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41. RE: Tappet talk (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2006 16:06:39 -0800; Actually, that's pretty much exactly what I said. A dome will help if it serves to move the contact patch off center. On a TR3/4 engine the cam is offset from the centerline of the lifter. If you hav; /html/fot/2006-01/msg00141.html (8,621 bytes)
42. RE: Starters (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2006 18:22:24 -0800; Actually I tore mine apart again today, but this time took the motor apart and found one of the brush wires nearly frayed in half. Not enough wire left to carry the current. The wires are in the sole; /html/fot/2006-01/msg00146.html (8,315 bytes)
43. RE: Tappet talk (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2006 19:01:33 -0800; Okay, so I sound a little strident about this, but it's a leftover bias from my motorcycle days. I thought a lot of "standard practice" like this was based on "the way we always do it" rather than an; /html/fot/2006-01/msg00147.html (9,341 bytes)
44. RE: Cam Question (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2006 08:53:59 -0800; Actually, its some sort of devil worshiping camshaft, and it probably has ramps and uses domed lifters. I'd burn it at the stake. == unsubscribe/change address requests to majordomo@autox.team.net; /html/fot/2006-01/msg00155.html (6,744 bytes)
45. RE: Hallett FoT Funding (No Whining) (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 20:21:57 -0800; Joe, I've been long on talk and short on bucks a couple of times now. I'll contribute the beer for one night, though I can't be there. I'll paypal you the money tonight. Bill Babcock Babcock & Jenkin; /html/fot/2006-01/msg00197.html (6,786 bytes)
46. RE: four cyl diesel (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 20:32:14 -0800; Friend of mine just moved back to England His wife is driving a diesel jag wagon that gets 60 MPG. The elevated price of Diesel is a temporary refinery issue--it's always cheaper to make. Bill Babcoc; /html/fot/2006-01/msg00198.html (7,985 bytes)
47. RE: Front Suspension (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 12:50:13 -0800; I like the three degrees of caster a lot, and TR4 arms are a lot easier to make adjustable for camber. When my steering came apart at Sears Point the caster saved my butt. If I'd had zero degrees the; /html/fot/2006-01/msg00220.html (6,442 bytes)
48. RE: tranny's (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 14:15:07 -0800; I think you're onto something. We have pretty wide power bands. Shifting loses time and is certainly distracting. I think if you had plenty of practice time you could make use of the other ratios, bu; /html/fot/2006-01/msg00226.html (7,380 bytes)
49. RE: tranny's (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 00:01:46 -0800; I'm not suggesting a four speed box as speed equipment. The key term is REAL RACE CARS. Our tractor motors won't make a hell of a lot more horsepower just because we keep them at the peak of the powe; /html/fot/2006-01/msg00253.html (8,075 bytes)
50. RE: Nice day, upcoming event (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 22:03:37 -0800; Cool idea. I do the Colorado 500 every so often--it's for motorcycles, there's both a sport bike one and a dirt bike version. Costs quite a bit, and theoretically you can still get a ticket, but you; /html/fot/2006-01/msg00280.html (7,273 bytes)
51. RE: [MGVR] MG Specials - Authenticity and Rules (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 12:11:29 -0800; Damned spell checker--I meant pursued by geezers, though "perused" might be right too--who the heck is going to watch the races. It's kind of sad how the crowd walks away when the prewar cars are on; /html/fot/2006-01/msg00285.html (7,123 bytes)
52. RE: [MGVR] MG Specials - Authenticity and Rules (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 12:02:30 -0800; It's interesting that so many unrelated challenges in vintage racing circle back to the same set of problems. I believe the long term vitality of Vintage Racing depends on finding some ways to balanc; /html/fot/2006-01/msg00286.html (10,626 bytes)
53. RE: Boring Liners-Sharing Info & Experience (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 19:08:47 -0800; Ah, repeatability. I don't think you can use "repeatable" as a modifier for anything you can do with a boring bar. I used to bore lots of motorcycle cylinders--it was something mechanics were expecte; /html/fot/2006-01/msg00297.html (9,222 bytes)
54. RE: Rear brake shoe (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 22:52:30 -0800; I like performance friction material for rear brakes--it's very progressive and lasts a long time. You can have your shoes relined by either a local shop or one of the larger outfits. Just do a Googl; /html/fot/2006-01/msg00303.html (6,424 bytes)
55. RE: ALUMINUM RADIATORS IN TR4 (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 08:44:46 -0800; I've always gone to a radiator shop and had them make me a custom radiator, usually with a built-in oil cooler. Not aluminum, but they generally do a really great job and can fill the entire area if; /html/fot/2006-01/msg00304.html (6,638 bytes)
56. RE: Furniture Building from Triumph Cars (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 09:43:07 -0800; Wow, you guys must be spying on me. I'm building a playstation nook in my shop using old racing seats. I'm also looking for an otherwise unusable brit car rear body to build a couch from. Needless to; /html/fot/2006-01/msg00318.html (7,370 bytes)
57. RE: TR3 Steering Rack (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 20:07:52 -0800; Wow, Todd, sounds like you're building a replica of my cheater TR3 that is pretty much banned from racing anywhere but Latvia. Well, actually I could probably race it in SCCA Vintage, but they accept; /html/fot/2006-01/msg00320.html (7,860 bytes)
58. RE: TR3 Steering Rack & Fiberglass Body Panels (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 08:39:02 -0800; I didn't see this posting it it's entirety, but I'll tell you that if all he lost was twelve pounds he did it very, very wrong. On my cheater I removed ALL the internal sheet metal and hung the glas; /html/fot/2006-01/msg00349.html (7,426 bytes)
59. RE: TR-4 Bent Axle Tubes (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 15:28:12 -0800; Certainly feasible. The tube is not threaded--it's just pressed in with an interference fit and staked. You drill out the staked pin and pull the tubes. I had to weld mine in place because they were; /html/fot/2006-01/msg00412.html (6,971 bytes)
60. Class Champion? (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 10:47:41 -0800; I got a very odd letter and embroidered patch from HSR yesterday, saying that I was class champion. The only HSR race I was in was the Mitty. Does everyone get one of these or does Peyote happen to b; /html/fot/2006-01/msg00442.html (6,796 bytes)

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