- 1. Re: [Spits] Tire Pressure (score: 1)
- Author: "Nolan" <foxtrapper@aceweb.com>
- Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2007 05:29:30 -0400
- 26/22 Front/rear. _______________________________________________ Spitfires mailing list Spitfires@autox.team.net http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spitfires
- /html/spitfires/2007-08/msg00008.html (7,853 bytes)
- 2. Re: [Spits] Messages from non list members? (score: 1)
- Author: "Nolan" <foxtrapper@aceweb.com>
- Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 13:47:05 -0400
- Look at the "To" list of this message. It's to the triumphs group and to your web address. All I did was reply to all senders. So your address is going out in the header from the list, and any spam-b
- /html/spitfires/2007-08/msg00029.html (8,053 bytes)
- 3. Re: [Spits] fan clutch (score: 1)
- Author: "Nolan" <foxtrapper@aceweb.com>
- Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 05:54:07 -0400
- The fan clutch is a bit of both. It reacts both to rpm and to temperature, hoping to achieve the good effect of pulling air through the radiator only when it needs to. Failure of the units is usually
- /html/spitfires/2007-08/msg00048.html (8,941 bytes)
- 4. Re: [Spits] Outer doorglass weatherstrips - anyone have an (score: 1)
- Author: "Nolan" <foxtrapper@aceweb.com>
- Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2007 05:42:25 -0400
- No way are they made on the original tooling, nor are they a very convincing copy of the original. I am talking about the seals sold by TRF, I do not know about others. The reproduction seals are squ
- /html/spitfires/2007-10/msg00009.html (9,198 bytes)
- 5. Re: [Spits] Tire size revisited (score: 1)
- Author: "Nolan" <foxtrapper@aceweb.com>
- Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 13:08:31 -0400
- I've got some 185/60-13's on TR7 5.5" rims under one of my 1980 Spitfires with no rubbing. But understand, offset is everything. A 2" wide wheel will rub if the offset is wrong enough. If this is for
- /html/spitfires/2007-10/msg00046.html (8,050 bytes)
- 6. Re: [Spits] Gas Prices (score: 1)
- Author: "Nolan" <foxtrapper@aceweb.com>
- Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2007 11:42:46 -0500
- Try getting in a crash in one of those little China made fuel efficient cars, then tell me what you think. A *big* part of the reason cars in America don't get as good a gas mileage is because they a
- /html/spitfires/2007-11/msg00006.html (7,598 bytes)
- 7. Re: [Spits] [TR] Over Drive Question ???? (score: 1)
- Author: "Nolan" <foxtrapper@aceweb.com>
- Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 05:38:13 -0500
- Not really. The petite Spitfire engine will not overstress the Laycock overdrive. Laycock designed it to sit behind much more powerful engines than even the most heavily modified Spitfire engine. In
- /html/spitfires/2007-11/msg00095.html (8,298 bytes)
- 8. Re: [Spits] Front swaybar (score: 1)
- Author: "foxtrapper@aceweb.com" <foxtrapper@aceweb.com>
- Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2007 17:50:07 -0800
- Increasing front roll stiffness primarily creates two different events. The end result is the combined effect of these two events. The first is to reduce body roll. This is a good thing. When the bod
- /html/spitfires/2007-12/msg00020.html (9,289 bytes)
- 9. Re: [Spits] Softer than stock front springs (score: 1)
- Author: "foxtrapper@aceweb.com" <foxtrapper@aceweb.com>
- Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2007 15:07:54 -0800
- No, a 2" reduction in coil length will not inherently result in a 2" drop in the cars height. That only works out so simply in a mcpherson strut where the spring is straight up and down at the end of
- /html/spitfires/2007-12/msg00026.html (8,138 bytes)
- 10. Re: [Spits] Front swaybar (score: 1)
- Author: "foxtrapper@aceweb.com" <foxtrapper@aceweb.com>
- Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2007 15:11:57 -0800
- That is the one I was thinking of when I wrote that it works real well, as evidenced by its use on virtually every racing model on the track, yes. The first paragraphs though apply to any vehicle. I
- /html/spitfires/2007-12/msg00027.html (8,206 bytes)
- 11. Re: [Spits] 1980 Bumper Conversion (score: 1)
- Author: "Nolan" <foxtrapper@aceweb.com>
- Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2008 08:27:11 -0500
- You can notch the triangular piece in back of the big plate in order to fit the bumper behind it. It's a tight fit. I did it at first, but don't recommend it. No overriders fit this way. Next up is t
- /html/spitfires/2008-01/msg00002.html (8,022 bytes)
- 12. Re: [Spits] [TR] [6pack] Emissions in the future-is retrofitting (score: 1)
- Author: "Nolan" <foxtrapper@aceweb.com>
- Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2008 08:48:49 -0500
- Huh, wonder which things SEMA is claiming victory on in Maryland. We had a bill (HB1267) to allow cars 25 years old and more to be exempted from testing. Current law requires testing for anything aft
- /html/spitfires/2008-01/msg00003.html (8,390 bytes)
- 13. Re: [Spits] Timing chain cover nut (score: 1)
- Author: "Nolan" <foxtrapper@aceweb.com>
- Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 05:39:40 -0500
- Use a 3/4" drive breaker bar. A 1/2" flexes so much that it doesn't do nearly as good a job at removing the nut. Don't try to use the parking brake or such, there's way to much flex and wrap up. You
- /html/spitfires/2008-01/msg00012.html (8,445 bytes)
- 14. Re: [Spits] Spitfire Leg Room (score: 1)
- Author: "Nolan" <foxtrapper@aceweb.com>
- Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 06:01:12 -0400
- Some short legged drivers find it uncomfortable on the highway as well. Most of it from my observation of my own discomfort seems to do with the leg being twisted outwards. The stock knee bolster jus
- /html/spitfires/2008-03/msg00047.html (10,725 bytes)
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