- 1. more ##Re: Vizard's latest book (score: 1)
- Author: Daniel1312@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 1 Dec 1999 15:44:03 EST
- Hi list, Vizards book is published by an English publisher and possibly printed in England (the last edition was). As soon as it is printed it is on sale in the UK but before it can go on sale in the
- /html/spridgets/1999-12/msg00050.html (7,754 bytes)
- 2. Re: Interesting item on eBay web site item#211084958: MGMidget/Sprite 5spee... (score: 1)
- Author: Daniel1312@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 1 Dec 1999 15:44:05 EST
- This sounds like the Dellow Automotive kit from Australia that uses the now very hard to find and can't get all the bits for gearbox. Daniel1312 \0/
- /html/spridgets/1999-12/msg00051.html (6,947 bytes)
- 3. Re: Library Completed (score: 1)
- Author: Daniel1312@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 1 Dec 1999 15:44:08 EST
- I wouldn't say no to a copy of this and NON-Ebay prices if anyone comes across a copy. Daniel1312 \O/ \0/ \o/ (it must be Sunday?) Floyd Clymer Austin Healey repair manual (all models!) >> I was luck
- /html/spridgets/1999-12/msg00052.html (8,070 bytes)
- 4. Re: Battery indicator warning (score: 1)
- Author: Daniel1312@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 1 Dec 1999 15:44:04 EST
- Or it hasn't cut in yet (low rpm only) << The Lucas unit is internally regulated, and the ignition light flickers because the belt is loose, or a diode is going bad.
- /html/spridgets/1999-12/msg00053.html (7,580 bytes)
- 5. Re: spark timing question (score: 1)
- Author: Daniel1312@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 1 Dec 1999 15:44:06 EST
- Any mechanical advance distributor can have the advance curve changed and there is a book on the subject 'How to build and power tune distributor type ignition systems' (www.veloce.co.uk - Speed Pro
- /html/spridgets/1999-12/msg00054.html (7,999 bytes)
- 6. Re: Interesting item on eBay web site item#211084958: MGMidget/Sprite 5spe... (score: 1)
- Author: Daniel1312@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1999 15:06:01 EST
- This is the Dellow kit and it was. Daniel1312 << My kit came from Australia and includes a Toyota/A series bellhousing. I had to have a custom made driveshaft for this kit. I think it was originally
- /html/spridgets/1999-12/msg00099.html (7,243 bytes)
- 7. Re: On another topic (score: 1)
- Author: Daniel1312@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1999 15:05:54 EST
- Pay the air fare and I'll pull engines and boxes, rebuild suspension eat the flesh of dead animals that hunters have shot but I don't like cajun food. Daniel1312
- /html/spridgets/1999-12/msg00100.html (7,855 bytes)
- 8. Re: Lucas Alternators, was Battery indicator warning (score: 1)
- Author: Daniel1312@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1999 15:05:56 EST
- All the Lucas ACR alternators look and fit pretty much the same but can vary enormously in output (I use an MGB spec on my Sprite with 160W main beam). Many years ago a friend had a mini van and when
- /html/spridgets/1999-12/msg00101.html (7,900 bytes)
- 9. Re: Electrolysis for Rust removal (score: 1)
- Author: Daniel1312@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1999 15:05:58 EST
- If your food tastes soapy and you have trouble getting your clothes clean in the wash this would indicate there is a difference. Daniel1312 << I used "washing" soda instead of baking soda - don't kno
- /html/spridgets/1999-12/msg00102.html (7,551 bytes)
- 10. Re: Reinstalling the engine (score: 1)
- Author: Daniel1312@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 3 Dec 1999 17:09:44 EST
- You are right that you would need to lift up the engine (and dent the bit that gets dented beneath the heater case) to get the pulley on again and it would also be difficult to get it torqued up. Un
- /html/spridgets/1999-12/msg00143.html (7,705 bytes)
- 11. Re: resurrection/test drive (score: 1)
- Author: Daniel1312@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 3 Dec 1999 17:09:45 EST
- A milder cam probably would help. However, the turbo itself can be 'tuned' to produce a quite different boost curve. Both of the housings and the turbines themselves can be varied to produce more or
- /html/spridgets/1999-12/msg00144.html (6,913 bytes)
- 12. Re: shorrock vs. judson? (score: 1)
- Author: Daniel1312@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 5 Dec 1999 08:16:43 EST
- Neither unit is very keen on prolonged high rpm usage and ultimately this limits power (ie a 286 cammed 1275 running at 6,500 will produce more power and can rev to 7,000 before shifting to stay in t
- /html/spridgets/1999-12/msg00197.html (8,436 bytes)
- 13. Re: carb differences? (score: 1)
- Author: Daniel1312@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 5 Dec 1999 08:16:42 EST
- Another reason to buy AND READ David Viazrds's book (the old yellow edition does cover this). The HIF carb flows more air than the HS type and is also more emissions friendly. The HIF carb comes in a
- /html/spridgets/1999-12/msg00198.html (7,023 bytes)
- 14. Re: Fuses (score: 1)
- Author: Daniel1312@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 5 Dec 1999 08:16:41 EST
- << I have used 50 amp fuses >> Me to and the fuse box melts before the fuse blows (or did I use a nail?). Daniel1312
- /html/spridgets/1999-12/msg00199.html (6,979 bytes)
- 15. Re: Daimler SP250 (Dart) question (score: 1)
- Author: Daniel1312@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 6 Dec 1999 15:32:13 EST
- I think if you looked at each car and the respective price tag it was more like Suicide by the Dart. I don't think the engine was motorcycle based but rather that turned was from a bike background as
- /html/spridgets/1999-12/msg00256.html (8,144 bytes)
- 16. Re: Turbo Bugeye (score: 1)
- Author: Daniel1312@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1999 15:10:11 EST
- MG Metro used 1.75" HIF 44 from about 98bhp up to the full race 150bhp+ Daniel1312 << Glen With so much air going through the engine wouln't a 1&1/2" or even a 1&3/4" S.U be advantageous? (I'm no exp
- /html/spridgets/1999-12/msg00601.html (8,009 bytes)
- 17. Re: HIF (non-fish) carb question (score: 1)
- Author: Daniel1312@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 16:17:49 EST
- Both and you have to watch (NON) parts interchangeability between imperial and metric HIFs. + Buy a copy of the Vizard book. Daniel1312 << Serious question... really. What exactly is the difference b
- /html/spridgets/1999-12/msg00681.html (7,494 bytes)
- 18. Re: Where I draw the line.(No ebay content) (score: 1)
- Author: Daniel1312@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1999 16:13:30 EST
- << I think round wheel arches are better. Which years were round anyway? >> My 68 Sprite is round arch for sure. Daniel1312
- /html/spridgets/1999-12/msg00719.html (8,436 bytes)
- 19. Re: Where I draw the line.(No ebay content) (score: 1)
- Author: Daniel1312@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 11:39:30 EST
- I had the round arches put on to replace the squares. Daniel1312
- /html/spridgets/1999-12/msg00741.html (8,412 bytes)
- 20. Engines running backwards (score: 1)
- Author: Daniel1312@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 17:07:28 EST
- I am not so sure about this and am too tired to think it out properly at least for now. But, I do know that it is possible for a diesel engine to run backwards (by virtue of how the fuel injection sy
- /html/spridgets/1999-12/msg00749.html (7,560 bytes)
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