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21. RE: My World's Fastest Sunbeam Daily Activity Reports (score: 1): Author: "Bob Palmer" <rpalmer@ucsd.edu>; Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2005 13:35:45 -0700; I'll just add my $0.02 to the unanimous response of the Tiger List. I find your account of the final stages of preparation of the WFSB quite riveting. Reminds me of the day-by-day account of the cro; /html/tigers/2005-07/msg00077.html (9,392 bytes)
22. RE: My World's Fastest Sunbeam Daily Activity Reports (score: 1): Author: "Bob Palmer" <rpalmer@ucsd.edu>; Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2005 19:55:59 -0700; As you know, I'm acquainted with several Alpine owners, you and Scott Harvey for example, with more than a passing interest in speed, to say nothing of handling. But responding to "as a member of th; /html/tigers/2005-07/msg00086.html (10,204 bytes)
23. RE: Front crossmember (score: 1): Author: "Bob Palmer" <rpalmer@ucsd.edu>; Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 08:43:48 -0700; Since 1948, both SAE and Unified threads are cut at 60 degrees. It's the BSW & BSF threads that are cut at 55 degrees. In November 1948, NATO issued a new standard for threads, the Unified National; /html/tigers/2005-06/msg00211.html (8,155 bytes)
24. RE: Voltage of positive coil lead (score: 1): Author: "Bob Palmer" <rpalmer@ucsd.edu>; Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2005 09:04:40 -0700; The HEI unit requires full voltage. The stock coil ran on 9V delivered through the ballast resistor. The voltage may be even lower with the current the HEI draws. Also, check the advance at idle and; /html/tigers/2005-06/msg00227.html (6,839 bytes)
25. RE: not really Tiger related (score: 1): Author: "Bob Palmer" <rpalmer@ucsd.edu>; Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 10:22:07 -0700; I have read that only the world class T5 should use ATF.; /html/tigers/2005-06/msg00285.html (6,917 bytes)
26. RE: Wheel measurements (score: 1): Author: "Bob Palmer" <rpalmer@ucsd.edu>; Date: Sat, 7 May 2005 20:54:45 -0700; That's offset in millimeters, with positive offset indicating moving the mounting surface towards the outside (i.e., the wheel towards the center of the car). Bob; /html/tigers/2005-05/msg00075.html (6,381 bytes)
27. RE: heat at speed (score: 1): Author: "Bob Palmer" <rpalmer@ucsd.edu>; Date: Mon, 9 May 2005 21:24:09 -0700; M When Dale restored my Tiger I had him install functional Cobra style vents. I also have a replica LAT hood and chin spoiler. The faster I drive, the cooler it runs. This is contrary to the way it; /html/tigers/2005-05/msg00110.html (8,672 bytes)
28. RE: Lost all the Tigers Digest, can anybody help? (score: 1): Author: "Bob Palmer" <rpalmer@ucsd.edu>; Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2005 07:47:25 -0800; It seems perverse that the Gates gang wraps all of the Outlook files into one huge PST file. Not like, for example Eudora, which uses individual files for each mail folder, etc. I guess I don't have; /html/tigers/2005-03/msg00045.html (7,129 bytes)
29. RE: Restate question, was LAT 70 offset (score: 1): Author: "Bob Palmer" <rpalmer@ucsd.edu>; Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 18:06:19 -0800; The convention, as I understand it is: Positive offset moves the wheel outboard, negative moves it inboard. I use backspacing as my primary reference, as that is the most direct measure of clearance; /html/tigers/2005-03/msg00147.html (8,070 bytes)
30. RE: Restate question, was LAT 70 offset (score: 1): Author: "Bob Palmer" <rpalmer@ucsd.edu>; Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 23:17:10 -0800; Well yes, you are right - sort of. Puhn's "How To Make Your Car Handle", which I bought in 1978. Page 126, Figure 34, has a nice drawing and a detailed caption showing negative is in and positive is; /html/tigers/2005-03/msg00155.html (8,200 bytes)
