Re: Gaskets

2003-02-23 Thread William Davies
- Original Message - From: Larry Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Worn engine mounts certainly won't help, but they're rarely more than a > contributory factor. < > > Bill, > Very weak and obtuse defense, I must say. Aah what? > Larry Larry, Believe what you will. As the UK spec 1500

CD PLayer

2003-02-23 Thread D H
I have a 73 Spitfire and I'm thinking about putting a cd player in it. Has anyone on the list done this and what changes had to be made? Did it slide right in the existing hole or did you have to do any cutting? I read that someone who put in a powerful stereo system replaced the alternator with

Re: Gaskets

2003-02-23 Thread Larry Vaughan
>Worn engine mounts certainly won't help, but they're rarely more than a contributory factor. < Bill, Very weak and obtuse defense, I must say. Aah what? Larry /// [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list /// Send admin requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool ///

Re: Gaskets

2003-02-23 Thread William Davies
- Original Message - From: Aaron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Has anyone checked that the root cause may be that the front engine mounts > are a little sloppy/old/tired and causing excessive movement which > accelerates the gasket failing? Hi Aaron, Worn engine mounts certainl

Re: Gaskets

2003-02-23 Thread Larry Vaughan
>Has anyone checked that the root cause may be that the front engine mounts are a little sloppy/old/tired and causing excessive movement which accelerates the gasket failing? < Excellant, hooray, I agree. Larry /// [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list /// Send admin requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Gaskets

2003-02-23 Thread Alan Lemen
Surprisingly (or not) my 1976 original electronic tach is pretty accurate. Maybe just lucky. I have compared to external tachs (including various government ones at emissions testing, a test unit I have, etc. ) and always been spot on as far as I can tell. Alan /// [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing

Re: Gaskets

2003-02-23 Thread idhtfts
At 04:59 PM 23/02/03, you wrote: >The last Spitfire was made in 1980. Ant the competition manual was written even before then. Surely someone has improved electronic tachometers since then. That's my point. -Maurice /// [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list /// Send admin requests to [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: Gaskets

2003-02-23 Thread Aaron Johnson
>The competition preparation manual, page 20, regarding ignition systems; > >As the later US version of the Spitfire 1500 is fitted with Lucas >electronic >ignition designed to meet emission requirements, for racing purposes it >will >be necessary to change the distributor. Use distributor, Part

Re: Gaskets

2003-02-23 Thread Larry Vaughan
Maurice? The last Spitfire was made in 1980. Larry /// [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list /// Send admin requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive /// Send list postings to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// Edit your replies!

Re: Gaskets

2003-02-23 Thread idhtfts
At 03:59 PM 23/02/03, Larry Vaughan wrote: >The competition preparation manual, page 20, regarding ignition >systems; That manual was written when? Quite possibly that statement may not hold up anymore. -Maurice /// [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list /// Send admin requests to [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: Gaskets

2003-02-23 Thread Larry Vaughan
> how do you know that your rev counter is accurate? I assume it's an electric type rather than mechanical on a late Spitfire - this should be more believable (the mechanical ones suffer the same problems as speedos)< The competition preparation manual, page 20, regarding ignition systems; As the

Re: Gaskets

2003-02-23 Thread Larry Vaughan
> but in all honesty the original manifold design is dreadful. < > Regarding speedo accuracy, how do you know that your rev counter is accurate? I assume it's an electric type rather than mechanical on a late Spitfire - this should be more believable (the mechanical ones suffer the same problems a

Re: Odometer readings on Spitfire 1500s

2003-02-23 Thread Michael Hargreave Mawson
On Sun, 23 Feb 2003, at around 07:11:18 local time, Greg Rowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>From: "William Davies" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>There are certainly too many variables to start pulling things apart - only >>calibrate against known measurrements. At the moment both of your >>calibration ben

Re: Odometer readings on Spitfire 1500s

2003-02-23 Thread Barry Schwartz
>Ultimately, whatever gear set you have is irrelevant - direct 4th gear will >always be 1:1. >>How is this true? It seems to me that a gearbox out of a GT6 >>would be assuming a different final driveratio and therefore a >>different speed at any given rpm even in direct 4th. * re

