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81. Re: Vacuum Retard Unit (score: 1): Author: Carter Shore <clshore@yahoo.com>; Date: Mon, 7 May 2001 05:27:50 -0700 (PDT); You can measure the advance using a timing light, but you have to figure out a way to extend the scale. Use a tape to measure the circumference of the pulley, then divide by 72 to get the distance b; /html/spitfires/2001-05/msg00094.html (8,364 bytes)
82. Re: Admittedly, I try not to inject politics... (long) (score: 1): Author: Carter Shore <clshore@yahoo.com>; Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 08:33:16 -0700 (PDT); I understand that you have been treated badly, and are rightly upset. But the SC decision does not grant any new powers to police. Instead, it affirms the right of local jurisdiction to arrest and d; /html/spitfires/2001-05/msg00219.html (9,764 bytes)
83. Re: Front Spring Shortening (score: 1): Author: Carter Shore <clshore@yahoo.com>; Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 20:16:31 -0700 (PDT); You all do realize that Spitfires use the 'standard' 2-1/2" dia. coilover racecar springs? These can be had in just about any height and stiffness for about $80 pair from dozens of racecar supply ho; /html/spitfires/2001-05/msg00360.html (8,659 bytes)
84. Re: Doughnuts anyone (score: 1): Author: Carter Shore <clshore@yahoo.com>; Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 08:43:09 -0700 (PDT); In my ignorance, I changed the rotoflex donuts on my GT6+ without any bearing or hub diasassembly. I did have to disconnect the upright from the spring, shock, and lower A arm, etc. Did it in the di; /html/spitfires/2001-05/msg00544.html (9,753 bytes)
85. Re: 1978 Spitfire Carb questions (score: 1): Author: Carter Shore <clshore@yahoo.com>; Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 18:29:30 -0700 (PDT); Ya' gotta use one of Trevor's (Boicey) BLMC factory tool modern equivalents: http://www.brit.ca/~tboicey/comics/sst.html If you have a GT6, ya' gotta use two at once, one in each hand, synchronously.; /html/spitfires/2001-05/msg00559.html (7,599 bytes)
86. Re: simple doughnut removal (score: 1): Author: Carter Shore <clshore@yahoo.com>; Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 20:31:43 -0700 (PDT); it's a bit of a mystery to me too, since I did the job over 12 years ago! It must not have been too much bother though, else it would have stuck in my mind. Probably I removed the spider (drive coup; /html/spitfires/2001-05/msg00560.html (9,388 bytes)
87. Re: simple doughnut removal (score: 1): Author: Carter Shore <clshore@yahoo.com>; Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 20:48:18 -0700 (PDT); Ooops, no, the outer shaft is a single piece, it's the inner shaft that has removable tripod. So I must have taken off the retainer band and somehow stretched the RF donut over the tripod. (OK, this; /html/spitfires/2001-05/msg00561.html (9,365 bytes)
88. Re: Oil filters (score: 1): Author: Carter Shore <clshore@yahoo.com>; Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 21:17:25 -0700 (PDT); Here's a question: In order for the oil to drain out of the filter, it must be replaced by an equal volume of air (since oil is largely incompressible). So where does the air come from? The pressure; /html/spitfires/2001-05/msg00616.html (8,596 bytes)
89. Weber manifold for GT6 (score: 1): Author: Carter Shore <clshore@yahoo.com>; Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 07:43:55 -0700 (PDT); Someone was looking for the manifold, here's the whole thing setup for a TR6 on eBay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=591745593 NFI, etc. Yahoo! Auctions - buy the t; /html/spitfires/2001-05/msg00731.html (7,086 bytes)
90. Re: spring sources (score: 1): Author: Carter Shore <clshore@yahoo.com>; Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 08:33:20 -0700 (PDT); Thanks for the references. I believe the second two are sites in England, so the prices are pounds. The 2 1/2" springs are used by many racers, and so are widely available. In USA, I've had good luc; /html/spitfires/2001-05/msg00872.html (7,841 bytes)
