- 121. Re: [Tigers] Pep Boys and the Mustang (score: 1)
- Author: "Rense, Mark (GE Indust, ConsInd)" <mark.rense@ge.com>
- Date: Mon, 3 May 2010 08:39:46 -0400
- Steve, That's a great story! The P-51 was and always will be my favorite airplane, I probably built five Revell models of them as a kid. Did the owner explain how he got the plane out of the vacant l
- /html/tigers/2010-05/msg00009.html (7,952 bytes)
- 122. Re: [Tigers] 289 Dipstick (and 260 clutch) Questions (score: 1)
- Author: "Rense, Mark (GE Indust, ConsInd)" <mark.rense@ge.com>
- Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 15:28:41 -0400
- There was a discussion about this just a month or so ago. Yes, you CAN replace the clutch without pulling the engine out. You have to disconnect the drivetrain, the transmission, slide it back, then
- /html/tigers/2010-05/msg00252.html (8,598 bytes)
- 123. Re: [Tigers] Headers versus Cast Iron Exhaust Manifolds (score: 1)
- Author: "Rense, Mark (GE Indust, ConsInd)" <mark.rense@ge.com>
- Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 14:36:25 -0400
- Some thoughts on exhaust headers from an old Motorhead: Our 260/289 engines were designed for mundane passenger car usage, not with high-performance in mind, so an untuned cast iron manifold was all
- /html/tigers/2010-06/msg00021.html (9,897 bytes)
- 124. Re: [Tigers] Headers versus Cast Iron Exhaust Manifolds (score: 1)
- Author: "Rense, Mark (GE Indust, ConsInd)" <mark.rense@ge.com>
- Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2010 16:02:25 -0400
- Variable tuned exhaust has been used for years on high-performance motorcycles. Yamaha pioneered it with their EXUP system, now Honda and Kawasaki use it and BMW's new S1000 sportbike uses it (191 H
- /html/tigers/2010-06/msg00083.html (9,153 bytes)
- 125. [Tigers] A New Convenience for Your Tiger? (score: 1)
- Author: "Rense, Mark (GE Indust, ConsInd)" <mark.rense@ge.com>
- Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2010 13:47:10 -0400
- I found this great automotive item on Amazon and just had to share. I dare you to try to drink a soda while reading the reviews. I double-dog dare you! http://www.amazon.com/Mobile-Office-WM-01-Lapto
- /html/tigers/2010-06/msg00087.html (7,206 bytes)
- 126. Re: [Tigers] What do I do now? (score: 1)
- Author: "Rense, Mark (GE Indust, ConsInd)" <mark.rense@ge.com>
- Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 13:07:15 -0400
- If that is really a '84 block then it will be flat tappet. The first roller cam engines were in '85, that was also the last year of a carbureted engine. I assumed the 1984 5.0 Mustang engine had the
- /html/tigers/2010-06/msg00127.html (7,994 bytes)
- 127. Re: [Tigers] Best Carburetor - Edelbrock (score: 1)
- Author: "Rense, Mark (GE Indust, ConsInd)" <mark.rense@ge.com>
- Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 10:35:24 -0400
- I too have a shelf full of Holleys and that's where they will stay. I have been an avid user of the Edelbrock Performer series carbs for many years, I have built five SFB engines of varying displacem
- /html/tigers/2010-06/msg00255.html (7,527 bytes)
- 128. Re: [Tigers] Best Carburetor (score: 1)
- Author: "Rense, Mark (GE Indust, ConsInd)" <mark.rense@ge.com>
- Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 13:52:30 -0400
- Buck is correct. For now obscure reason establish a million years ago by the SAE, the flow rate through a 2BBL carburetor is measured at 3.0 in./Hg. pressure drop and the 4BBL carbs are measured at 1
- /html/tigers/2010-06/msg00268.html (11,663 bytes)
- 129. Re: [Tigers] Best Carburetor (score: 1)
- Author: "Rense, Mark (GE Indust, ConsInd)" <mark.rense@ge.com>
- Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 15:31:43 -0400
- Found this on a Mustang blog site. I believe the 260 ran a 1.01 venturi, that makes it a whopping 170 CFM 4BBL equivalent (240cfm/1.414)! There are race-flowed Holley 2BBLs out there that flow over 6
- /html/tigers/2010-06/msg00275.html (8,819 bytes)
- 130. Re: [Tigers] Oil Pressure & Rear Main Leak Question (score: 1)
- Author: "Rense, Mark (GE Indust, ConsInd)" <mark.rense@ge.com>
- Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 14:35:50 -0400
- Bill, A high volume oil pump has the same relief spring and does not make any more pressure than a standard pump, it just has the capability to a higher volume of oil. That is why it doesn't drop muc
- /html/tigers/2010-06/msg00351.html (9,718 bytes)
