- 121. Re: [Fot] The Big Picture (score: 1)
- Author: Duncan Charlton <duncan.charlton54@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2013 15:25:11 -0600
- Ed, Some of the Morgan guys got together and created a Wiki site exactly for this purpose. There have been other repositories of information (some here are familiar with SOL -- Scions Of Lucas -- for
- /html/fot/2013-11/msg00251.html (9,535 bytes)
- 122. Re: [Fot] Light pressure plates? (score: 1)
- Author: Duncan Charlton <duncan.charlton54@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2013 21:41:08 -0600
- Tony, I don't know how the job was performed on my TR4-engined Morgan but it uses an aluminum flywheel with an MGB clutch. With a diaphragm spring it has a nice over-center feel as the pedal goes dow
- /html/fot/2013-12/msg00060.html (10,971 bytes)
- 123. [Fot] Race car for sale (score: 1)
- Author: Duncan Charlton <duncan.charlton54@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 19:50:08 -0600
- See my Austin Craigslist ad to see more about the flat-radiator 1952 Morgan Plus 4 (Triumph TR engine) which I've been running in the preservation class with CVAR for the last three years. The car ha
- /html/fot/2013-12/msg00095.html (8,156 bytes)
- 124. Re: [Fot] Push Rod Length (score: 1)
- Author: Duncan Charlton <duncan.charlton54@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2013 19:24:08 -0600
- I've always assumed that it depends on the amount of lift provided by the camshaft. Any extra lift moves the middle point of the valve opening range. I figure lift, then assume the rocker arm needs t
- /html/fot/2013-12/msg00159.html (11,093 bytes)
- 125. Re: [Fot] Oil pressure and tolerance on valve clearance (score: 1)
- Author: Duncan Charlton <duncan.charlton54@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2014 08:03:33 -0500
- I've seen anywhere between 70 and 100 psi on our racing engine when warmed up and on the track but never as low as 50. I have read that 70 to 80 is best but I never had any leaks of the engine or the
- /html/fot/2014-06/msg00011.html (12,031 bytes)
- 126. Re: [Fot] Oil pressure and tolerance on valve clearance (score: 1)
- Author: Duncan Charlton <duncan.charlton54@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2014 19:23:22 -0500
- Er...huh? Clearances are indeed determined by the shape of the opening slope of the cam -- Larry's website is quite informative on how to determine appropriate lash (which I had to do a few months ag
- /html/fot/2014-06/msg00012.html (12,795 bytes)
- 127. Re: [Fot] Porposed new member (score: 1)
- Author: Duncan Charlton <duncan.charlton54@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2014 14:23:38 -0500
- 2nd! Duncan (Texas) _______________________________________________ fot@autox.team.net http://www.fot-racing.com Archive: http://www.team.net/archive
- /html/fot/2014-06/msg00041.html (10,012 bytes)
- 128. Re: [Fot] TR4 crankshaft steel type (score: 1)
- Author: Duncan Charlton <duncan.charlton54@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2014 08:50:57 -0500
- Greg Solow's reply from November 2010: English alloy code is forged right on the crank. It is EN-16. The alloy can be looked up in the "Machinists Handbook"...The EN-16 alloy has enough good ingredie
- /html/fot/2014-07/msg00063.html (9,763 bytes)
- 129. Re: [Fot] Small one wire alt for TR3/4 (score: 1)
- Author: Duncan Charlton <duncan.charlton54@gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2014 21:01:17 -0400
- Greg, I found a Nippon Denso forklift alternator for the TR motor on the Morgan. I think it was a 35 amp unit. I was able to alter the big hex bolt/spacer thing with a hacksaw and file to properly po
- /html/fot/2014-07/msg00116.html (11,540 bytes)
- 130. Re: [Fot] FW: Denso Alternators (score: 1)
- Author: Duncan Charlton <duncan.charlton54@gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2014 15:25:02 -0500
- I have one of these tiny 14 to 20 amp alternators on my Kubota BX tractor: *http://tinyurl.com/laoxyc6 <http://tinyurl.com/laoxyc6> . * Dimensions are about 3" X 3". *Duncan* ________________________
- /html/fot/2014-07/msg00157.html (11,590 bytes)
- 131. Re: [Fot] Modern internals in Smith gauges (score: 1)
