- 61. bj's (score: 1)
- Author: "riverside" <riverside@Cedar-Rapids.net>
- Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 14:25:59 -0800
- Three degrees caster is better than 0 but not nearly as good as 4.5 to 5. I don't see how yuo can get at the top what is not allowed at the bottom without some bind. I have read that if your caster i
- /html/fot/2003-03/msg00176.html (7,967 bytes)
- 62. bj (score: 1)
- Author: "riverside" <riverside@Cedar-Rapids.net>
- Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 14:41:30 -0800
- I like the angled hole. Getting 6 at the top should not be too hard w/ long bj bolts and some spacer at the fulcrum end.on the rear upper arm. Played w/ a well castered race car on a 1/4 mile asphaul
- /html/fot/2003-03/msg00178.html (6,327 bytes)
- 63. anti-roll bar materials (score: 1)
- Author: "riverside" <riverside@Cedar-Rapids.net>
- Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 09:37:37 -0800
- How do we heat, bend, weld the stressproof steel without goofing it up? art d
- /html/fot/2003-03/msg00271.html (6,205 bytes)
- 64. brake pads and brake lines (score: 1)
- Author: "riverside" <riverside@Cedar-Rapids.net>
- Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 09:23:30 -0800
- Kris's article on brake plumbing was very useful. I have only one area that my own experience differs and that may be due to the particular double flare tool ai have used to make bubble flares. We h
- /html/fot/2003-03/msg00358.html (7,923 bytes)
- 65. stub axles (score: 1)
- Author: "riverside" <riverside@Cedar-Rapids.net>
- Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2003 14:11:29 -0800
- This design (seperate stub) is not reassuring in the first place and the small size of the stub and bearings is also less than confidence inspiring. Has anyone investigated the possibility of an upgr
- /html/fot/2003-02/msg00008.html (6,413 bytes)
- 66. who's going to Mosport? (score: 1)
- Author: "riverside" <riverside@Cedar-Rapids.net>
- Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2003 11:13:28 -0800
- Mosport, here we come! Jack, are you saying you don't need that old set old 1" SUs after all? art de armond
- /html/fot/2003-02/msg00070.html (6,287 bytes)
- 67. hardware grade 8 (score: 1)
- Author: "riverside" <riverside@Cedar-Rapids.net>
- Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2003 12:18:45 -0800
- Or local circle racer expert uses mostly grade 5 as he likes bolts to bend rather than break. Some places I agree. For grade 5 hardware, I like Lawson products. We have a Fastenal (renamed "fastenafe
- /html/fot/2003-02/msg00206.html (6,550 bytes)
- 68. Re: Gear Oil (score: 1)
- Author: "riverside" <riverside@Cedar-Rapids.net>
- Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 10:03:58 -0800
- We received a recommendation from a Lapenis specialist to use non detergent 40w oil in the J-type. (30w nondet in cold weather). Anybody doing this?
