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41. RE: 15 inch tires (score: 1): Author: "Bob Palmer" <rpalmer@ucsd.edu>; Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 10:11:00 -0800; Probably the only thing that might disabuse you of your opinion on torque versus horsepower is for you to take your car to a drag strip and test our respective theories. First, make a few runs keepi; /html/tigers/2005-02/msg00196.html (9,318 bytes)
42. RE: 15 inch tires (score: 1): Author: "Bob Palmer" <rpalmer@ucsd.edu>; Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 07:49:10 -0800; Doc Moonstone, Yeah, bench racing's almost as fun as the real thing. However, I interpret you anecdote a bit differently. As they often say about computer models - junk in, junk out. From a basic phy; /html/tigers/2005-02/msg00236.html (8,015 bytes)
43. RE: Radiator cap pressure (score: 1): Author: "Bob Palmer" <rpalmer@ucsd.edu>; Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2005 20:03:29 -0800; An important point that I don't think you mentioned is which side of the radiator you have the pressure cap. All newer cars put the cap on the exit side of the radiator. This is equivalent to puttin; /html/tigers/2005-01/msg00014.html (7,567 bytes)
44. RE: D00E heads (score: 1): Author: "Bob Palmer" <rpalmer@ucsd.edu>; Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2004 10:51:45 -0800; You will find a variety of answers to your question, but this is what I think is correct. Any 351W casting from 1969 to 1976 (C9OE to D4OE casting number prefix) will have 1.84-inch intake and 1.54-; /html/tigers/2004-12/msg00040.html (7,034 bytes)
45. RE: Rear End Gear Ratios (score: 1): Author: "Bob Palmer" <rpalmer@ucsd.edu>; Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2004 09:11:06 -0800; Those would be 3:31 differential gears from your mph/rpm numbers. Bob; /html/tigers/2004-12/msg00118.html (7,772 bytes)
46. RE: Fuel mileage, distributors, etc. (score: 1): Author: "Bob Palmer" <rpalmer@ucsd.edu>; Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 22:34:51 -0800; This is a nice article, but I disagree with their recommendation to connect the vacuum advance to the "tuned port", which is located above the carburetor butterflies. If connected here, the vacuum a; /html/tigers/2004-12/msg00302.html (8,405 bytes)
47. RE: A Stupid Teen Moment (score: 1): Author: "Bob Palmer" <rpalmer@ucsd.edu>; Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 11:04:55 -0800; I have noticed there are three stages of driving development: Stage 1: Shit, what's shit? Stage 2: Shit only happens to other people. Stage 3: Oh shit!! I sincerely hope no one on the List finds the; /html/tigers/2004-12/msg00307.html (7,037 bytes)
48. RE: Dr. Gas - Rationale (score: 1): Author: "Bob Palmer" <rpalmer@ucsd.edu>; Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2004 22:23:52 -0800; You wrote, "The newer firing order, ie 351 and later 5 liter, is better because it effectively does away with this situation." The 351 firing order is 1-3-7-2-6-5-4-8 versus 1-5-4-2-6-3-7-8. These f; /html/tigers/2004-11/msg00039.html (7,168 bytes)
49. RE: A new "angle" on Ackerman (score: 1): Author: "Bob Palmer" <rpalmer@ucsd.edu>; Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 07:38:30 -0800; I heartily agree with your comments, and in fact would be even more emphatic. Perfect Ackerman or anything close to it is NOT desirable, except maybe for trailers that are only going to be towed at; /html/tigers/2004-11/msg00208.html (8,317 bytes)
50. RE: Tiger Rack from the Source (score: 1): Author: "Bob Palmer" <rpalmer@ucsd.edu>; Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 12:48:46 -0800; This thread seems to raise more questions than it answers. For example: "When it came to the steering, then he chose a rack mounted to the front suspension cross member to get around the block, but; /html/tigers/2004-11/msg00265.html (9,631 bytes)
