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1. Re: DeTomaso Pantera (score: 1)
Author: rbt%dracut@keps.kodak.com (Bob Tufts)
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 92 10:14:20 EDT
comes in the car in the first place. The car is already fast and there is still plenty of performance potential in the engine if you want to make it faster.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Amen! Here is one case wher
/html/british-cars/1992-10/msg00126.html (7,398 bytes)

2. sorry about Pantera! (score: 1)
Author: rbt%dracut@keps.kodak.com (Bob Tufts)
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 92 10:19:12 EDT
Sorry people, I looked before I leaped and used the wrong mail alias and sent to SOL'ers instead of the exotic-car group. At least there was some LBC content (however minimal). -Bob T.
/html/british-cars/1992-10/msg00127.html (6,337 bytes)

3. RE:Tire Sizes again (score: 1)
Author: rbt%dracut@keps.kodak.com (Bob Tufts)
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 92 18:00:48 EDT
At LOG XII a friend (who owns a Europa), myself, and a few others were observing some of the hideously wide tires on the Europas that were auto-Xing. The concensus was that the Europa being such a li
/html/british-cars/1992-09/msg00018.html (7,421 bytes)

4. Re: Understeer/Tire Inflation (score: 1)
Author: rbt%dracut@keps.kodak.com (Bob Tufts)
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 92 13:12:38 EDT
(Bob Spidell remarked that his '67 A/H 3000 understeers badly, suspected high front weight bias, and asked about fudging tire pressures.) Actually, despite that 600 lb chunk of iron up front, the big
/html/british-cars/1992-09/msg00249.html (7,620 bytes)

5. Rain-X (score: 1)
Author: rbt%dracut@keps.kodak.com (Bob Tufts)
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 92 13:37:44 EDT
That must-- No, I'm not going to touch THAT line... ;-) Father-in-law uses it on his Buick and the results are nothing short of stunning. The water just blows clean off. Only thing he told me is tha
/html/british-cars/1992-09/msg00336.html (7,745 bytes)

6. Re: snakefest POSTPONED!!!! (score: 1)
Author: rbt%dracut@keps.kodak.com (Bob Tufts)
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 92 11:54:50 EDT
I'm getting envious of you California SOLers getting together. Anyone in the Atlanta area want to meet at a pub for a car and brew night? The Ugly Mug is North of the perimeter on Peachtree Industria
/html/british-cars/1992-09/msg00426.html (7,422 bytes)

7. TR6 oil pressure gauge (score: 1)
Author: rbt%dracut@keps.kodak.com (Bob Tufts)
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 92 16:54:00 EDT
As far as oil on the back of the dash goes, the oil pressure gauge is NOT electric. There is no sender like for fuel, temp, etc. Instead, a little flexible pipe comes out of the block and actually sc
/html/british-cars/1992-08/msg00052.html (7,666 bytes)

8. Re: Distributor aha! (score: 1)
Author: rbt%dracut@keps.kodak.com (Bob Tufts)
Date: Thu, 6 Aug 92 09:52:52 EDT
The springs are *supposed* to be different strengths. I would have bet my paycheck on it. I'm wrong. I don't know where that bit of info came, or why I felt so certain, but ignore it. I can't find a
/html/british-cars/1992-08/msg00118.html (7,288 bytes)

9. Unequal centrifical advance ... (score: 1)
Author: rbt%dracut@keps.kodak.com (Bob Tufts)
Date: Thu, 6 Aug 92 15:56:58 EDT
Hmm... my only personal intimate experience with another distributor was on my Suzi 650GZ which has equal weights/springs. I always thought that the centrifugal unit was carefully BALANCED thus the
/html/british-cars/1992-08/msg00129.html (8,215 bytes)

10. Re: TR6 oil pressure gauge (score: 1)
Author: rbt%dracut@keps.kodak.com (Bob Tufts)
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 92 17:16:54 EDT
This surprises me. The Smiths oil-pressure gauge in my Europa is electric. I wouldn't have thought Lotus would change to a direct gauge on a mid-engine car. Come on Phil, you know better! We're takin
/html/british-cars/1992-08/msg00259.html (7,791 bytes)

