- 81. The Answers to the Hoss Power Quize (score: 1)
- Author: Richard Taylor <n196x@mindspring.com>
- Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1998 18:24:46 -0400
- Some of you guys are smart beyond belief. How the dickens you know so much? It's got to be luck. In any event, I'm not only impressed, but I might even start to pay a little more attention to some o
- /html/fot/1998-07/msg00114.html (8,819 bytes)
- 82. Crankcase Breather (score: 1)
- Author: Richard Taylor <n196x@mindspring.com>
- Date: Sun, 21 Jun 1998 09:07:15 -0400
- To breath or not to breath, that is the question. I understand that earlier TR-3-4 motors had a breather down there at the bottom flange of the block and that later blocks had them plugged up. What'
- /html/fot/1998-06/msg00143.html (6,676 bytes)
- 83. The Big Bang (score: 1)
- Author: Richard Taylor <n196x@mindspring.com>
- Date: Tue, 05 May 1998 09:16:24 -0400
- Because of a leaking grease seal, a couple of weeks ago I took my axle to Bob Wagner @ Atlanta Imported Auto Parts. These guys are a great source of help for both funky parts or troubling mechanical
- /html/fot/1998-05/msg00007.html (7,220 bytes)
- 84. Con Rod Bolts (score: 1)
- Author: Richard Taylor <n196x@mindspring.com>
- Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 19:21:34 -0400
- I am starting my tenth week in a one week project to build a new (ie,racier) motor for my TR-4. The crank's been turned, the flywheel lightened, pistons,clutch,et al balanced and a box full of parap
- /html/fot/1998-05/msg00058.html (7,569 bytes)
- 85. Misc. info (score: 1)
- Author: Richard Taylor <n196x@mindspring.com>
- Date: Sat, 23 May 1998 16:20:44 -0400
- Here are a few of more misc. TR-4 questions. 1. In what RPM range would one expect to find peak hp for a 282 degree cam? 2. What is the cc displacement of the 89mm pistons? 3. What's the skinny on 2
- /html/fot/1998-05/msg00067.html (6,394 bytes)
- 86. Mospot Report (score: 1)
- Author: Richard Taylor <n196x@mindspring.com>
- Date: Sat, 30 May 1998 15:22:22 -0400
- Short reply, Thanks.
- /html/fot/1998-05/msg00077.html (6,398 bytes)
- 87. Cam Timing (score: 1)
- Author: Richard Taylor <n196x@mindspring.com>
- Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 21:44:04 -0400
- A couple of months ago I rebuilt the head on my TR-4. While I was at it I replaced the timing chain. Yes, great care was taken to not rotate anything whilst the chain was removed. The performance of
- /html/fot/1998-04/msg00079.html (6,880 bytes)
- 88. Cam Timing II (score: 1)
- Author: Richard Taylor <n196x@mindspring.com>
- Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 22:16:14 -0400
- Having listened carefully to our august field of experts. My plan of attack is as follows: 1. Check timing by turning motor to TDC for #1 cylinder on compression stroke. Check rockers 7 & 8 to see i
- /html/fot/1998-04/msg00082.html (7,128 bytes)
- 89. Re: Cam Timing III (score: 1)
- Author: Richard Taylor <n196x@mindspring.com>
- Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 08:57:15 -0400
- Amici again, I apologize for being so slow witted about all this but as I see it the cam sprocket is through-bolted to the cam shaft. And there are only two pair of bolt holes offering only two chanc
- /html/fot/1998-04/msg00084.html (7,306 bytes)
- 90. Re: Did You Get a New Cat ? (score: 1)
- Author: Richard Taylor <n196x@mindspring.com>
- Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 09:04:52 -0500
- What about adding that old Marilyn Monroe poster of her holding her billowing white dress down over a sidewalk ventilator. Then add Hank Williams on the radio singing "Lonesome Blues" and we could ha
- /html/fot/1998-03/msg00074.html (8,378 bytes)
- 91. Flywheel (score: 1)
