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181. Re: MORE Shameless Self Promotion (score: 1)
Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2003 14:18:20 EDT
Whoa, David - centrefolds with midgets? What happened to our family rating?? Bill /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive
/html/mgs/2003-08/msg00054.html (6,604 bytes)

182. Re: Roller Throw Out Bearings (score: 1)
Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2003 10:16:29 EDT
Real world - a friend sold carbon faced bearings for 30 years and never had a come-back. He sold a few roller bearings and had a very high rate of come-backs. Short answer - why bother? The carbon fa
/html/mgs/2003-08/msg00159.html (8,418 bytes)

183. Re: Roller Throw Out Bearings (score: 1)
Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2003 10:23:10 EDT
Oh yes - Kelvin, the main reason that the roller bearings came to grief was that no matter how much you told the people you sold them to that they needed to install a return spring to keep the bearin
/html/mgs/2003-08/msg00161.html (8,520 bytes)

184. Re: Alpine Harrington (score: 1)
Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2003 10:39:49 EDT
A friend of mine owns one of these - I figured that he had some long forgotten urge to own a slant-back Barracuda or something. Rare, unusual, even heavier than the already portly regular alpine, and
/html/mgs/2003-08/msg00163.html (9,050 bytes)

185. MGC Tires (score: 1)
Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2003 00:22:42 EDT
What are people using for 15" tires these days? I need to replace some 185 x 70 15" on 5.5" wire wheels on the MGC, and there doesn't seem to be much out there. Bill /// or try http://www.team.net/cg
/html/mgs/2003-08/msg00185.html (6,453 bytes)

186. Re: MGC Tires (score: 1)
Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2003 09:43:27 EDT
Yes, the 165 x 15 are always an option. I wanted to find suitably rated tires, though. This particular MGC tops out around 130 mph, and while the chances of doing much high speed work is small, I hat
/html/mgs/2003-08/msg00188.html (7,728 bytes)

187. Re: Why would I like to buy a MGC (score: 1)
Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 20:14:16 EDT
On the MGC is relatively easy to tune the supension to get decent handling. It is also fairly easy to improve the power. I use a sorted MGC with around 175 bhp and an honest 130 mph top end, and it i
/html/mgs/2003-08/msg00241.html (9,522 bytes)

188. The After-Market (score: 1)
Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 18:49:50 -0400
I have been doing something that I normally assiduously avoid - perusing parts I avoid it, because I find it either boring or tempting. I've been doing it because I have resurrected an MGC from hiber
/html/mgs/2003-08/msg00277.html (9,569 bytes)

189. Re: The After-Market (score: 1)
Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 19:24:25 -0400
As long as you aren't looking for major castings and what-not, there really isn't a big problem. Half the time you have to educate the partsmen - a lot of the brake system, for instance, is interchan
/html/mgs/2003-08/msg00281.html (8,959 bytes)

190. Re: The After-Market (score: 1)
Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 20:23:54 EDT
All you need for the suspension is a heavier front sway bar and decent shocks. If the regular guys don't offer them, Addco still supplies the bar - Part no. 845. I use Konis on the front, but Spax or
/html/mgs/2003-08/msg00285.html (8,449 bytes)

191. Re: The After-Market (score: 1)
Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 20:18:26 EDT
Seems to me that was the only way we got Twincam parts into the catalogue - an owner in the company ;-) Yes - and as I've pointed out before, there would be no point in you guys offering a really goo
/html/mgs/2003-08/msg00286.html (9,782 bytes)

192. Re: The After-Market (score: 1)
Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 21:34:42 EDT
Paul, your statement is in line with accepted gospel for nose heavy understeering cars. BUT - the MGC is a bit of a special case - the front wheel tends to fold under in really hard cornering, losing
/html/mgs/2003-08/msg00288.html (8,986 bytes)

193. Re: The After-Market (score: 1)
Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 21:56:15 EDT
Easy to tell - check your closet for Mallory dual point(less) distributors, Weber DGV carbs, silly-assed badly designed front tube shock conversions (the kit sold by Moss is not one of these - it is
/html/mgs/2003-08/msg00291.html (8,927 bytes)

194. Re: Why buy and MGC? (score: 1)
Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 09:36:14 EDT
I disagree. First, the Healey put out 150 bhp. The MGC puts out 145 bhp, and it uses twin 1 3/4" carbs instead of twin 2" carbs - no big surprise. The engine also has additional main bearings which m
/html/mgs/2003-08/msg00326.html (7,883 bytes)

195. Re:The After-Market (score: 1)
Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 09:40:40 EDT
The MGC isn't the only example of poor choices in suspension, made by BLMC. Look at an original TR-4A through TR-6 some time - the soft rear spring rates chosen to coddle delicate passengers means th
/html/mgs/2003-08/msg00327.html (8,444 bytes)

196. Re: The After-Market (score: 1)
Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2003 10:38:24 EDT
All the Jaguar sports models also used torsion bars - nothing at all inherently problematic about that method of springing. Bill /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http:
/html/mgs/2003-08/msg00418.html (7,780 bytes)

197. MGCeeing (score: 1)
Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2003 11:51:00 EDT
I've been out and about with the C a bit lately. A couple of things come to my attention (other than the exhaust note, which is brutally loud - must figure out how to add a tip resonator or something
/html/mgs/2003-08/msg00422.html (9,829 bytes)

198. Re: MGCeeing (score: 1)
Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 00:35:15 EDT
I did replace the rubber diaphragms, Max, as they were rotten, but the foam is original. Not sure why the seats seem so bloody high! Bill /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives
/html/mgs/2003-08/msg00444.html (7,128 bytes)

199. Re: airbox design (score: 1)
Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 09:31:35 EDT
Max, the trailing edge of the bonnet is a high pressure area as long as the windshiled is in place, and the flow might actually be IN rather than out. I think that the V-8 conversions look a lot bett
/html/mgs/2003-08/msg00508.html (7,334 bytes)

200. Re: MGB Front Springs (score: 1)
Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2003 09:52:26 EDT
Using lower springs to drop the ride height of a car is like having someone step on your toe to take your mind off a toothache - it works, but it causes other problems. When you simply drop the car b
/html/mgs/2003-08/msg00537.html (9,382 bytes)


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