Re: Odometer readings on Spitfire 1500s

2003-02-23 Thread Greg Rowe
>From: "William Davies" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Ultimately, whatever gear set you have is irrelevant - direct 4th gear will >always be 1:1. How is this true? It seems to me that a gearbox out of a GT6 would be assuming a different final driveratio and therefore a different speed at any given rpm

Re: Odometer readings on Spitfire 1500s

2003-02-23 Thread Michael Hargreave Mawson
On Sun, 23 Feb 2003, at around 10:06:34 local time, William Davies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >- Original Message - >From: Michael Hargreave Mawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> Given that it is not possible to put GT6 gearwheels into a Spitfire >> gearbox, is there any easy way to tell what

Re: Gaskets

2003-02-23 Thread Michael Hargreave Mawson
On Sun, 23 Feb 2003, at around 10:36:23 local time, James Carruthers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Mike, >>>I loosened all the exhaust mountings so that the intermediate pipe >>> could move back and forth freely - then did up the downpipe bolts >>> *real* tight (I hate that teeth shivering eeek nois

Re: Gaskets

2003-02-23 Thread Michael Hargreave Mawson
On Sun, 23 Feb 2003, at around 10:38:13 local time, James Carruthers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Mike, > > >> >> Are you saying that it is going to be impossible to create an >> exhaust-gas-tight joint without a gasket? >> > > >>From what I remember when considering this, if you have a slight leak

Re: Gaskets

2003-02-23 Thread James Carruthers
Mike, > > Are you saying that it is going to be impossible to create an > exhaust-gas-tight joint without a gasket? > >From what I remember when considering this, if you have a slight leak or imperfection, the exhaust gases can eat away at it and you'll have one big hole where the gasket should

Re: Gaskets

2003-02-23 Thread James Carruthers
Mike, >>I loosened all the exhaust mountings so that the intermediate pipe >> could move back and forth freely - then did up the downpipe bolts >> *real* tight (I hate that teeth shivering eeek noise they make) - then >> did up the exhaust mountings. I've never actually had an exhaust >> mounting

Re: Odometer readings on Spitfire 1500s

2003-02-23 Thread William Davies
- Original Message - From: Michael Hargreave Mawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Given that it is not possible to put GT6 gearwheels into a Spitfire > gearbox, is there any easy way to tell what gearbox I have from a quick > visual inspection? Is there a number stamped anywhere?? Hi Mike,

Re: spitfires-digest V1 #1547

2003-02-23 Thread Michael Hargreave Mawson
On Sat, 22 Feb 2003, at around 13:21:46 local time, Laura G. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2003 18:05:55 - >>From: "William Davies" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Subject: Re: Odometer readings on Spitfire 1500s >>The usual weak link is the speedo unit itself. They were never >>partic

Re: Odometer readings on Spitfire 1500s

2003-02-23 Thread Michael Hargreave Mawson
On Sat, 22 Feb 2003, at around 16:09:15 local time, Tom O'Malley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Michael writes: > >>My odometer tells me that I have travelled about 91.1 miles for every >>hundred miles I drive. The speedometer/odometer in question is a >>Smiths unit, with the "1000" figure on the f

Re: Odometer readings on Spitfire 1500s

2003-02-23 Thread Michael Hargreave Mawson
On Sat, 22 Feb 2003, at around 21:08:03 local time, William Davies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >- Original Message - >From: Michael Hargreave Mawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Alternatively, is >> it physically possible that a single gearwheel has been replaced with >> one from a GT6, to gi

Re: Gaskets

2003-02-23 Thread Michael Hargreave Mawson
On Sat, 22 Feb 2003, at around 22:05:46 local time, James Carruthers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I second the idea about loosening the gearbox mounting. > >I loosened all the exhaust mountings so that the intermediate pipe could >move back and forth freely - then did up the downpipe bolts *real* t

Re: Gaskets

2003-02-23 Thread Michael Hargreave Mawson
On Sat, 22 Feb 2003, at around 21:03:32 local time, William Davies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >- Original Message - >From: Michael Hargreave Mawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> So, how about combining both approaches - remove forward brackets *and* >> gasket? Suicidal, or a recipe for tro