- Author: Duncan Charlton <duncan.charlton54@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 18:48:20 -0500
- You might also check with Nisonger in NY. They repaired a damaged tach for me that had already been modified by a previous owner. Duncan _______________________________________________ fot@autox.team
- /html/fot/2014-08/msg00096.html (10,562 bytes)
- 132. Re: [Fot] Modern internals in Smith gauges (score: 1)
- Author: Duncan Charlton <duncan.charlton54@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 15:05:34 -0500
- John, Here's what I put in my local ad: mileage and condition. Fan and clutch are still installed, as is valve gear. It's been stored inside but I can't turn it over by hand. One bare early >>high-po
- /html/fot/2014-08/msg00102.html (14,809 bytes)
- 133. Re: [Fot] Modern internals in Smith gauges (score: 1)
- Author: Duncan Charlton <duncan.charlton54@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 12:32:56 -0500
- A friend silkscreened the face of his voltage meter with the Lucas lion logo along with a quote attributed to Joseph Lucas, "A gentleman does not go motoring about after dark." Duncan _______________
- /html/fot/2014-08/msg00119.html (14,383 bytes)
- 134. Re: [Fot] GT6 Brakes. (score: 1)
- Author: Duncan Charlton <duncan.charlton54@gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2014 08:34:38 -0500
- P. J. Glazed pads or rotors can increase pedal pressure, so make sure that's not the issue -- you could remove the pads, clean them up, and lightly sand the rotors/drums. Kas' book mentions putting a
- /html/fot/2014-08/msg00183.html (12,934 bytes)
- 135. Re: [Fot] GT6 Brakes. (score: 1)
- Author: Duncan Charlton <duncan.charlton54@gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2014 13:12:19 -0500
- P. J. -- be sure to check the manufacturer's recommendations for break-in procedure for those pads and be sure to follow it if you're going to skim them and try again with the same pads. Duncan _____
- /html/fot/2014-08/msg00190.html (13,683 bytes)
- 136. Re: [Fot] Carb spacers & velocity stack lengths (score: 1)
- Author: Duncan Charlton <duncan.charlton54@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2014 09:17:58 -0500
- Jim, I assume you already looked at Kas' books but didn't find precisely what you needed -- David Vizard's tuning books have a lot of dyno-proven information in them. Duncan Greetings Fot I was wonde
- /html/fot/2014-08/msg00232.html (9,746 bytes)
- 137. Re: [Fot] Lime Rock report and tech inspections (score: 1)
- Author: Duncan Charlton <duncan.charlton54@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2014 20:05:03 -0500
- John, "...down to the exhaust." Do you mean it overflows where the exhaust pipe exits or do you mean it's literally plumbed into the exhaust pipe? Duncan _____________________________________________
- /html/fot/2014-09/msg00040.html (10,049 bytes)
- 138. Re: [Fot] Intake / Exhaust manifold mating surfaces to head (score: 1)
- Author: Duncan Charlton <duncan.charlton54@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2014 08:10:23 -0500
- My book sources indicate that it's fine for the intake manifold runner to be slightly smaller than the port entrance on the head, and the opposite goes for the exhaust port/manifold junction. Pulsing
- /html/fot/2014-10/msg00062.html (12,072 bytes)
- 139. Re: [Fot] Stromberg Carb tuning (score: 1)
- Author: Duncan Charlton <duncan.charlton54@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 16:56:45 -0500
- 20 weight oil in the dampers? Damper pistons have intact rings? Damper covers screwed down evenly? All emissions controls holes blocked? No other coincidental changes to the engine such as camshaft t
- /html/fot/2014-10/msg00206.html (14,747 bytes)
- 140. Re: [Fot] Cylinder Head (score: 1)
- Author: Duncan Charlton <duncan.charlton54@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2014 23:07:30 -0600
- Retorquing may be more a matter of the type of gasket than the type of head bolt you've used. Some newer gasket designs, I am told, do not need re-torquing. Duncan (Texas) ___________________________
- /html/fot/2014-12/msg00011.html (9,879 bytes)
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