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101. Re:Any MGC owners? (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 16:09:45 EDT; Any MGC owners? Yup - two of us anyway.... Bill Check out the new British Cars Forum: http://www.team.net/the-local/tiki-view_forum.php?forumId=8; /html/mgs/2004-08/msg00408.html (6,509 bytes)
102. You may have seen this before.... (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 16:00:45 EDT; SU carburettor functional explanation101: The basic secret of carb function is that inside each carb are thousands of tiny gnomes; each with a small bucket. As you open the throttle, more of these gn; /html/mgs/2004-08/msg00478.html (8,875 bytes)
103. Re: Datsun B (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 19:31:01 EDT; Don't think too hard on this. The fairlady came out in 1962. The MGB came out in 1963. Who copied who?? ____________________________________ Datsun copied the British car - as they had been doing sin; /html/mgs/2004-08/msg00482.html (7,802 bytes)
104. Re:Your OTHER cars (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2004 19:57:00 EDT; We currently have too many 'other' cars. 94 Chrysler Minivan (SWMBO's car and useful parts-getter) 88 Fiero (my daily driver, 300 bhp turbo) 1958 MGA Twincam (race car) 1963 TVR Grantura Mk. 3 (race; /html/mgs/2004-07/msg00088.html (8,777 bytes)
105. Re:Your OTHER cars (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2004 09:51:33 EDT; the original Lamborghini Countach (the LP400; before they put scoops and wings all over it -- just a simple wedge shape; as radical a design statement as Figoni Falaschi were half a century earlier),; /html/mgs/2004-07/msg00150.html (8,873 bytes)
106. Re: Your OTHER cars (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2004 22:13:33 EDT; Yes. Rode in one last spring. I have to exclaim, and I have been in MANY exotic cars, that the LP400 sounds better than ANY other car I have ever experienced. There is just something special about a; /html/mgs/2004-07/msg00175.html (10,407 bytes)
107. Re:Wires vs. Disc (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2004 13:31:23 EDT; They were lighter, yes, but the other big big point was their stiffness. With wire wheels, the spokes would be loose after a race. We increased the number, and that helped, but even then the odd one; /html/mgs/2004-07/msg00208.html (7,493 bytes)
108. Re:Your OTHER cars (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 16:49:57 EDT; Either a Jensen Interceptor, or an Aston Martin V8. Ah - a man of taste - or money, for the latter choice. I used to know a guy with an AM V-8 and teased him about the fact that my Interceptor was as; /html/mgs/2004-07/msg00458.html (7,520 bytes)
109. Re: Photos (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2004 10:40:37 EDT; I was going through my box of old photos trying to find a specific picture for someone and ended up scanning a few and updating a page where I keep car photos. There are some new MG pics at _http://w; /html/mgs/2004-07/msg00481.html (6,614 bytes)
110. Re: Photos (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2004 11:39:56 EDT; Neat pictures, I do have one question about the Miata twincam. I know it isn't your car but... Why would you go through the trouble to put a cold air induction kit onto an engine and then install the; /html/mgs/2004-07/msg00485.html (7,045 bytes)
111. Re: Oil for Overdrive Transmission (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 13:09:44 EDT; Synthetic oil may work on the street - I have heard people say so - but it does not work in racing. You will burn the clutch facings out. I have no experience with the synthetics that are not suppose; /html/mgs/2004-07/msg00508.html (8,711 bytes)
112. Re: Oil for Overdrive Transmission (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 20:07:23 EDT; Couldn't you put in 20W-40 when racing and have the OD working immediately, then still have 40 weight when things are thoroughly heated up? I prefer straight weights in the gearbox. Multigrade seems; /html/mgs/2004-07/msg00522.html (8,630 bytes)
113. Re: TVR (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2004 13:34:26 EDT; And for even more relevant LBC content, TVR have used both MG and Triumph drivetrains in the past (just ask Bill Spoon what is under the bonnet of his TVR). Here you go: _http://www.rhodo.citymax.com; /html/mgs/2004-07/msg00657.html (6,982 bytes)
114. Speedo Right Angle Drive (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2004 18:02:18 EDT; Here's a question - is there such a thing as lubricating these and if so, I suppose you can try and get some oil to seep in from either end, or remove the screw, (that holds the spigot that goes into; /html/mgs/2004-07/msg00658.html (6,847 bytes)
115. Re: MGC (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2004 10:40:01 EDT; A triple SU set-up makes a sensible conversion for a C on the street - the Webers are overkill and most people don't build the enignes with suitable cam timing and compression to really take advantag; /html/mgs/2004-06/msg00090.html (6,541 bytes)
116. Re: Freeze Plugs (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2004 15:17:09 EDT; My question now is: When I replace the freeze plug, should I just do it according to the manual, using a standard plug peened into place, or should I fasten it in with a screw retainer as has been re; /html/mgs/2004-06/msg00168.html (7,983 bytes)
117. Re: Re: Rubber to Chrome (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 11:45:22 EDT; Is it just me, or does that V6 conversion hooded GT at the bottom of the page look like a Chevy Vega? Sort of. It is also an example of backward looking conversions. If you are going to put a more mo; /html/mgs/2004-06/msg00537.html (7,836 bytes)
118. Re: Rear Discs (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Fri, 7 May 2004 14:26:58 EDT; The jury is still out on the rear discs but as I said, they came with the rear axle that came with the diff... so I put them all on! I am still trying to fiddle with decent tyres and with the plumbin; /html/mgs/2004-05/msg00127.html (8,046 bytes)
119. Re: Petrol pricing (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Fri, 7 May 2004 14:30:55 EDT; Actually, rounded off, a US gallon is 3.785 litres. Yup, and rumour has it that isn't ALL that is smaller in the US, compared to those of us in the Colonies....;-) Bill in BC, where men are men and g; /html/mgs/2004-05/msg00128.html (6,497 bytes)
120. Re: Wire Wheels (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Wed, 12 May 2004 09:36:37 EDT; Another interesting note on wire wheels is that since they flex, there is less shock to the transmission system. I reached this conclusion when looking through piles of MGB tube axle assemblies and f; /html/mgs/2004-05/msg00235.html (7,654 bytes)

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