- 241. Re: 08/16 (score: 1)
- Author: ardunbill@webtv.net
- Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2002 20:30:32 -0400 (EDT)
- Exactly, Russ, I think it was established in about 1935 that the Vertex magneto is all that will ever be necessary in the ignition line. Bill /// unsubscribe/change address requests to majordomo@auto
- /html/land-speed/2002-06/msg00242.html (8,126 bytes)
- 242. 1935 Vertex Mag (score: 1)
- Author: ardunbill@webtv.net
- Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 08:39:32 -0400 (EDT)
- Glad you enjoyed that one, fellas. Bill /// unsubscribe/change address requests to majordomo@autox.team.net or try /// http://www.team.net/mailman/listinfo /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive
- /html/land-speed/2002-06/msg00247.html (6,502 bytes)
- 243. Ardun Vertex Ignition (score: 1)
- Author: ardunbill@webtv.net
- Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 16:09:24 -0400 (EDT)
- Hi Folks, why two mags on a plane engine? Same reason two solid state ignition systems on a Nascar racer. Backup. One quits, you flip to the other. This 1935 Vertex is still in production today, esse
- /html/land-speed/2002-06/msg00252.html (8,313 bytes)
- 244. Re: Re: 08/16 (score: 1)
- Author: ardunbill@webtv.net
- Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 08:11:52 -0400 (EDT)
- John, I didn't remember who said that, but it was well said. Bill /// unsubscribe/change address requests to majordomo@autox.team.net or try /// http://www.team.net/mailman/listinfo /// Archives at h
- /html/land-speed/2002-06/msg00266.html (7,427 bytes)
- 245. Re: Flathead MSD ignition (score: 1)
- Author: ardunbill@webtv.net
- Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 08:36:04 -0400 (EDT)
- Bill & Josh, you get great results at Maxton with that 20 degrees lead in your gas Flathead. What Ardun Doug said is right too, various Flathead racers have told me they use 22-28. Some lore from bac
- /html/land-speed/2002-06/msg00267.html (8,266 bytes)
- 246. Spring-Clip Link on Motorcycle Chain (score: 1)
- Author: ardunbill@webtv.net
- Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2002 10:48:13 -0400 (EDT)
- Hi Folks, wanted to report a cautionary note about Spring-Clip Links on bike chains. After returning home from my usual ride on the 250 Ninja, I happened to glance at the rear chain and lo-and-behold
- /html/land-speed/2002-06/msg00318.html (8,972 bytes)
- 247. Re: Flathead MSD ignition (score: 1)
- Author: ardunbill@webtv.net
- Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2002 11:12:45 -0400 (EDT)
- Hi Folks, the subject of Flathead spark lead was covered pretty thoroughly, but I just ran into a couple more tidbits from '50s lore, and the Flatheads haven't changed. Hot Rod Magazine, December '53
- /html/land-speed/2002-06/msg00322.html (8,050 bytes)
- 248. Re: Flathead MSD ignition (score: 1)
- Author: ardunbill@webtv.net
- Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2002 14:51:12 -0400 (EDT)
- Okay, last little tidbit, also from the Dec. '53 issue of Hot Rod Magazine, "Ignition Ailments" by W.G.(wasn't he "Racer"?) Brown. "...many overhead valve engines require as much as 60 degrees before
- /html/land-speed/2002-06/msg00328.html (9,158 bytes)
- 249. Re: Spring-Clip Link on Motorcycle Chain (score: 1)
- Author: ardunbill@webtv.net
- Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2002 08:33:47 -0400 (EDT)
- Chris, that's absolutely right, the closed end of the spring clip must always lead, and that's exactly how I assembled it. Someone speculated that particular spring clip might have been "Bad" and it'
- /html/land-speed/2002-06/msg00362.html (7,503 bytes)
- 250. Arduns - Mike Hart Passes Away (score: 1)
- Author: ardunbill@webtv.net
- Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2002 19:56:48 -0400 (EDT)
- Hi Folks, I have just received word that one of the leading East Coast authorities on Arduns, Mike Hart of Branford, CT, passed away Friday June 28. Mike had several decades of experience in oval-tra
