- 1. [TR] Another Crazy Question: Beware, chestnut related (score: 220)
- Author: mdporter at dfn.com (Michael Porter)
- Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2011 20:56:58 -0600
- The complaints about poor performance at the recommended static advance deserve a check of total advance with a suitable strobe timing light (either by calculating total advance on the circumference
- /html/triumphs/2011-06/msg00603.html (10,004 bytes)
- 2. [TR] originality issues (score: 220)
- Author: mdporter at dfn.com (Michael Porter)
- Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2011 08:34:55 -0600
- Umm, well, you tell me. The only difference I see in stamp collectors is whether they go ga-ga over cancelled stamps or uncancelled ones. I don't know of any diehard stamp collectors who are altering
- /html/triumphs/2011-06/msg01003.html (9,864 bytes)
- 3. [TR] TR3A Overheating (score: 220)
- Author: mdporter at dfn.com (Michael Porter)
- Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 21:38:50 -0600
- Corrosion can cause the pump vanes to wear down over time, and once the pump begins to cavitate, that can accelerate the wear. That said, the pump doesn't have to leak to create symptoms of overheati
- /html/triumphs/2011-07/msg00539.html (9,521 bytes)
- 4. [TR] Trials and Tribulations (score: 220)
- Author: mdporter at dfn.com (Michael Porter)
- Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2011 06:46:25 -0600
- Tectonic plates? I get a set of Ginsu steak knives with those, don't I? Cheers. -- Michael Porter Roswell, NM Never let anyone drive you crazy when you know it's within walking distance....
- /html/triumphs/2011-07/msg00647.html (9,673 bytes)
- 5. [TR] Covering a newly painted car (score: 220)
- Author: mdporter at dfn.com (Michael Porter)
- Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2011 17:15:12 -0600
- What about using body shop masking paper and tape as an underlayment, and plastic wrap on top of that? A bit more work, but takes care of the possible abrasion from wind whipping the plastic. Cheers.
- /html/triumphs/2011-07/msg00666.html (9,151 bytes)
- 6. [TR] Brake diagnosis technique. (score: 220)
- Author: mdporter at dfn.com (Michael Porter)
- Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 11:55:15 -0600
- Actually, it's not very good for rubber hoses, either. Those items are essentially a lamination of layers of rubber and fabric, and pinching them flat causes delamination, which results in loss of st
- /html/triumphs/2011-07/msg00679.html (8,550 bytes)
- 7. [TR] Fwd: Oil Filter Adapter - Pot. Problem? (score: 220)
- Author: mdporter at dfn.com (Michael Porter)
- Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2011 17:25:16 -0600
- As far as bolt breakage and leakage, these events likely have to do with the fact that the adapters can't be exactly matched to the mounting surface of the block. In the case of the spin-on adapters
- /html/triumphs/2011-08/msg00469.html (9,732 bytes)
- 8. [TR] FW: OMG !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (score: 220)
- Author: mdporter at dfn.com (Michael Porter)
- Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2011 22:45:08 -0600
- While Baron Margo seems to have limited skills, the people who started the car, the Blastolene Brothers, seem to have an odd and eccentric retro, Art Deco streak to their work, sort of minorly influe
- /html/triumphs/2011-09/msg00288.html (7,965 bytes)
- 9. [TR] K & N air filters (score: 220)
- Author: mdporter at dfn.com (Michael Porter)
- Date: Sat, 19 May 2012 13:26:11 -0600
- I've only had limited experience with a K&N. My GT6 came with ones that, admittedly, hadn't been properly maintained (hadn't been cleaned and oiled to spec). It also burned oil at a prodigious rate.
- /html/triumphs/2012-05/msg00269.html (11,528 bytes)
- 10. [Fot] The Possible (score: 220)
- Author: mdporter at dfn.com (Michael Porter)
- Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2018 20:21:47 -0700
- Well, the only thing about this car that's GT6 is the rear half sheetmetal.? IIRC, it's powered by a blown Chevy V-8, tube frame, American iron running gear, etc.? It's relationship to a GT6 is barel
- /html/triumphs/2018-01/msg00054.html (9,079 bytes)
- 11. [Fot] 1959 Riverside film 56 Kastner (score: 220)
- Author: mdporter at dfn.com (Michael Porter)
- Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2018 22:30:42 -0700
- Incidentally, there's a few seconds of Steve McQueen at Santa Barbara on Labor Day, with his Lotus XI, at about the 7:15 mark. Cheers. -- Michael Porter Roswell, NM Never let anyone drive you crazy w
- /html/triumphs/2018-01/msg00082.html (7,966 bytes)
- 12. [Fot] GT6'rs (score: 220)
- Author: mdporter at dfn.com (Michael Porter)
- Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2018 20:08:52 -0700
- The technique described is known as eduction.? Gas is pulled into the passing exhaust stream by creating a partial vacuum at the mouth of the tube inserted into exhaust pipe.? The 45 deg. suggestion
- /html/triumphs/2018-01/msg00112.html (10,603 bytes)
- 13. [Fot] Has anybody ran these new brake calipers? (score: 220)
- Author: mdporter at dfn.com (Michael Porter)
- Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2018 19:09:24 -0600
- The mindset of vintage racers is a bit different than SCCA or IMSA, but, I have the feeling that the hard chargers will still push those old skinny skins beyond their limits, and spins would prevail,
- /html/triumphs/2018-03/msg00204.html (12,027 bytes)
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