- 1. RE: Off Topic (mild LBC added)-- rather long too.... (score: 1)
- Author: Jeff Zurschmeide <zurschmeidej@interactivenw.com>
- Date: Mon, 2 Nov 1998 10:42:08 -0800
- Or how about the one I have on the back of my bugeye: Henry V, Act III, Scene I, Lines 31-34: I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips, straining upon the start. The game's afoot! Follow your spi
- /html/spridgets/1998-11/msg00039.html (11,092 bytes)
- 2. RE: I'm not a traitor but... (little lbc content) (score: 1)
- Author: Jeff Zurschmeide <zurschmeidej@interactivenw.com>
- Date: Mon, 2 Nov 1998 10:42:11 -0800
- That's going to be a very nice ride for wintertime. That 318 Commando will provide the necessary motorvation for some serious highway cruising. JZ
- /html/spridgets/1998-11/msg00040.html (9,561 bytes)
- 3. RE: 1979 Road Test (score: 1)
- Author: Jeff Zurschmeide <zurschmeidej@interactivenw.com>
- Date: Tue, 3 Nov 1998 15:15:37 -0800
- And you could probably still sell them today. I get mad every time I think about BL. You mean the Miata? Mazda *is* selling them today. Probably if you adjust for inflation, at about the same price.
- /html/spridgets/1998-11/msg00100.html (9,389 bytes)
- 4. RE: Drippy 1275 (score: 1)
- Author: Jeff Zurschmeide <zurschmeidej@interactivenw.com>
- Date: Wed, 4 Nov 1998 17:17:00 -0800
- It is (in my experience) depressingly typical. I replaced the seals on the oil pan a few times, put on one of those aftermarket 360-degree oil seals, and finally determined it was caused by a cracked
- /html/spridgets/1998-11/msg00159.html (8,685 bytes)
- 5. Roll Cage Imminent! (was RE: Towing) (score: 1)
- Author: Jeff Zurschmeide <zurschmeidej@interactivenw.com>
- Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 16:03:57 -0700
- Well, yeah, I tow my bugeye all the time with the driveshaft connected. Of course, it's on a trailer.... ;^) Seriously, I always tell folks that if you can afford it at all, rent a trailer for any to
- /html/spridgets/1998-10/msg00554.html (8,748 bytes)
- 6. RE: MG Register (score: 1)
- Author: Jeff Zurschmeide <zurschmeidej@interactivenw.com>
- Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 09:38:54 -0700
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- /html/spridgets/1998-10/msg00614.html (8,673 bytes)
- 7. RE: MG Register (score: 1)
- Author: Jeff Zurschmeide <zurschmeidej@interactivenw.com>
- Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 13:54:36 -0700
- Well, I didn't mean to offend anyone. I know where to go to look it up, but it's kind of a long number to know. I mean, I know my MGB is #4859 and my 356 is #116106 - but those are short numbers. I d
- /html/spridgets/1998-10/msg00626.html (10,296 bytes)
- 8. RE: Autox Sprite Handling Questions (score: 1)
- Author: Jeff Zurschmeide <zurschmeidej@interactivenw.com>
- Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 10:31:58 -0800
- I have a panhard and a rear sway bar on a 1/4 elliptic car (bugeye). Works a treat. The rear sway bar is 1/2". I also run a welded diff, so I avoid wheelspin even if the car does lift a wheel. I am s
- /html/spridgets/1998-10/msg00834.html (9,053 bytes)
- 9. RE: Autox Sprite Handling Questions (score: 1)
- Author: Jeff Zurschmeide <zurschmeidej@interactivenw.com>
- Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 13:31:14 -0800
- I am just stating that with a rear sway bar, I don't have a problem lifting the rear wheel in road racing. Now, bear in mind that I also have a full roll cage installed, competition rear 1/4 elliptic
- /html/spridgets/1998-10/msg00841.html (10,193 bytes)
- 10. RE: Don't sell it (score: 1)
- Author: Jeff Zurschmeide <zurschmeidej@interactivenw.com>
- Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 14:17:09 -0800
- I'm with Daniel on this one. (Even if I would have a rear sway bar on my Midget. ;^) I have a 276 cam in the bugeye, and I terrorize all but the fastest MGBs out there. JZ
