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21. Minor tale of woe.... (score: 1)
Author: "Michael D. Porter" <mporter@zianet.com>
Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2003 05:19:33 -0600
Okay, I got bit by the local machine shop (the owner is a low-rent circle-track racer--I should have known better--but there are only two shops in town and I didn't know anything about the other one
/html/fot/2003-07/msg00014.html (9,946 bytes)

22. Re: Minor tale of woe.... (score: 1)
Author: "Michael D. Porter" <mporter@zianet.com>
Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2003 01:42:12 -0600
It turns out that it's more than that. See below. I'm hoping you can say the same thing about the additional amount. (!) Yup, Kas, I thought about that, until I had a look at the pistons (these are t
/html/fot/2003-07/msg00029.html (9,938 bytes)

23. Re: New Car Ceremony (score: 1)
Author: "Michael D. Porter" <mporter@zianet.com>
Date: Sun, 08 Jun 2003 21:53:50 -0600
Well, if you were in the south, I would think that shaking up a can of Dr. Pepper and spraying it with that would suffice. I don't think smashing it with a magnum of Moet would do the bonnet a bit of
/html/fot/2003-06/msg00092.html (7,451 bytes)

24. Re: bronze or steel (score: 1)
Author: "Michael D. Porter" <mporter@zianet.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 01:42:36 -0600
What I've found with many street engines over the years is that a lot of the sizing problems with bronze guides can be diminished by boring the guide a few thousandths oversize, single-knurling the g
/html/fot/2003-06/msg00108.html (9,601 bytes)

25. Re: BIG MOTOR (score: 1)
Author: "Michael D. Porter" <mporter@zianet.com>
Date: Wed, 07 May 2003 18:00:45 -0600
This: http://www.expo21xx.com/maritime21xx/8940_st2_marine-engine-builder/default.htm Enterprise needed to get up and go pretty quick for a big ship, and had a fairly high speed, yes? Shaft speed mus
/html/fot/2003-05/msg00080.html (7,734 bytes)

26. Way, way off-topic... (score: 1)
Author: "Michael D. Porter" <mporter@zianet.com>
Date: Fri, 09 May 2003 10:31:04 -0600
... by light years. This is such an extraordinary photo that I had to pass the link along: http://imgsrc.hubblesite.org/hu/db/2003/15/images/a/formats/full_jpg.jpg?blah This is an 84-hour exposure fr
/html/fot/2003-05/msg00110.html (8,280 bytes)

27. Re: Distributor end float (score: 1)
Author: "Michael D. Porter" <mporter@zianet.com>
Date: Sun, 11 May 2003 01:07:13 -0600
Robert-- I doubt there are prints commonly available today. It's mostly a matter of parts inspection and making a sensible judgment about whether or not the part should be replaced. There needs to be
/html/fot/2003-05/msg00132.html (8,978 bytes)

28. Re: E-mail Male enlargement ads (score: 1)
Author: "Michael D. Porter" <mporter@zianet.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 02:24:40 -0600
Ah, well, one of my favorite British movies is "Personal Services," based on the career of a British madam by the name of Christine Paynter (played wonderfully by Julie Walters). At one point, the gi
/html/fot/2003-04/msg00243.html (8,154 bytes)

29. Re: Lead Fuel Additive... (score: 1)
Author: "Michael D. Porter" <mporter@zianet.com>
Date: Sun, 02 Mar 2003 09:33:29 -0700
Likely, they are being very disingenuous here--photolysis of tetraethyl lead is known, but the ultimate residue is still lead oxide or ionic lead. Info on degradation of tetraethyl lead can be found
/html/fot/2003-03/msg00025.html (8,256 bytes)

30. Re: Lead Fuel Additive... (score: 1)
Author: "Michael D. Porter" <mporter@zianet.com>
Date: Sun, 02 Mar 2003 10:53:52 -0700
Most people don't realize that the absorption rate through the skin is fairly high, and the stuff is definitely not good for you. (!) In looking at their spec sheet, and the MSDS for tetraethyl lead,
/html/fot/2003-03/msg00028.html (8,683 bytes)

31. Re: Head Cooling Problems (score: 1)
Author: "Michael D. Porter" <mporter@zianet.com>
Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2003 23:36:07 -0700
With all due respect to Kas, I've weighed this one back and forth for some time. Like others here, I've had some training in thermodynamics, and think that there are some minor considerations that ma
/html/fot/2003-03/msg00081.html (12,661 bytes)

32. Re: Fw:[CTRiumph.com] 1974 Triumph Spitfire For Sale (score: 1)
Author: "Michael D. Porter" <mporter@zianet.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 23:14:27 -0700
I'm still wondering what that "role cage" is about... sounds like B&D dungeon for role-playing to me. No wonder the car's never been raced. <smile> -- Michael D. Porter Roswell, NM (yes, _that_ Roswe
/html/fot/2003-03/msg00145.html (7,867 bytes)

33. Re: chain tensioner (score: 1)
Author: "Michael D. Porter" <mporter@zianet.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2003 21:26:14 -0700
Most later engines use an hydraulic tensioner. The tensioner block is usually connected to a shaft which acts as both a guide and a piston, and fits into a small aluminum block connected to an oil ga
/html/fot/2003-03/msg00429.html (8,268 bytes)

34. Re: Retorquing head gaskets (score: 1)
Author: "Michael D. Porter" <mporter@zianet.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 03:00:18 -0700
Couldn't weigh in on this at the time... burned yet another keyboard and had to get another. All the above is true, perhaps broadly, or in some cases, just in detail. But, with regard to the wet slee
/html/fot/2003-02/msg00147.html (17,548 bytes)

35. Re: Retorquing head gaskets (score: 1)
Author: "Michael D. Porter" <mporter@zianet.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 07:55:49 -0700
Umm. Maybe a little math is required. Assume 200 lockwashers per car. Assume 3 grams per lockwasher, average. That's 1.34 lbs. per car. Since mass is a simple variable (directly proportional) in the
/html/fot/2003-02/msg00149.html (9,639 bytes)

36. Re: Retorquing head gaskets (score: 1)
Author: "Michael D. Porter" <mporter@zianet.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 01:31:42 -0700
On the still similar subject, Bill Babcock related a funny story about vibration and an old BSA he had, and it reminded me that up until the time bus production ceased here, we were still using lockw
/html/fot/2003-02/msg00154.html (10,349 bytes)

37. Re: Retorquing head gaskets (score: 1)
Author: "Michael D. Porter" <mporter@zianet.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 03:56:00 -0700
This opens up an interesting question with regard to vintage racing. Some of the rules of governing bodies of various associations have been quite anal about originality and acceptable years of make,
/html/fot/2003-02/msg00164.html (10,880 bytes)

38. Re: RtTorquing Head Gaskets (score: 1)
Author: mporter@zianet.com
Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2003 21:06:54 -0700
Some Chrysler products also use the same method. It's very simple in principle. If you know the torque required to crush the gasket, pull up all the threads, etc., then the angle gives a certain amou
/html/fot/2003-02/msg00187.html (9,379 bytes)

39. Your password (score: 1)
Author: mporter <mporter@zianet.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2003 16:31:42 -0500
/html/fot/2003-02/msg00194.html (6,347 bytes)

40. Re: Your password (score: 1)
Author: "Michael D. Porter" <mporter@zianet.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2003 17:09:32 -0700
Nope, neither.... It's someone else's computer impersonating mine, I believe. As with the email supposedly from Bob Kramer, this one is actually from a computer using prodigy.net. Cheers. -- Michael
/html/fot/2003-02/msg00196.html (6,912 bytes)

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