- 1. Re: [FOT] Seat (score: 1)
- Author: "Rocky Entriken" <rocky@spitfire4.com>
- Date: Sun, 8 Oct 2006 15:00:52 -0500
- At first blush, upright. That's what is in my Spitfire. However, if you are a short guy who needs to sit closer to the pedals, or a tall guy who needs to get lower under the rollbar, a layback might
- /html/fot/2006-10/msg00060.html (8,515 bytes)
- 2. Re: [Fot] Lenghty notes on FOT Email (score: 1)
- Author: "Rocky Entriken" <rocky@spitfire4.com>
- Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 12:45:13 -0600
- Good job, Mark. Just one question. Got the notice "welcoming" me to fot@autox.team.net and reading through it realized it was the changeover to Mailman. Also got the near-identical notice welcoming m
- /html/fot/2006-12/msg00227.html (8,582 bytes)
- 3. Re: [Fot] Lenghty notes on FOT Email (score: 1)
- Author: "Rocky Entriken" <rocky@spitfire4.com>
- Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 12:45:36 -0600
- Good job, Mark. Just one question. Got the notice "welcoming" me to fot@autox.team.net and reading through it realized it was the changeover to Mailman. Also got the near-identical notice welcoming m
- /html/fot/2006-12/msg00228.html (8,587 bytes)
- 4. Re: [Fot] SCCA Archives (score: 1)
- Author: "Rocky Entriken" <rocky@spitfire4.com>
- Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 14:14:53 -0600
- With all due respect to the amazing Mr Hylton, he missed: H Production 2006 Tom Feller Spitfire 2005 Tom Feller Spitfire 2004 Tom Feller Spitfire That's a limited-prep 1500 Spitfire. And next year th
- /html/fot/2006-12/msg00386.html (11,198 bytes)
- 5. Re: [Fot] SCCA Archives (score: 1)
- Author: "Rocky Entriken" <rocky@spitfire4.com>
- Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 16:08:13 -0600
- Uh, no -- no Triumphs won in '59. With all due respect to the amazing Mr Hylton, he missed: H Production 2006 Tom Feller Spitfire 2005 Tom Feller Spitfire 2004 Tom Feller Spitfire And Kas Kastner in
- /html/fot/2006-12/msg00391.html (8,091 bytes)
- 6. Re: [Fot] SCCA Archives (score: 1)
- Author: "Rocky Entriken" <rocky@spitfire4.com>
- Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 22:02:19 -0600
- Limited-prep Spitfire out of the West Michigan Imports shop in Grand Rapids, Mich. WMI is Duane Bailey's shop. Bailey races a GP Spitfire (like mine, going to HP in 2007). Bailey also builds my engin
- /html/fot/2006-12/msg00399.html (9,245 bytes)
- 7. Re: [Fot] Permatex Red applied to rod bolts (score: 1)
- Author: "Rocky Entriken" <rocky@spitfire4.com>
- Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2006 17:26:07 -0600
- The preferred method of applying Loctite to rod bolts -- don't. Get some ARP bolt lubricant and smear 'em with the stuff, including under the bolt head. (No, you really don't need it on the unthreade
- /html/fot/2006-12/msg00456.html (9,361 bytes)
- 8. Re: [Fot] diff (score: 1)
- Author: "Rocky Entriken" <rocky@spitfire4.com>
- Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 13:47:40 -0600
- Had the diff in my Spitfire welded up in 1990. Since then my incidence of axle breakage, which was chronic, has been reduced markedly. With the old No-Spin limited slip I'd snap off an axle once or t
- /html/fot/2007-01/msg00333.html (9,212 bytes)
- 9. Re: [Fot] New poll - head & neck restraints (score: 1)
- Author: "Rocky Entriken" <rocky@spitfire4.com>
- Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2007 17:35:42 -0600
- It is my understanding the Isaac is not legal for SCCA because it requires physically detaching it to exit the car. Too bad because I've looked at it and rather liked it -- especially the feature tha
- /html/fot/2007-02/msg00063.html (10,720 bytes)
- 10. Re: [Fot] Sit right down and relax (score: 1)
- Author: "Rocky Entriken" <rocky@spitfire4.com>
- Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2007 15:52:04 -0600
- I replaced the old bucket in my Mk. 1 Spitfire with a Kirkey several years ago. It bolts right to the floor. We actually drilled two sets of bolt holes to make it "adjustable" but once in I've never
- /html/fot/2007-02/msg00090.html (9,747 bytes)
- 11. Re: [Fot] Gear reduction starter for TR-4 (score: 1)
