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121. Re: Listers age (No LBC) (score: 1): Author: "Mike Gigante" <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>; Date: Sat, 23 Oct 1999 20:39:25 +1000; My favourite sprite is 40 - the same as me. In fact we are less than a month apart. I'd love to own a Feb 6 bugeye, but I've too many sprites already (at least according to my spouse and my bank bala; /html/spridgets/1999-10/msg01510.html (8,969 bytes)
122. Re: best engine block year? (score: 1): Author: "Mike Gigante" <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>; Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 20:16:14 +1000; Ideally, I'd get a thick flange block with the EN40 crank out of a thin flange block Mike 1275 heard I smog; /html/spridgets/1999-10/msg01581.html (8,433 bytes)
123. Re: STP & engine temperatures (score: 1): Author: "Mike Gigante" <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>; Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 20:20:02 +1000; Aside from turbo bearings, I think the ring groves in a conventional engine get hot enough to breakdown conventional oils. Since synthetic oil doesn't start to breakdown until a much higher tempertau; /html/spridgets/1999-10/msg01582.html (9,428 bytes)
124. Re: SU rebuild question (score: 1): Author: Mike Maclean <macleans@earthlink.net>; Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 11:53:40 -0700; Frank is correct. The needle should be flush with the bottom face of the piston, but this depends on which type of needle you have. According to the original Sprite workshop manual, if you have a ne; /html/spridgets/1999-10/msg01605.html (8,765 bytes)
125. Synthetic vs conventional (was Re: STP & engine temperatures) (score: 1): Author: "Mike Gigante" <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>; Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 10:31:42 +1000; I use Mobil 1!!!! Back in March, I spoke to a scientist for a major oil company. She tells me that mineral oils *start* to break down at 88C (190F) whereas synthetic oils *begin* to breakdown at 200C; /html/spridgets/1999-10/msg01644.html (10,971 bytes)
126. Re: Block (score: 1): Author: "Mike Gigante" <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>; Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 10:39:24 +1000; There was a "cheatin' dog" trick pulled by someone who will remain nameless (except he was from NSW) Build up a false '948' on the side of an 1100 block with coat hanger wire and epoxy. Paint over th; /html/spridgets/1999-10/msg01645.html (10,203 bytes)
127. Re: Lister's Age (score: 1): Author: Mike Maclean <macleans@earthlink.net>; Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 19:52:03 -0700; I guess I can fess up. I'm 48 and my Sprite is 39. We've been "involved" for 6 years during her rejuvination. She's my 7th Bugeye. My first was a runner in 1971. Paid 150 dollars for it and it includ; /html/spridgets/1999-10/msg01651.html (7,087 bytes)
128. Re: Synthetic vs conventional (was Re: STP & engine temperatures) (score: 1): Author: "Mike Gigante" <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>; Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 16:31:54 +1000; That is what Mobil said in its ads of the time. I can certainly say that the difference in the oil after a race meeting is incredible - with Mobil 1, it looks like new (well, a little darker perhaps; /html/spridgets/1999-10/msg01667.html (9,609 bytes)
129. Re: Block (score: 1): Author: "Mike Gigante" <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>; Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 09:26:03 +1000; OK, you're right - it was/is 950 on the side of the block, not 948. The cheater used the correct "950" - the error in my posting is a result of my imperfect memory or sub-par, morning mental processe; /html/spridgets/1999-10/msg01730.html (9,252 bytes)
130. Re: cheating dog blocks (score: 1): Author: "Mike Gigante" <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>; Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 09:31:44 +1000; All I'll add to this conversation is that Devcon (TM) is wonderful stuff. In the dim dark past, I have used a lot of Devcon on the inside of a 2 stroke motor that I raced for a couple of years. It is; /html/spridgets/1999-10/msg01731.html (8,442 bytes)
131. Re: spridget axle shafts (score: 1): Author: "Mike Gigante" <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>; Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 09:37:50 +1000; Maybe the longer one isn't a spridget half shaft? While there are not L or R half shafts made, they become L or R after use. if you use them on the wrong side, you are shortening their life (it is al; /html/spridgets/1999-10/msg01732.html (8,980 bytes)
132. Re: spridget axle shafts (score: 1): Author: "Mike Gigante" <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>; Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 09:40:05 +1000; Except that the wire wheel half shafts are about an inch shorter than the steel wheel half shafts, not 1/8" longer. They also have the pressed on flange/splines whereas the steel wheel half shaft is; /html/spridgets/1999-10/msg01733.html (9,367 bytes)
133. Re: Listers age (No LBC) (score: 1): Author: "Mike Gigante" <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>; Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 13:48:27 +1000; send you back all the details of your car - including original engine, gearbox, key #s, build date, interior and exterior colour, options, etc. Worth having! Here is a URL: http://home1.gte.net/spit; /html/spridgets/1999-10/msg01758.html (10,223 bytes)
134. Re: cheating dog blocks (score: 1): Author: "Mike Gigante" <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>; Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 09:30:50 +1000; Devcon is a metal paste in an expoy matrix. It comes with a separate There were a number of RX7s racing in Australia back in the early 80s touring car series. Of the many cars running, only one had a; /html/spridgets/1999-10/msg01793.html (9,064 bytes)
135. Haynes Manual find! Kinda long. (score: 1): Author: Mike Maclean <macleans@earthlink.net>; Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 23:46:02 -0700; While piloting a 6000 ton train with 4 engines(about 4000 HP apiece), the dispatcher had the conductor and myself stop in a siding about 20 miles from the Los Angeles yard. Sometimes when the yard in; /html/spridgets/1999-10/msg01811.html (8,091 bytes)
136. Re: New Project (score: 1): Author: Mike Maclean <macleans@earthlink.net>; Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 07:50:56 -0700; Congratulations Phil and Darcie. She's probably going to cost more than a Sprite to maintain also. Mike MacLean 60 Sprite 00 Ford F-150 99 Mercedes E320W 92 Honda Accord 87 Honda Civic; /html/spridgets/1999-10/msg01828.html (9,011 bytes)
137. Re: Original Bugeye SU's (score: 1): Author: Mike Maclean <macleans@earthlink.net>; Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 21:06:14 -0700; That chrome tube/can that runs along side the valve cover is the coil mounted on the generator on the earky engines. Mike MacLean; /html/spridgets/1999-10/msg01871.html (8,778 bytes)
138. Re: A little help... (score: 1): Author: "Mike Gigante" <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>; Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1999 20:53:00 +1000; There is a simple way to setup your plug wires and to get the timimg vaguely right. Step 1: plugs out, finger over #1 spark plug hole. using very short applications of the starter until you get press; /html/spridgets/1999-10/msg01927.html (10,340 bytes)
139. Re: Valve Adjustments (score: 1): Author: Mike Maclean <macleans@earthlink.net>; Date: Sun, 31 Oct 1999 09:45:29 -0800; It is better to have valves that are loose or adjusted correctly making noise than to have tight ones that will burn up your exhaust valves. A little valve noise is normal. If you never heard it bef; /html/spridgets/1999-10/msg01955.html (9,341 bytes)
140. Jaguar conversion (score: 1): Author: Mike Maclean <macleans@earthlink.net>; Date: Thu, 02 Sep 1999 23:48:08 -0700; Didn't someone on the list post a link to a place here in California that sells parts and books on the conversion of a Jag XJ6 to a Chevy 350? Due to a recent car accident that put me in the hospital; /html/spridgets/1999-09/msg00175.html (7,798 bytes)

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