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21. Re: Future of the list (score: 1)
Author: lupienj@hpwarq.wal.hp.com (John Lupien)
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 92 10:40:22 EST
Is this a forgery? It certainly is bogus... Mark, if there's a problem with the bean counter/bag biters at your site, perhaps there's someone to whom the torch can be passed? -- -- John R. Lupien lu
/html/british-cars/1992-04/msg00009.html (7,403 bytes)

22. Re: Weber and Oil Cooler, MGB (score: 1)
Author: lupienj@hpwarq.wal.hp.com (John Lupien)
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 92 10:36:08 EDT
I think that there is a transition between "normal" and "idle" operation that takes a few seconds. The idle needs to be fixed, but the drop in rpm after a few seconds that you are seeing is normal.
/html/british-cars/1992-04/msg00124.html (8,674 bytes)

23. Re: MGB tech questions (GEEK WARNING) (score: 1)
Author: lupienj@hpwarq.wal.hp.com (John Lupien)
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 92 16:05:20 EDT
GEEK WARNING - hit "n" now... Oh, you didn't? Here's the geek info: There was an Encyclopedia Jones episode on this very issue - the "bad boy" turned the fan around on Jones's science project, hopin
/html/british-cars/1992-04/msg00336.html (7,153 bytes)

24. Re: GT-40 (score: 1)
Author: lupienj@hpwarq.wal.hp.com (John Lupien)
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 92 16:37:09 EDT
Forwarded from the hotrod list - I know there are some GT-40 lovers out there. Please respond to Keith... -- -- John R. Lupien lupienj@hpwarq.hp.com
/html/british-cars/1992-04/msg00346.html (8,040 bytes)

25. Re: marque?? (score: 1)
Author: lupienj@hpwarq.wal.hp.com (John Lupien)
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 92 13:00:11 EDT
As was pointed out in the nice dictionary excerpt previously posted to the list, the word got to the English language from French, and the pronunciation in French is as the English word "mark". Trai
/html/british-cars/1992-04/msg00504.html (7,488 bytes)

26. Re: British Car Parts Anonymous? (score: 1)
Author: lupienj@hpwarq.wal.hp.com (John Lupien)
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 92 14:38:29 EDT
What? Didn't you notice that the price doubled last week? -- -- John R. Lupien lupienj@hpwarq.hp.com
/html/british-cars/1992-04/msg00635.html (6,948 bytes)

27. Re: Head milling, racing modifications and politics (score: 1)
Author: lupienj@hpwarq.wal.hp.com (John Lupien)
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 92 10:12:18 EST
This is pretty amusing - if anyone thinks that British cars don't have a political angle, they are welcome to drive their cars until the law no longer allows it. Likewise, if anyone thinks that the
/html/british-cars/1992-03/msg00043.html (8,491 bytes)

28. Re: Bitter british car(s) (score: 1)
Author: lupienj@hpwarq.wal.hp.com (John Lupien)
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 92 13:13:04 EST
Made by Erich Bitter (I think he's Swiss) these low-end exotics are basically Opel mechanicals with specialty coachwork. The drivetrain has been improved, too. -- -- John R. Lupien lupienj@hpwarq.hp
/html/british-cars/1992-03/msg00346.html (6,974 bytes)

29. Re: Back on the road again (score: 1)
Author: lupienj@hpwarq.wal.hp.com (John Lupien)
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 92 13:17:20 EST
In my Porsche 911 factory service manual, there is a reference to a special tool for gasket removal. Has anyone seen one of these? Are they just knives with funny shapes so you can get them to pry u
/html/british-cars/1992-03/msg00347.html (7,443 bytes)

30. Re: octane: old question-new twist (score: 1)
Author: lupienj@hpwarq.wal.hp.com (John Lupien)
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 92 15:33:12 EST
What you're missing is the fact that rather than an isothermal compression, you're getting something in between isothermal and adiabatic (that is, the temperature of the charge increases during comp
/html/british-cars/1992-03/msg00356.html (7,856 bytes)

