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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Good Morning All:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I was at SEMA last week and here are a few items that could be on you Christmas List.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Car Tech Books (<a href="http://www.cartechbooks.com">www.cartechbooks.com</a>) has a new book: “The Illustrated History of Triumph Sports and Racing Cars” by G. William Krause, isbn 9781613253387 for $26.95. They also carry some very good books on blueprinting motors and performance. I have my eye on “Trucks of the Soviet Union: The Definitive History” because who knew there was even a market and you never know when that information will come in handy………<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The new ARP catalog is out. I think you can get this at there website in pdf, well worth having for the technical sections on fasteners. There were three items that would fill out any TR tool kit.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The first is ARP ½-13 chaser tap for cleaning (not cutting threads). I have one of these and I welded it to an old head stud (welded a nut on end) and use it to clean threads in the big TR blocks. This is part #911-0005 and Summit has it for about $35.00. Other sizes available. These are undercut chaser taps of very high quality and so they will not damage threads but clean them up. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>ARP sells the aluminum tapered ring compressors in 87mm (901-8700) and 89mm (901-8900) and Summit has them for about $60.00. An FOT racer, who shall remain nameless, was using the old fashioned style ring compressor that you crank down. The oil ring did not compress properly and when he drove it into the new and torque honed liner it put a big scratch in the liner. I have never had this happen with these tools and it makes fitting those tricky gapless rings and easy task. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If you ever can get a pass to SEMA it is an amazing trade show and well worth the 10 miles you will walk looking at all the cool kit.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ken <o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>