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1. [Fot] GT6+ engine in a TR4 (score: 199): Author: mdporter at dfn.com (Michael Porter); Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2017 11:22:09 -0700; Um, no. The TR4A IRS frame is closest to the TR6 frame and probably would be the one which would accept a six-cylinder most easily, since that's the platform used with the TR250/TR5. Cheers. -- Micha; /html/fot/2017-02/msg00071.html (7,830 bytes)
2. [Fot] Hot oil (score: 199): Author: mdporter at dfn.com (Michael Porter); Date: Wed, 24 May 2017 06:32:55 -0600; Pretty much my thought after reading the added note about ambient and coolant temps (which seemed dead normal). Does a rough-and-ready check of temperature lend credence to the gauge reading? When th; /html/fot/2017-05/msg00090.html (10,420 bytes)
3. [Fot] vibration (score: 199): Author: mdporter at dfn.com (Michael Porter); Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2017 18:16:31 -0600; Unfortunately, that's a sure-fire way to make it vibrate all the time. The TR6 pan is about an inch and a quarter deeper at the front, so, with stock mounts, it sits quite hard upon the steering rack; /html/fot/2017-06/msg00071.html (9,160 bytes)
4. [Fot] Battery size, was Re: Oversize alternator pulley source (score: 199): Author: mdporter at dfn.com (Michael Porter); Date: Sun, 2 Jul 2017 00:00:51 -0600; They're small marine submersible bilge pumps, typically 8-10 gpm, so, probably 2.5-3.0 A @ 12V. Cheers. -- Michael Porter Roswell, NM Never let anyone drive you crazy when you know it's within walkin; /html/fot/2017-07/msg00006.html (7,971 bytes)
5. [Fot] piston/head clearance (score: 199): Author: mdporter at dfn.com (Michael Porter); Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2017 22:52:18 -0600; There's probably some arcane and obscure hydrodynamics formula that explains this phenomenon, of which I'm completely unaware, but, thinking this through, I doubt that the effects on turbulence at pr; /html/fot/2017-08/msg00055.html (11,687 bytes)
6. [Fot] GT6 differential and general question (score: 199): Author: mdporter at dfn.com (Michael Porter); Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2017 02:47:40 -0600; These are variants on the name brand "KeenSert," which was originally developed for repairs of stripped internal threads in aluminum and other metals softer than steel: http://www.repairengineering.c; /html/fot/2017-09/msg00009.html (10,894 bytes)
7. [Fot] The Possible (score: 199): Author: mdporter at dfn.com (Michael Porter); Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2018 20:21:47 -0700; Well, the only thing about this car that's GT6 is the rear half sheetmetal.? IIRC, it's powered by a blown Chevy V-8, tube frame, American iron running gear, etc.? It's relationship to a GT6 is barel; /html/fot/2018-01/msg00054.html (9,039 bytes)
8. [Fot] 1959 Riverside film 56 Kastner (score: 199): Author: mdporter at dfn.com (Michael Porter); Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2018 22:30:42 -0700; Incidentally, there's a few seconds of Steve McQueen at Santa Barbara on Labor Day, with his Lotus XI, at about the 7:15 mark. Cheers. -- Michael Porter Roswell, NM Never let anyone drive you crazy w; /html/fot/2018-01/msg00082.html (7,926 bytes)
9. [Fot] GT6'rs (score: 199): Author: mdporter at dfn.com (Michael Porter); Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2018 20:08:52 -0700; The technique described is known as eduction.? Gas is pulled into the passing exhaust stream by creating a partial vacuum at the mouth of the tube inserted into exhaust pipe.? The 45 deg. suggestion; /html/fot/2018-01/msg00112.html (10,563 bytes)
10. [Fot] Has anybody ran these new brake calipers? (score: 199): Author: mdporter at dfn.com (Michael Porter); Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2018 19:09:24 -0600; The mindset of vintage racers is a bit different than SCCA or IMSA, but, I have the feeling that the hard chargers will still push those old skinny skins beyond their limits, and spins would prevail,; /html/fot/2018-03/msg00095.html (11,987 bytes)
11. [Fot] Fwd: Crown and pinion gear break in (score: 199): Author: mdporter at dfn.com (Michael Porter); Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2018 13:08:05 -0600; I suspect that there are variations in parts due to manufacturing errors, tolerances stacking up, etc.? Most of the parts made at the time were not subject to the sort of scrutiny and computer-contro; /html/fot/2018-09/msg00178.html (13,648 bytes)

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