- 21. Re: License plates (score: 1)
- Author: "Ryan Smith" <shmitty99@hotmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 17:44:57 PDT
- My plates are Virginia Tech plates with the school seal on the left hand side with "Go Hokies" along the bottom in small print. The plate itself says SPITTY Ryan Smith aka Shmitty 72 Emerald Green Sp
- /html/spitfires/1999-08/msg00707.html (8,524 bytes)
- 22. Re: Spitfire cross-country touring (score: 1)
- Author: "Ryan Smith" <shmitty99@hotmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 10:58:42 PDT
- You mentioned the smokey mtns. There are some very nice scenic roads in that area. I myself have taken my spit on some stretches of the blue ridge parkway that snakes from alabama to NY (i think!). T
- /html/spitfires/1999-08/msg00765.html (9,738 bytes)
- 23. Re: transmission tunnel (score: 1)
- Author: "Ryan Smith" <shmitty99@hotmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 08:00:33 PDT
- A lot of ppl, myself included, use the aluminum "bubble paper" that you can buy at home depot etc. It comes in a roll and you can cut it to fit the underside of the tunnel. I glued it down with some
- /html/spitfires/1999-08/msg00860.html (8,962 bytes)
- 24. EV's was Weight Distribution (score: 1)
- Author: "Ryan Smith" <shmitty99@hotmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 09:26:44 PDT
- Just for comparison's sake the new hybrid we're going to start building this semester is going to weigh around 7000-8000 lbs! With two GE ecostar ac induction motors, about 300 V of Hawkers and a fue
- /html/spitfires/1999-08/msg01530.html (6,826 bytes)
- 25. Re: Brake Pedal+Diff Leak (score: 1)
- Author: Ryan Smith <shmitty99@hotmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 03 Jul 1999 22:02:36 PDT
- And I'd like to mention that this stuff has to be the most vile secretion that a spitfire is capable of producing. when I removed the 4.11 from mine last fall I managed to get it all over me, the sh
- /html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00086.html (7,251 bytes)
- 26. Re: Spit part needed (score: 1)
- Author: "Ryan Smith" <shmitty99@hotmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 10 Jul 1999 20:55:09 PDT
- I have one at home in my workshop but I'm at school and 150 miles away from it. If no one else has one I can figure out someway to get it to you. Ryan Smith 72 Emerald Green Spitfire
- /html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00287.html (7,250 bytes)
- 27. Re: rebuilding the engine, with more than one question (score: 1)
- Author: "Ryan Smith" <shmitty99@hotmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 19 Jul 1999 12:25:35 PDT
- Actually shot peening and case hardening have very little in common. Shot peening is just a means of removing surface defects from the material. It does not make it harder in any way like heat treati
- /html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00581.html (8,044 bytes)
- 28. Re: Oil Filters (score: 1)
- Author: "Ryan Smith" <shmitty99@hotmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 10:13:33 PDT
- apoligies I may have sent this twice: I have a NAPA gold 1521 on my MkIV. I do remember there were two filters listed when I looked it up last fall in the book, one being taller than the other. The N
- /html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00614.html (8,117 bytes)
- 29. Re: machine shops (score: 1)
- Author: "Ryan Smith" <shmitty99@hotmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 07:13:18 PDT
- Well my family's NAPA store has a machine shop in it and upon first inspection, it seems like the dirtiest most unorganized place on earth. But the fact of the matter is that Calvin (our machinist)h
- /html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00645.html (9,560 bytes)
- 30. Re: oil filter stuff (score: 1)
- Author: "Ryan Smith" <shmitty99@hotmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1999 21:42:00 PDT
- I've done this to a Napa filter (also Wix) it is pretty cool how they get so much surface area in there. Ryan
- /html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00773.html (7,938 bytes)
- 31. Re: Rotational inertia? (score: 1)
- Author: "Ryan Smith" <shmitty99@hotmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 18:31:55 PDT
- Here's a mathmatical proof. for a purely rotational example: KE=0.5Jw Where KE is kinetic energy, J is the MASS moment of interia, and w (actually omega)is angular acceleration defined by vL (where L
- /html/spitfires/1999-06/msg00073.html (7,955 bytes)
- 32. Better BBQ through engineering was RE: Rotational inertia? (no LBC) (score: 1)
- Author: "Ryan Smith" <shmitty99@hotmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 02 Jun 1999 10:18:36 PDT
- No that wasn't but here's a link to a guy who has furthered the science of barbequing through engineering and chemistry. George Gable has perfected a way to prepare a charcoal grill from a pile of ch
- /html/spitfires/1999-06/msg00127.html (7,248 bytes)
- 33. Re: Plastic Engine Valences? (score: 1)
- Author: "Ryan Smith" <shmitty99@hotmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 02 Jun 1999 10:26:47 PDT
- I made my valances out of 0.075" Aluminum that I powdercoated black to match all the other powdercoated stuff in my engine bay. I used my old ones and the drawings previously referred to as the basis
- /html/spitfires/1999-06/msg00131.html (8,401 bytes)
- 34. Re: Spitfire won't start (score: 1)
- Author: Ryan Smith <shmitty99@hotmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 10:48:09 PDT
- I agree with Nikolai, sounds like the bendix isn't engaging. However working in my dad's NAPA store has taught me that this is the most common reason to replace a starter. You can test it easily enou
- /html/spitfires/1999-06/msg00391.html (10,046 bytes)
- 35. Re: Spitfire mk3 in BRG? (score: 1)
- Author: Ryan Smith <shmitty99@hotmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 12 Jun 1999 11:32:34 PDT
- While we're talking about early 70's greens when was Emerald Green offered. That's what's on my 72. Ryan Smith
- /html/spitfires/1999-06/msg00431.html (8,436 bytes)
- 36. Re: Cars in new Austin Powers movie (score: 1)
- Author: Ryan Smith <shmitty99@hotmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 09:54:46 PDT
- You Beat me to it. I wanted to break the GT6 siting to the list! I saw the movie yesterday myself. During the movie I said to my girlfriend, "Ooooo did you see that gold GT6?" I then had to explain t
- /html/spitfires/1999-06/msg00490.html (7,889 bytes)
- 37. GT6 rear paint (score: 1)
- Author: Ryan Smith <shmitty99@hotmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 20:22:00 PDT
- I was looking at the GT6 for sale on ebay http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=117167716 and it looks like the rear of the car around the lights where the license plate is, was pain
- /html/spitfires/1999-06/msg00670.html (6,654 bytes)
- 38. overseas gearboxes (score: 1)
- Author: "Ryan Smith" <shmitty99@hotmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 29 May 1999 22:00:57 PDT
- While on the subject, my spitty's gears are slowly tranforming themselves into a graphite-like substance and getting into reverse is getting to be quite a chore. I had planned on waiting for Rimmer's
- /html/spitfires/1999-05/msg01013.html (6,519 bytes)
- 39. Re: Transmission (score: 1)
- Author: "Ryan Smith" <shmitty99@hotmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 13:06:32 PDT
- Could someone be a little more specific with this statement? Ryan
- /html/spitfires/1999-05/msg01029.html (8,009 bytes)
- 40. RE: Transmission (score: 1)
- Author: "Ryan Smith" <shmitty99@hotmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 17:33:30 PDT
- I don't know about mike's problem but it would stand to reason that if it was the clutch or hydraulic systems that the engagement problems would be the same on all gears. I only get griding on 2nd if
- /html/spitfires/1999-05/msg01040.html (7,959 bytes)
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