[Fot] Oil Cooler cleaning

[David Kettler]

Sounds like Steve Johnson.  FYI, I saw him at the Runoffs this year.  He was 
crewing for the S2 race winner.  Was hard to recognize him with a 
conservative hairstyle.

Dave
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Clark W. Nicholls" <cwnfot at gmail.com>
To: "'Joe Curry'" <spitlist at cox.net>; "'Kas Kastner'" <kaskas at cox.net>; 
"'Bill Babcock'" <billb at bnj.com>; "'Mike Mehl'" <mike.mehl at yahoo.com>
Cc: "'Triumph Friends of'" <fot at autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, November 15, 2010 7:32 AM
Subject: Re: [Fot] Oil Cooler cleaning


> Reminds me of the 1979 SCCA Runoffs at Road Atlanta. Steve Johnson showed 
> up
> on the FP race grid in his Spitfire with all the gauges covered with duct
> tape. He went on to win the race and the championship. I seem to remember
> his engine was put together from a collection of parts from several 
> engines
> that week. I don't remember if I took a photo or if the image is burned 
> into
> my memory! His victory lap photo was used in a British Leyland magazine
> advertisement. Last I knew Steve is retired in the Caribbean somewhere.
>
> Clark
> Clark W. Nicholls
> 1972 Stag (LE7931E), 1974 Spitfire (FM14571U) and 1 rusty GT6 needing new
> owner
> "Reality, it's not what you think."
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> Kas,
> I guess in this case, "Ignorance really is BLISS"!  :)
>
> Joe C.
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> I've said before, oil at 225 makes more power by far than at 180 or so. 
> When
>
> in the old days and my TR-3 in about 5-7 laps the oil got to 300 and as we
> were not allowed to have oil coolers, I did the next best thing, I took 
> out
> the gauge.  Never made a bit of difference in  longevity, and gave me 
> peace
> of mind.
> Kas
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