- 1. Priorities! (score: 1)
- Author: hert@worldaccess.nl (Hert)
- Date: Thu, 19 Jun 97 13:59:08 GMT
- I'd like to use this group's collective experience and opinions in order to get some ideas on improving my '74 ex-Californian B. It's a good but not great car, with double HIFs, although there is a b
- /html/mgs/1997-06/msg00908.html (7,853 bytes)
- 2. Re: Priorities! (score: 1)
- Author: Robert Allen <boballen@sky.net>
- Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 09:39:02 -0500
- Handling: The top four things you can do for your car to improve handling are (in order of importance): LF Tire, RF Tire, LR Tire, and RR Tire. A good 'H' rated or better radial will drastically impr
- /html/mgs/1997-06/msg00912.html (8,407 bytes)
- 3. Re: Priorities! (score: 1)
- Author: Gary Burrell <garyb@pentek.com>
- Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 12:05:58 -0400
- ....... Bob addressed to a degree the handling so I'll talk a little about power. First Off I highly recomend the pamplet "Performance MGB" by Moss UK. A note on performance the first 10 % increase i
- /html/mgs/1997-06/msg00913.html (10,408 bytes)
- 4. Re: Priorities! (score: 1)
- Author: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins)
- Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 11:31:42 -0500 (CDT)
- Hadn't heard of this one. What's the best way for a North American to obtain this? One distinction which I feel needs to be made here, and for some of you it may fall into the realm of nitpicking, bu
- /html/mgs/1997-06/msg00915.html (10,644 bytes)
- 5. Re: Priorities! (score: 1)
- Author: EMILY COWEN <ecowen@cln.etc.bc.ca>
- Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 12:27:15 -0700 (PDT)
- Hi Gary Burrell!! Ok, how would we (North Americans) get our hands on it?? TTUL8r, Kirk Cowen (who's looking for up-to-date "B" tuning info)
- /html/mgs/1997-06/msg00922.html (7,706 bytes)
- 6. Re: Priorities! (score: 1)
- Author: gofastmg@juno.com (Rick Morrison)
- Date: Fri, 20 Jun 1997 23:39:31 EDT
- Immaterial; Fiction- more powerful engines make cars faster Fact - more powerful engines accerate cars quicker difference being that speed, while dependent on availible power, is also a function of g
- /html/mgs/1997-06/msg01009.html (15,530 bytes)
- 7. Re: Priorities! (score: 1)
- Author: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins)
- Date: Fri, 20 Jun 1997 23:44:32 -0500 (CDT)
- It's bordering on pedantic perhaps, but DRIVERS accelerate cars quicker. The motor just gives you the means. It's akin to the oft-abused phrase "Guns don't kill people; people kill people". I fail to
- /html/mgs/1997-06/msg01016.html (10,758 bytes)
- 8. Re: Priorities! (score: 1)
- Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
- Date: Sat, 21 Jun 1997 05:03:35 -0400
- Adding a K&N to my friends Talon turbo, along with a cold air intake, added 30 dynoed hp. I'm not so friendly with K&Ns myself though. I am not sure if they really filter the air as well as I might l
- /html/mgs/1997-06/msg01025.html (8,514 bytes)
- 9. Re: Priorities! (score: 1)
- Author: gofastmg@juno.com (Rick Morrison)
- Date: Sat, 21 Jun 1997 21:22:40 EDT
- It's not bordering on pendantic, It's well south of the border. Point being that high performance engines DO NOT equal high Speed. Gearing plays a major part in top speed. Granted the energy dissipat
- /html/mgs/1997-06/msg01054.html (14,376 bytes)
- 10. Re: Priorities! (score: 1)
- Author: EMILY COWEN <ecowen@cln.etc.bc.ca>
- Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 00:02:47 -0700 (PDT)
- Hi Rick Morrison!! Sorry, Rick, but our '73 "B" with STOCK points ignition is happily firing Bosch Platinums at app. 0.050" gap. It's a daily driver, NOT a car-port queen... and has been very reliabl
- /html/mgs/1997-06/msg01085.html (8,453 bytes)
- 11. Re: Priorities! (score: 1)
- Author: Dan Rollins <dan_rollins@technologist.com>
- Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 18:45:27 -0700
- Because it affects the emissions levels and makes it a little more bothersome (and expensive in the long run) to pass 50 state emissions? Having worked with large manufacturing corporations, often a
- /html/mgs/1997-06/msg01172.html (8,269 bytes)
- 12. Re: Priorities! (score: 1)
- Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
- Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 22:58:09 -0400
- (regarding why if the K&N was so great the manufacturing companies wouldn't install them) I might buy this... I don't buy this however. I agree 100% if it was something that doesn't affect sales, lik
- /html/mgs/1997-06/msg01180.html (8,890 bytes)
- 13. Re: Priorities! (score: 1)
- Author: gofastmg@juno.com (Rick Morrison)
- Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 22:54:31 EDT
- Point taken. You are aboslutely right, and I should have added a disclaimer regarding platinums. I can only plead to having centered on "stock" ignitions, I assumed (there's that word again!) standar
- /html/mgs/1997-06/msg01184.html (9,445 bytes)
- 14. Re: Priorities! (score: 1)
- Author: EMILY COWEN <ecowen@cln.etc.bc.ca>
- Date: Tue, 24 Jun 1997 01:09:54 -0700 (PDT)
- Hi Rick Morrison!! You might consider one of the asymmetrical point cams that BL developed for their racing program. Original cam was good to app 5500 rpm with stock points; asymetrical cam was good
- /html/mgs/1997-06/msg01212.html (8,106 bytes)
- 15. Re: Priorities! (score: 1)
- Author: gofastmg@juno.com (Rick Morrison)
- Date: Tue, 24 Jun 1997 19:12:20 EDT
- Sounds good to me. Can you tell me where I might aquire the little bugger? Or possibly a part number, or something I could track one down. Rick Morrison 72 MGBGT 74 Midget
- /html/mgs/1997-06/msg01277.html (7,677 bytes)
- 16. Re: Priorities! (score: 1)
- Author: EMILY COWEN <ecowen@cln.etc.bc.ca>
- Date: Wed, 25 Jun 1997 01:01:09 -0700 (PDT)
- Hi Rick Morrison!! Well, again I am quoting Vizard's work; he says that the assymetrical cam was introduced in the mid '70s. I've been trying to find the reference to the distributor model(s), but ha
- /html/mgs/1997-06/msg01305.html (7,790 bytes)
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