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301. RE: TR3/Peerless info needed (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 09:16:19 -0700; Bill Dentin replied to Dave but I guess he didn't copy the group. He has a Peerless. I didn't realize they had a De Dion. That makes things a lot more complex. Cool looking cars though. Dave: The Pee; /html/fot/2005-07/msg00354.html (8,703 bytes)
302. RE: TR 3 Steering (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 17:57:00 -0700; Actually I've seen Mr. Talbot drive, and I think this whole business of translation to faster lap times is a bit off the mark. When you have a car that handles with precision, you are much more comfo; /html/fot/2005-07/msg00358.html (11,495 bytes)
303. RE: TR 3 Steering (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 18:04:50 -0700; I think the most impractical part of some of the rules is that they make driving the cars less fun. Somehow anything that makes the cars safer is okay--but if we were really going to be real, we sho; /html/fot/2005-07/msg00359.html (10,258 bytes)
304. RE: 'World's worst sentence?' and it is FOT friendly! (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 22:36:51 -0700; Gee, I don't know, do any of you guys find that kind of disturbing and ...NO? Well, me neither. fictional novel.; /html/fot/2005-07/msg00361.html (9,250 bytes)
305. RE: TR 3 Steering (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 09:31:43 -0700; Ackerman is always important--even in a kid's wagon--for some reason it's just rarely understood. Picture the basic radio flyer negotiating a turn, the inside wheel follows a tighter track than the o; /html/fot/2005-07/msg00366.html (10,355 bytes)
306. RE: TR 3 Steering (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 09:34:16 -0700; Oh, one more thing--your Ackerman is "true" when lines drawn through the centerline of the trunnion and the pivot point of the steering arm intersect at the middle of the rear axle This is the first; /html/fot/2005-07/msg00367.html (8,421 bytes)
307. RE: TR 3 Steering (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 12:13:37 -0700; I think some of the understeer in TR3/4 come from their having "less" Ackerman. The odd sounding terms (less, true and more) come from the fact that Ackerman is a very archaic notion, probably the ve; /html/fot/2005-07/msg00369.html (8,789 bytes)
308. RE: Churchill tools (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2005 08:52:47 -0700; I put the banjo in a press and squeeze it. Works great. Someone in FOT tipped me to that one. The diff spreader can be made at home with some 2" flat stock and 2 high quality turnbuckles. That is the; /html/fot/2005-06/msg00024.html (7,069 bytes)
309. RE: Mallory dual point dizzy [was Non VTR help needed (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2005 08:50:57 -0700; My God, you sounded completely rational until you said the L word. I have a small catapult I built expressly for throwing lucas distributors. I haven't tried it yet, but I've got the ammunition all s; /html/fot/2005-06/msg00025.html (8,462 bytes)
310. RE: TR6 TRANS FOR A TR3 (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2005 08:56:17 -0700; I really, really like my four-plate quartermaster rally clutch. Easy to install, hooks up beautifully, and looks like it will last forever. For the record, try to find a better clutch than the Borg &; /html/fot/2005-06/msg00026.html (7,984 bytes)
311. RE: Mallory dual point dizzy now Lucas slam (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2005 17:01:36 -0700; That's crazy talk, You guys are scaring me. I find four things consistently wrong with lucal distributors. 1. Manufacturing tolerances, design and materials of the bushings--too loose, too short, and; /html/fot/2005-06/msg00031.html (9,443 bytes)
312. RE: Pertronix Ignitor (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2005 17:34:56 -0700; I think Pertronix needs to get their act together a bit. They sell two versions, the more expensive one includes reverse polarity protection and is supposedly "microprocessor" controlled. The slightl; /html/fot/2005-06/msg00032.html (8,875 bytes)
313. RE: TR6 TRANS FOR A TR3 (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2005 22:29:54 -0700; I really, really like the Saab Coaxial clutch actuator. Once you get it spaced right, and paired with the right master cylinder so you can't overextend it and blow brake fluid everywhere it's foolpro; /html/fot/2005-06/msg00037.html (8,066 bytes)
314. RE: Mallory dual point dizzy now Lucas slam (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2005 07:54:06 -0700; Well, it looks like you absolutely know how to make a lucas distributor work. My tolerance is far less than yours. The distributor I tried to use is the 45D. What finally put me over the edge is the; /html/fot/2005-06/msg00044.html (10,268 bytes)
315. RE: Petronix (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2005 09:42:21 -0700; I'm sitting in a restaurant in Sonoma thinking that I'm glad I have my point setup always in the trailer. I can yank the Pertronics at the first sign of problems. I think that fact keeps the little b; /html/fot/2005-06/msg00051.html (8,157 bytes)
316. RE: Petronix (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2005 09:38:59 -0700; I'm also using the pertronix as a trigger for an MSD. I got them to work reasonably well without the MSD but there was always some instability. The MSD solved that. I have my doubts that multispark d; /html/fot/2005-06/msg00052.html (9,056 bytes)
317. Sonoma (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2005 09:45:10 -0700; Incidentally, for any of you that are coming to the Wine Country race, Peyote and I are in Paddock J1, red trailer with a Ferrari flag and a FOT flag flying. As always I will have plenty of cold wate; /html/fot/2005-06/msg00054.html (6,436 bytes)
318. Strange days at Wine Country (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2005 22:00:57 -0700; Sure had a lot of weird things happen today. Must have been the Mourverdre. Peyote was going like stink--running away from cars that should have just pounded us. John Mozart's Lister, all the Lotuses; /html/fot/2005-06/msg00080.html (8,126 bytes)
319. RE: brake flaring (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2005 08:52:42 -0700; Amen. I will NEVER make up a double flare or bubble again. AN flares are trouble-free and reliable. or You didn't say what kind of flare. If you're using AN, the Rol-Aire Imperial can't be beat. Airc; /html/fot/2005-06/msg00097.html (6,739 bytes)
320. RE: brake flaring - AN flares? (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2005 11:01:04 -0700; Yes, you can get a fitting with a crush washer from Pegasus or other suppliers that do just that. Or you can compromise and never take that connection apart unless you make a new flare. The problem i; /html/fot/2005-06/msg00100.html (8,595 bytes)

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