91. Re: My first Spitfire! (score: 1): Author: Carter Shore <clshore@yahoo.com>; Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 11:53:34 -0700 (PDT); Sounds like you found a keeper. Rather than pay big $$ for new carbs, (assuming that they really are worn), there are several firms that specialize in complete rebuilding of SU's, often on an exchan; /html/spitfires/2001-05/msg00889.html (9,009 bytes)
92. Re: Just an advisory.... (score: 1): Author: Carter Shore <clshore@yahoo.com>; Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 04:54:24 -0700 (PDT); So typical ... I recall a used GT6 oil pump that went for $95, available new for $80 from BPNW. I call this 'the opposite of sniping' But ... bargains can be had. Carter -- "Michael D. Porter" <mport; /html/spitfires/2001-04/msg00118.html (8,161 bytes)
93. Re: Switched power for fan (score: 1): Author: Carter Shore <clshore@yahoo.com>; Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 11:43:50 -0700 (PDT); Perhaps the fans are intended to help dissipate the heat that might otherwise accumulate underhood from the catalytic converter after the engine is switched off. Carter Get email at your own domain w; /html/spitfires/2001-04/msg00131.html (7,548 bytes)
94. Re: Electical Problem (score: 1): Author: Carter Shore <clshore@yahoo.com>; Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 09:17:23 -0700 (PDT); I've had a similar problem with U-Haul harness, except 2 adjacent wires, just where they enter the molded assembly, were shorting through the insulation. (I had to disassemble it to satisfy my curiou; /html/spitfires/2001-04/msg00405.html (7,782 bytes)
95. Re: Dynamic timing questions (score: 1): Author: Carter Shore <clshore@yahoo.com>; Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 07:08:58 -0700 (PDT); Just an addendum, The ignition fires when the points open. I know this seems counterintuitive. While the points are closed, current flows into the coil, storing energy in the magnetic field that is c; /html/spitfires/2001-04/msg00636.html (7,424 bytes)
96. Re: Fw: Update from the newbie (score: 1): Author: Carter Shore <clshore@yahoo.com>; Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 09:54:43 -0700 (PDT); I always used the Ford oil filters on my racecars, the can size does make a difference: 1) More volume of oil in the system means lower oil temperatures. Cheaper than a custom oil sump. 2) Larger ca; /html/spitfires/2001-04/msg00712.html (8,477 bytes)
97. Re: Fw: Update from the newbie (score: 1): Author: Carter Shore <clshore@yahoo.com>; Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 19:02:26 -0700 (PDT); All valid points. But all else being equal, if you do not have the $$ for an oil cooler, and the cost of the filters is the same, why not take whatever advantage you can? A difference of even 5-10 de; /html/spitfires/2001-04/msg00744.html (8,046 bytes)
98. Re: duh my camshaft question (score: 1): Author: Carter Shore <clshore@yahoo.com>; Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2001 06:15:32 -0800 (PST); I lived with an A-6 cam in a sreet driven Spitfire for a year or so. It was a basically race prepped 1147 motor. I commuted in expressway and stop and go traffic, from the 'burbs to downtown Miami,; /html/spitfires/2001-03/msg00028.html (9,435 bytes)
99. RE: duh my camshaft question (score: 1): Author: Carter Shore <clshore@yahoo.com>; Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2001 07:19:50 -0800 (PST); Are you using stock pushrods? Since the rocker pedestal bolts directly to the head, milling the head or block does not directly affect the geometry of the rocker arm tips with respect to the valve st; /html/spitfires/2001-03/msg00038.html (8,942 bytes)
100. Re: The Ultimate Deathrace Car? (fwd) (score: 1): Author: Carter Shore <clshore@yahoo.com>; Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2001 05:40:20 -0800 (PST); If so, be sure to bring hot dogs and marshmallows to roast! Seriously, though, it looks as if three conventional large turbochargers have been set up with external combustors (check out the large dia; /html/spitfires/2001-03/msg00190.html (8,401 bytes)

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