- 101. Nomination - Todd Redmond (score: 1)
- Author: "Joe Boruch" <jaboruch@netzero.net>
- Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 16:54:28 GMT
- I would like to nominate Todd Redmond to the FOT list. Todd races an Alfa Romeo Alfetta GT in ITB, with the SCCA, but is rebuilding a TR3A that his father raced in the 60's with the Steel Cities SCCA
- /html/fot/2004-09/msg00004.html (7,056 bytes)
- 102. RE: Rev limiter revisited-Pertronix (score: 1)
- Author: "Joe Boruch" <jaboruch@netzero.net>
- Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 16:56:17 GMT
- I had a Pertronix unit fail on me last week in my street TR4. Good thing I kept the points with me in the glove box and was able to swap them out on the side of the highway. The Pertronix ran great u
- /html/fot/2004-09/msg00084.html (10,054 bytes)
- 103. Re: Lucas Dizzy, XR700, MSD (score: 1)
- Author: "Joe Boruch" <jaboruch@netzero.net>
- Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 17:08:47 GMT
- I agree with Henry. I have engine Dyno tested my tractor motor with a Mallory dual point (with points that were used for a season) and a MSD box and they both made the same power and torque. I have n
- /html/fot/2004-09/msg00085.html (9,212 bytes)
- 104. RE: Rev limiter revisited-Pertronix (score: 1)
- Author: "Joe Boruch" <jaboruch@netzero.net>
- Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 00:58:22 GMT
- The Pertronix part that I had mounted completely in the distributor. with 2 wires coming out. One wire to the poitive of the coil and the other to the neg. Magnets slip over the ditributor cam lobes
- /html/fot/2004-09/msg00093.html (9,231 bytes)
- 105. JK Jackson (score: 1)
- Author: "Joe Boruch" <jaboruch@netzero.net>
- Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 17:38:14 GMT
- JK, are you on the list? If you have not been blown away by a hurricane yet, please reply off of the list. If anyone knows that he is not on the list, please let me kow how to reach him. Joe(B) _____
- /html/fot/2004-09/msg00100.html (6,445 bytes)
- 106. RE: Rev limiter revisited-Pertronix (score: 1)
- Author: "Joe Boruch" <jaboruch@netzero.net>
- Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 17:08:32 GMT
- No I did not. I got in a hurry and did only that one pull with the MSD to see how it compared. Joe(B) -- I wonder, for those who have compared points to MSD on the dyno ... did you try making any pul
- /html/fot/2004-09/msg00101.html (7,647 bytes)
- 107. Re: transmission (score: 1)
- Author: "Joe Boruch" <jaboruch@netzero.net>
- Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 00:00:08 GMT
- I suspect that you have checked such things, but just in case -- Is the clutch releasing all the way? May be dragging, but with synchros in the forward gears, it may go in ok, but with no synchros in
- /html/fot/2004-09/msg00107.html (7,759 bytes)
- 108. Re: Watkins Glen (score: 1)
- Author: "Joe Boruch" <jaboruch@netzero.net>
- Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 00:44:09 GMT
- Henry,if you wanted to run the Glen in September, the SCCA has a double there in Mid September (18-19th this year), run by Finger Lakes Region. The Historic Racing Group (HRG) (formerly Volvo Histori
- /html/fot/2004-09/msg00125.html (10,334 bytes)
- 109. Re: Watkins Glen (score: 1)
- Author: "Joe Boruch" <jaboruch@netzero.net>
- Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 03:44:14 GMT
- I forgot to mention that this year the track is having open practice on friday, so there is plenty of track time to be had, if one wants. Joe(B) -- "Joe Boruch" <jaboruch@netzero.net> wrote: Henry,if
- /html/fot/2004-09/msg00129.html (10,800 bytes)
- 110. Re: oil cooler cutout/grill (score: 1)
- Author: "Joe Boruch" <jaboruch@netzero.net>
- Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2004 01:45:51 GMT
- I don't know what you are driving, but in my TR3A I have oil coolers mounted on both sides of the radiator (actually on brackets on the inner fenders). They were that way when I bought the car and th
- /html/fot/2004-08/msg00008.html (7,590 bytes)
