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161. set of 1 1/2 su's for a 1500 found (score: 1): Author: William Hartwell Woodruff <woodruff@engin.umich.edu>; Date: Tue, 18 Aug 92 11:19:42 -0400; If any of you who took note of my search for twin 1 1/2 su's for my Spit 1500 are interested, I finally have a set on the way. I searched around the U.S. for awhile, including this list, and got nowh; /html/british-cars/1992-08/msg00367.html (7,173 bytes)
162. oilscan (score: 1): Author: William Hartwell Woodruff <woodruff@engin.umich.edu>; Date: Tue, 18 Aug 92 11:30:12 -0400; I rebuilt the transmission in a SAAB which had failed for no apparent reason. After some discussion with the owner, I found out that the fluid had just been changed. I think they put the wrong type o; /html/british-cars/1992-08/msg00369.html (7,212 bytes)
163. header installation blues (score: 1): Author: William Hartwell Woodruff <woodruff@engin.umich.edu>; Date: Mon, 24 Aug 92 14:16:16 -0400; I had the misfortune of spending Saturday installing a crappy header on my spitfire. About all I can say for it is that it is now on the car and it has to be better than a completely broken cast iron; /html/british-cars/1992-08/msg00494.html (6,770 bytes)
164. moving cars (score: 1): Author: William Hartwell Woodruff <woodruff@engin.umich.edu>; Date: Tue, 25 Aug 92 15:32:46 -0400; There have been some questions flying around about transporting cars across the country. I have been looking into this problem for quite some time and perhaps I can give some advice. As you may recal; /html/british-cars/1992-08/msg00508.html (8,538 bytes)
165. monza exhaust (score: 1): Author: William Hartwell Woodruff <woodruff@engin.umich.edu>; Date: Tue, 7 Jul 92 12:50:06 -0400; I put a monza on my spitfire. I'm not sure if it was designed to run with a catalytic converter or not. Mine does not have one (there is nothing inside it anymore). I thought the thing was way too lo; /html/british-cars/1992-07/msg00093.html (6,902 bytes)
166. detroit locker (score: 1): Author: William Hartwell Woodruff <woodruff@engin.umich.edu>; Date: Wed, 8 Jul 92 19:04:42 -0400; I was looking through the summer catalog I just received from TRF and I saw an interesting classified ad. It was a detroit locker for a Spitfire or GT6 diff. Is this for real or has somebody made one; /html/british-cars/1992-07/msg00149.html (6,881 bytes)
167. compression on the 1500 engine (score: 1): Author: William Hartwell Woodruff <woodruff@engin.umich.edu>; Date: Mon, 13 Jul 92 11:11:44 -0400; Did anyone know/find out if the changes in the compression ratio of the 1500 spitfire engine were accomplished by different pistons or milling the head? I remember someone asking a similar question n; /html/british-cars/1992-07/msg00226.html (6,674 bytes)
168. warning little lbc content (score: 1): Author: William Hartwell Woodruff <woodruff@engin.umich.edu>; Date: Mon, 13 Jul 92 13:51:28 -0400; I had the pleasure of meeting up with a group (3) of gentleman from the land of Oz when touring Europe. To give you a little insight on these characters, we had been fighting over whose underware was; /html/british-cars/1992-07/msg00238.html (7,688 bytes)
169. engine & carb questions (score: 1): Author: William Hartwell Woodruff <woodruff@engin.umich.edu>; Date: Tue, 14 Jul 92 11:26:05 -0400; I finally broke down. I wanted to get a GT6 engine and driveline in my spitfire this summer, but it isn't going to happen. Perhaps this winter (sigh). . . So i'm rebuilding one of the 1500 engine I h; /html/british-cars/1992-07/msg00256.html (7,302 bytes)
170. TRF summer companion (score: 1): Author: William Hartwell Woodruff <woodruff@engin.umich.edu>; Date: Mon, 20 Jul 92 15:14:31 -0400; Does anybody have their TRF summer companion booklet near them? The reason I ask is that there is interest in a classified ad selling a detroit locker for a spit/GT6 differential. If you have it near; /html/british-cars/1992-07/msg00369.html (6,850 bytes)
