- 161. Re: Insurance Question Revisited (score: 1)
- Author: Daniel1312@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 16:25:50 EDT
- Nice turn of opening phrase. In the UK Hegarty sells carpet cleaner - same company? I'm with you on the issue of insurance. I never bother to shop around for a cheap policy I would rather be fully c
- /html/spridgets/1999-09/msg01879.html (8,148 bytes)
- 162. Re: Anybody have a clue? (score: 1)
- Author: Daniel1312@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 16:25:48 EDT
- << I plan to do a frame-off restoration on it. >> What frame is he talking about? Daniel1312
- /html/spridgets/1999-09/msg01880.html (7,152 bytes)
- 163. Re: Fageol supercharger (score: 1)
- Author: Daniel1312@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 16:25:51 EDT
- << Thanks Chuck. I bet we all learned on this post. Anyone have thoughts as to how well (or not) it would work on a 1275? WFO Herb >> The limiting factor with many blowers is the max rpm it will run
- /html/spridgets/1999-09/msg01881.html (7,351 bytes)
- 164. Re: UPS shhhhh (score: 1)
- Author: Daniel1312@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 16:25:49 EDT
- I need more than a brake cylinder I need new dampers all round for my Sprites - I have 60 cars please send UPS - COD. Thanks Daniel1312
- /html/spridgets/1999-09/msg01882.html (7,776 bytes)
- 165. Re: Temperature Question (score: 1)
- Author: Daniel1312@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1999 16:36:40 EDT
- << And try a 15 lb cap just to see, although I don't think the cap's the problem. >> The cap pressure rating never has any effect whatsover on the temperature the cooling system runs at. What it does
- /html/spridgets/1999-06/msg00145.html (7,542 bytes)
- 166. Re: oil addatives (score: 1)
- Author: Daniel1312@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1999 16:36:55 EDT
- << As for additives . I'm of the opinion that if they were beneficial, the oil manufacturers would recognise this and put them in themselves. >> They do, at least some of them. But additives cost and
- /html/spridgets/1999-06/msg00149.html (8,651 bytes)
- 167. Silicone hose sets (score: 1)
- Author: Daniel1312@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 2 May 1999 08:50:21 EDT
- Hi List, NO DISCLAIMERS ON THIS ONE!!! David Doiron who was at Sprite Rush 98 and who has written some tech features for Rick Moses worldwide SPRITE newsletter, has been busy working on a Spridget pa
- /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg00017.html (7,454 bytes)
- 168. NEC Classic car show (score: 1)
- Author: Daniel1312@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 2 May 1999 09:36:19 EDT
- Hi list, Here in the old country we had a classic car show too! It was at the NEC in Birmingham at a big indoor exhibition centre. I had nice drive down with the top down and stuck mostly to 70mph fo
- /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg00018.html (7,592 bytes)
- 169. Re: Judson Alternative, (score: 1)
- Author: Daniel1312@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 15:43:06 EDT
- << Anybody have any experiance with these turbos? >> A few people have fitted these to Spridgets in the UK. You don't really get decent horsepower without a lot of work and when you do get decent hor
- /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg00052.html (8,097 bytes)
- 170. A+ (score: 1)
- Author: Daniel1312@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 4 May 1999 14:17:52 EDT
- << A+ motor is a later version of the A series >> Hi List, The A+ is in reality just a different block casting of the 1275 A-Series engine. Ok some of guts might be different too but should all be in
- /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg00116.html (7,207 bytes)
- 171. Re: No respect for rubber (score: 1)
- Author: Daniel1312@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 4 May 1999 15:57:04 EDT
- << but their scarf got caught on the wire wheel knock off and it choked her. (Women >> I once saw this in a TV movie and as far as I know it is based on a true story and the reason why later cars (69
- /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg00135.html (8,166 bytes)
- 172. Re: Straps For Luggage Rack (score: 1)
- Author: Daniel1312@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 4 May 1999 15:57:17 EDT
- << Since she might have a few pieces of luggage >> I bet she does - take the station wagon! Daniel1312
- /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg00136.html (7,295 bytes)
- 173. Turbo installation (score: 1)
- Author: Daniel1312@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 4 May 1999 16:18:15 EDT
- << << I've been trying to find a wrecking yard in England that would be breaking a Metro Turbo so I could get the appropriate parts and have them shipped to me in the US. >> try M&D Services, Ransom
- /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg00140.html (8,792 bytes)
- 174. Re: Heater Control Valves (score: 1)
- Author: Daniel1312@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 5 May 1999 16:26:34 EDT
- << I'm not sure that the premise that the valve being closed causes any cylinder overheating problem, at least I've never heard this before. There is still a water jacket around the last cylinder all
- /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg00198.html (9,353 bytes)
- 175. Re: Heater Control Valves (score: 1)
- Author: Daniel1312@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 6 May 1999 15:00:17 EDT
- In the UK all the Spridget racers that I can recollect don't have a fan to cool the radiator - a race car simply doesn't need one. Some block the heater take off and some don't. But what is acceptabl
- /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg00236.html (9,275 bytes)
- 176. Re: Brakes / no brakes (score: 1)
- Author: Daniel1312@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 6 May 1999 16:32:18 EDT
- << Sometimes there were brakes, and sometimes pedal goes straight to the floor >> I have known this to happen with brand new pads that had not been bedded in properly (they were also a cheap pattern
- /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg00243.html (7,301 bytes)
- 177. Re: Wire Wheels, Just "Fishin" (score: 1)
- Author: Daniel1312@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 7 May 1999 15:12:53 EDT
- << the centre-lock alloys may not be as easily installed on your Midget >> The ones on sale in the UK, but they are not a true performance wheel because the steel insert centre makes them heavy. Dani
- /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg00314.html (7,858 bytes)
- 178. Re: Radiator cap (score: 1)
- Author: Daniel1312@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 7 May 1999 15:12:50 EDT
- << > I have a vertical flow radiator on a 1275, I know the original radiator cap That is true. But the excess pressure also causes the radiator tank to swell and distort, and maybe eventually to burs
- /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg00315.html (7,673 bytes)
- 179. Re: wheels (score: 1)
- Author: Daniel1312@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 7 May 1999 15:12:57 EDT
- << If I were to replace my stock steel rims with alloys..say minilite copies would I notice any difference in the cars driveability? I saw that replacing wires with alloys gave an improvement for som
- /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg00316.html (7,680 bytes)
- 180. Re: Automotive calculations for dummies (score: 1)
- Author: Daniel1312@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 7 May 1999 15:32:47 EDT
- << 13:1! .....He wouldn't need spark plugs..but he would need 200 octane gas! There are guys in the UK who run racing Spridgets on much higher compression ratios to this on regular pump gas. Daniel13
- /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg00318.html (7,697 bytes)
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