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41. Re: [Fot] VALVE GUIDES REVISITED-Clearance and Chemistry C. Gee? (score: 1)
Author: Michael Porter <mdporter@dfn.com>
Date: Sat, 12 May 2012 10:27:59 -0600
they are properly clearanced...per Greg Solow, for instance. and if they have good material chemistry and properties. OK....CHUCK GEE or other metalurgist, what would you recommend for metal specific
/html/fot/2012-05/msg00692.html (16,836 bytes)

42. Re: [Fot] RE -valve guides revisited (score: 1)
Author: Michael Porter <mdporter@dfn.com>
Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 18:26:32 -0600
On 5/14/2012 4:13 PM, Enquiries Road & Track wrote: i think you guys are missing the point. bronze guides were intended to be able to run *smaller* clearances for better heat transfer. there is absol
/html/fot/2012-05/msg00724.html (13,293 bytes)

43. Re: [Fot] Never be beaten by equipment (score: 1)
Author: Michael Porter <mdporter@dfn.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2012 08:03:16 -0600
Or just air at some altitude well above sea level. Tony doesn't say where he's taking those measurements, or the overlap of the cam he's using, both of which can have rather dramatic effect on the nu
/html/fot/2012-09/msg00088.html (11,717 bytes)

44. Re: [Fot] Never be beaten by equipment (score: 1)
Author: Michael Porter <mdporter@dfn.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2012 08:51:00 -0600
One of those unaccounted-for variables might be individual variations in the blocks and heads used. I think the procedure of blocking flow out of the forward cylinders to increase flow through the re
/html/fot/2012-09/msg00090.html (12,758 bytes)

45. Re: [Fot] Fuel Cell Questions (score: 1)
Author: Michael Porter <mdporter@dfn.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2012 21:24:42 -0700
This would seem to be a perfect application for a vacuum break check valve. There are fuel-proof check valves of this type available, and in operation, they are normally closed until there is a diffe
/html/fot/2012-11/msg00242.html (10,710 bytes)

46. Re: [Fot] Books (score: 1)
Author: Michael Porter <mdporter@dfn.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2013 07:50:15 -0700
Amen to that. I still have my old chemistry textbook that is still a pretty good reference, after more than forty years. I've lost books I've written on the computer (and, yeah, shame on me for not d
/html/fot/2013-01/msg00432.html (10,660 bytes)

47. Re: [Fot] Overdrive Query (score: 1)
Author: Michael Porter <mdporter@dfn.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2013 07:30:38 -0700
Here's a little something from the UK on a P-type conversion (GT6): http://club.triumph.org.uk/cgi-bin/forum10/Blah.pl?m-1326400553/ Cheers. -- Michael Porter Roswell, NM Never let anyone drive you c
/html/fot/2013-02/msg00121.html (8,639 bytes)

48. Re: [Fot] Vintage Racing Cars in Kodachrome (score: 1)
Author: Michael Porter <mdporter@dfn.com>
Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2013 12:15:16 -0700
Not to mention a shot of James Dean with the 550 Spyder in which he was killed. Cheers. -- Michael Porter Roswell, NM Never let anyone drive you crazy when you know it's within walking distance.... _
/html/fot/2013-03/msg00018.html (9,538 bytes)

49. Re: [Fot] Sadly a Sign of the times- (score: 1)
Author: Michael Porter <mdporter@dfn.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2013 11:20:20 -0600
My favorite story along these lines was when I lived in MI in the `70s. There was an old, old auto parts store downtown that had been around since the days when the Model T was new. A guy I knew did
/html/fot/2013-03/msg00241.html (11,908 bytes)

50. Re: [Fot] Stations of yesteryear (score: 1)
Author: Michael Porter <mdporter@dfn.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:07:41 -0600
The problem is, as usual, more complicated than that. First, if one is looking for a standard of measurement based on inflation and the cost of a barrel of oil, then one has to exclude changes in fed
/html/fot/2013-03/msg00279.html (13,069 bytes)

