- 281. Re: Engine Spec advise wanted (score: 1)
- Author: Daniel1312@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 17:47:54 EDT
- << Kevin >> I would decide at the outset what the absolute top speed you plan to use will be, ie 100mph, 110mph, 120 mph (any more is expensive). Establish what gearing the car has and then from ther
- /html/spridgets/1999-04/msg00914.html (8,923 bytes)
- 282. Lucas Fault diagnosis - book (score: 1)
- Author: Daniel1312@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 19:59:46 EDT
- Hi List, I see in the VB catalogue a book - Lucas Fault Diagnosis Service Manual. Does anyone have a copy, is it any good? Daniel1312
- /html/spridgets/1999-04/msg00919.html (6,667 bytes)
- 283. Re: Ist autocross with spridget...need help (score: 1)
- Author: Daniel1312@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 14:09:38 EDT
- << or a tiny (34 or 36) Weber send me a mail...lets talk. :) You don't need a small Weber. A 45 DCOE with small chokes will achieve the same thing - the range is from 32mm to 40mm. Daniel1312
- /html/spridgets/1999-04/msg01011.html (7,079 bytes)
- 284. Re: Privatization-NOT (score: 1)
- Author: Daniel1312@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 14:44:14 EDT
- Hi list and postal people, After reading all your 'posts' (at least 20) about the USPS & stuff I just have to say that you are ALL WRONG. The Royal Mail is the best and Parcelforce is pretty useless
- /html/spridgets/1999-04/msg01013.html (8,439 bytes)
- 285. Re: kaput! (score: 1)
- Author: Daniel1312@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 16:37:52 EDT
- << (To our friends in the UK, please correct me if I am incorrect in my British phraseology >> jiggered, knackered, tits up, u/s, bust, just plain .............
- /html/spridgets/1999-04/msg01211.html (8,053 bytes)
- 286. Re: Aluminum Head (score: 1)
- Author: Daniel1312@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 16:37:44 EDT
- << Does anyone know where and by whom the A-Series aluminum head is manufactured? Secondly, will it accept the large valves as will the 12G 940 head? Seen any flow test or know about its capacity? Ar
- /html/spridgets/1999-04/msg01212.html (7,857 bytes)
- 287. Re: blowers (score: 1)
- Author: Daniel1312@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 16:37:57 EDT
- << On the 1275 the oil separator will interfere with the Judson drive belt so it has to go. >> Hi Mark, list The side of the engine block can be drilled and tapped for a breather. Also, you can run a
- /html/spridgets/1999-04/msg01213.html (8,499 bytes)
- 288. Revs was Re: Bugeye Transmission broke! (score: 1)
- Author: Daniel1312@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 16:59:14 EDT
- << Is it these little cars nature to enjoy these rpms as much as Cosmo does? >> In England when these cars were first built all engine sizes were small and the engines needed to be revved. Typical am
- /html/spridgets/1999-04/msg01292.html (7,086 bytes)
- 289. Re: kaput! (score: 1)
- Author: Daniel1312@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 16:59:00 EDT
- << "Spotted Dick"? >> In England this is a kind of pudding you eat. Daniel1312
- /html/spridgets/1999-04/msg01293.html (8,509 bytes)
- 290. gearboxes was Re: kaput! (score: 1)
- Author: Daniel1312@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 09:43:49 EDT
- << but in twenty years time will you be able to get parts for the Datsun gearbox as you can for the Sprite today? >> Probably not, certainly anyone with a Toyota box in the UK is already beginning to
- /html/spridgets/1999-04/msg01356.html (6,765 bytes)
- 291. Re: kaput! (score: 1)
- Author: Daniel1312@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 17:47:30 EDT
- << > I wave as I pass them at 90 mph just before I drop it in to 5-gear. That was you??? Well unless you were on vacation in the UK when it might have been me. Daniel1312
- /html/spridgets/1999-04/msg01381.html (7,887 bytes)
- 292. Re: Wandering speedo (score: 1)
- Author: Daniel1312@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 17:47:26 EDT
- << The electric tach is steady, but as it warms up the reading goes up, until it might be idling at "4000 RPM". I'm hoping that cleaning and tightening the electrical connections will help this one.
- /html/spridgets/1999-04/msg01383.html (7,280 bytes)
- 293. Re: Radio Noise (score: 1)
- Author: Daniel1312@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 17:47:11 EDT
- << Should I: A. Get resistor wires -- will they work in the dizzy cap that has the wires on the side, with wires being held in by set screws? 2. Get a Radio Shack in-line noise supressor (low-pass fi
- /html/spridgets/1999-04/msg01384.html (8,438 bytes)
- 294. Fwd: Interference:was Radio Noise (score: 1)
- Author: Daniel1312@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 15:41:37 EDT
- --part1_2dc9926c.24561b71_boundary Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <trunkie@hotmail.com> Received: from rly-zd01.mx.aol.com (rly-zd01.mail.aol.com [172.31.33.225]) by air-zd05.mail.aol.com
- /html/spridgets/1999-04/msg01446.html (7,993 bytes)
- 295. Re: Radio Noise (score: 1)
- Author: Daniel1312@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 15:41:30 EDT
- << I disconnected the big Alternator plug and the noise continued. Does that mean that it is definitely ignition noise? chuck >> Hi Chuck, I'll be honest and say I don't know. I think that to get a d
- /html/spridgets/1999-04/msg01447.html (8,968 bytes)
- 296. Re: Thermostat Differences and dumb things (score: 1)
- Author: Daniel1312@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 16:40:08 EDT
- << Besides, car engines run more efficiently at higher temps anyway (within reason, of course!). >> This is gas mileage efficient, not horsepower efficient. Daniel1312
- /html/spridgets/1999-04/msg01448.html (7,341 bytes)
- 297. Re: Radio Noise (score: 1)
- Author: Daniel1312@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 16:39:53 EDT
- << You can pop diodes (that crackling sound you hear) and raise havoc with the alternator. Not always, but often enough >> But if you have blown the diodes on a LUCAS ACR alternator you can replace t
- /html/spridgets/1999-04/msg01449.html (8,831 bytes)
- 298. Re: Jilted! (score: 1)
- Author: Daniel1312@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 10:47:02 EDT
- << "holier than thou" attitude among British >> Hi David, Are they mostly Jaguar people? Daniel
- /html/spridgets/1999-04/msg01564.html (7,576 bytes)
- 299. Re: .85 cent parts (was Re: kaput!) (score: 1)
- Author: Daniel1312@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 10:47:06 EDT
- I am a 147 lbs and 5" 8.5" tall and I had the steering column shortened and a flat steering wheel fitted to make the driving position more comfortable! Daniel1312
- /html/spridgets/1999-04/msg01565.html (8,777 bytes)
- 300. Re: Big LBC FS (score: 1)
- Author: Daniel1312@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 10:46:49 EDT
- << Frank, Go get it! I have 4 + and they are terrific. >> Yeah Frank go for it!! You could even drop in the Buick/Rover V8 like the later models have. Daniel1312
- /html/spridgets/1999-04/msg01566.html (6,939 bytes)
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