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61. [Healeys] OT (no Healey content) (score: 105): Author: bspidell at comcast.net (Bob Spidell); Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2017 09:39:09 -0800; I suspect Healey drivers are 'aware of the inherent dangers of driving': http://jalopnik.com/theres-actually-a-name-for-a-steering-wheel-with-a-big-1791445206; /html/fot/2017-01/msg00385.html (6,861 bytes)
62. [Healeys] SU carb reamer needed (score: 105): Author: bspidell at comcast.net (Bob Spidell); Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2017 11:02:08 -0800; I don't have a reamer, but many moons ago I sent HD8 carb bodies to Apple Hydraulics for installation of new bushes--std. size IIRC--and throttle shafts (I think the bushes were undersize then reamed; /html/fot/2017-01/msg00396.html (9,391 bytes)
63. [Healeys] Ethanol (score: 105): Author: bspidell at comcast.net (Bob Spidell); Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2017 18:40:00 +0000 (UTC); I've been running mostly E10 in my BJ8 for many years as that is all that is (mostly) available in California, and I've been running it in our BN2 for the last few years/few hundred miles. There is o; /html/fot/2017-01/msg00427.html (9,811 bytes)
64. [Healeys] Ethanol (score: 105): Author: bspidell at comcast.net (Bob Spidell); Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2017 14:14:30 +0000 (UTC); My BJ8 has had a Petroflex line in it for 100K+ miles and 25+ years and hasn't had a problem. It does feel a little stiff and since I'm doing an overhaul I've bought a replacement (watch it crap out; /html/fot/2017-01/msg00447.html (10,651 bytes)
65. [Healeys] Ethanol (score: 105): Author: bspidell at comcast.net (Bob Spidell); Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2017 14:20:02 +0000 (UTC); Ethanol has a much lower energy content than gasoline, hence the lower mileage with gasahol. See here: http://www.afdc.energy.gov/fuels/fuel_comparison_chart.pdf ('alternate fuels,' not 'alternate fa; /html/fot/2017-01/msg00448.html (9,990 bytes)
66. [Healeys] Ethanol (score: 105): Author: bspidell at comcast.net (Bob Spidell); Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2017 15:36:53 +0000 (UTC); I believe the European octane ratings are Research Method only, which reads 3-5 points higher than US (R+M)/2. So, European 98 octane would be equivalent to US 93 octane (rare, but available in some; /html/fot/2017-01/msg00449.html (10,888 bytes)
67. [Healeys] Ethanol (score: 105): Author: bspidell at comcast.net (Bob Spidell); Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2017 15:43:12 +0000 (UTC); OK, now I be confused. In the States, E10 is 10% ethanol, E85 is 85% ethanol, so E95 would be 95% ethanol. Is that correct? -- Original Message -- Op 26-1-2017 om 23:59 schreef Oudesluys: Should of c; /html/fot/2017-01/msg00450.html (9,412 bytes)
68. [Healeys] Ethanol (score: 105): Author: bspidell at comcast.net (Bob Spidell); Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2017 03:13:46 +0000 (UTC); Ah, right you are. It's just that I much prefer ethanol ;) Same deal with anti-detonation qualities though, I believe. Now, if they'd just put nitromethane in gas ... -- Original Message -- Bob, I th; /html/fot/2017-01/msg00465.html (11,168 bytes)
69. [Healeys] Valvoline VR1 Racing Oil (score: 105): Author: bspidell at comcast.net (Bob Spidell); Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2017 15:46:06 -0800; Anybody know why this isn't available in California any more? Yes, it supposedly has high levels of ZDDP, but to my knowledge only the 20W-50, as do other 20W-50s that are still available. My local p; /html/fot/2017-02/msg00118.html (8,121 bytes)
70. [Healeys] Valvoline VR1 Racing Oil (score: 105): Author: bspidell at comcast.net (Bob Spidell); Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2017 20:30:35 +0000 (UTC); An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://autox.team.net/pipermail/healeys/attachments/20170208/1d0c5a01/attachment.html>; /html/fot/2017-02/msg00135.html (8,799 bytes)
