- 1. [FOT] A REALLY GREAT MOVIE! THE WORLD'S FASTEST INDIAN (score: 1)
- Author: "Greg Solow" <gregmogdoc@surfnetusa.com>
- Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 18:30:50 -0800
- Last night we saw "The World's Fastest Indian." It is a movie about an Indian Motorcyle fanatic (like us TR and Morgan guys) from New Zealand. He races a 1926 Scout, (this is in 1964) and blows the f
- /html/fot/2006-03/msg00051.html (7,405 bytes)
- 2. Re: Oil Pump Capacity (score: 1)
- Author: "Greg Solow" <gregmogdoc@surfnetusa.com>
- Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2006 09:36:45 -0800
- -10 oil hoses are the size to use. The longer the hoses the larger in diameter they need to be. For a TR-4 -10 is large enough for most applications. You do not want the hoses to be a restriction to
- /html/fot/2006-02/msg00009.html (7,218 bytes)
- 3. Re: timing chain tensioners (double row TR6 style) (score: 1)
- Author: "Greg Solow" <gregmogdoc@surfnetusa.com>
- Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2006 11:59:42 -0800
- For the tensioners to last, the edges of the timing chain links must be smooth, so the chain does not act like a chain saw on the tensioner blade. The same problem occures on the TR-4 engines. The or
- /html/fot/2006-02/msg00036.html (7,926 bytes)
- 4. Re: Steel wheels (score: 1)
- Author: "Greg Solow" <gregmogdoc@surfnetusa.com>
- Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2006 01:53:11 -0800
- Don't powder coat the wheels. The powdercoat is flexible and will cover small cracks as they might occure. The wheels should be painted with brittle lacquer paint. This paint will not flex and if a c
- /html/fot/2006-02/msg00046.html (6,642 bytes)
- 5. Roller Rockers & cam failure (score: 1)
- Author: "Greg Solow" <gregmogdoc@surfnetusa.com>
- Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 08:25:09 -0800
- Does anyone on the list have any experience with using 1.6:1 ratioi roller rockers on a TR-4 engine? Were they used on the track or on the street, or both. How many miles were they used? Was the valv
- /html/fot/2006-02/msg00086.html (7,090 bytes)
- 6. Re: Rod failure survey (score: 1)
- Author: "Greg Solow" <gregmogdoc@surfnetusa.com>
- Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 19:35:39 -0800
- With stock rods and hepolite pistons and a steel head gasket (.020" thick), the pistons will just "kiss" the head at 6500 rpm when the deck clearance is .006" below the top of the liner. This is with
- /html/fot/2005-12/msg00171.html (7,629 bytes)
- 7. Re: Re: catch cans (score: 1)
- Author: "Greg Solow" <gregmogdoc@surfnetusa.com>
- Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 15:22:56 -0800
- == fot at autox.team.net supported in part by Fat Chance Garage == http://fatchancegarage.com It seems to me that if a large volume of "blow by" is really an issue, then the engine needs to be overha
- /html/fot/2005-11/msg00180.html (7,538 bytes)
- 8. Re: buying gasoline (score: 1)
- Author: "Greg Solow" <gregmogdoc@surfnetusa.com>
- Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2005 20:46:45 -0700
- In Santa Cruz, Ca. premium gas (91 octane, the highest that is available ) currently is $2.85 a gallon at Chevron. Greg Solow -- Original Message -- From: "Joe Curry" <spitlist@cox.net> To: "'tom str
- /html/fot/2005-04/msg00068.html (10,900 bytes)
- 9. Re: TR4 rocker ratio (score: 1)
- Author: "Greg Solow" <gregmogdoc@surfnetusa.com>
- Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 19:00:07 -0800
- I don't think that is defection of the valve train due to spring pressure. I got 1.45: as a rocker ratio when I checked it years ago with light tension "checking " springs. The ratio will vary somewh
- /html/fot/2005-01/msg00076.html (9,946 bytes)
- 10. Re: Interesting message (score: 1)
- Author: "Greg Solow" <gregmogdoc@surfnetusa.com>
- Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 19:03:18 -0700
- Champion make a "marine plug" that appears to be a good replacement for the L-61y. It is L-78YC. The "stock # is 936. They are projected nose and are the same heat range as the L-61Y. The only differ