- /html/land-speed/2002-06/msg00412.html (7,125 bytes)
- 251. ECTA Meet (score: 1)
- Author: ardunbill@webtv.net
- Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2002 22:04:19 -0400 (EDT)
- Hi Folks, just got back from Maxton. Got to visit with Bill Smith and Jon & Nancy Wennerberg of this List, Bill came in from Texas to see the Meet, and helped Keith Turk run his two rides. Jon was ri
- /html/land-speed/2002-06/msg00414.html (7,144 bytes)
- 252. Hilborn Fuel Injection (score: 1)
- Author: ardunbill@webtv.net
- Date: Thu, 2 May 2002 09:03:51 -0400 (EDT)
- Hi Folks, to add to the stories about fuel injection, some years back Stu Hilborn wrote and published his own article about "how he did it." One amusing anecdote he told was how, in the late '40s whe
- /html/land-speed/2002-05/msg00019.html (7,101 bytes)
- 253. V-Rated Tire 28 x 15 (score: 1)
- Author: ardunbill@webtv.net
- Date: Thu, 2 May 2002 16:03:13 -0400 (EDT)
- Hi Folks, a year or so ago Dick J of this List told us of a Firestone Police Car tire with a big OD, 15" wheel, V-rated. A couple weeks ago I went to purchase a pair of them both to combat uncontroll
- /html/land-speed/2002-05/msg00027.html (8,045 bytes)
- 254. Re: Twin plug Ply at Lake (score: 1)
- Author: ardunbill@webtv.net
- Date: Tue, 7 May 2002 08:18:11 -0400 (EDT)
- Rich, good story. Congratulations on your success! Bill /// unsubscribe/change address requests to majordomo@autox.team.net or try /// http://www.team.net/mailman/listinfo /// Archives at http://www.
- /html/land-speed/2002-05/msg00060.html (7,161 bytes)
- 255. Re: Delaware Chassis Works and Joe Timney.... (score: 1)
- Author: ardunbill@webtv.net
- Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 11:25:09 -0400 (EDT)
- That all sounds good, Keith, next time you go up the Eastern Shore, stop in Chesapeake and take a look at my Vincent. Ardun Bill /// unsubscribe/change address requests to majordomo@autox.team.net or
- /html/land-speed/2002-05/msg00141.html (6,876 bytes)
- 256. Re: What's up? (score: 1)
- Author: ardunbill@webtv.net
- Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 15:25:48 -0400 (EDT)
- Working along on my blown gas Ardun project. My speedshop pal has my spare late block for the necessary Ardun work, decking, boring to 3-5/16, steel center cap, regrinding the 4" Merc crank, recondit
- /html/land-speed/2002-05/msg00152.html (9,350 bytes)
- 257. Re: Sprockets and chain (score: 1)
- Author: ardunbill@webtv.net
- Date: Sun, 19 May 2002 09:45:29 -0400 (EDT)
- Bryan, I agree. That Tsubaki o-ring chain is the best available that I know of. Gives very long service with very little wear on my road bike. Bill /// unsubscribe/change address requests to majordom
- /html/land-speed/2002-05/msg00182.html (6,767 bytes)
- 258. Mickey Thompson Murder Case -48 Hrs Show May 20, 2002 (score: 1)
- Author: ardunbill@webtv.net
- Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 08:50:54 -0400 (EDT)
- Hi Folks, no-one has mentioned the "Murder in the Fast Lane" show Monday night but I'm sure some of you saw it. Those with white hair like myself remember that Mickey was one of the great heroes of t
- /html/land-speed/2002-05/msg00206.html (8,339 bytes)
- 259. Racing Engine Theory and Practice Articles - Keith Black (score: 1)
- Author: ardunbill@webtv.net
- Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 12:19:59 -0400 (EDT)
- Hi Folks, I invite your attention to www.kb-silvolite.com/page 14.htm and other interesting tech articles by KB engineer John Erb on race engine theory and practice. These are some of the best I ever
- /html/land-speed/2002-05/msg00256.html (7,387 bytes)
- 260. Re: Fw: Maxton weekend (score: 1)
- Author: ardunbill@webtv.net
- Date: Thu, 30 May 2002 08:42:41 -0400 (EDT)
- Good story, Chuck, Steve Knecum must be a crack rider indeed! That's Larry Forstall's bike, but Larry said Steve built it. Ardun Bill /// unsubscribe/change address requests to majordomo@autox.team.n
- /html/land-speed/2002-05/msg00284.html (6,900 bytes)
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