31. Re: Clanking Car (score: 1)
Author: lupienj@hpwarq.wal.hp.com (John Lupien)
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 92 18:30:52 EST
Well, that certainly beats the old "Oh dear, I'm afraid we seem to have run out of gas" line... I would think that "lady" is not the appropriate term for a person who regards such an event as ground
/html/british-cars/1992-03/msg00548.html (7,380 bytes)

32. RE: Spitfire thermostat (score: 1)
Author: lupienj@hpwarq.wal.hp.com (John Lupien)
Date: Wed, 4 Dec 91 15:40:22 EST
If this (or the voltage reg.) is the problem, you can tell, because the engine actually gets hot. You have to open the bonnet, though, to check. -- -- John R. Lupien lupienj@hpwarq.hp.com
/html/british-cars/1991-12/msg00086.html (7,019 bytes)

33. Re: new CA. law about antique cars (score: 1)
Author: lupienj@hpwarq.wal.hp.com (John Lupien)
Date: Fri, 6 Dec 91 16:25:26 EST
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ No they don't! It's all yucky and WARM out there, they don't get weather at all! Not like us lucky New Englanders, with 2" of ice covered with 4" of nice fluffy snow... perfect! Actu
/html/british-cars/1991-12/msg00196.html (8,634 bytes)

34. Re: Driver Education Events (score: 1)
Author: lupienj@hpwarq.wal.hp.com (John Lupien)
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 91 18:44:51 EST
I did the Jaguar Club 2-day event at Lime Rock this year, it was great. The best time I had at Lime Rock so far. (most enjoyable, not best lap...) There was a day of practice laps, people would time
/html/british-cars/1991-12/msg00284.html (7,526 bytes)

35. Re: RE: Inverted valve seats Was: British Masters Racing (score: 1)
Author: lupienj@hpwarq.wal.hp.com (John Lupien)
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 91 14:19:09 EST
You suspect quite correctly - the velocity at the carb times the density times the area equals the air flow, that's exact. However, downstream geometry will indeed affect this. What you left out abo
/html/british-cars/1991-12/msg00460.html (7,949 bytes)

36. Re: More on paint (score: 1)
Author: lupienj@hpwarq.wal.hp.com (John Lupien)
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 91 12:15:53 EST
This is a miss-spelled version of the Italian word Cognoscenti, meaning "ones who know". The "g" is pronounced softly, the "gn" sounds more like "ny" as in "nyah". -- -- John R. Lupien lupienj@hpwar
/html/british-cars/1991-12/msg00491.html (7,258 bytes)

37. Re: rover runing better than ever. (score: 1)
Author: lupienj@hpwarq.wal.hp.com (John Lupien)
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 91 13:26:03 EDT
On the other hand, (for those who recognize him) John Muir (of Muir Publications) says that he recommends always replacing points and condenser as a pair, "because they seem to get to like working t
/html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00011.html (7,197 bytes)

38. Re: exhaust blues and Jon's vibration (score: 1)
Author: lupienj@hpwarq.wal.hp.com (John Lupien)
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 91 12:32:06 EDT
Laugh all you want about my Midas story: they found that their "replacement" muffler pipe did not fit the new-model car, so they cut away part of the offending cross-member with a blow-torch. Withou
/html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00142.html (7,386 bytes)

39. Re: Puzzle from Joe Lucas (score: 1)
Author: lupienj@hpwarq.wal.hp.com (John Lupien)
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 91 15:06:11 EDT
Not totally. The current is what makes the flasher work, though, not the voltage. The flash rate is roughly proportional to the current. -- -- John R. Lupien lupienj@hpwarq.hp.com
/html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00169.html (7,619 bytes)

40. Re: hot coil (score: 1)
Author: lupienj@hpwarq.wal.hp.com (John Lupien)
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 91 15:56:39 EDT
Looks like you forgot the smiley on this one. Best to keep your tongue well clear of the spark path, if you value the taste of chocolate icecream... -- -- John R. Lupien lupienj@hpwarq.hp.com
/html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00247.html (7,098 bytes)


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