- 81. Minneapolis? (score: 1)
- Author: Theo Smit <TSmit@novatel.ca>
- Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1999 09:34:48 -0600
- Hi all, Next week (april 10 to 16) I'll be in the Minneapolis area on a business junket^H^H^H^H^H^H trip. Any listers in the area? Anything to do there except soak up knowledge of inertial navigation
- /html/tigers/1999-04/msg00076.html (6,341 bytes)
- 82. RE: Race Driver Quiz (score: 1)
- Author: Theo Smit <TSmit@novatel.ca>
- Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 14:00:52 -0600
- It gave me a 41, which is fair considering the criteria used and my racing results. I can vouch for the cardio/endurance part. In '91 I ran my car in two classes (giving me about ten 20-minute track
- /html/tigers/1999-04/msg00183.html (7,697 bytes)
- 83. RE: Strange noise (score: 1)
- Author: Theo Smit <TSmit@novatel.ca>
- Date: Tue, 2 Mar 1999 07:31:34 -0700
- Not that you'd necessarily want to do it this way, but mine has a 1/4" ID body washer welded onto one of the header primaries, and a spring that's about 8" long running from that to the throwout arm.
- /html/tigers/1999-03/msg00022.html (7,957 bytes)
- 84. RE: Address Change (score: 1)
- Author: Theo Smit <TSmit@novatel.ca>
- Date: Tue, 2 Mar 1999 15:33:28 -0700
- And you would be....? Sorry, I couldn't resist. Theo Smit tsmit@novatel.ca B382002705
- /html/tigers/1999-03/msg00035.html (6,798 bytes)
- 85. RE: Tiger Watts linkage/coli over rear end (score: 1)
- Author: Theo Smit <TSmit@novatel.ca>
- Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 08:53:29 -0700
- Great picture, Stephen. The only thing I can't really make out is if there is a jam nut on the forward heim joint on the torque arm. Even though the adjuster rod won't rotate even if there is only on
- /html/tigers/1999-03/msg00096.html (8,145 bytes)
- 86. RE: secret formula (score: 1)
- Author: Theo Smit <TSmit@novatel.ca>
- Date: Mon, 8 Mar 1999 21:06:35 -0700
- I don't have it in front of me, but I'm pretty sure it goes something like this: Procedure for Raising the Hood: 1. Undo the snaps and zippers that fasten the hood cover and fold the cover forwards.
- /html/tigers/1999-03/msg00176.html (9,622 bytes)
- 87. RE: secret formula (score: 1)
- Author: Theo Smit <TSmit@novatel.ca>
- Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1999 08:30:26 -0700
- Bob, and Bob, I know, and I apologize for trying to be funny in responding to this desperate cry for help from the wilds. I myself find putting the top away in a neat manner a challenge, and I've tri
- /html/tigers/1999-03/msg00190.html (8,580 bytes)
- 88. RE: secret formula (score: 1)
- Author: Theo Smit <TSmit@novatel.ca>
- Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1999 09:45:31 -0700
- Since my foot is about three inches from the header, it doesn't get cold while driving with the top down. So I'll use the sock to keep the window from getting scratched, and the toque to keep my ear
- /html/tigers/1999-03/msg00196.html (8,204 bytes)
- 89. RE: Transmission ID (score: 1)
- Author: Theo Smit <TSmit@novatel.ca>
- Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 16:41:52 -0700
- You shouldn't have to get the speedo adjusted, provided you use the same gears on the trans output shaft and on the speedo takeoff, as what you had previously. The output shaft still spins at the sam
- /html/tigers/1999-03/msg00320.html (8,909 bytes)
- 90. RE: CRUSE CONTROL (score: 1)
- Author: Theo Smit <TSmit@novatel.ca>
- Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 15:07:07 -0700
- That hits the brake pedal as well as the gas. You can use vise-grip pliers on the throttle rod and wedge it against the firewall. Then you can tie a string from the brake and clutch pedals to the pli
- /html/tigers/1999-03/msg00348.html (8,159 bytes)
- 91. RE: Front wheel bearings (score: 1)
- Author: Theo Smit <TSmit@novatel.ca>
- Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 15:43:43 -0700
