- 21. Re: SPEED (score: 1)
- Author: Gameparker@cs.com
- Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2002 20:22:38 EDT
- 105mph - 3:00am in the morning on I-95 in Miami with 2 - 250lb guys in the car (I was one of them!)- creeping ever-so-slowly past a Honda Civic. Started to feel really squirrelly past 95 mph and darn
- /html/6pack/2002-09/msg00167.html (7,459 bytes)
- 22. Re: Zen and the Art of TR6 Maintenance (score: 1)
- Author: Gameparker@cs.com
- Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2002 10:38:33 EDT
- I agree that it's not a stretch at all. I recall playing chase with a TT owner, who I know was trying hard from the tell-tail wisp of black smoke from his pipes. He too gave me a look of shock/and o
- /html/6pack/2002-08/msg00450.html (8,775 bytes)
- 23. Re: Ignition Problems (score: 1)
- Author: Gameparker@cs.com
- Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 22:17:09 EDT
- when I started having high rpm "hiccups", my year old petronix system was the last thing I suspected. Only after having replaced or verified all else did I throw my old points back in as a last ditc
- /html/6pack/2002-08/msg00556.html (7,911 bytes)
- 24. Petronix Ignition (score: 1)
- Author: Gameparker@cs.com
- Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2002 16:18:04 EDT
- thought I'd contribute for once, instead of ask... Do yourselves a favor, if you're running electronic ignition and having problems with a low or high speed miss (in my case both), and the timing se
- /html/6pack/2002-06/msg00003.html (6,733 bytes)
- 25. Re: Upgraded plug wires & ?s re Distributor Advance & Timing (score: 1)
- Author: Gameparker@cs.com
- Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2002 20:50:40 EDT
- I'd like to share with you something that happened to me two weeks ago. I am running exactly the same set-up as you - fast-road cam, headers, twin SU's, higher compression head, etc. I was also runn
- /html/6pack/2002-06/msg00358.html (8,620 bytes)
- 26. Overdrive Solenoid (score: 1)
- Author: Gameparker@cs.com
- Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2002 01:54:03 EDT
- I have a J type OD with the solenoid on the tranny itself. In checking the spare solenoid that I have and applying 12 volts across the terminals, what should I see? I currently hear a click and see
- /html/6pack/2002-06/msg00648.html (6,456 bytes)
- 27. Excessive Oil Consumption? (score: 1)
- Author: Gameparker@cs.com
- Date: Mon, 6 May 2002 20:00:42 EDT
- may I ask those of you who will care to reply: How much engine oil does your TR6 consume and how frequently? I ask because, my TR6 has around 2000 (two thousand) miles on its rebuilt motor, but from
- /html/6pack/2002-05/msg00046.html (7,504 bytes)
- 28. Ticking Noise from Rear End. (score: 1)
- Author: Gameparker@cs.com
- Date: Wed, 8 May 2002 22:16:16 EDT
- firstly, thanks to all who gave the advice on my excessive oil consumption. I will basically monitor the situation for another couple of thousand miles (no oil on rear valance at this point). In an
- /html/6pack/2002-05/msg00091.html (7,046 bytes)
- 29. Low rpm miss/hesitation (score: 1)
- Author: Gameparker@cs.com
- Date: Sat, 25 May 2002 14:36:36 EDT
- my TR6 with twin SU's has been running fairly flawlessly until just recently, when it has developed a miss or hesitation at low speed/rpms (typically below 1500 rpms- you can more hear it than feel
- /html/6pack/2002-05/msg00361.html (7,163 bytes)
- 30. No Clickie - No Startie (score: 1)
- Author: Gameparker@cs.com
- Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2002 17:46:31 EDT
- after a 500 mile round trip to play some awful rugby in St. Petersburg (Fla.) on Saturday, my TR6 let me down 20 miles from home. I had to wait 4 hours on Alligator Alley as signals to my cell phone
- /html/6pack/2002-04/msg00173.html (8,042 bytes)
- 31. Re: Miata Race (score: 1)
- Author: Gameparker@cs.com
- Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 20:57:14 EDT
- to coin a phrase: "SMOKED HIM!" Funny, but you wouldn't think that my 5200rpm max would match, indeed exceed his 6500+rpm shifting, but at the end of a quarter mile I could just see 1 headlight in m
- /html/6pack/2002-04/msg00426.html (7,488 bytes)
- 32. Miata Racing - Futile Attempt? (score: 1)
- Author: Gameparker@cs.com
- Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 19:57:40 EST
- has anybody successfully gone up against a Miata with their TR6? I ask this because where I work, there are more than a few people who have Miatas, of which there are some real driving enthusiasts (
- /html/6pack/2002-03/msg00183.html (8,312 bytes)
- 33. RE: Re: Miata Racing - Futile Attempt? (score: 1)
- Author: gameparker@cs.com
- Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 08:03:09 -0500
- thanks for all your replies - I will use the tips you've given me (maybe even the sugar in the tank trick (thanks Mark! ;-)) to take this guy on and further the mystique of our LBC's. I liked the sh
- /html/6pack/2002-03/msg00188.html (9,617 bytes)
- 34. RE: Re: Miata Racing - Futile Attempt? (score: 1)
- Author: gameparker@cs.com
- Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 13:58:01 -0500
- already ahead of you. Will have a friend tape the event, and somehow convert it to a video clip. Looks like it will take place next Friday. Cheers Geoff
- /html/6pack/2002-03/msg00195.html (8,468 bytes)
- 35. Re: Stuck cylinder head tips (reprise) (score: 1)
- Author: Gameparker@cs.com
- Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2002 16:42:10 EST
- Here's some advice (below) I gave someone else just recently. Whatever method you use, I hope it works out for you, i know it can be frustrating. Regards, Geoff Parker ..."In terms of the cylinder h
- /html/6pack/2002-02/msg00038.html (8,925 bytes)
- 36. Timing/Idle Questions (score: 1)
- Author: Gameparker@cs.com
- Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 21:36:58 EST
- Two questions if I may, both sort of related. 1. I am determined to crack the black art of timing, for me the last great mystery of TR6-ness. I have a fast road cam-higher lift, longer duration. The
- /html/6pack/2002-02/msg00371.html (7,306 bytes)
- 37. RE: Rubber bump stops (score: 1)
- Author: gameparker@cs.com
- Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 12:42:52 -0500
- I cut through the rubber and "nicked" the top edge of the washer with a small cut off disk in my dremel (invaluable tool, BTW, everyone needs one). I then inserted a screwdriver or chisel into this
- /html/6pack/2002-02/msg00419.html (7,182 bytes)
- 38. Coolant Passages (score: 1)
- Author: Gameparker@cs.com
- Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2001 18:29:54 EST
- firstly, Season's Greetings and thanks to you all - you've all helped me a tremendous amount in the past few months. Getting to the point: I am reinstalling the head on my engine, just making sure t
- /html/6pack/2001-12/msg00118.html (7,016 bytes)
- 39. Intake Manifold Modification (score: 1)
- Author: Gameparker@cs.com
- Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 21:32:41 EST
- upon looking inside the carburetor side of a typical late manifold for a TR6, you can see a very "blunt" wall that separates the branches of the manifold (to the extent that cylinders 2 and 5 probab
- /html/6pack/2001-11/msg00002.html (6,769 bytes)
- 40. Re: Intake Manifold Modification (score: 1)
- Author: Gameparker@cs.com
- Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2001 18:42:47 EST
- thanks for the reply. Took a dremel to it and knife edged it as best I could. Putting everything back together and running the car, I definitely had a "seat of the pants" improvement in acceleration
- /html/6pack/2001-11/msg00017.html (6,812 bytes)
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