- 141. More videos of me (score: 1)
- Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>
- Date: Sun, 4 May 2003 13:15:44 -0700
- The friend that had the video of him following me around Thunderhill has also posted a video taken from my in car camcorder. If you'd like to see what Thunderhill looks like from inside a 130 hp MG:
- /html/mgs/2003-05/msg00095.html (7,176 bytes)
- 142. Re: More videos of me (score: 1)
- Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>
- Date: Sun, 4 May 2003 17:30:36 -0700
- Part of that has to do with the fact that the VW is a race car, and Jasmine in a race legal street car. Part of it has to do with the microphones we each use. I have quieted the MG down even more wit
- /html/mgs/2003-05/msg00099.html (7,415 bytes)
- 143. '65 MG for sale in Aptos (score: 1)
- Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>
- Date: Sun, 4 May 2003 21:18:59 -0700
- I just got this email from a friend, and am forwarding it on. I have no financial interest in the car, though if I had $4500 lying around, judging by the pictures, I'd have a fair amount of interest
- /html/mgs/2003-05/msg00100.html (8,566 bytes)
- 144. Re: Heel and toe AND "dead pedal" MGB (score: 1)
- Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>
- Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 13:24:39 -0700
- If the problem is that the gas pedal is too high, not too narrow, then there is a gas pedal adjustment bolt that is in the bulkhead. It's a 7/16" head bolt (1/4 nf) that goes into a nut welded to the
- /html/mgs/2003-05/msg00162.html (11,643 bytes)
- 145. Any geeks in Oz? (score: 1)
- Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>
- Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 18:22:18 -0700
- Hans, of hi-flow fame, has asked me to send him a CD of a bunch of pictures and if possible the videos Scott took of my MG. I was wondering if there was anybody already in Australia, ideally Melbourn
- /html/mgs/2003-05/msg00167.html (7,190 bytes)
- 146. Central California Car shows (score: 1)
- Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>
- Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 18:55:38 -0700
- I've been reminded today of two shows coming up. Next Saturday is the Jack London MG show. I don't have the details and the following Sunday (the 18th) is a britcar show in Dixon (near Davis, near Sa
- /html/mgs/2003-05/msg00168.html (6,937 bytes)
- 147. Looking for a 1" front MGB swaybar (score: 1)
- Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>
- Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 14:38:05 -0700
- Over the weekend I did a test installation, clamping a second swaybar onto the 7/8" swaybar I have mounted on my MGBGT. While it's not a scientific test, nor is it quantitative, subjectively, on publ
- /html/mgs/2003-05/msg00373.html (7,598 bytes)
- 148. crank journals (score: 1)
- Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>
- Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 15:25:46 -0700
- When I crawled under the car to replace the rod bearings I noticed that the rear seal was leaking. Combine that with my wanting to put in a cam optimized for a supercharger, I'll just pull the motor
- /html/mgs/2003-05/msg00374.html (7,415 bytes)
- 149. Re: Looking for a 1" front MGB swaybar (score: 1)
- Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>
- Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 18:14:42 -0700
- The swaybar is not the only modification. I started out with the Ron Hopkinson swaybar kit that has a 7/8" bar up front and I think a 3/4" bar in back. On an otherwise fairly stock BGT, that balance
- /html/mgs/2003-05/msg00385.html (10,312 bytes)
- 150. Quick trip to DC (score: 1)
- Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>
- Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 23:29:40 -0700
- Due to circumstances, I had to make a trip to DC. I'll be doing the tourist thing with my sister tomorrow, and plan on going to a swing dance at the chevy chase ballroom tomorrow night. It looks like
- /html/mgs/2003-05/msg00845.html (7,858 bytes)
- 151. Periodic request for mags with tapered lugs (score: 1)
- Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>
- Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2003 22:42:30 -0800
- Next week I'm getting a set of used rally tires for rallycrossing my MGBGT. I _could_ run them on one of my skanky sets of old rostyle wheels. For various reasons (with aesthetic falling somewhere ar
- /html/mgs/2003-04/msg00139.html (7,642 bytes)
- 152. Fun at Thunderhill April 5-6 (score: 1)
- Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>
- Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2003 11:21:31 -0700
- I had a good time at Thunderhill this weekend. My hotlap was acting flaky (flakily?) all weekend, so I don't have a lot of laptimes. The negative camber bushings I installed seemed to help, I want to
- /html/mgs/2003-04/msg00202.html (9,721 bytes)
- 153. tire wear (score: 1)
- Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>
- Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2003 21:13:46 -0700
- I expect that the ratio will vary with horsepower, suspension setup etc. but, on track MGBs do you normally see more wear on the front tires or the rear? I thought that I had seen more wear on my rea
- /html/mgs/2003-04/msg00296.html (7,601 bytes)
- 154. You might have a motorsports problem if... (score: 1)
- Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>
- Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2003 21:59:22 -0700
- You might have a motorsports problem if... You have a stack of mounted tires in your garage higher than you are tall. And they are for your "daily driver". You have a car that you call your daily dri
- /html/mgs/2003-04/msg00299.html (6,883 bytes)
- 155. Re: tire wear (score: 1)
- Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>
- Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2003 00:04:49 -0700
- Ouch. Mine has never been that bad. I'll but about 200 miles (300km) on in a normal weekend. I'm trying to get stuff done to install the Prather racing camber bushings. It's going slower than I'd lik
- /html/mgs/2003-04/msg00304.html (8,363 bytes)
- 156. lubrication question (score: 1)
- Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>
- Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 09:08:13 -0700
- A major reason that I didn't finish putting my suspension together is that a bolt and sleeve did the "till death do us part" thing. On the lower A-arm, there is a bolt that goes through both long A-a
- /html/mgs/2003-04/msg00361.html (7,608 bytes)
- 157. lower arms front camber (score: 1)
- Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>
- Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2003 15:18:35 -0700
- Here's a question for the pros on this list. Who makes the lower A-arm pieces for the MGB? I just bought a new pair for $30. About a third of the cost of the decambering bushings. Is ther eany chance
- /html/mgs/2003-04/msg00387.html (8,112 bytes)
- 158. Spring mounts (score: 1)
- Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>
- Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2003 16:57:42 -0700
- When I was looking for springs, I found out that you can get springs with a 2.5" ID in either 8 or 10" lengths very easily, in a wide variety of spring rates. Unfortunately, the spring mounts for MGB
- /html/mgs/2003-04/msg00388.html (7,648 bytes)
- 159. Re: lower arms front camber (score: 1)
- Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>
- Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2003 17:34:14 -0700
- The same as with any part where you have to drill a hole to mount it. Or for that matter any "racing" application part. Then again, you could just sell them pre drilled for -1, -2 or -3 degrees. I su
- /html/mgs/2003-04/msg00390.html (8,364 bytes)
- 160. Re: lower arms front camber (score: 1)
- Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>
- Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2003 20:19:21 -0700
- Must be Moss Europe, because I sure can't find it on the mossmotors website. Actually, I couldn't find it at http://www.moss-europe.co.uk/ either, though I do see that they have all sorts of nifty st
- /html/mgs/2003-04/msg00394.html (9,453 bytes)
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