A week late, drat (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>
- Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 05:53:20 -0800
- Orygun == unsubscribe/change address requests to majordomo@autox.team.net
- /html/fot/2005-12/msg00230.html (7,450 bytes)
- 97. RE: shelf life of shocks (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>
- Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 10:53:13 -0800
- You should see my shop. I'm trying to clean up to get ready to work on Peyote. I'm into day three of the cleanup--and it's just a lick and promise. Still, if you're going to throw away some Konis, t
- /html/fot/2005-12/msg00238.html (7,130 bytes)
- 98. Lovely teardown (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>
- Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2005 09:30:25 -0800
- I took Peyote's motor apart yesterday. I was shocked at how good everything is. It was running nicely at the end of the year, but I really didn't expect to find everything so nearly perfect. I'm goin
- /html/fot/2005-12/msg00256.html (7,809 bytes)
- 99. RE: Lovely teardown--now your new ALLOY Front Engine Plate (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>
- Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2005 15:19:13 -0800
- Already did it. I ran the pivot into a hard #8 nut before putting it into the plate. Red locktite and a "reasonable man" on the wrench (as the Rolls/Bentley engine manual specifies). _____ "I took Pe
- /html/fot/2005-12/msg00258.html (7,760 bytes)
- 100. Was RE: Rockers, Now Hallet (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>
- Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2005 07:27:32 -0800
- You should mention it on the FOT bulletin board. I'd suspect one of the other NW Triumph guys might be interested. In fact I'll just forward this. Tony Garmey and Bill Hart are bringing the Hart Coll
- /html/fot/2005-12/msg00262.html (7,779 bytes)
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