- 201. Re: TR3 for sale (score: 1)
- Author: "Jack W. Drews" <vinttr4@geneseo.net>
- Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 11:58:01 -0500
- Just in time for Halloween, huh? Maybe it's a Ferrari in costume.
- /html/fot/2004-10/msg00368.html (7,598 bytes)
- 202. lighten the flywheel (score: 1)
- Author: "Jack W. Drews" <vinttr4@geneseo.net>
- Date: Thu, 02 Sep 2004 16:32:45 -0500
- This is a survey. I'm looking for input. This has to do with flywheel weight. The common Fidanza aluminum flywheel weighs about seven pounds. The more exotic steel Cambridge style flywheel also weigh
- /html/fot/2004-09/msg00018.html (7,200 bytes)
- 203. transmission (score: 1)
- Author: "Jack W. Drews" <vinttr4@geneseo.net>
- Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 16:04:27 -0500
- I have a peculiar problem with my transmission and maybe somebody can give me some ideas on what to investigate. It's a standard transmission, close ratio gears. The problem is that it shifts well, i
- /html/fot/2004-09/msg00104.html (6,770 bytes)
- 204. transmission answers (score: 1)
- Author: "Jack W. Drews" <vinttr4@geneseo.net>
- Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 06:24:02 -0500
- Thanks to all who responded -- What a great bunch! Just yesterday I completed an engine rebuild. I was disappointed that on my trip through the nearby countryside waking up the pigs and chickens and
- /html/fot/2004-09/msg00109.html (7,577 bytes)
- 205. oil leaks (score: 1)
- Author: "Jack W. Drews" <vinttr4@geneseo.net>
- Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 09:07:29 -0500
- I recently had a major blowup / meltdown. Lots of oil everywhere from that and a loose fitting at the new Acccusump which nicely filled the passenger footwell. Now it's all together, ready to race I
- /html/fot/2004-09/msg00111.html (6,786 bytes)
- 206. Thanks (score: 1)
- Author: "Jack W. Drews" <vinttr4@geneseo.net>
- Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 07:48:47 -0500
- Mark, thanks for all that you do to run these lists. I think having an outage once in awhile is a good thing. It reminds us how much enjoyment they are and how much we miss them when we don't have th
- /html/fot/2004-09/msg00156.html (6,441 bytes)
- 207. Carsten Conrads (score: 1)
- Author: "Jack W. Drews" <vinttr4@geneseo.net>
- Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 13:47:16 -0500
- Carsten, are you still on the list? I'm interested in some gears. uncle jack
- /html/fot/2004-09/msg00183.html (6,147 bytes)
- 208. nomination (score: 1)
- Author: "Jack W. Drews" <vinttr4@geneseo.net>
- Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 20:28:05 -0500
- I'd like to nominate Bob Reed for inclusion in the FOT list. I met bob at Raod America a couple of weeks ago along with his bride, who had told him to go ahead and build a race car, since he'd always
- /html/fot/2004-09/msg00191.html (7,335 bytes)
- 209. Re: oil cooler cutout/grill (score: 1)
- Author: "Jack W. Drews" <vinttr4@geneseo.net>
- Date: Sun, 01 Aug 2004 18:45:40 -0500
- I cut a hole in the lower valance with a sabre saw, got some stainless screen from Pegasus, put chrome door edging around the hole, pop riveted the screen to the valance with large head pop rivets wi
- /html/fot/2004-08/msg00006.html (7,667 bytes)
- 210. Re: Flywheels (score: 1)
- Author: "Jack W. Drews" <vinttr4@geneseo.net>
- Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2004 17:01:17 -0500
- Current production of Fidanza flywheels for TR's are quite nice. If this is a flywheel for some other car, hit delete. The Fidanza on my TR4 is about four seasons old, about 25 events. It is not flat
- /html/fot/2004-08/msg00045.html (8,259 bytes)
- 211. Re: Head and Neck restraints (score: 1)
