- 61. Re: 351 W head application (score: 1)
- Author: twojohnsons@cox.net
- Date: Sun, 07 Apr 2002 09:30:00 -0400
- They were the only 2 years w/high compression. Others were "smog" low compression heads. You can ID them easily by the cast-in parts numbers--C90E for the 1969, and D00E for the 1970, if memory serve
- /html/tigers/2002-04/msg00052.html (9,381 bytes)
- 62. Re: 351 W head modifications (score: 1)
- Author: twojohnsons@cox.net
- Date: Sun, 07 Apr 2002 09:33:32 -0400
- You'll need longer, hardened pushrods for the guideplates you'll have to install too. They are 6.905" long & I bought them thru the Ford Motorsports catalog years ago. Al J
- /html/tigers/2002-04/msg00053.html (6,414 bytes)
- 63. Re: Fire extinguisher (score: 1)
- Author: twojohnsons@cox.net
- Date: Mon, 08 Apr 2002 08:51:49 -0400
- I pop-riveted two stainless radiator hose clamps to the extinguisher bracket and fastened it to the rollbar brace. Al J.
- /html/tigers/2002-04/msg00070.html (7,537 bytes)
- 64. More Fire Extinguisher Queries (score: 1)
- Author: twojohnsons@cox.net
- Date: Tue, 09 Apr 2002 09:10:07 -0400
- My extinguisher was Halon (no white crusty residue) and despite my inappropriate mounting, proved to be handy & did save me from an engine fire. But after discharging it, I couldn't get it refilled b
- /html/tigers/2002-04/msg00083.html (7,620 bytes)
- 65. Evils of Halon (score: 1)
- Author: twojohnsons@cox.net
- Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 08:56:22 -0400
- So when the US & western Europe gets its non-polluting act in full flower, will we still be shipping our old computers to Asia so they can pollute "their" air rather than "ours."--or will it someday
- /html/tigers/2002-04/msg00104.html (6,786 bytes)
- 66. Re: Convertible Top Installation (score: 1)
- Author: twojohnsons@cox.net
- Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 08:40:54 -0400
- I've still got two sets of top bows available--one w/front header piece & brass pieces that fasten to the body; the other bows only, if anyone is interested. I'm in RI. Al J.
- /html/tigers/2002-04/msg00285.html (6,784 bytes)
- 67. Re: Unique Engine parts (score: 1)
- Author: "Al Johnson" <twojohnsons@cox.net>
- Date: Tue, 2 May 2006 08:08:19 -0400
- I thought the generator pulley was unique. Reference: an old Stu Brennan posting. AJ
- /html/tigers/2006-05/msg00008.html (6,867 bytes)
- 68. Unique Hard-to-Find Parts (score: 1)
- Author: "Al Johnson" <twojohnsons@cox.net>
- Date: Wed, 3 May 2006 09:04:23 -0400
- The ability to discern a parts number is certainly no guarantee said part is available 40 years after the fact--particularly given the "off the beaten track" truck division point of Tiger origin--and
- /html/tigers/2006-05/msg00017.html (6,740 bytes)
- 69. Re: Is The Rootes Coventry Factory Closing For Good? (score: 1)
- Author: "Al Johnson" <twojohnsons@cox.net>
- Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 09:15:49 -0400
- Strangely, I never lusted after a Hyundia and the streets are full of those cheesey retro-Yugos. Build cheap & they will come--and then there are those of us who lust after an $845 alternator.
- /html/tigers/2006-04/msg00123.html (7,751 bytes)
- 70. Re: A fun Tiger video (score: 1)
- Author: "Al Johnson" <twojohnsons@cox.net>
- Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 07:48:04 -0500
- Couldn't make out the time.
- /html/tigers/2006-03/msg00326.html (6,957 bytes)
- 71. Re: A fun Tiger video (score: 1)
- Author: "Al Johnson" <twojohnsons@cox.net>
- Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 13:59:35 -0500
- Wow. Mark, tell us more--is this a streetable or race-only car? Who built it & what's it got? Does this own 'bragging rights" for fastest Tiger? Al J
- /html/tigers/2006-03/msg00332.html (7,276 bytes)
- 72. Re: Exhaust (score: 1)
- Author: "Al Johnson" <twojohnsons@cox.net>
- Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2006 08:14:06 -0400
- The real fun is when you set off car alarms in parking garages. . My
- /html/tigers/2006-06/msg00025.html (6,560 bytes)
- 73. Re: Shelby sign (score: 1)
- Author: "Alvin Johnson" <twojohnsons@cox.net>
- Date: Sat, 7 Oct 2006 09:07:11 -0400
- The GT40 name is no longer owned by Ford. I have a GT-40 intake manifold on my Mustang. That's what Ford called it when I bought it out of the Ford Motorsports catalog. Al J
- /html/tigers/2006-10/msg00033.html (6,670 bytes)
- 74. Hypothetical brake question (score: 1)
- Author: "Alvin Johnson" <twojohnsons@cox.net>
- Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 08:12:48 -0400
- Be careful buying Brembo. The Corral listers (Mustang owners) buzz is that fake Brembos abound, especially on eBay.
- /html/tigers/2006-10/msg00153.html (7,027 bytes)
- 75. Ford heads aplenty (score: 1)
- Author: "Alvin Johnson" <twojohnsons@cox.net>
- Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2007 09:30:59 -0400
- 351 Windsor heads were the way to go 20+ years ago when no aftermarket heads were available. If memory serves, the proper 351 W heads to retrofit on the small block are the 1969 (C90E) and 1970 (D00E
- /html/tigers/2007-06/msg00021.html (6,497 bytes)
- 76. Re: 260 heads (score: 1)
- Author: "Alvin Johnson" <twojohnsons@cox.net>
- Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2007 15:50:46 -0400
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- /html/tigers/2007-06/msg00027.html (7,287 bytes)
- 77. Re: [Tigers] GT40P Cylinder heads (score: 1)
- Author: "Alvin Johnson" <twojohnsons@cox.net>
- Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2007 09:27:36 -0400
- The GT-40P heads were from the Ford SUV. Their exhaust ports do not align with the headers used on all other small-block Ford heads. A better aluminum head is the GT-40X or GT-40Y, which give much mo
- /html/tigers/2007-09/msg00041.html (10,312 bytes)
- 78. Re: [Tigers] Orchid Green (score: 1)
- Author: "Alvin Johnson" <twojohnsons@cox.net>
- Date: local/apache/htdocs/mharc/archives/mbox/land-speed/2002-10 mtime: 1163816777
- What's the difference between Arctic white & Polar white? Other than 7.5%, -- Original Message -- _______________________________________________ Tigers@autox.team.net http://autox.team.net/mailman/l
- /html/tigers/2007-11/msg00189.html (7,338 bytes)
- 79. [Tigers] Quarter Milers (score: 1)
- Author: "Alvin Johnson" <twojohnsons@cox.net>
- Date: ed/2003-01 mtime: 1163816860
- Would that be the fastest ever Sunbeam bodied quarter-miler? And what is the fastest street legal Tiger/Alger? I have seen an Alpine from Colorado with a 283 _________________________________________
- /html/tigers/2007-11/msg00198.html (6,272 bytes)
- 80. Re: [Tigers] Quarter Milers (score: 1)
- Author: "Alvin Johnson" <twojohnsons@cox.net>
- Date: 1,163,816,886
- Steve, I doubt very much that a stock Tiger could turn 93 in the quarter. They were real accelerating dogs w/that 288 rear and an optimistic 164hp rating. The 2bb carb didn't add to the fun, either.
- /html/tigers/2007-11/msg00211.html (7,705 bytes)
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