Welcome back Andy, to the list and the road.
Larry Miller
----- Original Message -----
From: andy webster <trunkie@hotmail.com>
To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: 07 April, 1999 11:58 AM
Subject: good to be back
> howdy all
> after ~5 months of pc deprivation i'm back on the list
> I used to be known as j6879758@emu.bendigo.latrobe.edu.au but no more.
> now its trunkie@hotmail.com at least until I can get our ISP to
> give me my own email.
> The exciting news is...
> MY MKIIA SPRITE IS ON THE ROAD!!!!!!
> I was just about roadworthy when my 1100 went into maxwell smart
> smokescreen mode in a big way. Hardly a ring left anywhere!
> A well reputed local engineering firm quoted $2200 to resurrect it
> which was out of my bounds (way out)
> So I hit the classifieds and found this morris minor which supposedly
> had an MGB engine, but i recognised the 10ccdah prefix (eng Nos reqd
> if not registered (state law))
> Went and had a look and a listen
> 160psi in all pots.....
> no smoke...
> 12G295 cast head...
> stuck the pointy end of a screwdriver against the block/head and the
> other end hard to my ear (as a crude but effective stethoscope ) and
> heard sweet whirring sounds and nothing nasty.
> $450 later had it at my house
> pulled the motor and sold the rough old minor body for $200
> and its heater for $50
> So for $200 (~US$120) got myself a pearler of a 1098 with 40 thou
> over bore and pistons (makes it about 1136cc according to Vizard)
> I think a 731 cam, its lumpier than stock any how, and an LCB exhaust!
> Not bad or what?
> I havent really pushed it but today on the south-east freeway i had
> it up to 85mph @ just>5000rpm and she was just singing.
> Don't those side curtains get rattley at such speeds!?
> I'm pretty happy with it for 1/11th the cost of a rebuild
> Its great to be back...on the list AND especially on the road.
> ANDY WEBSTER
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