31. RE: offset vs. backspace (score: 1): Author: "Bob Palmer" <rpalmer@ucsd.edu>; Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 20:08:04 -0800; Seven inch rims aren't seven inches wide. I just measured my nominal 7.5"x15" rims (Centerlines) and they are 8.25" wide measured outer lip to outer lip; that is, the lips are 3/8" wide. That's why; /html/tigers/2005-03/msg00209.html (7,460 bytes)
32. RE: Throttle cable (score: 1): Author: "Bob Palmer" <rpalmer@ucsd.edu>; Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 18:43:22 -0800; As Mark Donahue famously remarked: "If, upon exiting a corner, you can leave two long black stripes until you have to break for the next corner, THEN you have enough horsepower." (M.Donohue ca. 1971; /html/tigers/2005-03/msg00264.html (8,349 bytes)
33. RE: Throttle cable (score: 1): Author: "Bob Palmer" <rpalmer@ucsd.edu>; Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 22:01:43 -0800; My thanks to Gary Crandall and Chris Sarris for pointing out a couple of errors in my post, Chris correctly noting that it was a Goodyear tire, not Firestone (they made some big mistakes too, just n; /html/tigers/2005-03/msg00266.html (8,057 bytes)
34. RE: water, water everywhere... (score: 1): Author: "Bob Palmer" <rpalmer@ucsd.edu>; Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 19:49:48 -0800; This seems to be one of those topics that come up perennially, usually in the spring, along with a wide spectrum of opinions as to whether to use "deionized", "distilled", soft, etc. water. Over the; /html/tigers/2005-03/msg00353.html (9,701 bytes)
35. RE: Lat 3 Intake (score: 1): Author: "Bob Palmer" <rpalmer@ucsd.edu>; Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 22:06:19 -0800; Are you trying to find the early Lo-Rise Tiger manifold or the later Edelbrock F4B? Referring to the Lo-Rise, Norm's book says "Reproductions of this manifold have become popular with many Tiger own; /html/tigers/2005-03/msg00355.html (6,617 bytes)
36. RE: water, water everywhere... (score: 1): Author: "Bob Palmer" <rpalmer@ucsd.edu>; Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 09:49:42 -0800; Further to the question of using "soft" water in a coolant system, here is a passage from the Filter Manufacturers Council Technical Service Bulletin 88-1R MAKE-UP WATER Proper coolant system mainte; /html/tigers/2005-03/msg00358.html (7,174 bytes)
37. RE: graphite in cooling system (score: 1): Author: "Bob Palmer" <rpalmer@ucsd.edu>; Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 08:25:25 -0800; Graphite is purported to be a corrosion blocker - it only claims to coat the cooling system surfaces. It does not claim improve the cooling capacity of the system simply by adding it to your present; /html/tigers/2005-03/msg00367.html (7,107 bytes)
38. RE: High Gas Prices (score: 1): Author: "Bob Palmer" <rpalmer@ucsd.edu>; Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 18:52:06 -0800; PBS is airing a Frontline program titled "House of Saud" tonight on local channel 15 (KPBS) at 9 PM. I'm going to watch it. It apparently doesn't focus just on the oil issue per se, but that's inevi; /html/tigers/2005-02/msg00130.html (8,395 bytes)
39. RE: 15 inch tires (score: 1): Author: "Bob Palmer" <rpalmer@ucsd.edu>; Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 10:11:43 -0800; I'll try to get to the point of your question with a minimum of math. To get the equivalent of 2.88 gears in 0.8 5th gear is 2.88/0.8 = 3.6. The closest stock gears to this would be 3.54's. So, if y; /html/tigers/2005-02/msg00188.html (10,436 bytes)
40. RE: 15 inch tires (score: 1): Author: "Bob Palmer" <rpalmer@ucsd.edu>; Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 16:14:06 -0800; Thanks Larry, Just a couple of comments based on your post: You said: "If I had my druthers, I would have a 3.xx 1st gear, but I just drive it like a standard MK1 Tiger top loader with 2.88 gears, an; /html/tigers/2005-02/msg00191.html (8,887 bytes)

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