71. [Healeys] Valvoline VR1 Racing Oil (score: 105): Author: bspidell at comcast.net (Bob Spidell); Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2017 15:29:24 -0800; Well, my local parts house--the same one that pulled it off the shelf a year or so ago--now has its back on the shelf for ~$7/qt. It appears this was a bureaucratic overreaction/SNAFU to some regulat; /html/fot/2017-02/msg00136.html (10,444 bytes)
72. [Healeys] Car value. Are they idiots? (score: 105): Author: bspidell at comcast.net (Bob Spidell); Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2017 07:42:27 -0800; I've seen your car, John; I'll give you $1,100. Just kidding. John's car is beautiful. Bob ps. I got that letter, too. -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://autox.team.net/p; /html/fot/2017-02/msg00144.html (7,983 bytes)
73. [Healeys] Off comes the head...Update (score: 105): Author: bspidell at comcast.net (Bob Spidell); Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2017 19:03:20 -0800; Begs the question: How did the 'bag full of sludge' get into the water jacket? Bob -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://autox.team.net/pipermail/healeys/attachments/2017021; /html/fot/2017-02/msg00164.html (10,498 bytes)
74. [Healeys] Static Timing a Pertronix Ignitor (score: 105): Author: bspidell at comcast.net (Bob Spidell); Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2017 20:50:17 -0800; I haven't done this--and my engine is elsewhere so I'm working from feeble memory--but I THINK this'll work, if the distributor has been installed correctly: 1) turn the engine to TDC on the #1 cylin; /html/fot/2017-02/msg00180.html (12,558 bytes)
75. [Healeys] Static Timing a Pertronix Ignitor (score: 105): Author: bspidell at comcast.net (Bob Spidell); Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2017 12:18:31 -0800; "... The vacuum advance/retard, if fitted, is only in operation at low load." This is something I've wondered about. This is true for 'manifold' vacuum, but the vacuum pickup off a Healey's SU carbs; /html/fot/2017-02/msg00187.html (10,401 bytes)
76. [Healeys] Flasher relay advice please (score: 105): Author: bspidell at comcast.net (Bob Spidell); Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 07:50:30 -0800; Before you tear into the relay box, check that the proper terminal on the box is getting voltage when the RH turn indicator is selected. On my BN2, this is terminal #4, and I wouldn't be surprised if; /html/fot/2017-02/msg00210.html (10,756 bytes)
77. [Healeys] Intake manifold finishes (score: 105): Author: bspidell at comcast.net (Bob Spidell); Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2017 22:24:15 -0800; Paint it! The paint should hold up as good or better than on the engine if it's done right, and that's how the factory did it. Bob -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://auto; /html/fot/2017-02/msg00249.html (11,267 bytes)
78. [Healeys] Rear axle ratios (score: 105): Author: bspidell at comcast.net (Bob Spidell); Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2017 20:30:53 -0800; I think 4.1:1 was std/typical, which would be best for street driving. A taller rear end would be better for highway miles. IMO. Bob -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://au; /html/fot/2017-02/msg00272.html (8,774 bytes)
79. [Healeys] Intake manifold finishes (score: 105): Author: bspidell at comcast.net (Bob Spidell); Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2017 20:46:54 -0800; The manifolds on our original 100M were bare Al, but I can't say whether they came that way or the paint burned off. I suspect--since they added the larger carbs at the Healey factory--they wouldn't; /html/fot/2017-02/msg00273.html (12,724 bytes)
80. [Healeys] Rear axle ratios (score: 105): Author: bspidell at comcast.net (Bob Spidell); Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2017 08:22:53 -0800; I have std. 4.1 in my 100M--it definitely gets off the line well--and I put a Lempert gearset in my BJ8. The M isn't comfortable to drive much over 70MPH, and I generally observe the 4K RPM 'red line; /html/fot/2017-02/msg00280.html (10,570 bytes)

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