- 1. Re: Automobile future, was FW: 2022 (score: 1)
- Author: EMILY COWEN <ecowen@cln.etc.bc.ca>
- Date: Mon, 30 Jun 1997 23:36:45 -0700 (PDT)
- Hi Q!! Not a chance at this stage in its' development!! This is definitly "old fart" country. On average, young pups don't have the disposable income. Not old wives tales, but a demo to attract ventu
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg00000.html (7,594 bytes)
- 2. Re: Hot MGB's (score: 1)
- Author: EMILY COWEN <ecowen@cln.etc.bc.ca>
- Date: Mon, 30 Jun 1997 23:47:38 -0700 (PDT)
- Hi Jack Emery!! I don't know the Pertronix set-up, but a friend's S-10 ignition module died, and when we went to change it out, we found that it had almost no heat sink compound underneath it. The mo
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg00001.html (6,853 bytes)
- 3. Re: FW: 2022 (score: 1)
- Author: EMILY COWEN <ecowen@cln.etc.bc.ca>
- Date: Tue, 1 Jul 1997 00:13:54 -0700 (PDT)
- Hi Q!! The guy we bought the '71 GT windshield from had an early midget, and told us he used it for Gymkanas, which I think you call Autocrosses. He told us the Spriget platform was a lot faster than
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg00002.html (7,720 bytes)
- 4. Re: wiring techniques (score: 1)
- Author: EMILY COWEN <ecowen@cln.etc.bc.ca>
- Date: Tue, 1 Jul 1997 00:30:00 -0700 (PDT)
- Hi Dan Masters!! You hit all the important points, and did a lot better job of it than I could. TTUL8r, Kirk Cowen (who hasn't tried the lead-less solder yet)
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg00004.html (6,900 bytes)
- 5. Re: your mail (score: 1)
- Author: EMILY COWEN <ecowen@cln.etc.bc.ca>
- Date: Tue, 1 Jul 1997 00:54:11 -0700 (PDT)
- Hi Greg Baker!! What engine are you working on?? Vizard's dyno testing has shown that polishing an "A"series head is counterproductive (waste of time). You have to assume that the same thing goes for
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg00005.html (8,583 bytes)
- 6. Re: your mail (score: 1)
- Author: ecowen@cln.etc.bc.ca
- Date: 1 Jul 1997 03:58:02 EST
- --< COMMENTS BY Monadnoc >-- I would like to 2nd the comments by Kirk on the 1/4" die grinder...we have dozens of 'em in the welding shop and the best bet is to make sure you can keep the tool runnin
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg00031.html (9,342 bytes)
- 7. Re: FW: 2022 (score: 1)
- Author: EMILY COWEN <ecowen@cln.etc.bc.ca>
- Date: Wed, 2 Jul 1997 10:58:42 -0700 (PDT)
- Hi Q!! You neglected to mention the 357 magnum, and quick load magazines with hollow point "HydroShocks"... up on the roll bar in a quick draw holster?? "Aint no M/F Beemer gonna cut ME off in my lit
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg00082.html (7,452 bytes)
- 8. Re: 6V battery (score: 1)
- Author: EMILY COWEN <ecowen@cln.etc.bc.ca>
- Date: Wed, 2 Jul 1997 11:02:35 -0700 (PDT)
- Hi Edwin Vaughan!! ^^^^^^^^^^^^ You could try the Triumph newslist... TTUL8r, Kirk Cowen (who's gotta admit he likes the Tr's wet liners)
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg00084.html (7,536 bytes)
- 9. Re: Alloy valve covers (score: 1)
- Author: EMILY COWEN <ecowen@cln.etc.bc.ca>
- Date: Wed, 2 Jul 1997 11:07:54 -0700 (PDT)
- Hi Todd Mullins!! Todd, if you enlarge the orifice, you upset the air mixture in the carbs at idle. Try taking the top off the oil fill hole, and you'll see what I mean. TTYL8r, Kirk Cowen (who just
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg00085.html (7,397 bytes)
- 10. Re: Our Cars Being Shipped Off? What? (score: 1)
- Author: EMILY COWEN <ecowen@cln.etc.bc.ca>
- Date: Thu, 3 Jul 1997 01:13:10 -0700 (PDT)
- Hi Kai Radicke!! Don't let him kid you Kai, he's a member of the Continuum, disguised as Dogbert... TTUL8r, Kirk Cowen (who just finished having to push his nephew's 5 litre out of Grandma's carport:
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg00121.html (8,211 bytes)
- 11. Re: 62 948 slave on 69 1275 tranny = Good Idea? (score: 1)
- Author: EMILY COWEN <ecowen@cln.etc.bc.ca>
- Date: Thu, 3 Jul 1997 01:25:17 -0700 (PDT)
- Hi Q!! Nope, it's not. The 948 used a SMALLER, LIGHTER SPRING PRESSURE clutch pressure plate than the 1275. You need the mechanical advantage of the larger bore to overcome the increased spring resis
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg00122.html (7,789 bytes)
- 12. Re: Canada Day (score: 1)
- Author: EMILY COWEN <ecowen@cln.etc.bc.ca>
- Date: Thu, 3 Jul 1997 02:27:45 -0700 (PDT)
- Hi Steve Byers!! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Hold on thar, I'm sure that all those members east of the Rockies are into spring breakup by now. Thanks!! 1867 to 1997. Here's hoping for another 130 years. TTUL
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg00124.html (7,022 bytes)
- 13. Re: FW: 2022 (score: 1)
- Author: EMILY COWEN <ecowen@cln.etc.bc.ca>
- Date: Thu, 3 Jul 1997 02:49:14 -0700 (PDT)
- Hi W.R.Gibbons!! Well now, when I told my son about this interesting thread, and where it led, he gave ME a blank look, and said "Maybe he didn't have a 7/16 wrench handy. You can make a 10 mm fit."