- /html/fot/2004-10/msg00341.html (8,605 bytes)
- 11. Re: bearing width (score: 1)
- Author: "Greg Solow" <gregmogdoc@surfnetusa.com>
- Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 22:00:49 -0700
- I narrow rods are put on a wide journal, then the side clearance or the rod flank and bearings will be way larger than the .010" to .014" that TR called for. This will result in a lot more oil. being
- /html/fot/2004-08/msg00262.html (10,053 bytes)
- 12. Re: Crankshafts (score: 1)
- Author: "Greg Solow" <gregmogdoc@surfnetusa.com>
- Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 22:03:13 -0700
- Chevy rods also use a large wrist pin than the .875" diameter of the TR pin. So the pistons would have to be special also if this were an attempt to use an "off the shelf" chevy rod. across and been
- /html/fot/2004-08/msg00263.html (7,658 bytes)
- 13. Re: TR 4A IRS Twitch (score: 1)
- Author: "Greg Solow" <gregmogdoc@surfnetusa.com>
- Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 21:08:23 -0700
- Anumber of years ago Ford had a problem with"shudder" under acceleration in their Fairmont models, I believe. Their fix as a special Teflon based grease. It is pt # D2AZ-19590-A. A 1 # can cost about
- /html/fot/2004-07/msg00185.html (9,258 bytes)
- 14. Re: TR4 puzzler - oil system (score: 1)
- Author: "Greg Solow" <gregmogdoc@surfnetusa.com>
- Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 18:54:04 -0700
- This explanation makes a lot of sense. I have always seen #2 rod bearing fail first if there is a rod bearing failure due to lack of oil delivery. Greg Solow -- Original Message -- From: "Joe Boruch"
- /html/fot/2004-06/msg00206.html (8,811 bytes)
- 15. Re: out of fuel- I think? (score: 1)
- Author: "Greg Solow" <gregmogdoc@surfnetusa.com>
- Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 21:08:35 -0700
- If the fuel pressure always stays around the 3.5 psi mark, then you are getting enough fuel delivery. if the volume drops off the pressure will drop also. Sounds like there may be another problem. th
- /html/fot/2004-05/msg00172.html (10,516 bytes)
- 16. Re: Re Clevite bearings (score: 1)
- Author: "Greg Solow" <gregmogdoc@surfnetusa.com>
- Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2004 13:13:46 -0800
- We have .010" undersize rod bearings in stock. They are trimetal, made by ACL. The only size that we have is in the -.010". Regards, Greg Solow -- Original Message -- From: <Guyots3@wmconnect.com> To
- /html/fot/2004-04/msg00044.html (8,514 bytes)
- 17. Re: bearings (score: 1)
- Author: "Greg Solow" <gregmogdoc@surfnetusa.com>
- Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 21:11:09 -0700
- We have TR-4 rod bearings available in .010" undersize only by ACL. These are trimetal bearings similar in construction to the Vandervell VP2 bearings. They are sintered not cast. The Vandervell VP-2
- /html/fot/2004-04/msg00331.html (7,604 bytes)
- 18. Fw: taxes and zero gravity not TR related, but I could not (score: 1)
- Author: "Greg Solow" <gregmogdoc@surfnetusa.com>
- Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2004 19:08:18 -0800
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- /html/fot/2004-03/msg00095.html (8,051 bytes)
- 19. Re: limited slips (score: 1)
- Author: "Greg Solow" <gregmogdoc@surfnetusa.com>
- Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2004 15:14:53 -0800
- In my Morgan is use a "salisbury" clutch type diff. It is set up without any "curved" or spring clutch plates. It has only flat clutch plates set up with a total of .010" end float in the clutch pack
- /html/fot/2004-02/msg00100.html (8,012 bytes)
- 20. Re: bon ami (score: 1)
- Author: "Greg Solow" <gregmogdoc@surfnetusa.com>
- Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2004 13:04:44 -0800
- We have been building TR-3,4, MBG, Lotus, Ford, etc. engines as part of our business at The Engine Room here in Santa Cruz since 1971. In newly rebored or otherwise very round (unworn ) cyinders, we
- /html/fot/2004-02/msg00231.html (12,144 bytes)
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