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1. Re: Postmortem on a 1275 (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2006 16:46:11 -0800; Does anyone else think the new Healey looks too much like he new Pontiac?; /html/spridgets/2006-02/msg00452.html (7,254 bytes)
2. Re: Postmortem on a 1275 (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 16:49:41 -0800; Wait a second here! It doesn't say it was a 1098, but what else has full floating wrist pins? So now they want a 1275? I'm confused on this article. 1275 has press fit pins in the rods. Teflon button; /html/spridgets/2006-02/msg00453.html (8,442 bytes)
3. Re: Postmortem on a 1275 (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 19:19:10 -0600; <<but what else has full floating wrist pins?>> EASY, Paul!!!!!!!!!!!!! Geesh!!! A 1275 with under-sized wrist pins!! Ed PS: Ya soulda, and I mean SHOULDA "known dat"!!!; /html/spridgets/2006-02/msg00458.html (7,656 bytes)
4. Re: Postmortem on a 1275 (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2006 17:22:32 -0800; Will the mid-sixties steering wheel fit the earlier cars?; /html/spridgets/2006-02/msg00462.html (7,554 bytes)
5. Re: Postmortem on a 1275 (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2006 23:11:54 -0500; No There were 3 or 4 different splines thru the Spridget years that I know of. Side curtain cars were all the same. coarse spline 65-67 had a 3/4" fine spline and a horn push on the wheel. 68/69 had; /html/spridgets/2006-02/msg00470.html (8,576 bytes)
6. Re: Postmortem on a 1275 (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 22:18:26 -0600; I'd like to know what is going on, as well. I just had exactly this happen on a 1275 using Mega pistons from Mini Mania and APT prepped rods. The wrist pins walked and badly scored the cylinder walls; /html/spridgets/2006-02/msg00471.html (8,727 bytes)
7. Re: Postmortem on a 1275 (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 20:58:36 -0800; I guess I'm unfamiliar with building race engines, just long life bullet proof ones!! What I'm curious about is why would you go to a full float piston in a 1275? Is there an "Advantage" to getting m; /html/spridgets/2006-02/msg00474.html (9,718 bytes)
8. Re: Postmortem on a 1275 (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 07:19:49 -0600; I guess I wasn't clear. Mine were sweat fit pins, not full-floating. They walked anyway. --David Littlefield; /html/spridgets/2006-02/msg00483.html (10,309 bytes)
9. Re: Postmortem on a 1275 (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 05:29:41 -0800; How many walked? All or just one offender? Pa; /html/spridgets/2006-02/msg00484.html (11,146 bytes)
10. Re[2]: Postmortem on a 1275 (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 05:50:12 -0800; Hello Paul, glad to know MINE is bullet proof! THANX! -- Best regards, Bill mailto:pythias@pacifier.com "66 Sprite; /html/spridgets/2006-02/msg00486.html (8,300 bytes)
11. Re: Postmortem on a 1275 (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 09:08:25 -0600 {sentby:smtp 192.190.246.2 authed with dbl@chicagolandmgclub.com} with any abuse report; Not that unusual of a result when someone tries to apply the principles that make a fast small-block Chevy engine to an LBC. "Heck, we do this all the time for Nascar, the iron don't know it is Briti; /html/spridgets/2006-02/msg00490.html (8,059 bytes)
12. Re: Postmortem on a 1275 (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2006 15:20:36 GMT; "Walking" press-fit wrist pins are often the result of overheating, BTW. Cap'n. Bob '60 :{); /html/spridgets/2006-02/msg00492.html (7,873 bytes)
13. Re: Postmortem on a 1275 (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 10:55:26 -0800; Hi All, Well, just had a nice visit with a fellow nearby who races cars, maintains them and has a large shop he owns where he repairs mostly foreign cars. In the shop was a Shelby kit car, a 914 Pors; /html/spridgets/2006-02/msg00495.html (9,691 bytes)
14. Re: Postmortem on a 1275 (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 18:37:00 EST; This is wonderful - my 1275 was rebuilt by a Brit guy who I have come to know since I bought the car from him. He has restored several Brit cars over the years plus a couple Brit Taxi cabs. Yet I can; /html/spridgets/2006-02/msg00500.html (7,888 bytes)
15. Re: Postmortem on a 1275 (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 16:20:40 -0800 reply-type=original; For what its worth, I'm running custom Venolia pistons with press fit wrist pins on the turbo motor. Its gets plenty hot, has several thousand miles so far and absolutely no problem. The shop that he; /html/spridgets/2006-02/msg00501.html (7,636 bytes)
16. RE: Postmortem on a 1275 (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 16:39:38 -0800; Paul A wrote: "...Claims there are no decent race engine shops in the Portland area, so most send them to a place in LA" Really? I know of a couple of good engine rebuilders around LA for sure... but; /html/spridgets/2006-02/msg00502.html (7,956 bytes)

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