51. RE: Warped Brake Disk Fiction (score: 1): Author: "Bob Palmer" <rpalmer@ucsd.edu>; Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 21:11:26 -0800; I am also a big fan of Carroll Smith's books and trust in his wisdom and experience. This subject is particularly timely for me because I've been bothered for about a year now by what I thought was; /html/tigers/2004-11/msg00268.html (8,895 bytes)
52. RE: Who made the LAT wheels (score: 1): Author: "Bob Palmer" <rpalmer@ucsd.edu>; Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2004 21:31:26 -0700; "HANDS" is, as you say, just "H AND S" without the spaces. Norm gives the background on pages 94-97 of TBON. The "H" & "S" were for "Hershey" and "Smith", the two founding - or is that foundering -; /html/tigers/2004-10/msg00010.html (8,605 bytes)
53. RE: Smell Problem (score: 1): Author: "Bob Palmer" <rpalmer@ucsd.edu>; Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 07:50:17 -0700; Good morning Mayf. Steve says it is an exhaust smell. I can confirm that a bad trunk lid seal will definitely let exhaust gas into the cockpit. I removed mine for a short while before replacing with; /html/tigers/2004-10/msg00139.html (7,449 bytes)
54. RE: Engine Date Code (score: 1): Author: "Bob Palmer" <rpalmer@ucsd.edu>; Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2004 18:05:45 -0700; The "A" would be January, so January 18, 1965 is the engine code date. According to Norm, the engines changed to "Old Ford Dark Blue" around B382000601, which was around October, 1965. The Rootes en; /html/tigers/2004-09/msg00044.html (7,973 bytes)
55. RE: Engine Date Code (score: 1): Author: "Bob Palmer" <rpalmer@ucsd.edu>; Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 22:23:21 -0700; Thanks to you for the info, and to Dick Barker for pointing me to a very interesting and informative article titled "Alphabet Soup - What's it All About Alphi?" by Norm Miller that he wrote for his; /html/tigers/2004-09/msg00065.html (9,512 bytes)
56. RE: Engine Date Code (score: 1): Author: "Bob Palmer" <rpalmer@ucsd.edu>; Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 07:26:04 -0700; Your guess as to precisely what this means is a good as mine. Bob; /html/tigers/2004-09/msg00069.html (7,554 bytes)
57. RE: still stalling (score: 1): Author: "Bob Palmer" <rpalmer@ucsd.edu>; Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 16:00:10 -0700; One thing for sure, the guy on the Holley hotline is being paid way too much. Side pivot floats are not symmetrical and it definitely does matter which way you are turning. In fact, a right turn wit; /html/tigers/2004-09/msg00119.html (7,133 bytes)
58. RE: Traction Bars Experience and Alternate (score: 1): Author: "Bob Palmer" <rpalmer@ucsd.edu>; Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2004 18:34:35 -0700; First off, it's sure nice to have the List back up and running again. Many thanks to Mark Bradakis for overcoming Qwest's bureaucracy and obsolete equipment to get us back on line. The way I underst; /html/tigers/2004-09/msg00129.html (8,742 bytes)
59. RE: Traction Bars Experience (score: 1): Author: "Bob Palmer" <rpalmer@ucsd.edu>; Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 08:02:39 -0700; Good question Chris. The weld-on type has one end on the spring and the other on the chassis. If not correctly installed, I know from experience that it can stress the spring hanger area to the poin; /html/tigers/2004-09/msg00135.html (7,029 bytes)
60. RE: seats (score: 1): Author: "Bob Palmer" <rpalmer@ucsd.edu>; Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2004 09:27:38 -0700; I installed aftermarket versions of the Porsche 914 seats in my Tiger. They are the best I have found for efficiently utilizing the limited fore/aft space in the cockpit. My seats are made by Koenig; /html/tigers/2004-08/msg00003.html (7,341 bytes)

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