- Author: "Rocky Entriken" <rocky@spitfire4.com>
- Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 16:58:38 -0500
- Roger That! --Rocky Entriken _______________________________________________ http://www.team.net/donate.html Fot mailing list Fot@autox.team.net http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/fot
- /html/fot/2007-05/msg00175.html (8,401 bytes)
- 12. Re: [Fot] Window nets? (score: 1)
- Author: "Rocky Entriken" <rocky@spitfire4.com>
- Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2007 15:47:22 -0500
- Keep new rule in mind -- disconnected net must fall down, over door (not up, over roof). --Rocky Entriken _______________________________________________ http://www.team.net/donate.html Fot mailing l
- /html/fot/2007-06/msg00041.html (9,038 bytes)
- 13. Re: [Fot] Spitfire Headers (score: 1)
- Author: "Rocky Entriken" <rocky@spitfire4.com>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 18:45:11 -0500
- Dipstick -- on mine the dipstick hole is tapped for a plug with a hex head that removes with a socket or wrench. Yeah, you don't want to check oil level with the headers hot (but I've done it -- care
- /html/fot/2007-06/msg00129.html (7,096 bytes)
- 14. Re: [Fot] Scatter Shields (score: 1)
- Author: "Rocky Entriken" <rocky@spitfire4.com>
- Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2007 16:14:12 -0500
- The one in my car is the one my brother put in when he built it in 1971. The epitome of no-budget construction -- just a chunk of rubber conveyor belt bolted to the inside of the plastic aftermarket
- /html/fot/2007-07/msg00046.html (9,687 bytes)
- 15. Re: [Fot] Mystery Tonneau (score: 1)
- Author: "Rocky Entriken" <rocky@spitfire4.com>
- Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2007 19:30:13 -0500
- That's two tonneaus. The silver one is for a RHD car, the black one is for a LHD car. It looks generic enough you could probably make it fit most cars that don't have headrests on the seats. Hope it'
- /html/fot/2007-09/msg00042.html (8,384 bytes)
- 16. Re: [Fot] SCCA Roll Cage Trivia - For The Chronolically Gifted (score: 1)
- Author: "Rocky Entriken" <rocky@spitfire4.com>
- Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 04:12:01 -0500
- I think it was probably 2000. That year I went to get an annual and flunked and the front support was one of the reasons, so the tech inspector was nice enough to write nothing in my logbook. Since I
- /html/fot/2007-10/msg00186.html (8,419 bytes)
- 17. Re: [Fot] SCCA Roll Cage Trivia - For The Chronologically Gifted (score: 1)
- Author: "Rocky Entriken" <rocky@spitfire4.com>
- Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 14:52:42 -0500
- "Full Cage" in the '80s meant a four-post structure roughly approximating the A and B pillars of a passenger sedan. Usually they were, at minimum, a 6-point structure including a couple of rearward (
- /html/fot/2007-10/msg00194.html (10,987 bytes)
- 18. Re: [Fot] Who Knows This Spit Racecar? (score: 1)
- Author: "Rocky Entriken" <rocky@spitfire4.com>
- Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2007 22:08:24 -0500
- He might call my friend (and engine-builder) Duane Bailey of West Michigan Imports, who's a Spitfire racer and GingerMan is his nearest track. He'd probably know about any Spits racing in GLDiv. 616-
- /html/fot/2007-10/msg00206.html (8,481 bytes)
- 19. Re: [Fot] Racing tire pressure (score: 1)
- Author: "Rocky Entriken" <rocky@spitfire4.com>
- Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 17:59:30 -0500
- Numerous factors figure in, including corner weight. Also a factor is what you set them at cold and what they end up at hot. In my Spitfire, I set them 21F/24R for autocross, 18F/21R for racing. They
- /html/fot/2007-10/msg00330.html (9,428 bytes)
- 20. Re: [Fot] Gas Line (score: 1)
- Author: "Rocky Entriken" <rocky@spitfire4.com>
- Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 16:03:38 -0600
- When I rerouted the fuel run in my Spitfire last year. I did it with all braided lines and inside the passenger compartment along the doorsill on the passenger side. Which almost made it a straightli
- /html/fot/2007-11/msg00272.html (9,045 bytes)
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