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181. RE: Front Mounting Plate-TR3/4 Engine (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2005 10:05:58 -0700; That's a performance improvement where it counts--in the seat of your pants. Or better, no pants. _____ Mr. Babcock has not mentioned that he has a Carbon Fiber Toilet Seat for his Tow Rig/RV. This s; /html/fot/2005-09/msg00167.html (8,731 bytes)
182. RE: How much I weigh (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2005 21:26:40 -0700; Anyone that is DO for that should immediately protest the scales . If the scales have not been certified recently you can tell them to buzz off. -- Original Message -- From: Rocky Entriken To: Henry; /html/fot/2005-09/msg00179.html (8,033 bytes)
183. RE: Trip to Philly -- No LBC Content (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 16:33:29 -0700; Drink. Philly is an odd town, or was when I spent time there twenty years ago. Decent bars, so-so restaurants, interesting old town area but they roll the sidewalks up at ten. Hi everyone! Just wonde; /html/fot/2005-09/msg00191.html (8,309 bytes)
184. RE: Trip to Philly -- No LBC Content (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 20:18:33 -0700; I'm sure there'll be some pissed off Toledoans after you now Greg. I'm sure it has changed--some. But it sure wasn't my favorite place. All I can say is that we used to drive to Baltimore to have fun; /html/fot/2005-09/msg00201.html (8,367 bytes)
185. RE: Tires for TR3 and TR4 (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 08:15:55 -0700; You can get Konig wheels in 5.5 width and about any offset--they are pretty and cheap but not particularly light. --Original Message-- From: owner-fot@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-fot@autox.team.net]; /html/fot/2005-09/msg00217.html (11,928 bytes)
186. RE: Tires for TR3 and TR4 (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 08:11:23 -0700; If you want tires that last and still perform you're going to have to go to radials. A lot depends on you definition of last. If you mean the number of heat cycles that the tire will provide good per; /html/fot/2005-09/msg00219.html (10,198 bytes)
187. RE: brakes rubbers (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 08:31:12 -0700; Nice recipe. I'm going to have to do something about my rotors this year. They're getting thin and the longitudinal cracks scare the tech inspectors--and a few alert spectators. I'm not fond of Hawk; /html/fot/2005-09/msg00220.html (9,817 bytes)
188. Philly rap (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 09:21:31 -0700; No, it's not a sandwich made with cream cheese. Besides, that would be wrap. I did the math on when I was hanging out in Philly and realized that Portland still probably had no traffic lights then. I; /html/fot/2005-09/msg00223.html (6,267 bytes)
189. RE: Tires for TR3 and TR4 (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 16:48:14 -0700; Sounds very familiar except for the Hoosiers going away. I can still use mine for about 20-30 track sessions. We do indeed need something like a 205 60 15. Most folks should be able to fit that. Tire; /html/fot/2005-09/msg00229.html (11,707 bytes)
190. RE: TR3 and TR4 tires (part 2 of 2) (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 23:26:10 -0700; My guess is that any radial performance tire would run rings around Hoosier TD's. I enjoy racing on the Hoosiers because of their predictable and controllable slip, but that's not the fast way around; /html/fot/2005-09/msg00247.html (10,504 bytes)
191. RE: TR3 and TR4 tires (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 23:31:16 -0700; The Hoosiers are the tires I just tried--very good grip and very predictable. I doubt that many groups will approve them though--they just look way too modern even though they have tall sidewalls. Go; /html/fot/2005-09/msg00248.html (8,416 bytes)
192. RE: TR3 and TR4 tires (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 23:27:24 -0700; They'd be fine if you can run 50 series. But if 50 series was allowed there are a lot of other tires that would be as good or better. Another possibility has been mentioned to me that I thought I'd t; /html/fot/2005-09/msg00249.html (7,586 bytes)
193. RE: Group 44 Gt6 - For Sale - Buyer Be Very Beware (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 08:07:54 -0700; Even if the car doesn't pan out you'll have a good story--how even nice guys and racers can be fooled or fool themselves into thinking a car has provenance. Wishful thinking is a potent drug. True in; /html/fot/2005-09/msg00260.html (9,890 bytes)
194. Fast times at PIR (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 17:00:24 -0700; I'm cleaning my shop and came across an old timesheet for the TR3--1:34:57 at PIR. Not bad. Until just recently I had a tough time getting Peyote below 1:32. No wonder the tech requirements guys caug; /html/fot/2005-09/msg00265.html (6,391 bytes)
195. RE: [MGVR] Tire (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 18:22:49 -0700; I've found them to pretty much suck out loud. I never spent enough time on them to get used to them, but I'm not certain I could. I tried the 50 series at the Mitty--that was an un-mitty-gated disast; /html/fot/2005-09/msg00267.html (10,619 bytes)
196. RE: [MGVR] Tire (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 22:00:54 -0700; Of COURSE it's virtual vintage racing. What people like about vintage racing is that it's convivial--which SCCA never ever is, and there's people to race because the spectrum of cars is so great in a; /html/fot/2005-09/msg00269.html (9,890 bytes)
197. RE: Mallory failure alert (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 15:30:32 -0700; I had a Mallory grenade from a similar problem a few years ago--the tab broke, the weights hit the case and the guts wrapped around the rotor. That was the cause of my long misadventure with Lucas di; /html/fot/2005-09/msg00279.html (9,889 bytes)
198. RE: chasing LSD centre and metric speedo for TR250/TR6 (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 09:11:30 -0700; Doesn't TranX make a salisbury LSD center that fits the TR6? That's the route I'd go--the Quaife is just not that effective, it's a torque-biasing center, not an LSD, when a wheel starts to spin it l; /html/fot/2005-09/msg00285.html (8,012 bytes)
199. RE: Mallory failure alert (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 20:34:35 -0700; You are forgetting one really big thing--the other end of shaft drives the oil pump which probably takes a couple of horsepower to drive if you set your bypass for maximum pressure--that's why it bre; /html/fot/2005-09/msg00289.html (9,821 bytes)
200. RE: Mallory failure alert (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 12:07:31 -0700; I probably shouldn't have said idle. Assuming that the alternator is making the electronics work better, you want output all the way from the lowest RPM that the engine is operated at during a race.; /html/fot/2005-09/msg00291.html (9,751 bytes)

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