- 81. RE: email (score: 1)
- Author: Theo Smit <TSMIT@isotel.com>
- Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 08:17:08 -0700
- Larry, go to Netscape (or your favorite alternate browser) and search using the key phrase "email tax hoax" You'll find lots of evidence... Theo
- /html/tigers/2000-01/msg00316.html (10,958 bytes)
- 82. RE: Performance Tuning the Tiger (score: 1)
- Author: Theo Smit <TSMIT@isotel.com>
- Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 17:17:42 -0700
- So there's a topic worthy of discussion: Assuming we're using a mildly zoomy cam (let's say the Ford Motorsport E303 or equivalent), what's the maximum compression ratio we can run if we're going to
- /html/tigers/2000-01/msg00416.html (10,232 bytes)
- 83. RE: Performance Tuning the Tiger (score: 1)
- Author: Theo Smit <TSMIT@isotel.com>
- Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 08:20:01 -0700
- Tim, and Listers, I played that game, too, when I had the green machine in its final stages of evolution. 12.2 to 1 compression (9/16" pop-ups on the pistons), and running a mix of premium pump gas,
- /html/tigers/2000-01/msg00438.html (10,561 bytes)
- 84. RE: Performance Tuning the Tiger (score: 1)
- Author: Theo Smit <TSMIT@isotel.com>
- Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 09:56:18 -0700
- I forgot, we used that too. We used about 85% methanol, 2 or 3% toluene, a little acetone, and the rest premium gas. Methanol has about half the energy content compared to gasoline so you need to nea
- /html/tigers/2000-01/msg00441.html (12,663 bytes)
- 85. RE: Performance Tuning the Tiger (score: 1)
- Author: Theo Smit <TSMIT@isotel.com>
- Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 14:49:50 -0700
- Let's see... Assume it's a 302 with 11:1 compression. That makes the chamber volume, including all domes, head gaskets, valves, spark plugs, etc. ( 302 / (11-1) ) / 8 = 3.775 cid = 61.86 cc So going
- /html/tigers/2000-01/msg00457.html (10,760 bytes)
- 86. RE: Attaching Roll Bars (score: 1)
- Author: Theo Smit <TSMIT@isotel.com>
- Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 11:01:00 -0700
- Jay, and Listers, When I raced my Corolla, the rules were that for bolt-in roll bars and cages, each attachment point had to have a mounting plate of 20 square inches area and 3/16" thickness, with a
- /html/tigers/2000-01/msg00523.html (10,148 bytes)
- 87. RE: Attaching Roll Bars (score: 1)
- Author: Theo Smit <TSMIT@isotel.com>
- Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 13:11:01 -0700
- If you have the rear stays that attach to the wheel wells (I know most Alpine/Tiger ones don't) then it's good to do that so the bolt ends don't cut the tires. Theo
- /html/tigers/2000-01/msg00527.html (10,545 bytes)
- 88. RE: Performance Tuning the Tiger (score: 1)
- Author: Theo Smit <TSMIT@isotel.com>
- Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 16:25:32 -0700
- Gee, Tim, thanks for your concern, but it's been nice enough the last couple of days that the ice on the garage floor melted so my starter adventure yesterday wasn't all that bad. I sincerely hope it
- /html/tigers/2000-01/msg00530.html (8,469 bytes)
- 89. RE: alpine 260 (score: 1)
- Author: Theo Smit <TSMIT@isotel.com>
- Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 15:46:09 -0700
- I was just composing the same message, except I wasn't sure what the fourth badge was (it was the plain "260" one). The "Powered by Ford 289" badge that is on the trunklid of my car is a contemporary
- /html/tigers/2000-01/msg00553.html (9,179 bytes)
- 90. RE: Y2K Test (score: 1)
- Author: Theo Smit <TSMIT@isotel.com>
- Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 16:38:14 -0700
- Welcome to the twentk-first centurk, James. Theo
- /html/tigers/2000-01/msg00556.html (6,550 bytes)