- 111. Re: Flywheel (score: 1)
- Author: "Joe Boruch" <jaboruch@netzero.net>
- Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2004 01:53:33 GMT
- I have one, that supposedly Tilton made back in the 70's. It is in the car, but I don't recall any markings on it. Joe(B) I have come into possesion of a flywheel for that other make (MGB) and need a
- /html/fot/2004-08/msg00028.html (7,106 bytes)
- 112. Re: Looking for mirrors (score: 1)
- Author: "Joe Boruch" <jaboruch@netzero.net>
- Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 22:01:22 GMT
- I think you can do better price wise from Racer Wholesale. Also, I have used a JC Whitney Convex mirror and it was good. JCW may also have the Wink mirrors? Joe(B)
- /html/fot/2004-08/msg00166.html (6,453 bytes)
- 113. Re: Boring sleeves (score: 1)
- Author: "Joe Boruch" <jaboruch@netzero.net>
- Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 03:23:01 GMT
- I have a cleaned-up spare block that I send to the shop with the liners and pistons, so that the liners may be clamped into the block for final honing. Joe(B) Upon disassembling my motor (TR-4) to co
- /html/fot/2004-08/msg00304.html (7,890 bytes)
- 114. Re: Rev Limiters (score: 1)
- Author: "Joe Boruch" <jaboruch@netzero.net>
- Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 03:42:56 GMT
- I bought some 3/8" wheel spacers from Pep-boys. They were $10 per pair. Joe(B) -- Do you have (or know where I can get) some thin wheel spacers? I am wrestling with a serious wheel rub issue on the r
- /html/fot/2004-08/msg00311.html (7,229 bytes)
- 115. RE: -axle tubes (score: 1)
- Author: "Joe Boruch" <jaboruch@netzero.net>
- Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 19:58:28 GMT
- Why not just weld the tubes to the housing. Since the housing is cast steel, it welds fine. Joe(B) Speaking of technical solutions, I need to take a picture of my method for keeping the axle tubes fr
- /html/fot/2004-07/msg00163.html (7,623 bytes)
- 116. Re: ARP rod bolts etc (score: 1)
- Author: "Joe Boruch" <jaboruch@netzero.net>
- Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2004 03:41:36 GMT
- Had my engine on a dyno a few years ago. Did pulls with a Mallory dual point and then an MSD box. HP was the same with each. Later someone suggested that if I increased spark plug gap with the MSD, I
- /html/fot/2004-07/msg00201.html (10,982 bytes)
- 117. Re: Accusump plumbing (score: 1)
- Author: "Joe Boruch" <jaboruch@netzero.net>
- Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 02:29:29 GMT
- The Accusump comes with 1/2 NPT ports. Tapping the block for this size seems pretty big but I do want good flow. Fittings seem to come with 3/8 NPT to 6 or 8AN, and 1/2NPT to 8 or 10AN. My tendency
- /html/fot/2004-06/msg00189.html (7,378 bytes)
- 118. Re: TR4 puzzler - oil system (score: 1)
- Author: "Joe Boruch" <jaboruch@netzero.net>
- Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 00:18:15 GMT
- Maybe it is that the first bearings to be starved of oil are the # 2s, since they are closest to the pump. If the pump sucks and pumps air, it would show up at the closest bearings. Joe(B) It seems t
- /html/fot/2004-06/msg00205.html (8,023 bytes)
- 119. Weisco pistons (score: 1)
- Author: Joe Boruch <jaboruch@netzero.net>
- Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 20:32:02 GMT
- I am looking to have some custom TR3/4 pistons made by Wiseco. They will be 87mm with a 165/1000 inch pop-up. They will have the underside of the dome lightened as well as the rest of the piston. The
- /html/fot/2004-01/msg00303.html (6,931 bytes)
- 120. late night thoughts (score: 1)
- Author: Joe Boruch <jaboruch@netzero.net>
- Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 21:47:48 GMT
- While machining the tops of my pistons early last week at 1AM (after a week of such late nights), trying to get my race motor back together, I had a thought about Piston compression height and TR3/4
- /html/fot/2003-08/msg00098.html (7,420 bytes)
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