- 241. DC Area Sand Blasting Media (score: 1)
- Author: "James J." <m1garand@speakeasy.net>
- Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2003 12:47:14 -0500
- Can any of the MGB folks in the Metro DC area tell me where they buy their sand-blasting media? I don't want to pay for shipping on that. Thanks. James J. /// /// mgb-v8@autox.team.net mailing list /
- /html/mgb-v8/2003-03/msg00012.html (7,923 bytes)
- 242. Rover EFI Question (score: 1)
- Author: "James J." <m1garand@speakeasy.net>
- Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2003 15:22:23 -0500
- I just bought a Land Rover EFI intake, from manifold, through trumpet stack to the plenum/throttle body. Two questions: Does anyone have a diagram (maybe from a Haynes manual) of what all the various
- /html/mgb-v8/2003-03/msg00013.html (8,407 bytes)
- 243. Re: Thermostat (score: 1)
- Author: "James J." <m1garand@speakeasy.net>
- Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2003 15:10:39 -0500
- In theory, the hotter the enigne is (relative to ambient), the more power it will produce, but I don't know that 20 deg. will make a bit of difference. On the other side, a cooler engine bay will mea
- /html/mgb-v8/2003-03/msg00015.html (9,343 bytes)
- 244. Thermo 101 and Oil question (score: 1)
- Author: "James J." <m1garand@speakeasy.net>
- Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2003 02:18:24 -0500
- Dave, and group If you re-read my post, you'll see that I mention the cooler fuel/air mixture as plus for power, so we are in violent agreement ;-) I was stating that there is a rationale for a hotte
- /html/mgb-v8/2003-03/msg00019.html (13,050 bytes)
- 245. Re: Thermo 101 and Oil question (score: 1)
- Author: "James J." <m1garand@speakeasy.net>
- Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 00:19:50 -0500
- While I don't know for certain (I'm a young whipper-snapper, so I don't remember the pre-catalyst era all that well), I think the key was in a previous e-mail response from Larry Hoy and a side-effe
- /html/mgb-v8/2003-03/msg00022.html (11,928 bytes)
- 246. Re: F-85 jetfire article (score: 1)
- Author: "James J." <m1garand@speakeasy.net>
- Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 21:38:31 -0500
- Dan is right on. Its the old "a square is always a rectangle, but a rectangle isn't always a square" argument. One is just a subset of the other. While an engine driven supercharger always draws on e
- /html/mgb-v8/2003-03/msg00039.html (8,368 bytes)
- 247. Re: Wheel offsets (score: 1)
- Author: "James J." <m1garand@speakeasy.net>
- Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 22:53:58 -0500
- While this is just heresay, as I still have my stock Rosstyles on, I believe I read that most of the interference in the front of the car is with the rim and the steering linkages and contact on the
- /html/mgb-v8/2003-03/msg00041.html (8,567 bytes)
- 248. Re: Factory 4-sp bellhousing (score: 1)
- Author: "James J." <m1garand@speakeasy.net>
- Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2003 15:10:06 -0500
- One thing we should find out is if the bellhousing was ever heat-treated for strength. I don't know if the OEM units were or weren't. Regardless, the temperatures involved in welding aluminum will k
- /html/mgb-v8/2003-03/msg00045.html (10,388 bytes)
- 249. Rover prep work and block weaknesses (score: 1)
- Author: "James J." <m1garand@speakeasy.net>
- Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 00:16:24 -0500
- I just received my shiny (almost) new Rover 3.9 bare-block from Dan LaGrou. I must say his machinist does great work, and it's a pleasure working with Dan, as usual. Unfortunately my experiences wit
- /html/mgb-v8/2003-03/msg00050.html (8,850 bytes)
- 250. Re: Lancia Fulvia 3 (score: 1)
- Author: "James J." <m1garand@speakeasy.net>
- Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 14:43:25 -0500
- Fulvia? is that a car or a body-part? /// /// mgb-v8@autox.team.net mailing list /// Send admin requests to majordomo@autox.team.net /// Send list postings to mgb-v8@autox.team.net /// Edit your repl
- /html/mgb-v8/2003-03/msg00060.html (6,832 bytes)
- 251. Main and Rod bearing clearances (score: 1)