- /html/fot/2003-01/msg00159.html (7,829 bytes)
- 69. state of the onion (score: 1)
- Author: "riverside" <riverside@Cedar-Rapids.net>
- Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 13:24:36 -0800
- Hydrogen fuel has some complications that can be solved but there is always more than one way. The most common source currently is from natural gas. This is a good idea only if there is a large enoug
- /html/fot/2003-01/msg00232.html (7,990 bytes)
- 70. GARNER (score: 1)
- Author: "riverside" <riverside@Cedar-Rapids.net>
- Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 12:01:09 -0800
- I have vivid memories of seeing this film. My racing"career" was on hold while I spent some time in funny green clothes racing duece and a halfs around the garden spot of Louisiana, Ft. Polk. Several
- /html/fot/2003-01/msg00259.html (6,934 bytes)
- 71. trailing arm hardware (score: 1)
- Author: "riverside" <riverside@Cedar-Rapids.net>
- Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 15:37:52 -0800
- what grade hardware did TR use to attack the trailing arms to the brakets and the brackets to the frame on 4A thru 6. Any upgrades for competition recommended? art de armond
- /html/fot/2003-01/msg00267.html (6,281 bytes)
- 72. Re: Re:Subject: Rear dif, hubs for TR6 (score: 1)
- Author: "riverside" <riverside@Cedar-Rapids.net>
- Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2002 10:46:07 -0800
- The locker debate will never cease. I'll throw in my $.02 worth. I started w/ an open rear end in my TR3 with the predictable results. Having no money and being reared in a dirt racing environment, t
- /html/fot/2002-12/msg00123.html (9,412 bytes)
- 73. transport (score: 1)
- Author: "riverside" <riverside@Cedar-Rapids.net>
- Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 14:56:42 -0800
- I have to tow an MG (please forgive me!) to the Flagstaff area of Az. next week and will have an empty trailer for part (Flagstaff to Oklahoma City) of the return trip. If anyone has stuff to move o
- /html/fot/2002-11/msg00255.html (6,352 bytes)
- 74. HP (score: 1)
- Author: "RIVERSIDE SPORTS CARS" <RIVERSIDE@Cedar-Rapids.net>
- Date: (No, or invalid, date.)
- All this horsepressure talk brings back some memories. Bill Boemler of ST. Louis had a very strong TR3 in the early '70's late 60's. I believe he held the production car record at Mid American Racewa
- /html/fot/2001-08/msg00096.html (6,545 bytes)
- 75. LOWERING THE SPIT (score: 1)
- Author: "RIVERSIDE SPORTS CARS" <RIVERSIDE@Cedar-Rapids.net>
- Date: (No, or invalid, date.)
- Shorter tires are indeed a mixed blessing. Negative effect is a slight change in caster. Scrub radius change can be good, bad or indifferent but is usually bad. art de armond
- /html/fot/2001-04/msg00083.html (6,200 bytes)
- 76. TR4A Semi-retired racer for sale (score: 1)
- Author: "RIVERSIDE" <RIVERSIDE@Cedar-Rapids.net>
- Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 10:41:48 -0600
- With great reluctance and shame I have concluded that another winter will go by with my 4A parked outside of my shop instead of inside it being finished up. She deserves better. This is a circa 1980
- /html/fot/2000-11/msg00100.html (7,211 bytes)
- 77. Re: Protocol on the FOT List...Website activity (score: 1)
- Author: "RIVERSIDE" <RIVERSIDE@Cedar-Rapids.net>
- Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 13:13:16 -0500
- it a disturbing the save are note offered. that manages the mail. You can search the archive of letters by thread and this is most useful, even if the thread may be of limited interest. There are are
- /html/fot/2000-10/msg00080.html (9,760 bytes)
- 78. caster (score: 1)
- Author: "RIVERSIDE" <RIVERSIDE@Cedar-Rapids.net>
- Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 21:43:07 -0500
- I will give my 2 cents on this topic even tho I have not yet driven a big TR with the 5 degrees of + caster I like. My 4A will get there. The obvious benefit of better straight line stability is not
- /html/fot/2000-08/msg00423.html (7,657 bytes)
- 79. tr4 tachometer calibration (score: 1)
- Author: "RIVERSIDE SPORTS CARS" <RIVERSIDE@Cedar-Rapids.net>
- Date: (No, or invalid, date.)
- I have a TR4 tach that is reading way fast. How can I calibarate it? art de armond
- /html/fot/2000-07/msg00000.html (5,857 bytes)
- 80. uncle Jack's disease (score: 1)
- Author: "RIVERSIDE SPORTS CARS" <RIVERSIDE@Cedar-Rapids.net>
- Date: (No, or invalid, date.)
- My old TR3 racer used to hose its rear brakes down in about 10 hard laps ar MAR. Never did try very hard to fix it, but anticipating the same problem ( if I can persuade myself to go fast at my age)
- /html/fot/2000-06/msg00138.html (6,717 bytes)
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