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1. [Nobbc] TRs and big engines (score: 1): Author: Greg Tatarian <gtwincams@gmail.com>; Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:06:29 -0700; Yes, Rich, that's a nice looking engine package. I particularly liked the Lotus 7 install! However, at a starting price of $28k, that's about $27k more than I could get a V12 from a yard, many of whi; /html/nobbc/2010-03/msg00123.html (7,039 bytes)
2. Re: [Nobbc] TRs and big engines (score: 1): Author: rlmossholder@comcast.net; Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:07:32 +0000 (UTC); Hi Greg, B That Busa V8 was what I'd do to the spitfire if I win the lotto. Did you watch the video of the dyno test? The sound of that engine is astonishing!B B Well, I found the main problemB with; /html/nobbc/2010-03/msg00124.html (8,998 bytes)
3. Re: [Nobbc] TRs and big engines (score: 1): Author: Greg Tatarian <gtwincams@gmail.com>; Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:41:16 -0700; Hi Rich, Nice! Are you running a Weber DGV? I have seen the pattern you mention in siamesed heads like the MGB and others, including earlier MG and Triumph products. Which engine do you have? If the; /html/nobbc/2010-03/msg00125.html (9,771 bytes)
4. Re: [Nobbc] TRs and big engines (score: 1): Author: "Tim Thresh" <tsthresh@hotmail.com>; Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:46:59 -0700; I was back in England two months ago and happened across a guy doing a similar engine into Lotus 7's and Elise's etc. Turned out he had ran the Honda bike racing team in the UK for a number of years; /html/nobbc/2010-03/msg00126.html (8,522 bytes)
5. Re: [Nobbc] TRs and big engines (score: 1): Author: "Scott Irwin" <riprock99@comcast.net>; Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:08:39 -0700; Hi Rich, Don't ride with the club much, but I wanted to tell you I've done a similar thing to my Spitfire. You may want to consider sourcing a cyl head from a Toledo. These have larger valves than th; /html/nobbc/2010-03/msg00127.html (11,095 bytes)
6. Re: [Nobbc] TRs and big engines (score: 1): Author: "Scott Irwin" <riprock99@comcast.net>; Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:49:09 -0700; Ouch, I just remembered the gearbox output shaft is different than non-overdrive, and that there needs to be the shift control linkage that has the switch to disable overdrive in all but 3rd and top; /html/nobbc/2010-03/msg00128.html (13,903 bytes)
7. Re: [Nobbc] TRs and big engines (score: 1): Author: rlmossholder@comcast.net; Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:15:00 +0000 (UTC); Hi Scott, Thanks for the advice. I had good compression on all cylinders, although a little on the low side (120,122,121,122). I have the Weber DGV on the carB John Kenner hasB a rebuiltB 4.11:1 dif; /html/nobbc/2010-03/msg00129.html (7,760 bytes)
8. Re: [Nobbc] TRs and big engines (score: 1): Author: mikestagnaro@comcast.net; Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2010 05:06:22 +0000 (UTC); Your idea of doing streamlined head lamps ala Le Mans is something I have always concidered for my MGA. For my taste, I've always thought the design of the A was pretty darn perfect, with the except; /html/nobbc/2010-03/msg00130.html (10,273 bytes)
9. Re: [Nobbc] TRs and big engines (score: 1): Author: rlmossholder@comcast.net; Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:22:39 +0000 (UTC); Hi Mike, Will do. I know how to make the curved lexan covers, but I'm not a body man. That's what I need to figure out. By the way, are you related to a Tony Stagnaro ? He was a friend of mineB Piner; /html/nobbc/2010-03/msg00132.html (11,237 bytes)
10. Re: [Nobbc] TRs and big engines (score: 1): Author: mikestagnaro@comcast.net; Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:00:36 +0000 (UTC); Yes I am but not the Piner Tony. I have a cousin in Tahoe named Tony. Check out this site - www.vintageracingservices.com/about/british-car-magazine/ - it may be what you have in mind. Best Regards; /html/nobbc/2010-03/msg00133.html (11,839 bytes)
11. Re: [Nobbc] TRs and big engines (score: 1): Author: "Scott Irwin" <riprock99@comcast.net>; Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:18:25 -0700; Hi Rich, The switch I referred to is not the activation switch, but an inhibitor for all but 3rd and top gear. It is easy to forget the OD is on and damage is possible. Is your gearbox a single or th; /html/nobbc/2010-03/msg00134.html (9,957 bytes)
12. Re: [Nobbc] TRs and big engines (score: 1): Author: rlmossholder@comcast.net; Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2010 21:54:23 +0000 (UTC); Great article Mike, thanks! B I have seen one of the recreation cars based on the LeMans Spitfires many years ago as well as the Group 44 GT-6 at Mid Ohio Raceway. That's where I got the idea from. I; /html/nobbc/2010-03/msg00138.html (8,615 bytes)
13. Re: [Nobbc] TRs and big engines (score: 1): Author: mikestagnaro@comcast.net; Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2010 05:48:10 +0000 (UTC); Glad you liked it. As an aside to spitfires and my cousin tony; his grandfather, my uncle Bud, was an airforce mechanic in World War II stationed in England who, you guessed it, worked on spitfires,; /html/nobbc/2010-03/msg00148.html (9,620 bytes)
14. Re: [Nobbc] TRs and big engines (score: 1): Author: rlmossholder@comcast.net; Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2010 15:10:15 +0000 (UTC); I was an AF mechanic as well, but I was in the first Gulf War. The first time I noticed a Spitfire, I was stationed in EnglandB at RAF Mildenhall . One of the officers hadB a white Spitfire and I in; /html/nobbc/2010-03/msg00149.html (7,873 bytes)

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