- 61. Re: SU Carbs (score: 1)
- Author: "Greg Solow" <Gregmogdoc@surfnetusa.com>
- Date: Tue, 6 Jul 1999 22:12:04 -0700
- My experience is that SU carbs are designed to run on 2.5 to 3 psi of fuel pressure and that more than that is likely to cause flooding problems at low engine speeds. Regards, Greg Solow --Original M
- /html/vintage-race/1999-07/msg00027.html (8,509 bytes)
- 62. Re: SU Carbs (score: 1)
- Author: "Greg Solow" <gregmogdoc@surfnetusa.com>
- Date: Thu, 8 Jul 1999 01:31:35 -0700
- According to the SU carburator literature, the spring is in the carburator as one way of insuring that the mixture is correct at wide open throtle at all engine speeds. Ie., it works with the taper o
- /html/vintage-race/1999-07/msg00049.html (11,387 bytes)
- 63. Re: Bearing Problems - Help! (score: 1)
- Author: "Greg Solow" <gregmogdoc@surfnetusa.com>
- Date: Sun, 11 Jul 1999 09:47:56 -0700
- What did you change inthe engine before these problems began? Something must have been changed. What clearances are you running on the mains and the rods? What is the oil pressure in the main galley
- /html/vintage-race/1999-07/msg00057.html (10,909 bytes)
- 64. Re: Bearing Problems - Help! (score: 1)
- Author: "Greg Solow" <gregmogdoc@surfnetusa.com>
- Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 23:20:57 -0700
- We always plumb our oiling systems so that the oil goes through the filter before the cooler so as to prevent debris from having an chance fo getting into the cooler. The Oil filter "by pass" should,
- /html/vintage-race/1999-07/msg00076.html (8,750 bytes)
- 65. Re: Bearing Problems - Help! (score: 1)
- Author: "Greg Solow" <gregmogdoc@surfnetusa.com>
- Date: Sat, 17 Jul 1999 05:49:25 -0700
- The filter "by pass" valve is there to allow oil to flow around the filtering element if ti should get plugged up with sludge from lack of maintenance. Most "spin on" filters that are made as "racing
- /html/vintage-race/1999-07/msg00118.html (10,238 bytes)
- 66. Re: Filter By pass blocking (score: 1)
- Author: "Greg Solow" <gregmogdoc@surfnetusa.com>
- Date: Sat, 17 Jul 1999 22:16:47 -0700
- Blocking the oil filter by-pass valve is done different ways in different cars depending on where it is located and how it is designed. On a Tr-3 or 4 the bypass is located in the oil filter adaptor
- /html/vintage-race/1999-07/msg00121.html (8,437 bytes)
- 67. Re: More Tires (score: 1)
- Author: "Greg Solow" <gregmogdoc@surfnetusa.com>
- Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 23:04:12 -0700
- What is it that you like about the BFGs? Do they handle more predictably, give faster lap times or stick or brake better? set
- /html/vintage-race/1999-06/msg00099.html (7,513 bytes)
- 68. Re: in-car cameras (score: 1)
- Author: "Greg Solow" <Gregmogdoc@surfnetusa.com>
- Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 20:06:44 -0700
- Check out the Race Cam Solutions webb site at www.seawood.com/bugoff.html Regards, Greg Solow --Original Message-- From: karim.marouf@cancom.com <karim.marouf@cancom.com> To: vintage-race@autox.team.