- Author: Richard Taylor <n196x@mindspring.com>
- Date: Fri, 06 Feb 1998 18:19:54 -0500
- Fellow FOTers, I bought a junked TR-4A motor to rebuild into a street/race engine, ie 125 hp and dependable. The crank will come out tommorrow and it appears that it will have to be turned. Whilst at
- /html/fot/1998-02/msg00012.html (6,875 bytes)
- 92. Some More Questions (score: 1)
- Author: Richard Taylor <n196x@mindspring.com>
- Date: Fri, 06 Feb 1998 19:45:31 -0800
- Fellow FOTers' A couple of more questions: 1 The biggest bore of conventional piston/sleeve kits is 87mm. What are the reasonable options for increasing the cc's up to say 2600? 2. What is the recomm
- /html/fot/1998-02/msg00013.html (6,796 bytes)
- 93. TR-3 Tube Shocks (score: 1)
- Author: Richard Taylor <n196x@mindspring.com>
- Date: Thu, 08 Jan 1998 09:31:12 -0800
- Fellow Fotters, My friend Neil @ Neil's Restorations is looking for a tube shock conversion kit for a TR-3. Anybody got a hot settup? Thanks, Richard Taylor, Vintage TR-4, Atlanta
- /html/fot/1998-01/msg00007.html (6,254 bytes)
- 94. Re: Z cars [was Re: Christmas Garage Sale] (score: 1)
- Author: Richard Taylor <n196x@mindspring.com>
- Date: Fri, 05 Dec 1997 08:38:22 -0800
- excellence machines, genius, Andy, this sounds just like, "Well one of my best friends is one." Truth be Yea, all this counts for a little bit. There you go. Totally unrepentant and backsliding again
- /html/fot/1997-12/msg00039.html (10,455 bytes)
- 95. Emblem - LOGO (score: 1)
- Author: Richard Taylor <n196x@mindspring.com>
- Date: Sat, 13 Dec 1997 12:58:17 -0800
- Fellow FOTers, Greg, the artistic composition of your design is great and the humor outstanding. I think the passing - oil flags is wonderful inside humor which will raise a smile to all with an inte
- /html/fot/1997-12/msg00062.html (6,563 bytes)
- 96. Logos & Brakes (score: 1)
- Author: Richard Taylor <n196x@mindspring.com>
- Date: Fri, 19 Dec 1997 11:07:14 -0800
- If it's time to place orders for paraphernalia, sign me up for two sweatshirts, 4 tee shirts and 4 decals...all large. So as to avoid the "what is the true color of BRG" issue, I prefer red (like my
- /html/fot/1997-12/msg00103.html (9,184 bytes)
- 97. Triumph Reunion at RA/Competition Class-VTR.xls (score: 1)
- Author: Richard Taylor <n196x@mindspring.com>
- Date: Fri, 14 Nov 1997 18:13:55 -0800
- Joe, I pitted with Alan Pinel at Daytona last September and talked with him a little bit about FOT. He said that he was getting on-line in a week or two and had an interest in joining in. His addres
- /html/fot/1997-11/msg00056.html (8,437 bytes)
- 98. Daytona, 97 (score: 1)
- Author: Richard Taylor <n196x@mindspring.com>
- Date: Thu, 09 Oct 1997 09:14:45 -0700
- First off, I'm really quite proud of the responses I received from my note committing to drive to the race in Daytona. It's reassuring to know that there is such a hearty bevy of like minds in the g
- /html/fot/1997-10/msg00006.html (16,520 bytes)
- 99. lUG NUT STUDS (score: 1)
- Author: Richard Taylor <n196x@mindspring.com>
- Date: Wed, 29 Oct 1997 21:06:47 -0800
- Fellow FOTers, Last month right after driving to Daytona, racing 150 miles than driving 450 miles back, I had a curious experience. The following weekend I was driving home from Atlanta Imported Auto
- /html/fot/1997-10/msg00090.html (8,434 bytes)
- 100. RE: Potential Competition Cars @ VTR National (score: 1)
- Author: Richard Taylor <n196x@mindspring.com>
- Date: Fri, 31 Oct 1997 16:09:31 -0800
- My last Oshkosh was 1992. That year my partner Pat Epps and I brought back a goodly portion of the P-38 we had just dug up in Greenland. The flight there from the icecap in our trusty ole 1942 DC-3
- /html/fot/1997-10/msg00122.html (8,889 bytes)
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