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221. Re:Transporting an engine in an SUV (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 14:17:26 -0400; I once brought a complete Twincam engine home, carbs, exhaust manifolds and all, sitting beside me in my TR-3. Got some funny looks at stoplights, though. Lifted it out at the other end with a block; /html/mgs/2003-07/msg00540.html (8,264 bytes)
222. Re: MGA 1600 engine and tranny rebuild (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 18:44:59 -0400; Well I wouldn't be too quick to replace the oil pump - they aren't typically a big wear item, and from the recent discussion, the new ones available may be inferior to the old ones. I'm not sure what; /html/mgs/2003-07/msg00564.html (7,884 bytes)
223. Re: Car names WAS: Animals (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2003 17:34:09 -0400; If they won, they generally became hamburger; they certainly never fought again. If you go to http://www.lp112.com/Lambo/IsleroWeb/Isleroindex.html and look at the latest issue #10, you will see a pi; /html/mgs/2003-06/msg00114.html (7,543 bytes)
224. Re: Restoring old brake lines (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2003 15:46:50 -0400; NOT a good idea. If you are lucky, the spot that has JUST about rusted through will show as a very small dimple or rusty spot after you have polished the line. If you aren't lucky, you won't have any; /html/mgs/2003-06/msg00141.html (8,427 bytes)
225. Re:LE spoiler (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 13:52:27 -0400; Which is fortunately about 30 mph faster than any LE is likely to be able to go (unless dropped off a cliff...)! We found that in MGs that WILL go that fast, downforce isn't as much an issue as exclu; /html/mgs/2003-06/msg00366.html (7,312 bytes)
226. Re: MGA purchase decision (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 11:21:35 -0400; And brake drums on the front..... Bill /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive; /html/mgs/2003-06/msg00478.html (7,174 bytes)
227. Re: questions about engine rebuild (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2003 11:28:07 EDT; I'm not sure which pistons they are using at Moss these days, but if they are the Lotus pistons that require shaving the block by a considerable amount, I'd give them a pass and buy decent custom pis; /html/mgs/2003-06/msg00591.html (9,398 bytes)
228. Overdrive care (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 14:06:06 -0400; You might be close to being correct on the street, but you are quite wrong when it comes to competition use of an overdrive. If you elect NOT to lift off the throttle momentarily when engaging the ov; /html/mgs/2003-06/msg00731.html (8,497 bytes)
229. Re: Intake Manifold Wanted (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2003 19:01:05 EDT; Uh...no. Buy the right head. And try not to cross-post ;-) Bill /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive; /html/mgs/2003-06/msg00842.html (6,696 bytes)
230. Re:Heel and toe - MGB (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 18:41:56 EDT; Nice to hear from someone that KNOWS what heel and toeing means (the young guys haven't got a clue - probably a result of more durable synchro rings on new cars and/or Dad paying the repair bills). I; /html/mgs/2003-05/msg00164.html (7,526 bytes)
231. Re: MGB V6 Upgrade (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Wed, 7 May 2003 15:14:04 EDT; Can you do it? 1 It fits easily 2 Use a late engine - early truck engines with carbs had weak bottom ends 3 get the ECM and wiring to run the injection (less clearance problems with injection too) 4; /html/mgs/2003-05/msg00189.html (9,352 bytes)
232. Re: Rear sway-bar and anti tramp bars on '66 GT? (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Sun, 25 May 2003 21:03:25 EDT; Unless you are racing, don't bother with the anti-tramp bars. And do NOT fit a rear bar without increasing the diameter of the front bar. Bill /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Arc; /html/mgs/2003-05/msg00701.html (7,545 bytes)
233. Re: Fast and Furious (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 16:26:02 -0400; While I agree that the IQ of owners of Japanese cars seems to be in inverse proportion to the bore of their exhaust pipes, and while the joy of engine modification has decreased substantially with in; /html/mgs/2003-05/msg00818.html (8,535 bytes)
234. Re: Big Bore (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2003 16:58:44 EDT; Which is why people from civilised nations give pause for thought before coming to relatively uncivilised countries like the US, where the highways are full (relatively speaking) of people with guns,; /html/mgs/2003-04/msg00213.html (7,191 bytes)
235. Re: what car was it? (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2003 09:16:00 EDT; Like all Italian cars, the rust-proofing in the early years was rudimentary, and most rusted away in a few years. I was just talking to another owner of an early Lambo like I have who told me that wh; /html/mgs/2003-04/msg00235.html (9,175 bytes)
236. Re: Cooler (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 12:27:01 EDT; Barney - I trust you haven't blown an engine! If you did, getting the bits out of the cooler is challenging, to say the least. Ultrasonic cleaning is probably the best bet; no cleaning can result in; /html/mgs/2003-04/msg00436.html (6,801 bytes)
237. Boring Cylinders (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2003 20:26:25 EDT; Yeah - like double that. And I corrected the header line - can't anyone spell any more? Boreing indeed! ;-) I do not like using Lotus pistons - you have to shave too much off the deck to get to even; /html/mgs/2003-04/msg00514.html (8,368 bytes)
238. Re:swapping cams (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 15:26:46 EDT; My recollection (although I have always done this job the conventional way, out of the car) was that you need to disengage the auxiliary drive gears - take the distributor and gear out, and drop the; /html/mgs/2003-04/msg00790.html (7,780 bytes)
239. Re: mga rear axle (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 15:37:21 EDT; Well yes, except for the first 10-11,000 of them.......all RH thread as I recall. Bill /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive; /html/mgs/2003-04/msg00906.html (6,964 bytes)
240. Re: Rubber Bumper B owners unite! (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 22:15:03 EST; Kelvin - the RBB are basically very poor excuses for MGs - I call them Austin Marina convertibles. For 3K, you could go out and buy an early CBB and use the money you get from selling the RBB to rest; /html/mgs/2003-03/msg00265.html (10,205 bytes)

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