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21. Re: Seatbelts & Bumpers (score: 1): Author: Nolan Penney <npenney@erols.com>; Date: Sun, 02 Sep 2001 21:06:02 -0400; Pickup trucks are perfectly drivable by the average person. If you have found them difficult to control, it is a reflection on your own personal driving skill, not the vehicle. Nothing is a squirrely; /html/spitfires/2001-09/msg00039.html (7,692 bytes)
22. Re: Timing marks on pulley incorrect? (score: 1): Author: Nolan Penney <npenney@erols.com>; Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 21:45:49 -0400; Off hand, I'd suspect you've got a non-GT6 pulley in there. Complete with the timing marks in the proper position for the engine it came off of. Remove all the spark plugs so the engine easily rotate; /html/spitfires/2001-09/msg00209.html (7,611 bytes)
23. Re: GT6 Thrust washer question? (score: 1): Author: Nolan Penney <npenney@erols.com>; Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 22:16:07 -0400; Don't be falsely "encouraged" because they weren't in a dozen pieces. They wouldn't be. As John described, they simply fall out. They stay in place only because they are a little bit thicker then the; /html/spitfires/2001-09/msg00397.html (10,667 bytes)
24. Re: [spitfire-enthusiast] Re: HS2 carb conversion questions (score: 1): Author: Nolan Penney <npenney@erols.com>; Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 20:12:49 -0400; Now that is real interesting. I'd personally love it if you'd elaborate a bit on your setup, especially the manifold. Here in the US the single ZS has a very bad reputation...but, I suspect the probl; /html/spitfires/2001-09/msg00531.html (8,186 bytes)
25. Re: Paint and brake fluid (score: 1): Author: Nolan Penney <npenney@erols.com>; Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2001 21:10:45 -0400; There is no one perfect brake fluid. There are advantages and disadvantages to each. You've brought up a few points, but somewhat muddled them. Silicone brake fluid is not hydroscopic. It does not ab; /html/spitfires/2001-08/msg00036.html (11,546 bytes)
26. Re: Kill switch (score: 1): Author: Nolan Penney <npenney@erols.com>; Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 21:44:50 -0400; I rather like your idea of using the DPDT set up to energize the horn when the switch is thrown to the kill position. Hadn't thought of that one before. As an ex-vandal and such, and a friend of car; /html/spitfires/2001-08/msg00370.html (7,331 bytes)
27. Re: Seatbelts & Bumpers (score: 1): Author: Nolan Penney <npenney@erols.com>; Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 19:58:21 -0400; If your seat belts are tired, they need to be replaced. Yes, you can remove the cover of the reel, and add tension (as well as lubricating things), but the fabric itself has greatly weakened. So be s; /html/spitfires/2001-08/msg00396.html (9,038 bytes)
28. Re: { NASS } How To Get 50 FREE Horsepower Outta Your Car (score: 1): Author: Nolan Penney <npenney@erols.com>; Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2001 20:51:13 -0400; And if you go to beaterz.com, you can see a picture of a Honda Civic with what appears to be an 18" wide section of drain pipe sticking out, being used as a tail pipe. No kidding, and it's not fake.; /html/spitfires/2001-06/msg00070.html (7,624 bytes)
29. Re: Another old roadster in the greater Wash. DC area? (score: 1): Author: Nolan Penney <npenney@erols.com>; Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 21:19:46 -0400; I know that one. It was a 'Cord body kit on a Mustang II chassis. The folks owned the motel figured the car was worth at least $40,000.00 (I stopped and asked every few years). It was thoroughly rott; /html/spitfires/2001-06/msg00378.html (8,281 bytes)
30. Re: Front suspension Blues. (score: 1): Author: Nolan Penney <npenney@erols.com>; Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 21:25:08 -0400; Fwiw, we use Phillips Milk of Magnesa (sp) on jet engines, with reasonably good results. I do not like the generic silver anti-sieze, stuff seems to work like powdered solder in my experience. I also; /html/spitfires/2001-06/msg00379.html (6,968 bytes)