51. Re: [Fot] PAECO engines (score: 1)
Author: Michael Porter <mdporter@dfn.com>
Date: Mon, 13 May 2013 17:26:11 -0600
This is the kind of guy that builds his shop in steel, knowing that one day, someone's going to try to burn it down. Thank goodness when I was young and stupid, I had no money at all. Otherwise, I, t
/html/fot/2013-05/msg00121.html (10,102 bytes)

52. Re: [Fot] Rollers (score: 1)
Author: Michael Porter <mdporter@dfn.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2013 23:49:35 -0600
I suppose it depends primarily on two things--what the roller rocker weighs compared to stock, and the intended maximum rpm. There's probably a marginal increase in valve guide life--if they're set u
/html/fot/2013-10/msg00145.html (9,845 bytes)

53. Re: [Fot] aftermarket crank dampeners and pullies for TR4's (score: 1)
Author: Michael Porter <mdporter@dfn.com>
Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2013 18:34:37 -0700
Mostly in agreement with Randall on this one. I'm going deep into memory (so, I may surface with sludge all over me), but weren't there stories of broken cranks quite a few years ago due to the remov
/html/fot/2013-12/msg00041.html (13,256 bytes)

54. Re: [Fot] Oil pressure and tolerance on valve clearance (score: 1)
Author: Michael Porter <mdporter@dfn.com>
Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2014 15:54:31 -0600
50 psi does sound a bit low. Still, the important thing to determine is if the low pressure is due to excessive clearances or leakage past the pressure relief or pump problems (or some combination of
/html/fot/2014-06/msg00013.html (11,680 bytes)

55. Re: [Fot] TR4 Valve Guide Clearance (score: 1)
Author: Michael Porter <mdporter@dfn.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2014 02:34:04 -0600
When Ed Barnard sent out an email slightly disparaging bronze guides, I sent this back to him privately which, I think, covers most of the bases: One must remember that even though bronze guides must
/html/fot/2014-06/msg00095.html (14,401 bytes)

56. Re: [Fot] Gt6 crank main diameter? (score: 1)
Author: Michael Porter <mdporter@dfn.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2014 16:39:15 -0600
This is, I think, an error in the factory manual that's been carried over to most other manuals. I'm betting that this was correct for the Mk 1s with the 1600 cc engine, and that figure was just carr
/html/fot/2014-07/msg00054.html (8,850 bytes)

57. Re: [Fot] Caliper Rebuild (score: 1)
Author: Michael Porter <mdporter@dfn.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2014 07:12:52 -0600
If those o-rings aren't available, round ones would probably do (the originals are likely EPDM or SBR), but their cross-sectional area would have to be calculated from the originals, to properly fill
/html/fot/2014-08/msg00230.html (10,358 bytes)

58. Re: [Fot] Fuel Safe woe (score: 1)
Author: Michael Porter <mdporter@dfn.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 13:15:17 -0700
Auto-correct, combined with tiny phone keyboards, will eventually destroy communication as we know it. I suspect that in a few years, we'll all be reduced to an amorphous mass of confusion, scratchin
/html/fot/2014-11/msg00032.html (10,779 bytes)

59. Re: [Fot] Aluminum connectors (score: 1)
Author: Michael Porter <mdporter@dfn.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2014 09:03:39 -0700
Just for Chris' reference, there are two primary standards in the U.S. for such fittings. JIC, which is a 37 deg. fitting (typically used on hydraulic equipment and aircraft), and SAE, which is 45 de
/html/fot/2014-12/msg00148.html (11,073 bytes)

60. Re: [Fot] Rotor run out (score: 1)
Author: Michael Porter <mdporter@dfn.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2015 15:04:12 -0600
The first instance of this equipment that I remember was in the early `80s, for Toyota Tercels. For some unfathomable reason, Toyota's designers put the rotors on the inboard side of the hub, and bec
/html/fot/2015-09/msg00116.html (10,049 bytes)

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