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241. FW: Goodwood Raffle at the Columbia River Classic (score: 1)
Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2005 09:07:27 -0700
I didn't see this come through for some reason. If you've already seen it, sorry for the repetition. I went up to my trailer this morning to check that everything's ready for Monterey--I haven't even
/html/fot/2005-08/msg00162.html (9,507 bytes)

242. RE: Engine won't run (score: 1)
Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 12:33:11 -0700
Nope. Less leakage is better. I did a quick Google search and didn't come up with much. If you can't find a automotive coil/condenser checker then what you need is a high voltage DC power supply and
/html/fot/2005-08/msg00166.html (8,747 bytes)

243. RE: Use Google Earth to find race tracks (score: 1)
Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 14:12:56 -0700
Wow, is that ever cool. I played with Keyhole when they first bought it, but this is way better. The current shot of Portland has a red car in turn three. You can get a good idea of the exposure spee
/html/fot/2005-08/msg00184.html (8,829 bytes)

244. RE: Vintage Au Grattan (score: 1)
Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 20:17:51 -0700
Gee, Henry, and you seem like such a smart guy. One solution I found while building our house. I told my wife that I wanted to still be married at the end of the project, so one or the other of us ha
/html/fot/2005-08/msg00190.html (8,508 bytes)

245. RE: Hmmm... (score: 1)
Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 09:08:12 -0700
Nice post. I haven't jumped in because I don't know that much about the SCCA. I'm just a member and a racer--I show up and race. No complaints, seems like a good, well run organization. I don't like
/html/fot/2005-08/msg00221.html (10,947 bytes)

246. RE: Hmmm... (score: 1)
Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 09:11:20 -0700
Yeah, I wondered about that myself. But I do understand the desire for a hardcore racing organization. On the west coast everyone has their pants in a knot about drifting. Its like a rock concert wit
/html/fot/2005-08/msg00222.html (8,497 bytes)

247. Montery Histerics (score: 1)
Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 22:31:10 -0700
I'm at Monterey, having a great time as usual. Today is my tenth anniversary. What a cool wife to be so willing to spend it at a noisy race track. Of course I warned her ten years ago that August 19t
/html/fot/2005-08/msg00277.html (7,270 bytes)

248. Politics of racing, and Monterey (score: 1)
Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2005 07:07:12 -0700
The HSR guys sure are popular on the West coast...not. Don't know why, but I've heard all kinds of weird stuff, roughly ten percent of which I believe. I think the big bitch is that they do "run what
/html/fot/2005-08/msg00279.html (7,055 bytes)

249. RE: Montery Histerics (score: 1)
Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2005 07:32:49 -0700
I did say TRY. "I race on Sunday. I'm going to try to take it easy--no point in getting all carried away here........." Come on, Babcock. Whatch you been smokin'? I can just see you lifting a little
/html/fot/2005-08/msg00280.html (6,818 bytes)

250. RE: Mallory dual point dizzy (score: 1)
Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2005 21:53:15 -0700
ABSOLUTELY. Dual point distributors increase dwell without having either a radical cam lobe or stiff point springs. The challenge is that points have inertia so it's hard to get them to open and clos
/html/fot/2005-08/msg00282.html (7,241 bytes)

251. RM Auction at Montery (score: 1)
Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2005 21:57:25 -0700
Neat evening--I went outside of the RM Auction to smoke a nice cigar and drink some good scotch, and while I was out there I got to talk with Jay Leno a while, then met Sterling Moss and shook his ha
/html/fot/2005-08/msg00283.html (6,668 bytes)

252. RE: hand-shaking (score: 1)
Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 08:00:21 -0700
The Pooper's (two of them-Denny Hatch's and Cameron Healey's), the Platypus (Art Conner--Cameron's cousin)and Peyote were pitted together. Peyote did pretty well on Sunday. I was gridded 14th because
/html/fot/2005-08/msg00301.html (9,742 bytes)

253. RE: Hoosier tire wear survey (score: 1)
Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 21:13:52 -0700
I've been steadily improving mine, except for the bodacious flat spots I put on that set of Hoosiers at Sears when my steering came undone. I've got a new set of Hoosiers on, I'll let you know, but s
/html/fot/2005-08/msg00321.html (8,528 bytes)

254. RE: Clutch Disc (score: 1)
Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 11:29:49 -0700
As I recall it's GT6, but you probably don't want a stocker if you are going to that trouble. Perhaps a nice sintered metal three paddle? I am building a CR gearbox for my TR3A and the input shaft is
/html/fot/2005-08/msg00333.html (6,987 bytes)

255. RE: Hoosier tire wear survey (score: 1)
Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 08:09:28 -0700
Never, ever, EVER start figuring out what you're spending to race. That's how I got Peyote--Baxter figured out what it was costing him per lap to race, and sold all his cars. When you put it that way
/html/fot/2005-08/msg00341.html (8,909 bytes)

256. RE: Hoosier tire wear survey (score: 1)
Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 09:27:38 -0700
It would be useful to know the suspension setting for the cars that are gobbling tires. Also, what do you call a "worn out" tire. Is it worn out when you start seeing your lap times come down a bit,
/html/fot/2005-08/msg00342.html (10,768 bytes)

257. RE: Hoosier tire wear survey (score: 1)
Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 18:26:27 -0700
The Porsche guys around here got together and bought a container load of Kumho radial 15X5.50 60 series tires with a nice asymmetric tread. I don't know the details, but the tires are NOT available i
/html/fot/2005-08/msg00347.html (11,500 bytes)

258. RE: decking a tractor engine block (score: 1)
Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 18:32:41 -0700
The problem is indexing the mill to the bottom of the cylinder. If they get a little off the block will be slanted one way or the other and you'll blow head gaskets. They are not likely to be too far
/html/fot/2005-08/msg00351.html (10,809 bytes)

259. RE: decking a tractor engine block (score: 1)
Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 11:32:04 -0700
I'd consider decking the block a last resort for a really screwed up block. If you just have minor dings I'd try almost anything else first, including a little light file work and a swipe of JB weld.
/html/fot/2005-08/msg00365.html (10,094 bytes)

260. RE: bearing help... (score: 1)
Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 11:28:38 -0700
I've gotten away with it a few times, when the damage to the crank was absolutely minimal. I broke an oil pump shaft during a race and lost oil pressure. Didn't shut the motor down immediately becaus
/html/fot/2005-08/msg00402.html (8,817 bytes)


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