11. Re: Observation... jack stands (score: 1)
Author: rbt%dracut@keps.kodak.com (Bob Tufts)
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 92 17:54:49 EDT
I also had one incident when we tried to put a big Mercury up on stands on a blacktop surface; one leg on one stand started sinking into the blacktop, and we gave up THAT idea in a hurry. Although my
/html/british-cars/1992-08/msg00596.html (7,981 bytes)

12. Ordering Parts from the UK (score: 1)
Author: rbt%dracut@keps.kodak.com (Bob Tufts)
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 92 11:02:52 EDT
I usually will support my local(stateside) parts sources, but something really bothers me when they don't have the part in stock and will have to order it (4-6 weeks delivery time) and they charge as
/html/british-cars/1992-07/msg00004.html (8,061 bytes)

13. More UK parts shopping (score: 1)
Author: rbt%dracut@keps.kodak.com (Bob Tufts)
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 92 12:44:13 EDT
Having made a less than successful attempt a repairing the short speedo cable (about 7" long from right angle drive to transaxle) on my Esprit, I was forced to order a new one. The part is not quite
/html/british-cars/1992-07/msg00133.html (7,292 bytes)

14. Re: Spark Plugs (score: 1)
Author: rbt%dracut@keps.kodak.com (Bob Tufts)
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 92 13:01:06 EDT
How about a discussion on sparking plugs, in general? I for one would like to know if anybody has tried the Bosch Platinum plugs in their LBC. If so, do they live up to Bosch's claims? Or does the Lu
/html/british-cars/1992-07/msg00136.html (8,094 bytes)

15. Re: 1996 MGB RV8 in Road & Track (score: 1)
Author: rbt%dracut@keps.kodak.com (Bob Tufts)
Date: Thu, 9 Jul 92 10:50:22 EDT
Speaking of Jaguar, we were notified yesterday that we made it to the Final Round of the Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes (with probably ten million other folks...). One of the prizes offered is
/html/british-cars/1992-07/msg00167.html (8,240 bytes)

16. Revived roadsters (score: 1)
Author: rbt%dracut@keps.kodak.com (Bob Tufts)
Date: Thu, 9 Jul 92 12:55:36 EDT
All this talk about $40K MGB's ,etc makes me point out that I recently read (either in Autoweek or the Lotus ReMarque) that Lotus may sell off the rights to manufacture the Elan to someone, possibly
/html/british-cars/1992-07/msg00171.html (6,580 bytes)

17. NE SOL'ers (score: 1)
Author: rbt%dracut@keps.kodak.com (Bob Tufts)
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 92 13:07:01 EDT
Just thought I'd bring up the subject of a SOL rendezvous at the MOT/Larz Anderson British Car Day on Sun, the 19th. Do people want to/care to meet like last year at the entrance of the museum @ noon
/html/british-cars/1992-07/msg00199.html (6,646 bytes)

18. Header Insulation (score: 1)
Author: rbt%dracut@keps.kodak.com (Bob Tufts)
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 92 14:45:26 EDT
Anybody had any experience wrapping headers with insulation? I've heard of it being done, but don't know who makes a good wrap. Despite Lotus' attempt at a heat deflector sheild, the motor mount on t
/html/british-cars/1992-07/msg00209.html (6,608 bytes)

19. Re: Header Insulation (score: 1)
Author: rbt%dracut@keps.kodak.com (Bob Tufts)
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 92 11:21:30 EDT
Header companies and racers talk about headers burning out really fast when wrapped. I wrapped the header on the Midget, but I did not run the car that much before I sold it, and I never unwrapped th
/html/british-cars/1992-07/msg00229.html (7,373 bytes)

20. Tube Shock Conversions (score: 1)
Author: rbt%dracut@keps.kodak.com (Bob Tufts)
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 92 12:25:18 EDT
Roger Garnett asks: I'd like to hear from anyone who has installed the SPAX, or any other tube shock conversion on an MGB. Now that the Alfa is sold, I've got a little time and money to spend on my r
/html/british-cars/1992-07/msg00241.html (8,137 bytes)


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