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg00125.html (7,389 bytes)
- 14. Re: Performance (score: 1)
- Author: EMILY COWEN <ecowen@cln.etc.bc.ca>
- Date: Thu, 3 Jul 1997 03:23:54 -0700 (PDT)
- Hi Bill Eastman!! Yes, but go up against another "A", and I guarrantee you'll be happy with the little old 9 hp gain... One of the reasons is spark timing variation (scatter) due to point bounce, amo
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg00126.html (9,302 bytes)
- 15. Re: Do NOT fuse headlight circuits!!!! (score: 1)
- Author: EMILY COWEN <ecowen@cln.etc.bc.ca>
- Date: Thu, 3 Jul 1997 03:39:10 -0700 (PDT)
- Hi Larry Macy!! "Hey, open up!! It's me, Dave." "uh, Dave's not here." We dug out our "Cheech and Chong's Greatest" CD, and played it while we worked on the mga conversion. I spelled Seargent Stadank
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg00127.html (7,017 bytes)
- 16. Re: Canada Day (score: 1)
- Author: ecowen@cln.etc.bc.ca
- Date: 3 Jul 1997 05:31:20 EST
- --< COMMENTS BY Monadnoc >-- And for all those who thought it was "North" to Canada, well there are 26 US states that have territory that is farther north than the southern most point of Canada. So n
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg00131.html (7,611 bytes)
- 17. Re: Our Cars ... OUR CARS??? Get out of here!!! (score: 1)
- Author: EMILY COWEN <ecowen@cln.etc.bc.ca>
- Date: Thu, 3 Jul 1997 10:22:28 -0700 (PDT)
- Hi Peter den Hertog!! I see from your addy. that you're from Holland. Is any work being done on "B" series engine tuning, cross flow heads, special manifolds, etc. in Holland, or on the continent (Ge
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg00145.html (7,845 bytes)
- 18. the power of the pen... (score: 1)
- Author: EMILY COWEN <ecowen@cln.etc.bc.ca>
- Date: Thu, 3 Jul 1997 11:11:56 -0700 (PDT)
- Hi All!! Wow, I've seen Bob Allen's ramblings reduce grown men's responses to mindless, incoherent, gruntings, but I never anticipated having a touch of the power myself. TTUL8r, Kirk Cowen (who hasn
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg00149.html (6,513 bytes)
- 19. RE: Performance (score: 1)
- Author: EMILY COWEN <ecowen@cln.etc.bc.ca>
- Date: Thu, 3 Jul 1997 11:23:20 -0700 (PDT)
- Hi Jay!! Because the head restricts the breathing ability of the engine. It doesn't really show up until you get to the larger sizes; 1800 or the big bore sizes (1900, 1950, etc.) The 1800's head was
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg00150.html (7,456 bytes)
- 20. lost gateway... (score: 1)
- Author: EMILY COWEN <ecowen@cln.etc.bc.ca>
- Date: Fri, 25 Jul 1997 00:19:39 -0700 (PDT)
- Hi All!! Just a note to anyone posting/replying to me, I've lost my gateway for the summer (maybe), and had to Telnet to my E-mail from GEnie. IF I can figure out some rather arcane Unix commands, an
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg01467.html (8,147 bytes)
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