- /html/spridgets/1998-10/msg00845.html (8,354 bytes)
- 11. RE: Don't sell it (score: 1)
- Author: Jeff Zurschmeide <zurschmeidej@interactivenw.com>
- Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 09:42:07 -0800
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- /html/spridgets/1998-10/msg00881.html (8,398 bytes)
- 12. RE: Electronic Ignition (score: 1)
- Author: Jeff Zurschmeide <zurschmeidej@interactivenw.com>
- Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 09:51:40 -0800
- Pertronix Igniter - available from Shadetree motors: They cost $79.95, fit entirely within the stock distributor, and are dead reliable to 7K RPM at least. JZ
- /html/spridgets/1998-10/msg00883.html (9,652 bytes)
- 13. RE: Electronic Ignition (score: 1)
- Author: Jeff Zurschmeide <zurschmeidej@interactivenw.com>
- Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 13:58:18 -0800
- Well, yeah, without going to a capacitive discharge (long spark) system like an MSD, you can run a super coil (I use the hot Lucas one) and hotter plugs and get a little more bang. Some folks index t
- /html/spridgets/1998-10/msg00893.html (13,833 bytes)
- 14. RE: Electronic Ignition (score: 1)
- Author: Jeff Zurschmeide <zurschmeidej@interactivenw.com>
- Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 14:15:33 -0800
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- /html/spridgets/1998-10/msg00896.html (10,448 bytes)
- 15. RE: Electronic Ignition (score: 1)
- Author: Jeff Zurschmeide <zurschmeidej@interactivenw.com>
- Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 15:40:13 -0800
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- /html/spridgets/1998-10/msg00909.html (9,218 bytes)
- 16. RE: Autox Sprite Handling Questions (actually driving technique) (score: 1)
- Author: Jeff Zurschmeide <zurschmeidej@interactivenw.com>
- Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 09:27:09 -0800
- That jibes well with my race track technique (such as it is). Except that I'd add that you're definitely going deep and for a very late apex to make this work, right? JZ
- /html/spridgets/1998-10/msg00959.html (12,522 bytes)
- 17. RE: Autox Sprite Handling Questions (actually driving technique) (score: 1)
- Author: Jeff Zurschmeide <zurschmeidej@interactivenw.com>
- Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 09:33:32 -0800
- Once you go welded, I don't think you'll want to go back. I use a welded 4.5, and when you go to lay down power, it lays down and that's that. Your descriptions of technique sound very much like what
- /html/spridgets/1998-10/msg00961.html (13,721 bytes)
- 18. RE: Wheels. (score: 1)
- Author: Jeff Zurschmeide <zurschmeidej@interactivenw.com>
- Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 14:07:25 -0800
- Sprites are 4x4" Spitfires and some others are 4x100mm I've never heard of anyone making the change. You can always have the wheels machined to make the holes oblong, but I dunno how wise this is. An
- /html/spridgets/1998-10/msg00982.html (8,974 bytes)
- 19. RE: Autox Sprite Handling Questions (actually driving technique) (score: 1)
- Author: Jeff Zurschmeide <zurschmeidej@interactivenw.com>
- Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 16:01:45 -0800
- I suppose I should mention that if you run stock bearings and hubs in a racing (and probably autocrossing, too) environment, this is a perennial problem. The issue isn't so much the diff, I think, bu
- /html/spridgets/1998-10/msg00993.html (9,883 bytes)
- 20. RE: Wheels. (score: 1)
- Author: Jeff Zurschmeide <zurschmeidej@interactivenw.com>
- Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 11:09:10 -0800
- Or go to larger studs (generally a good idea for competition) on your car all around. This is rather a big job, since you have to drill out the axle half-shafts to slide over the larger stud. Those h
- /html/spridgets/1998-10/msg01034.html (10,754 bytes)
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