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1. Descending into insanity (score: 1): Author: bob bownes <bownes@seiri.com>; Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 13:59:16 -0400; Ok folks, I am about to take a huge leap into insanity. I need to find out how much it is going to cost me to get a 200lb chassis 94" long, 24" wide, and 32" tall shipped from Berkeley Ca to Troy N.Y; /html/fot/2004-04/msg00255.html (6,539 bytes)
2. Re: trip advice needed (score: 1): Author: Bob Bownes <bownes@seiri.com>; Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 12:58:27 -0400; Last time I did that drive, we stopped at the SAC museum outside Omaha. Was GREAT. we still talk about it 15 years later....; /html/fot/2003-10/msg00170.html (7,127 bytes)
3. Re: TR brakes - stub axle breakage? (score: 1): Author: Bob Bownes <bownes@seiri.com>; Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2003 17:19:23 -0400; You know, the VW/Porsche stub axles used in FVs have a tendancy to break this way. I wonder if the same trick would help there.....Hmmmm....Gotta go look at my collection of broken axles. iii; /html/fot/2003-09/msg00102.html (7,318 bytes)
4. Re: grinding cam journals (score: 1): Author: Bob Bownes <bownes@seiri.com>; Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 09:43:51 -0400; I'd be more inclined to have the blocks bored out. Larger journal = more bearing surface = less wear. What do you go through more of, blocks or cams? Would also guess the cam journals are hardened al; /html/fot/2003-09/msg00117.html (8,399 bytes)
5. Re: Barking Heads (score: 1): Author: Bob Bownes <bownes@seiri.com>; Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 15:18:55 -0400; Mine certainly did. I had to ream them once they were in the head.; /html/fot/2003-09/msg00157.html (7,349 bytes)
6. Re: engine (score: 1): Author: Bob Bownes <bownes@seiri.com>; Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 10:48:49 -0400; Ok, I give up. How does one lift it to put it in place? AND Mordy, Are you making the head gaskets for the performance version? ;-) Bob; /html/fot/2003-09/msg00245.html (6,616 bytes)
7. Re: Deep thoughts (score: 1): Author: Bob Bownes <bownes@seiri.com>; Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 15:53:07 -0400; Funny, for me, the thought is 'Wow, the engine is really running well". After 5 engines in the Spit, I started getting so paranoid, I'd lift and listen for the rod knock on a perfectly good engine. i; /html/fot/2003-09/msg00254.html (7,255 bytes)
8. Re: Deep thoughts (score: 1): Author: Bob Bownes <bownes@seiri.com>; Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 16:30:12 -0400; Or, as happened to me one time.... You find the brakes have gone away. Completely... THEN you hear the earth-shattering kaboom.; /html/fot/2003-09/msg00260.html (7,395 bytes)
9. Re: Fwd: Handling question (score: 1): Author: Bob Bownes <bownes@seiri.com>; Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 13:23:34 -0400; Hmmm. I own: 1 front engine/AWD live axle (awd) 1 mid engine/RWD swing axle 1 front engine/RWD hybrid IRS/swing axle 1 front engine/RWD IRS 1 mid engineRWD IRS They all have a time and a place. Of co; /html/fot/2003-06/msg00214.html (7,743 bytes)
10. Re: brake pads and brake lines (score: 1): Author: Bob Bownes <bownes@seiri.com>; Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 13:46:14 -0500; On the race car, unless I have a damn good reason not to, *everything* is converted to aeroquip/earls with the appropriate flare. Brakes, clutch, etc. All brake lines are braided stainless. (Actually; /html/fot/2003-03/msg00363.html (8,517 bytes)
11. Re: Gas No gas MIGand kids (score: 1): Author: Bob Bownes <bownes@seiri.com>; Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 13:08:16 -0500; I learned how to weld while working on a farm at about 12. Come to think of it, that's pretty much where I learned most of my really practical skills. The motto of "If you can't improvise, we can't u; /html/fot/2003-03/msg00386.html (10,683 bytes)
12. Re: brake pads and brake lines (score: 1): Author: Bob Bownes <bownes@seiri.com>; Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 17:04:44 -0500; Just to clarify, when I said "all brake lines are braided stainless, I meant "all flexible brake lines".; /html/fot/2003-03/msg00402.html (9,740 bytes)
13. Re: hardware (score: 1): Author: Bob Bownes <bownes@seiri.com>; Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2003 21:29:52 -0500; Yes and No. They all have PN's, but I, somewhere in my collection of sh, er, stuff, have the translation guide. One of the NNJR SCCA members does failure analysis for Cat and handed 'em out at the na; /html/fot/2003-02/msg00216.html (7,671 bytes)
14. Re: GT6 Wheel studs (score: 1): Author: Bob Bownes <bownes@seiri.com>; Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 12:43:37 -0500; I used to make 7/16-20 studs for the stock Spit hubs from a Chevy part. Needed to have the lip tapered to seat correctly and clear everything. But they worked quite well. I still have all the fixture; /html/fot/2003-02/msg00288.html (8,631 bytes)
15. Re: Prather retraction 2 (score: 1): Author: Bob Bownes <bownes@seiri.com>; Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 18:06:08 -0400; One of the reasons I don't read the wheel2wheel email list, is the constant banging of the 'SCCA Inc.' drum. If the members don't like the way the club is going, it is up to them to change it. It's h; /html/fot/2002-09/msg00281.html (9,853 bytes)
16. Re: Near Disaster (score: 1): Author: Bob Bownes <bownes@seiri.com>; Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2002 13:24:56 -0700; Guy in our region has a half enclosed trailer he got a bargain on. The front half is really nice, the back is a bit charred where it melted. :-) iii; /html/fot/2002-08/msg00010.html (12,166 bytes)
17. Re: "Competition Press & Auto Week" (score: 1): Author: Bob Bownes <bownes@seiri.com>; Date: Sat, 03 Aug 2002 11:10:32 -0700; Send an email to Denise McLuggage at Autoweek. She was the owner/publisher. Bob; /html/fot/2002-08/msg00025.html (10,127 bytes)
18. Re: Trumpet Socks (score: 1): Author: Bob Bownes <bownes@seiri.com>; Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2002 22:47:01 -0700; Any motorcycle shop that caters to the offroad crowd will have something Bob; /html/fot/2002-08/msg00077.html (7,698 bytes)
19. Re: Picture site .... speed unknown ..... (score: 1): Author: Bob Bownes <bownes@seiri.com>; Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2002 22:51:36 -0700; I've offered before, and will offer again... I host websites for a living (well, ok, for part of a living). If you want a place to put pictures or other FOT material, let me know. You can have as mu; /html/fot/2002-08/msg00078.html (7,971 bytes)
20. Re: New member nomination (score: 1): Author: Bob Bownes <bownes@seiri.com>; Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 21:29:43 -0400; Ahha! I will second that again! Jen is good people. And has all the right attitude about driving a triumph. Bob; /html/fot/2002-08/msg00205.html (7,503 bytes)

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