- 1. Vintage Boat Races... (score: 1)
- Author: Malaboge@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 15:37:31 EDT
- So, my buddy sez "Let's go to the boat races, it's wild!". Now I live on one of the largest lakes in California and can hear hulls slapping the waves and big blocks screaming as they push their props
- /html/fot/2005-09/msg00292.html (7,877 bytes)
- 2. Re: Petronix (score: 1)
- Author: malaboge@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2005 11:15:53 -0400
- OK, I've gotta leave the "lurk" mode to wade in on this one... I wanted to use a Pertronix in the worst way on The Duke of Oil, and I did. In the shop it seemed good. No problems without a load on it
- /html/fot/2005-06/msg00048.html (7,802 bytes)
- 3. Lucas (score: 1)
- Author: malaboge@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 05 Jun 2005 15:53:34 -0400
- Since the event would almost certainly need to be held in the dark of night, providing lighting (or fire) to one's Lucas ammunition would be beneficial to spectators and anyone trying to keep from g
- /html/fot/2005-06/msg00077.html (6,360 bytes)
- 4. TR for sale (score: 1)
- Author: malaboge@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 10:28:01 -0400
- OK, who has the TR4 for sale on AOL? I saw the FOT sticker so it must be someone we know? Fess up, who wants to leave our merry band ? Actually, I had someone call me about the car wanting to know mo
- /html/fot/2005-06/msg00415.html (6,345 bytes)
- 5. TR for sale...DOH (score: 1)
- Author: Malaboge@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2005 10:46:00 EDT
- OK, I reread this and what can I say...my brain on drugs! Too many TLA's, my brain must be NFG or even DOA so RIP (mercifully I won't continue in this manner). What I really meant is Ebay not AOL. So
- /html/fot/2005-06/msg00432.html (6,930 bytes)
- 6. Race drivers???? (score: 1)
- Author: malaboge@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 11:35:36 -0500
- Why arenb t there more Indian racecar drivers? After a short trip to the country (yes I was there for the "big wave") and seeing the driving style, I remain impressed with the abilities of the locals
- /html/fot/2005-03/msg00211.html (8,194 bytes)
- 7. Re: Broken crank survey (score: 1)
- Author: Malaboge@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 20:38:03 EDT
- Fellow parts bustersI once tried a hi-revving motor with an F cam (the latest at the time) and a big port head that was hogged out even more. I turned that poor puppy well over 7k for long periods. A
- /html/fot/2004-09/msg00007.html (6,857 bytes)
- 8. Flywheel (score: 1)
- Author: Malaboge@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2004 20:09:37 -0400
- Fellow scroungers I have come into possesion of a flywheel for that other make (MGB) and need a little more info about it if possible. It's am aluminium job with only one marking on it. It looks like
- /html/fot/2004-08/msg00026.html (6,839 bytes)
- 9. Flywheels (score: 1)
- Author: Malaboge@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2004 14:58:14 -0400
- Thanks for all the responses about the origin of the flywheel. Seems it's a Fidanza wheel by all accounts. Is anyone running one of these units in a race car? if so, care to comment? My trepidation i
- /html/fot/2004-08/msg00041.html (6,845 bytes)
- 10. Last word on flywheels ...really (score: 1)
- Author: Malaboge@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2004 10:11:34 EDT
- Ok guys, you caught me workin on one of those "other" British cars...and yes, its a 5 main. (Elva Courier) So, I guess that the only wheel available is one without a recess for the crank, or are ther
- /html/fot/2004-08/msg00046.html (6,756 bytes)
- 11. Country Livin...v little LBC (score: 1)
- Author: Malaboge@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 8 Aug 2004 19:59:54 EDT
- When last we saw Nick, he was standin on a chair screamin like a "Girly Man" about scorpions... OK, so I really don't like scorpions! In an effort to thwart further chance meetings between us, I pour
- /html/fot/2004-08/msg00060.html (7,726 bytes)
- 12. Re: Moldex crank (score: 1)
- Author: Malaboge@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 23:11:57 EDT
- << 2. I have a totally unsupportable notion that my crankshaft failed because of fatigue caused by harmonic flex. Several years ago I installed a radiator fan and simply unbolted the old iron one. Th
- /html/fot/2004-08/msg00226.html (9,029 bytes)
- 13. Good Grief, what next...no LBC content (score: 1)
- Author: Malaboge@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2004 12:31:05 EDT
- Fellow shop rats OK, so I've been laid up for a while, and haven't even been in the shop for months, but last week I finally meandered out there just to sit and look at stuff. (Come on we all do it r
- /html/fot/2004-07/msg00043.html (7,901 bytes)
- 14. Re: Yoko tire prssures (score: 1)
- Author: Malaboge@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 21:16:48 -0400
- Fellow tire changers I have run both the A008's and the 032's and find that the 032's want a few more pounds than the A008's. In the TR$A irs car it seems to want about 28-29 in front and about a pou
- /html/fot/2004-07/msg00076.html (7,862 bytes)
- 15. SPIT/GT6 (score: 1)
- Author: Malaboge@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 05 Mar 2004 20:19:43 -0500
- Ok all parts swappersHow do i tell if a front suspension is from a spit or a gt6 with a cursory glance? Do the steering arms go thru both types of uprights? Do the suspension towers unbolt from both?
- /html/fot/2004-03/msg00056.html (6,485 bytes)
- 16. Re: Torques - last shot (score: 1)
- Author: Malaboge@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 13:26:53 -0500
- <Big snip> So was that dry or lubed? <G> And who the heck was Tommy anyway? Never one to leave well enuf alone... Nick in Nor Cal
- /html/fot/2004-03/msg00248.html (7,645 bytes)
- 17. Re: Chuck it! (score: 1)
- Author: Malaboge@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2004 19:04:20 -0500
- Throw something away!!!What are you crazy? No matter how lunched a part might be, you'll always have to buy another one right after you toss the old one out (and it will be in worse shape!) Besides,
- /html/fot/2004-02/msg00046.html (8,057 bytes)
- 18. GT6 Help (score: 1)
- Author: Malaboge@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2003 17:57:17 EST
- Fellow shop dwellers OK, so its been a while since I've posted anything...This year has been crazy with work and trying to build cars (like that doesn't happen to anyone else). After a few futile hou
- /html/fot/2003-11/msg00066.html (6,753 bytes)
- 19. Rumors (score: 1)
- Author: Malaboge@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 12:53:38 -0500
- Fellow TR addicts... Rumor has it that somebody, somebody on this list just bought a green Turner!!! What's up with that, it doesn't even have a Triumph motor in it! <G> Maybe they'll tell us all abo
- /html/fot/2003-11/msg00106.html (6,206 bytes)
- 20. Tappets (score: 1)
- Author: Malaboge@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 12:11:14 -0400
- OK, I'll admit to being a sucker for all sorts of gimmicks...I mean ah er, I'm always looking for that competitive edge...anyway, in the latest Motorsport mag there's an ad for composite lifters from
- /html/fot/2003-08/msg00109.html (6,769 bytes)
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