- 91. RE: Front X Member Spacer (score: 1)
- Author: Theo Smit <TSMIT@isotel.com>
- Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 08:23:45 -0700
- Since they're made of solid aluminum (?), I don't see how you're going to 'compress' them very much without crushing the frame. They are supposed to be tapered, so if that's what you're referring to
- /html/tigers/2000-01/msg00619.html (7,331 bytes)
- 92. RE: Oil Line (score: 1)
- Author: Theo Smit <TSMIT@isotel.com>
- Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 09:28:04 -0700
- When my copper oil line broke a few months back I re-plumbed it using Earl's teflon stainless-braided line. I put an AN-3 adapter at the engine block, then used a right-angle hose end to go up and ov
- /html/tigers/2000-01/msg00623.html (8,055 bytes)
- 93. RE: Boot Floor Removal tool (score: 1)
- Author: Theo Smit <TSMIT@isotel.com>
- Date: Wed, 1 Dec 1999 13:35:41 -0700
- The cleanest way to do it is to find all the spot welds for the floor panel and then use a spot weld cutter in your hand drill to pop all the spot welds. A spot weld cutter looks like a miniature ho
- /html/tigers/1999-12/msg00006.html (8,841 bytes)
- 94. RE: visit (score: 1)
- Author: Theo Smit <TSMIT@isotel.com>
- Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1999 09:00:53 -0700
- There is a good exhaust picture in one of the articles in the "Sunbeam Alpine/Tiger Gold Portfolio" (I think that's the title) - it's a collection of magazine reprints. It's taken with the car up on
- /html/tigers/1999-12/msg00028.html (9,312 bytes)
- 95. RE: Chris Vaught's Tiger (score: 1)
- Author: Theo Smit <TSMIT@isotel.com>
- Date: Fri, 3 Dec 1999 08:53:48 -0700
- I think we in the dry areas of north america (that includes Calgary and Edmonton, if you don't drive your Tiger in the salt/sand slush in winter) are lucky, and that has resulted in an attitude that
- /html/tigers/1999-12/msg00051.html (7,950 bytes)
- 96. RE: inquiry 120799a (score: 1)
- Author: Theo Smit <TSMIT@isotel.com>
- Date: Tue, 7 Dec 1999 09:34:48 -0700
- ... with screen-printed stripes on the sleeves, like on Jeff Queen's car... -Theo
- /html/tigers/1999-12/msg00085.html (6,608 bytes)
- 97. RE: fan (score: 1)
- Author: Theo Smit <TSMIT@isotel.com>
- Date: Wed, 8 Dec 1999 08:25:26 -0700
- I'm pretty sure that's all I have, with a four row core and the six-blade Ford fan, and the fan doesn't hit the rad (with new engine mounts). It's just enough room to get a wrench on the fan bolts, a
- /html/tigers/1999-12/msg00093.html (7,222 bytes)
- 98. RE: Tailored spark (score: 1)
- Author: Theo Smit <TSMIT@isotel.com>
- Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1999 20:11:19 -0700
- The fiddly bit with the Jacobs' system is that they claim to sense the resistance of the plug gap (that's do-able), and then to adjust the coil drive so as to insure "optimum combustion, 100% of the
- /html/tigers/1999-12/msg00149.html (11,208 bytes)
- 99. RE: The Fortnight Before Christmas (score: 1)
- Author: Theo Smit <TSMIT@isotel.com>
- Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 08:23:28 -0700
- We're not worthy! We're not worthy! -On the twelfth day of Christmas, Lord Rootes gave to me: Twelve Lift-The-Dots, Eleven feet of chrome, Ten Lucar connectors, Nine Rootes badges, Eight spark plugs
- /html/tigers/1999-12/msg00193.html (6,782 bytes)
- 100. RE: Cleaning Ford Injectors (score: 1)
- Author: Theo Smit <TSMIT@isotel.com>
- Date: Sun, 19 Dec 1999 11:51:05 -0700
- Hi Al, You can do this at home if you are willing to build the following setup: Find a used injection fuel pump and regulator similar to what your car uses. Get a graduated cylinder from a chemistry
- /html/tigers/1999-12/msg00212.html (8,220 bytes)
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