171. Re: Running lean. (score: 1): Author: William Hartwell Woodruff <woodruff@engin.umich.edu>; Date: Tue, 21 Jul 92 18:30:15 -0400; does your weber have a vacuum relief valve to reduce the manifold vacuum when you snap the throttle shut? Does it have metering rods in it? If you are backfiring you are getting unburned gas in the e; /html/british-cars/1992-07/msg00402.html (7,394 bytes)
172. ring sets for 1500 (score: 1): Author: William Hartwell Woodruff <woodruff@engin.umich.edu>; Date: Tue, 21 Jul 92 18:50:26 -0400; TRF lists two sets of rings for the 1500 engine. One is for high compression and the other for low compression. Does anybody know what the difference is between these? I thought the only difference b; /html/british-cars/1992-07/msg00403.html (6,673 bytes)
173. su's wanted (score: 1): Author: William Hartwell Woodruff <woodruff@engin.umich.edu>; Date: Wed, 22 Jul 92 12:53:02 -0400; It seems I always hear about people taking off su's and replacing them with webers. What happens to all of them? would/ could anybody sell me a set that would work on a 1500 spitfire? I guess i'd nee; /html/british-cars/1992-07/msg00416.html (6,509 bytes)
174. funny engine story, no lbc content (score: 1): Author: William Hartwell Woodruff <woodruff@engin.umich.edu>; Date: Wed, 22 Jul 92 15:23:34 -0400; While I have a few minutes before my meeting . . . I thought I would relay a story of breaking a Fiat engine free for those who might be squeemish about hammering on theirs. My friend had just put an; /html/british-cars/1992-07/msg00424.html (7,715 bytes)
175. TR7 avail. (score: 1): Author: William Hartwell Woodruff <woodruff@engin.umich.edu>; Date: Fri, 24 Jul 92 09:32:07 -0400; I posted this a few months ago. I found a 76 TR7 pushed back in the weeds. I have since found more information on the car. It has been sitting for three years, and no one is really sure who owns it.; /html/british-cars/1992-07/msg00466.html (7,306 bytes)
176. twin weber dcoe setup for sale (score: 1): Author: William Hartwell Woodruff <woodruff@engin.umich.edu>; Date: Mon, 27 Jul 92 12:12:05 -0400; I have been looking for a twin SU setup for my spitfire and ran across a guy selling a twin dcoe set which he said would fit the spitfire. He said he could let it go for 550.00. It is supposed to inc; /html/british-cars/1992-07/msg00487.html (6,862 bytes)
177. U.K. members - help with SU's wanted. (score: 1): Author: William Hartwell Woodruff <woodruff@engin.umich.edu>; Date: Mon, 27 Jul 92 12:22:50 -0400; I have been looking for a twin SU carb set for my spitfire 1500 engine. I haven't been able to find the twin 1 1/2 SU's that were available in the U.K. for the 1500 engine, only the 1 1/4 set for the; /html/british-cars/1992-07/msg00488.html (6,931 bytes)
178. Mike Gettle, "British Motor Mechanic" (score: 1): Author: William Hartwell Woodruff <woodruff@engin.umich.edu>; Date: Tue, 28 Jul 92 16:51:26 -0400; I'd also like to add I'm very sorry to hear about your engine . What a terrible thing to do to some restoring a classic car. woodruff@caen.engin.umich.edu; /html/british-cars/1992-07/msg00517.html (6,536 bytes)
179. DeDion (score: 1): Author: William Hartwell Woodruff <woodruff@engin.umich.edu>; Date: Wed, 29 Jul 92 13:05:33 -0400; I have a very superficial knowledge of the laws and equations which govern suspension systems, but I think I can describe a DeDion and what the main reason for using it is. A solid rear axle has grea; /html/british-cars/1992-07/msg00532.html (7,503 bytes)
180. transmission advice please (score: 1): Author: William Hartwell Woodruff <woodruff@engin.umich.edu>; Date: Fri, 31 Jul 92 13:14:39 -0400; I am in the process of putting my spit driveline back into some sort of working condition [looks like the Spit/GT6 conversion is on hold again :-(]. I took apart the gearbox to replace the speedo dri; /html/british-cars/1992-07/msg00590.html (7,282 bytes)

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