- 161. RE: RE: She no run... (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Swarthout" <jswarth1@tampabay.rr.com>
- Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 09:49:21 -0500
- After your friend set the timing, was it truly back to normal? How far was the timing off? Did you drive it for a few days...noticing nothing unusual...normal power etc? Did the engine rev as normal
- /html/6pack/2003-02/msg00335.html (9,467 bytes)
- 162. RE: RE: She no run... (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Swarthout" <jswarth1@tampabay.rr.com>
- Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 10:00:39 -0500
- I had thought about the same thing, and then ruled it out due to the fact that Mark had driven the car for so many miles and undoubtedly filled the tank several times! I didn't think about a "new" t
- /html/6pack/2003-02/msg00338.html (8,812 bytes)
- 163. RE: trailer tie-down points for TR6 (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Swarthout" <jswarth1@tampabay.rr.com>
- Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 20:38:55 -0500
- Interesting, my 74 has plates with holes, front and rear, welded to the frame! Jim Swarthout Listers: I looked under my 6 tonight to choose tie-down points for trailering the car. I have the typical
- /html/6pack/2003-02/msg00356.html (7,612 bytes)
- 164. RE: Carbon Build-up (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Swarthout" <jswarth1@tampabay.rr.com>
- Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 17:40:44 -0500
- Remove the manifolds, and the rocker shaft assembly, (this will prevent crap from getting into the cylinders). You DO NOT want the loose carbon in the cylinders! Use a bead blast gun with walnut hul
- /html/6pack/2003-02/msg00723.html (7,915 bytes)
- 165. TR-6 Performance (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Swarthout" <jswarth1@tampabay.rr.com>
- Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2003 21:24:04 -0500
- To the list, I would like to thank each one of you who sent such considerate e-mail notes. My father and I always got along together, even during my teenage years! I had a lot of respect for him! It
- /html/6pack/2003-01/msg00433.html (8,347 bytes)
- 166. Like stirring paint! (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Swarthout" <jswarth1@tampabay.rr.com>
- Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 17:50:38 -0500
- Congratulations on having finished your conversion! It would appear that you are thoroughly pleased with the results. This is good as I'm sure that you went to a fair amount of expense and some labo
- /html/6pack/2003-01/msg00533.html (8,257 bytes)
- 167. RE: Carb Tuning (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Swarthout" <jswarth1@tampabay.rr.com>
- Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 20:06:53 -0500
- www.Jim.com, No, not really...but certainly fire away with questions! Jim Swarthout Does anyone know of a good web site for info on tuning the Stromberg carbs? Ray 73 TR6
- /html/6pack/2003-01/msg00537.html (6,687 bytes)
- 168. Carb Tuning (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Swarthout" <jswarth1@tampabay.rr.com>
- Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 20:42:35 -0500
- In my attempt at humor, I had no idea that the link would actually lead somewhere! Anyway, let's talk carbs! Jim Swarthout Gentlemen, Can we keep it in the forum as I would be interested in the thre
- /html/6pack/2003-01/msg00539.html (6,748 bytes)
- 169. Rocker photos (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Swarthout" <jswarth1@tampabay.rr.com>
- Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 22:45:33 -0500
- I pulled a set of rockers off of the production line today and installed them! It's fantastic to see a product that I designed nearly 20 years ago, revived! I haven't worked out final pricing yet but
- /html/6pack/2003-01/msg00574.html (7,063 bytes)
- 170. RE: TR250 seat rails (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Swarthout" <jswarth1@tampabay.rr.com>
- Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 22:43:58 -0500
- for awhile. Amateur approach: Solution...Mmmmm...Thoroughly brush....with a wire brush...then use Naval Jelly..."clean the metal", then paint with a zinc based boat trailer paint...you can get it in
- /html/6pack/2003-01/msg00646.html (8,219 bytes)
- 171. RE: fitting Header (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Swarthout" <jswarth1@tampabay.rr.com>
- Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 21:27:10 -0500
- Installing a header...and what you are talking about are two different things! Port matching is just that!...maybe a little material removed from the header...maybe a little from the head! The initi
- /html/6pack/2003-01/msg00703.html (8,484 bytes)
- 172. RE: TR-6 performance (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Swarthout" <jswarth1@tampabay.rr.com>
- Date: Sun, 1 Dec 2002 22:45:51 -0500
- I am "SOOOO" sorry...If I hurt any body's feel bads...You ought to see what the "Jim" show is like "live in concert"!!! Funny...none of my friends or neighbors seem to complain... Must be an internet
- /html/6pack/2002-12/msg00025.html (15,485 bytes)
- 173. RE: TR6 Performance (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Swarthout" <jswarth1@tampabay.rr.com>
- Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2002 18:18:40 -0500
- Thanks...a number of people have e-mailed saying the same thing! You know...during a rodeo...when a 1500lb. bull snorts and puffs...and ultimately gyrates all over a small enclosed place!!! You didn
- /html/6pack/2002-12/msg00056.html (7,818 bytes)
- 174. RE: TR6 performance (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Swarthout" <jswarth1@tampabay.rr.com>
- Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2002 22:01:39 -0500
- As a mechanic, tool & die maker, and an Engineer, I can assure you that no amount of classroom education will prepare you for the automobile. It's all hands-on. An engine is a culmination of parts,
- /html/6pack/2002-12/msg00062.html (8,102 bytes)
- 175. RE: New atitudes (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Swarthout" <jswarth1@tampabay.rr.com>
- Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2002 23:02:31 -0500
- Oh No, My dear Anonymous, frail, little, man please do not leave the group...there was no intention of scaring off people "like" you at all! I'll be right here to encourage you! I won't say it...NO..
- /html/6pack/2002-12/msg00063.html (7,397 bytes)
- 176. RE: TR-6 performance (update) (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Swarthout" <jswarth1@tampabay.rr.com>
- Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2002 16:11:16 -0500
- To the list: Especially those who may be getting in on this late! I would like to see 12 TR-6/250 owners with basically stock engines... (No wild cams or other major mods to the valve-train)...instal
- /html/6pack/2002-12/msg00093.html (13,881 bytes)
- 177. RE: TR-6 performance (update) (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Swarthout" <jswarth1@tampabay.rr.com>
- Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2002 18:09:31 -0500
- Terry Geiger has joined in with an answer to question 11 11) How are engine firing orders determined by the engineers? Is it rhyme or reason? Firing order is set up to that the engine is "load balanc
- /html/6pack/2002-12/msg00109.html (8,508 bytes)
- 178. RE: TR-6 performance (update) (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Swarthout" <jswarth1@tampabay.rr.com>
- Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2002 18:15:35 -0500
- Alan Salvatore has joined in! A hydraulic cam is supposed to be quieter running and have less maintenance then solid lifters, (the manuel tappet adjustments required by stock tr6's)i have read that t
- /html/6pack/2002-12/msg00110.html (7,989 bytes)
- 179. RE: TR-6 performance (update) (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Swarthout" <jswarth1@tampabay.rr.com>
- Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2002 18:18:30 -0500
- Erik Quackenbush has entered with an answer to #10 10. Casting is the art of pouring molten metal (hot!) into a mold to form a shape. Forging is the art of banging on a solid (usually hot) piece of m
- /html/6pack/2002-12/msg00111.html (8,509 bytes)
- 180. RE: RE: TR-6 performance (update) (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Swarthout" <jswarth1@tampabay.rr.com>
- Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2002 19:26:17 -0500
- Are you assuming that I have purchased these! And am now willing to give them away! No, I make them...money is not the issue...time is. It cost practically nothing in raw materials to make a set of
- /html/6pack/2002-12/msg00115.html (8,439 bytes)
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