- Author: "James J." <m1garand@speakeasy.net>
- Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 17:19:48 -0500
- I'm about to send my Buick 300 crank out for machine work, and get the journals turned down to fit a 3.9 block. I believe that I've read that I should have between 0.001" and 0.0015" clearance betwe
- /html/mgb-v8/2003-02/msg00081.html (8,031 bytes)
- 252. Re: Tubular cross members (score: 1)
- Author: "James J." <m1garand@speakeasy.net>
- Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 21:43:47 -0500
- Larry, et al... One side note, The BMH group does still manufacture and sell the MG RV8 crossmember in the US through Moss and The Roadster Factory (about $3000.00, I think). At least two commercial
- /html/mgb-v8/2003-02/msg00084.html (9,544 bytes)
- 253. Re: TUBULAR CROSS-MEMBER CLARIFICATION (score: 1)
- Author: "James J." <m1garand@speakeasy.net>
- Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 22:46:10 -0500
- That's pretty light. Lighter than the cast-iron head on the 1800cc motor, about the same weight as a Ford 302 aluminum head, and only a few pounds heavier than a B.O.P/R head. Not alot of room for im
- /html/mgb-v8/2003-02/msg00087.html (8,068 bytes)
- 254. Re: Tubular cross members (score: 1)
- Author: m1garand <m1garand@speakeasy.net>
- Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 00:28:33 -0500
- The only problem, that I see with the modern mustang parts, is that the Fox-bodied mustangs have a MacPhereson Strut front suspension, and therefore have no upper a-arm, and I don't know if the hubs
- /html/mgb-v8/2003-02/msg00089.html (7,690 bytes)
- 255. Re: Sweatshirts - two left (score: 1)
- Author: "James J." <m1garand@speakeasy.net>
- Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 12:05:14 -0500
- Only because our beef is better, then again it helps that our cows aren't mad either.... ;-) Moooooooo! Moooooooo! Mooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! James J. (Size 38 waist, 46 chest and green eyes to di
- /html/mgb-v8/2003-02/msg00093.html (7,711 bytes)
- 256. test, e-mail notice, and suspension question (score: 1)
- Author: "James J." <m1garand@speakeasy.net>
- Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2003 19:25:15 -0500
- First, to my DC area friends, my e-mail is now m1garand@speakeasy.net now that DirecTV has shut down their DSL service. Now to the group: (and answer me directly if you think it is off-topic enough t
- /html/mgb-v8/2003-01/msg00019.html (10,639 bytes)
- 257. Re: test, e-mail notice, and suspension question (score: 1)
- Author: "James J." <m1garand@speakeasy.net>
- Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 00:01:59 -0500
- Thanks for the reply. The upper arms wouldn't have to be considerably "longer", per say (or at least there length projected against the horizon wouldn't have to be longer (go tell your old math teac
- /html/mgb-v8/2003-01/msg00021.html (14,940 bytes)
- 258. Re: test, e-mail notice, and suspension question (score: 1)
- Author: "James J." <m1garand@speakeasy.net>
- Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 19:17:06 -0500
- Calc III, huh? Are you doing Fourier Series? What are you majoring in? I got my B.S. and M.S. in Mech. E, but the Air Force has turned me into a generalist and a manager. These projects are the only
- /html/mgb-v8/2003-01/msg00023.html (9,161 bytes)
- 259. Re: Heat and hot stuff (score: 1)
- Author: James Jewell <m1garand@speakeasy.net>
- Date: Tue, 08 May 2007 22:22:50 -0400
- Based on Des Hamil's Rover V8 book (How to power tune...), the answer is: it depends. If you have a 3.5L, you are probably good to go to nearly any reasonable core temp. IF you have a 3.9 or 4.2, yo
- /html/mgb-v8/2007-05/msg00003.html (8,015 bytes)
- 260. Re: Front X member (score: 1)
- Author: James Jewell <m1garand@speakeasy.net>
- Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 19:22:50 -0400
- The x-member is definitely over-engineered, and people have often modified it to accept the front-sump pans on Ford engines, but I would have to definitely recommend against simply "cutting into it"
- /html/mgb-v8/2007-05/msg00008.html (6,984 bytes)
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