- 131. Re: [Tigers] Tiger Cooling Hoses (score: 1)
- Author: "Rense, Mark (GE Indust, ConsInd)" <mark.rense@ge.com>
- Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2010 11:49:54 -0400
- Just make sure that the bottom hose you buy has the internal spring support included. Otherwise it will collapse due to the heat and suction and can starve your engine of vital coolant. Save your old
- /html/tigers/2010-07/msg00014.html (7,508 bytes)
- 132. Re: [Tigers] re-chroming bumpers (score: 1)
- Author: "Rense, Mark (GE Indust, ConsInd)" <mark.rense@ge.com>
- Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:06:18 -0400
- That's about right, I just had two fairly clean bumpers and the four over-riders re-chromed for $500. Another $250 covered all the latches, mirror stalk, door handles, cranks, pulls, post covers and
- /html/tigers/2010-07/msg00266.html (8,828 bytes)
- 133. Re: [Tigers] "POS" carb (score: 1)
- Author: "Rense, Mark (GE Indust, ConsInd)" <mark.rense@ge.com>
- Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:40:54 -0400
- The "little" Edelbrock is a great choice for a mild 260/289. I have had a 1403 (electric choke version) on one of my cars for seven years without issues. I wound up changing the needle and spring co
- /html/tigers/2010-07/msg00315.html (10,474 bytes)
- 134. Re: [Tigers] "POS" carb (score: 1)
- Author: "Rense, Mark (GE Indust, ConsInd)" <mark.rense@ge.com>
- Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 14:05:50 -0400
- Well yes, that could work as well, but did you consider the hysteretic rebound factor upon compressive unload? It is significantly less for Play-Doh (assuming, of course, the slump factor is constant
- /html/tigers/2010-07/msg00318.html (12,377 bytes)
- 135. Re: [Tigers] "POS" carb (score: 1)
- Author: "Rense, Mark (GE Indust, ConsInd)" <mark.rense@ge.com>
- Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 14:37:35 -0400
- Curses...foiled again! Ahh, Mark, but of course! I used special relativity tensor analysis methods with special boundary conditons relating to the chaotic folding of the ultra tin foil (actually, the
- /html/tigers/2010-07/msg00319.html (9,882 bytes)
- 136. [Tigers] 260 Timing Cover Needed (score: 1)
- Author: "Rense, Mark (GE Indust, ConsInd)" <mark.rense@ge.com>
- Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 14:31:25 -0400
- I'm just finishing up balancing this five-bolt 332 stroker and will need a new timing cover (C4OE-6059A) for the old girl. I had planned on using the one off the old 260 but now I'm looking at differ
- /html/tigers/2010-08/msg00272.html (7,184 bytes)
- 137. Re: [Tigers] 260 Timing Cover Needed (score: 1)
- Author: "Rense, Mark (GE Indust, ConsInd)" <mark.rense@ge.com>
- Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 08:21:48 -0400
- All SBF engines that had the 5-bolt bell housing pattern, whether 221, 260 or 289, take the old-style cover which uses the aluminum water pump. That is what I am looking for. I do not want to conver
- /html/tigers/2010-08/msg00291.html (9,810 bytes)
- 138. Re: [Tigers] I Think (score: 1)
- Author: "Rense, Mark (GE Indust, ConsInd)" <mark.rense@ge.com>
- Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2010 16:32:19 -0400
- Dave, I use a WIX/NAPA short filter that is a direct screw-on, but I don't have the number at work, I'll get it to you this evening. --Original Message-- From: tigers-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:t
- /html/tigers/2010-08/msg00331.html (9,392 bytes)
- 139. [Tigers] A Tiger Adventure (score: 1)
- Author: "Rense, Mark (GE Indust, ConsInd)" <mark.rense@ge.com>
- Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2010 15:15:31 -0400
- Well, we had a little Tiger adventure last night. Coming home through a rural section of the Chagrin River valley after dark the throttle started to hang up momentarily between shifts. I pulled over
- /html/tigers/2010-08/msg00362.html (7,937 bytes)
- 140. Re: [Tigers] Tiger Panel Switch Question (score: 1)
- Author: "Rense, Mark (GE, Appl & Light)" <mark.rense@ge.com>
- Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2010 11:51:47 -0400
- The panel switches on B382000991 and B382001465 are both of the single-pole three-way variety. Both cars have the original dash and instruments, and I cannot vouch for what happened before my ownersh
- /html/tigers/2010-08/msg00502.html (7,990 bytes)
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