How Many Miles?
09-17-2006, 07:25 PM
#91
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Re: How Many Miles?
Dave Milne wrote:
> Ouch !
>
> Actually, it ran very smoothly, but it was a regular Saturday morning job to
> put oil in the twin SU's dash pots :-)
Most of the six cylinder Triumphs were swapped out for Buick V6s,
Mazda rotaries, or fitted with Webers here in the States. I threw at
least twenty of the old Strombergs used on Jags and such over here in
the smog years in the aluminum smelt pile a few years ago. No one
misses 'em. The SU was another matter: a good easy carb to work on once
you learned how. The Harley guys used to be the big market for them
used.
09-17-2006, 07:28 PM
#92
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Re: How Many Miles?
Bret Ludwig wrote:
> Lon wrote:
> > Bret Ludwig proclaimed:
> > > Carl wrote:
> > >
> >
> > A very good interpretation of the old Jag 6 was done by Toyota. Had
> > Jaguar been smart enough to buy the Toyota versions and trash their own,
> > they might be something more than a gussied up Ford today.
Ford should unload Jag and Aston Martin and they should build their
own engine (or get the TVR Speed Six). Really, people want a Brit
engine in their overpriced brit sports car-but not something under a
damn plastic cover. Build a big huge displacement six with huge
polished cam covers and neatly laid out polished plumbing.
09-17-2006, 07:28 PM
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Re: How Many Miles?
Bret Ludwig wrote:
> Lon wrote:
> > Bret Ludwig proclaimed:
> > > Carl wrote:
> > >
> >
> > A very good interpretation of the old Jag 6 was done by Toyota. Had
> > Jaguar been smart enough to buy the Toyota versions and trash their own,
> > they might be something more than a gussied up Ford today.
Ford should unload Jag and Aston Martin and they should build their
own engine (or get the TVR Speed Six). Really, people want a Brit
engine in their overpriced brit sports car-but not something under a
damn plastic cover. Build a big huge displacement six with huge
polished cam covers and neatly laid out polished plumbing.
09-17-2006, 07:28 PM
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Re: How Many Miles?
Bret Ludwig wrote:
> Lon wrote:
> > Bret Ludwig proclaimed:
> > > Carl wrote:
> > >
> >
> > A very good interpretation of the old Jag 6 was done by Toyota. Had
> > Jaguar been smart enough to buy the Toyota versions and trash their own,
> > they might be something more than a gussied up Ford today.
Ford should unload Jag and Aston Martin and they should build their
own engine (or get the TVR Speed Six). Really, people want a Brit
engine in their overpriced brit sports car-but not something under a
damn plastic cover. Build a big huge displacement six with huge
polished cam covers and neatly laid out polished plumbing.
09-17-2006, 07:43 PM
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Re: How Many Miles?
"Bret Ludwig" <bretldwig@yahoo.com> wrote in
news:1158535552.291299.42130@m73g2000cwd.googlegro ups.com:
> The SU was another matter: a good easy carb to work on once you
> learned how.
The biggest fix I ever made in my Triumph TR3 days was going to a
plumbing supply store and buying neoprene "O" rings to replace all the
cork gaskets that SU used, that seemed to stop all the gas leaks and
seepage.....
news:1158535552.291299.42130@m73g2000cwd.googlegro ups.com:
> The SU was another matter: a good easy carb to work on once you
> learned how.
The biggest fix I ever made in my Triumph TR3 days was going to a
plumbing supply store and buying neoprene "O" rings to replace all the
cork gaskets that SU used, that seemed to stop all the gas leaks and
seepage.....
09-17-2006, 07:43 PM
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Re: How Many Miles?
"Bret Ludwig" <bretldwig@yahoo.com> wrote in
news:1158535552.291299.42130@m73g2000cwd.googlegro ups.com:
> The SU was another matter: a good easy carb to work on once you
> learned how.
The biggest fix I ever made in my Triumph TR3 days was going to a
plumbing supply store and buying neoprene "O" rings to replace all the
cork gaskets that SU used, that seemed to stop all the gas leaks and
seepage.....
news:1158535552.291299.42130@m73g2000cwd.googlegro ups.com:
> The SU was another matter: a good easy carb to work on once you
> learned how.
The biggest fix I ever made in my Triumph TR3 days was going to a
plumbing supply store and buying neoprene "O" rings to replace all the
cork gaskets that SU used, that seemed to stop all the gas leaks and
seepage.....
09-17-2006, 07:43 PM
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Re: How Many Miles?
"Bret Ludwig" <bretldwig@yahoo.com> wrote in
news:1158535552.291299.42130@m73g2000cwd.googlegro ups.com:
> The SU was another matter: a good easy carb to work on once you
> learned how.
The biggest fix I ever made in my Triumph TR3 days was going to a
plumbing supply store and buying neoprene "O" rings to replace all the
cork gaskets that SU used, that seemed to stop all the gas leaks and
seepage.....
news:1158535552.291299.42130@m73g2000cwd.googlegro ups.com:
> The SU was another matter: a good easy carb to work on once you
> learned how.
The biggest fix I ever made in my Triumph TR3 days was going to a
plumbing supply store and buying neoprene "O" rings to replace all the
cork gaskets that SU used, that seemed to stop all the gas leaks and
seepage.....
09-17-2006, 07:53 PM
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Re: How Many Miles?
Bret Ludwig proclaimed:
> L.W.(Bill) ------ III wrote:
>
>>Notice how many 240 and 280 Zs running around???? NONE! Not one of
>>those twenty year old rice burners running!
