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281. Re: Which year 1500? (score: 1)
Author: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 09:50:49 -0700
Well then I guess I'm WRONG! But if those beams in all the 1500's I've looked at aren't side impact protection, what are they? Seems to me that there is empirical evidence that the advertisers may ha
/html/spitfires/2002-02/msg00300.html (9,489 bytes)

282. Re: GT6 vs Spitfire front springs (score: 1)
Author: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 10:06:35 -0700
Why do you feel the need to correct me on every reply I send? The fact of the matter is that anytime you apply heat to springs or modify them in any way it is impossible to predict the properties af
/html/spitfires/2002-02/msg00301.html (9,033 bytes)

283. Re: Which year 1500? (score: 1)
Author: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 12:55:09 -0700
The site you reference is a compilation from various sources and may not be accurate. My suggestion is to get proof in terms of photographic evidence so that those who have seen otherwise can ascert
/html/spitfires/2002-02/msg00306.html (9,651 bytes)

284. Re: GT6 vs Spitfire front springs (score: 1)
Author: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 12:57:50 -0700
Well known but depends entirely on the data that is put into the formulas. If the data is either unknown or "Shaky" you can't depend on the results. So it remains "seat-of-your-pants". Joe /// spitfi
/html/spitfires/2002-02/msg00307.html (8,957 bytes)

285. Re: Which year 1500? (score: 1)
Author: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 13:16:02 -0700
That is precisely the brace found on the earlier ones as well. Not there on the Mk1 through Mk3's I have seen. I don't know about the MkIV's because I have not looked inside one of those doors! Joe
/html/spitfires/2002-02/msg00309.html (9,314 bytes)

286. Re: Which year 1500? (score: 1)
Author: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 13:17:37 -0700
Oops, After I sent my reply, I noticed the image was not an attachment, but a link! My Bad! Joe /// spitfires@autox.team.net mailing list /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool
/html/spitfires/2002-02/msg00310.html (9,008 bytes)

287. Re: Running on (score: 1)
Author: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 07:58:36 -0700
Steve, What sort of ignition system do you have? I have seen instances where the oupput from the alternator to the ignition light is enough to keep the electronics energized in certain after-market e
/html/spitfires/2002-02/msg00336.html (7,466 bytes)

288. Re: GT6 vs Spitfire front springs (score: 1)
Author: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 08:00:15 -0700
OK, Your'r right and I'm an idiot! /// spitfires@autox.team.net mailing list /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool
/html/spitfires/2002-02/msg00337.html (9,222 bytes)

289. Re: GT6 vs Spitfire front springs (score: 1)
Author: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 09:20:34 -0700
Precisely! Joe /// spitfires@autox.team.net mailing list /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool
/html/spitfires/2002-02/msg00341.html (9,232 bytes)

290. Re: GT6 vs Spitfire front springs (score: 1)
Author: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 09:23:27 -0700
Explain to me if you can how you get a cut spring to sit onto its perch if you don't taper the coil and then take a torch and flatten the end? Joe /// spitfires@autox.team.net mailing list /// or tr
/html/spitfires/2002-02/msg00342.html (9,216 bytes)

291. Re: GT6 vs Spitfire front springs (score: 1)
Author: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 10:33:02 -0700
No tackier than implying that I don't know what I'm talking about!!!!! Joe /// spitfires@autox.team.net mailing list /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool
/html/spitfires/2002-02/msg00349.html (8,796 bytes)

292. Re: GT6 vs Spitfire front springs (score: 1)
Author: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 11:35:02 -0700
The Spitfire doesn't have a stepped perch. They are flat on either end. ANd while you might get away with putting a cut spring that has not been flattened on a Spitfire perch, it will not set right i
/html/spitfires/2002-02/msg00355.html (8,981 bytes)

293. Re: GT6 vs Spitfire front springs (score: 1)
Author: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 12:16:28 -0700
Nolan, I understand your need to feel like you are an "EXPERT" on all things Spitfire. But in this case, your posts are counter-productive! I for one will not be posting any more messages on this su
/html/spitfires/2002-02/msg00360.html (9,492 bytes)

294. Re: Off Topic: Engine Swaps - P-51 (score: 1)
Author: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 12:48:29 -0700
In lieu of an "Expert", I consulted my copy of "The Great Book of WW2 Airplanes" and in the chapter about the P-51, it explains that the British came to the US looking to purchase planes to fend off
/html/spitfires/2002-02/msg00363.html (10,056 bytes)

295. Re: Off Topic: Engine Swaps - P-51 (score: 1)
Author: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 08:51:02 -0700
Testing of the Merlin engine in the P-51 was begun in April 1942 with 4 planes retrofitted with the engine. (serial numbers AM203, AM208, AL963 and AL975) These were made specifically for British tes
/html/spitfires/2002-02/msg00388.html (8,042 bytes)

296. Re: Off Topic: Engine Swaps (score: 1)
Author: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 10:44:19 -0700
What can I say, I love Planes as much as I do cars! The book was a gift from my wife! In my advancing years, I need the reference material as a substitute for all the brain cells I killed in my youth
/html/spitfires/2002-02/msg00393.html (6,857 bytes)

297. Re: P51 engines (score: 1)
Author: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 12:49:24 -0700
Don't forget the Griffin engines that were also used! Joe /// spitfires@autox.team.net mailing list /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool
/html/spitfires/2002-02/msg00407.html (6,836 bytes)

298. Re: stains (score: 1)
Author: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 12:52:17 -0700
Try Spray and Wash! Spritz it on and with a toothbrush scrub the stain and then wash it as usual. I have had very good luck getting grease stains out with that stuff! However, it it has already been
/html/spitfires/2002-02/msg00408.html (8,306 bytes)

299. Re: stains (score: 1)
Author: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 13:50:05 -0700
Liv, When your wife makes you do your own laundry, you tend to develop such knowledge! (She does however get rather upset when I wash greasy work clothes in "HER" washing machine!) Joe /// spitfires@
/html/spitfires/2002-02/msg00412.html (8,431 bytes)

300. Re: spring height (score: 1)
Author: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 16:34:57 -0700
Sorry, I had a bushel basket full of them but a couple of weeks ago I had a break-in and someone stole the whole basket. They also took a bunch of really skinny tires but left behind some strange spr
/html/spitfires/2002-02/msg00417.html (7,316 bytes)


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