- Author: "Jack W. Drews" <vinttr4@geneseo.net>
- Date: Sat, 07 Aug 2004 18:01:20 -0500
- ................snip............... Most drivers would probably all agree that head and neck restraints improve safety and should be used. I don't think there would be much of an argument if they did
- /html/fot/2004-08/msg00052.html (7,792 bytes)
- 212. Re: TR4 Axles (score: 1)
- Author: "Jack W. Drews" <vinttr4@geneseo.net>
- Date: Mon, 09 Aug 2004 08:09:48 -0500
- BFE has the new Mark Weathers kit for front stub axles. Doing the Southwick conversion is always an option,
- /html/fot/2004-08/msg00063.html (6,641 bytes)
- 213. it lives (score: 1)
- Author: "Jack W. Drews" <vinttr4@geneseo.net>
- Date: Mon, 09 Aug 2004 16:38:11 -0500
- It's official -- new blue lives again! It made the Big Noise again today. It stays cool, it doesn't leak oil (well, maybe a little bit), and it sounds phenomenal. Time to kick back, and get to work o
- /html/fot/2004-08/msg00067.html (9,484 bytes)
- 214. Re: it lives (score: 1)
- Author: "Jack W. Drews" <vinttr4@geneseo.net>
- Date: Mon, 09 Aug 2004 20:02:34 -0500
- I told Henry that it gives a guy an unfair advantage to drive an FV for awhile, because you really have to learn to drive right and get rid of bad habits that you don't even know you have that are in
- /html/fot/2004-08/msg00071.html (8,687 bytes)
- 215. Re: Big brake kits for TR6/250 (score: 1)
- Author: "Jack W. Drews" <vinttr4@geneseo.net>
- Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 09:51:48 -0500
- At the big Triumph feature at VIR this spring, two guys from the UK brought their cars over and raced. I think it was Bill Dentinger who said "If you look close enough you'll actually see some Triump
- /html/fot/2004-08/msg00081.html (8,816 bytes)
- 216. Header paint (score: 1)
- Author: "Jack W. Drews" <vinttr4@geneseo.net>
- Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 09:54:18 -0500
- I have a customer who wants his stock exhaust manifold painted red. I can't find any paint that I think will stay on in a red color. I can find only black, gray, and aluminum. Does anyone know of a r
- /html/fot/2004-08/msg00082.html (6,655 bytes)
- 217. speed vs hp question (score: 1)
- Author: "Jack W. Drews" <vinttr4@geneseo.net>
- Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 10:07:45 -0500
- Assume for a moment that you have a car with a known hp at the rear wheels, and you also know the top speed attainable with that car. Does anybody know the math for determining how many additional hp
- /html/fot/2004-08/msg00083.html (6,878 bytes)
- 218. Re: speed vs hp question (score: 1)
- Author: "Jack W. Drews" <vinttr4@geneseo.net>
- Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 15:00:32 -0500
- Dang, I can't seem to get away with anything any more. uncle jack
- /html/fot/2004-08/msg00093.html (6,970 bytes)
- 219. RE: Speed vs hp. (score: 1)
- Author: "Jack W. Drews" <vinttr4@geneseo.net>
- Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 15:11:58 -0500
- Thanks to all who replied. I guess with my engine finished I have too much time on my brain. I was idly curious as to the cost / benefit ratio of effort and money to raise my TR's hp more than it is.
- /html/fot/2004-08/msg00094.html (7,684 bytes)
- 220. hp, speed redux (score: 1)
- Author: "Jack W. Drews" <vinttr4@geneseo.net>
- Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 15:36:29 -0500
- I'll be darned. you guys are pretty smart. I just checked my reprint of the Road and Track road test of the TR3 in 1956. The formulas work out exactly right comparing them against my car. According t
- /html/fot/2004-08/msg00095.html (7,152 bytes)
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