- The method I usually use is the following, which assumes that the front spindle is attached to a relatively immovable object (such as the car): 1. Remove the grease cap, cotter pin, spindle nut and w
- /html/tigers/1999-03/msg00352.html (7,834 bytes)
- 92. RE: tach problems (score: 1)
- Author: Theo Smit <TSmit@novatel.ca>
- Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 08:25:58 -0700
- 'Way back when I had a Pinto (don't laugh, OK?) I installed a tach in it and after a while the car developed a problem similar to what Patrick described. It turned out to be a set of bad plug wires -
- /html/tigers/1999-03/msg00399.html (8,833 bytes)
- 93. RE: Transmission ID (score: 1)
- Author: Theo Smit <TSmit@novatel.ca>
- Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 08:38:46 -0700
- What I was trying to say (and I guess I didn't do it right) was that if the final drive and tire size weren't changed, then you could re-use the speedo drive gears from the old transmission in the n
- /html/tigers/1999-03/msg00400.html (9,797 bytes)
- 94. RE: inquiry 032299g (score: 1)
- Author: Theo Smit <TSmit@novatel.ca>
- Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 10:26:28 -0700
- Hands wheels in a 15" diameter. Still, these wheels would be closer to LAT-70's than anything else you're likely to get off the shelf. You could turn the rims off of the wheels and then put the cent
- /html/tigers/1999-03/msg00406.html (7,105 bytes)
- 95. RE: 351C, and miscellaneous rambles. (score: 1)
- Author: Theo Smit <TSmit@novatel.ca>
- Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 09:40:27 -0700
- I guess you did :). On the weather: we had record highs earlier this week: 70 degrees (with an overnight low of about 30). This means either the soft top gets a lot of exercise, or else it's a chilly
- /html/tigers/1999-03/msg00453.html (8,275 bytes)
- 96. RE: 351C (score: 1)
- Author: Theo Smit <TSmit@novatel.ca>
- Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 14:41:48 -0700
- Bob, and Listers, The helical drive gear looks impressive but it doesn't have that many teeth. Working the numbers that Jim gave (on wheel turns vs. speedo cable turns, knowing the rear axle ratio),
- /html/tigers/1999-03/msg00468.html (10,308 bytes)
- 97. RE: inquiry 020199 (#1) (score: 1)
- Author: Theo Smit <TSmit@novatel.ca>
- Date: Mon, 1 Feb 1999 15:14:36 -0700
- One thing that works pretty well for removing rubberized gunk is dry ice. Put a bag of the stuff on top of whatever you're going to chip off, wait for it to cool, and chip away. Watch out for flying
- /html/tigers/1999-02/msg00013.html (7,725 bytes)
- 98. RE: Question Regarding Tigers/Algers (score: 1)
- Author: Theo Smit <TSmit@novatel.ca>
- Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 08:08:50 -0700
- My appreciation for the Tiger as a unique piece of automotive development and a fun car to drive started in '93 when I got a chance to drive a student's car at our local race driving school. Started
- /html/tigers/1999-02/msg00034.html (10,356 bytes)
- 99. RE: Dual Master Cylinder (score: 1)
- Author: Theo Smit <TSmit@novatel.ca>
- Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 09:38:29 -0700
- I was pretty sure that the 'serial' systems incorporated two pistons mounted on a common pushrod and are therefore equivalent to two 'parallel' systems. The thing to recognize is that the brake maste
- /html/tigers/1999-02/msg00039.html (8,817 bytes)
- 100. RE: Alger? (score: 1)
- Author: Theo Smit <TSmit@novatel.ca>
- Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 10:34:24 -0700
- It's a contraction of Alpine and Tiger: Al - ger. It's a result of attempts to legitimize (rightly) the homebuilt V8 conversions by differentiating them from Tigers in a non-negative way. Has anyone
- /html/tigers/1999-02/msg00042.html (7,996 bytes)
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