31. Re: Bad spark plugs? (Long Story) (score: 1): Author: Nolan Penney <npenney@erols.com>; Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 21:35:14 -0400; Fwiw, Grassroots Motorsports did a quick dyno test with about a dozen different plugs in a Dodge Neon a few years ago. NGK came out on top. Virtually every new plug produced less power then the old N; /html/spitfires/2001-06/msg00382.html (7,958 bytes)
32. Re: [spitfire-enthusiast] Spitfire oil pressure - concerns - (score: 1): Author: Nolan Penney <npenney@erols.com>; Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 21:45:39 -0400; I don't know the stock specs, but 20 psi at idle wouldn't worry me at all. The general rule of thumb is 10 psi for each thousand rpm. 20 psi at 600-800 rpm idle speed is well over that.; /html/spitfires/2001-06/msg00383.html (7,044 bytes)
33. Re: transmission rebuild kit (score: 1): Author: Nolan Penney <npenney@erols.com>; Date: Tue, 08 May 2001 20:26:52 -0400; No, bearings are not all the same, by any means. Visit a bearing shop some time and you'll see what I mean. /// /// spitfires@autox.team.net mailing list /// To unsubscribe send a plain text message; /html/spitfires/2001-05/msg00167.html (8,524 bytes)
34. Re: drafty interior fix (GT6) (score: 1): Author: Nolan Penney <npenney@erols.com>; Date: Tue, 08 May 2001 20:34:02 -0400; Thanks Barry. I've often wondered about how much heat is coming into my from around the doors (don't have any seals on at the moment). I can certainly feel it in the air stream around the car when I; /html/spitfires/2001-05/msg00168.html (7,253 bytes)
35. Re: Part quality (Spitfire) (score: 1): Author: Nolan Penney <npenney@erols.com>; Date: Tue, 08 May 2001 20:38:23 -0400; Hmm, just run down to WalMart and use that fake wood graining drawer liner /// /// spitfires@autox.team.net mailing list /// To unsubscribe send a plain text message to majordomo@autox.team.net /// w; /html/spitfires/2001-05/msg00169.html (7,577 bytes)
36. Re: Spitfire: To buy or not to buy... (score: 1): Author: Nolan Penney <npenney@erols.com>; Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 19:42:54 -0400; I'm very demanding of my vehicles. They must perform well, do it for several hundred thousands of miles, and do it reliably. Now people might look at me strangely for saying that with a Fiat and a co; /html/spitfires/2001-05/msg00297.html (8,592 bytes)
37. Re: Front Spring Shortening (score: 1): Author: Nolan Penney <npenney@erols.com>; Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 21:43:00 -0400; See? Hysteria. :-) Like I said, the heat from the cutting torch will only travel about 2" down the spring, doing no damage to the rest of the coil. The 2 inches that do lose temper will settle into t; /html/spitfires/2001-05/msg00356.html (8,215 bytes)
38. Re: [spitfire-enthusiast] Re: Route / group run to Carlisle (score: 1): Author: Nolan Penney <npenney@erols.com>; Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 21:52:00 -0400; Bring food and drink yourself. It's darned expensive at the show. Spend some time off to the side reading your flier/booklet when you get in to understand the layout and what's going on. If you're pl; /html/spitfires/2001-05/msg00357.html (7,557 bytes)
39. Re: Route / group run to Carlisle (score: 1): Author: Nolan Penney <npenney@erols.com>; Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 21:59:51 -0400; 140 to 15, or up 140 to 97 to 15? Both are nice, with the latter being perhaps slightly nicer. Sweet curves on the road into Carlisle going through all the orchards. Do be careful though, all the lit; /html/spitfires/2001-05/msg00358.html (7,377 bytes)
40. Re: simple doughnut removal (score: 1): Author: Nolan Penney <npenney@erols.com>; Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 19:47:33 -0400; Doh! Here I was thinking that the donut sat between the two spiders, and that I'd disassembled one of them when I took the suspension off. I just took the two sides off the car (went and looked). Why; /html/spitfires/2001-05/msg00581.html (7,536 bytes)

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