- /html/vintage-race/1999-05/msg00203.html (8,481 bytes)
- 69. Re: Rites of Spring (score: 1)
- Author: "Greg Solow" <gregmogdoc@surfnetusa.com>
- Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 00:59:40 -0700
- There is a big difference between "building an engine " and "rebuilding" an engine. Rebuilding a previously built and modified engine could take anywhere from 20 to 40 hours depending on the conditio
- /html/vintage-race/1999-04/msg00135.html (9,163 bytes)
- 70. Re: Piston pin buttons (score: 1)
- Author: "Greg Solow" <gregmogdoc@surfnetusa.com>
- Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 03:26:28 -0800
- I believe that the best solution is to machine the piston for "spiroloc" retainers. Second best would be "true-arc" circlips. This type or pin retaining is normally what is used by Porsche, Cosworth,
- /html/vintage-race/1999-02/msg00015.html (9,687 bytes)
- 71. Re: TR oil cooler-wanted (score: 1)
- Author: "Greg Solow" <Gregmogdoc@surfnetusa.com>
- Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 00:35:07 -0800
- We have new oil cooler adapter plates in stock . They are machined out of Aluminum billet and route the oil past the pressure relief valve and thru the filter before it goes thru the cooler. This pre
- /html/vintage-race/1999-01/msg00074.html (7,192 bytes)
- 72. Re: Are roller rockers OK? (score: 1)
- Author: "Greg Solow" <Gregmogdoc@surfnetusa.com>
- Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 01:02:06 -0800
- Neither CSRG nor HMSA allow roller rockers on production cars that did not come with them. Regards, Greg Solow --Original Message-- From: PaceCars@aol.com <PaceCars@aol.com> To: vintage-race@autox.te
- /html/vintage-race/1999-01/msg00114.html (7,683 bytes)
- 73. Re: vintage-race-digest V1 #208 Roler rockers... (score: 1)
- Author: "Greg Solow" <Gregmogdoc@surfnetusa.com>
- Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 00:56:20 -0800
- HEAR! HEAR! Very well said Peter. I emphatically agree! The rocker gear on a pushrod engine is one of the limiting factors of the design. If an engine is breaking rocker arms, it is most likely becau
- /html/vintage-race/1999-01/msg00136.html (12,904 bytes)
- 74. Re: Lotus 7 front suspension (score: 1)
- Author: "Greg Solow" <Gregmogdoc@surfnetusa.com>
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 23:02:15 -0800
- I don't think that that kind of a mod would qualify as a proper vintage modification..It would be correct to install a thicker front anti-sway bar in the same manner as the original. During the 70's
- /html/vintage-race/1998-12/msg00189.html (7,897 bytes)
- 75. RE: The Rules (score: 1)
- Author: SOLOW GREG <gregmogdoc@surfnetusa.com>
- Date: Sun, 1 Nov 1998 15:49:17 -0800
- HEAR! HEAR! That makes 7 good basic rules. I think Don would prabably agree are all equally improtant. Greg Solow --Original Message-- From: PaceCars@aol.com [SMTP:PaceCars@aol.com] Sent: Sunday, Nov
- /html/vintage-race/1998-11/msg00010.html (7,945 bytes)
- 76. RE: Leaf springs (score: 1)
- Author: SOLOW GREG <gregmogdoc@surfnetusa.com>
- Date: Mon, 2 Nov 1998 00:00:03 -0800
- Thank you, Burt is always a kick to do things with. Greg Solow --Original Message-- From: LSelz@aol.com [SMTP:LSelz@aol.com] Sent: Thursday, October 29, 1998 4:09 PM To: gregmogdoc@surfnetusa.com; ma
- /html/vintage-race/1998-11/msg00013.html (7,263 bytes)
- 77. RE: vintage-race-digest V1 #163 (score: 1)
- Author: SOLOW GREG <gregmogdoc@surfnetusa.com>
- Date: Sat, 14 Nov 1998 00:00:16 -0800
- On my TR-4 powered Morgan +4 I have installed a vent on the valve cover. = Even the "sealed crank case" cars made in 1966 and 1967 had a vented valve cover via the PCV = valve. I would bet that if yo
- /html/vintage-race/1998-11/msg00074.html (8,672 bytes)
- 78. RE: DB limits (score: 1)
- Author: SOLOW GREG <gregmogdoc@surfnetusa.com>
- Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 23:49:36 -0700
- In dyno testing with a TR-4 engine with Weber carburators producing over = 180 REAL horsepower a 18 inch long Supertrapp Glass Pack muffler = without=20 any baffles reduced the sound level from 118 d
- /html/vintage-race/1998-10/msg00000.html (6,895 bytes)
- 79. RE: Leaf springs (score: 1)
- Author: SOLOW GREG <gregmogdoc@surfnetusa.com>
- Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 00:33:00 -0800
- Malcolm, In the owners manuals that come with Morgans, there are = instructions to regularly "paint the leaf springs with motor oil" to = keep them lubricated. That sounded a little messy to me, so w
- /html/vintage-race/1998-10/msg00113.html (8,784 bytes)
- 80. RE: Leaf springs (score: 1)
- Author: SOLOW GREG <gregmogdoc@surfnetusa.com>
- Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 23:31:59 -0800
- Chain and cable lube does indeed work well to lubricate leaf springs = that have no pads between the leaves, ie. Morgan and MG A, TR-3, etc. = But because the aerosol discharge is a little difficult
- /html/vintage-race/1998-10/msg00129.html (10,374 bytes)
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