>
>
>
> *** talking some more are we Bill?? Yes. The last time I was in LA one
> thing that surprised me was the number of Brit and Jap cars from the
> 50s, 60s, 70s (the 240Z is 33+ years old now) on the road. The tin worm
> has kiled them all out here. The engines ran up to the end and then
> some.
>
> The OHC Nissan 4 and 6 were long running engines as were such Toyota
> engines as the 20R and 22R. Heavy though.
>
Never tried a 240Z, but the steel body on a 1970 Datsun 2000 Fairlady
was so much tougher and harder than that on a 1970 Chev it wasn't even
funny. Had to buy special carbide bits just to work on the body. The
engine was equally incredibly tough, used connecting rods stronger than
those from a Z28's 302.
> L.W.(Bill) ------ III wrote:
>
>>Notice how many 240 and 280 Zs running around???? NONE! Not one of
>>those twenty year old rice burners running!
>
>
>
> *** talking some more are we Bill?? Yes. The last time I was in LA one
> thing that surprised me was the number of Brit and Jap cars from the
> 50s, 60s, 70s (the 240Z is 33+ years old now) on the road. The tin worm
> has kiled them all out here. The engines ran up to the end and then
> some.
>
> The OHC Nissan 4 and 6 were long running engines as were such Toyota
> engines as the 20R and 22R. Heavy though.
>
Never tried a 240Z, but the steel body on a 1970 Datsun 2000 Fairlady
was so much tougher and harder than that on a 1970 Chev it wasn't even
funny. Had to buy special carbide bits just to work on the body. The
engine was equally incredibly tough, used connecting rods stronger than
those from a Z28's 302.
09-17-2006, 07:53 PM
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Re: How Many Miles?
Bret Ludwig proclaimed:
> L.W.(Bill) ------ III wrote:
>
>>Notice how many 240 and 280 Zs running around???? NONE! Not one of
>>those twenty year old rice burners running!
>
>
>
> *** talking some more are we Bill?? Yes. The last time I was in LA one
> thing that surprised me was the number of Brit and Jap cars from the
> 50s, 60s, 70s (the 240Z is 33+ years old now) on the road. The tin worm
> has kiled them all out here. The engines ran up to the end and then
> some.
>
> The OHC Nissan 4 and 6 were long running engines as were such Toyota
> engines as the 20R and 22R. Heavy though.
>
Never tried a 240Z, but the steel body on a 1970 Datsun 2000 Fairlady
was so much tougher and harder than that on a 1970 Chev it wasn't even
funny. Had to buy special carbide bits just to work on the body. The
engine was equally incredibly tough, used connecting rods stronger than
those from a Z28's 302.
> L.W.(Bill) ------ III wrote:
>
>>Notice how many 240 and 280 Zs running around???? NONE! Not one of
>>those twenty year old rice burners running!
>
>
>
> *** talking some more are we Bill?? Yes. The last time I was in LA one
> thing that surprised me was the number of Brit and Jap cars from the
> 50s, 60s, 70s (the 240Z is 33+ years old now) on the road. The tin worm
> has kiled them all out here. The engines ran up to the end and then
> some.
>
> The OHC Nissan 4 and 6 were long running engines as were such Toyota
> engines as the 20R and 22R. Heavy though.
>
Never tried a 240Z, but the steel body on a 1970 Datsun 2000 Fairlady
was so much tougher and harder than that on a 1970 Chev it wasn't even
funny. Had to buy special carbide bits just to work on the body. The
engine was equally incredibly tough, used connecting rods stronger than
those from a Z28's 302.
09-17-2006, 07:53 PM
#100
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Re: How Many Miles?
Bret Ludwig proclaimed:
> L.W.(Bill) ------ III wrote:
>
>>Notice how many 240 and 280 Zs running around???? NONE! Not one of
>>those twenty year old rice burners running!
>
>
>
> *** talking some more are we Bill?? Yes. The last time I was in LA one
> thing that surprised me was the number of Brit and Jap cars from the
> 50s, 60s, 70s (the 240Z is 33+ years old now) on the road. The tin worm
> has kiled them all out here. The engines ran up to the end and then
> some.
>
> The OHC Nissan 4 and 6 were long running engines as were such Toyota
> engines as the 20R and 22R. Heavy though.
>
Never tried a 240Z, but the steel body on a 1970 Datsun 2000 Fairlady
was so much tougher and harder than that on a 1970 Chev it wasn't even
funny. Had to buy special carbide bits just to work on the body. The
engine was equally incredibly tough, used connecting rods stronger than
those from a Z28's 302.
> L.W.(Bill) ------ III wrote:
>
>>Notice how many 240 and 280 Zs running around???? NONE! Not one of
>>those twenty year old rice burners running!
>
>
>
> *** talking some more are we Bill?? Yes. The last time I was in LA one
> thing that surprised me was the number of Brit and Jap cars from the
> 50s, 60s, 70s (the 240Z is 33+ years old now) on the road. The tin worm
> has kiled them all out here. The engines ran up to the end and then
> some.
>
> The OHC Nissan 4 and 6 were long running engines as were such Toyota
> engines as the 20R and 22R. Heavy though.
>
Never tried a 240Z, but the steel body on a 1970 Datsun 2000 Fairlady
was so much tougher and harder than that on a 1970 Chev it wasn't even
funny. Had to buy special carbide bits just to work on the body. The
engine was equally incredibly tough, used connecting rods stronger than
those from a Z28's 302.