chichak@auvax.UUCP (06/27/83)
I was reading my BMW 2002 work shop manual yesterday, while replacing the
drive coupling, and found a strange but useful idea on overheating engines.
Check for brake drag.
You might also want to burp the cooling system. My family, owning many
Mini's, BMW's, and other beasties, have noticed that once in a while trapped
air seems to impede cooling.
Next, on the subject of putting a strange engine/transgression/diff in
your classic car to fix symptoms. BLEGH (general sound of disgust). The
best thing to do with a spriget (AH sprite/ MG midget) is to take to heart the
teachings of the Guru David Vizard in his good, not best, seller *How to Modify
Your Mini*. This book is directly applicable to the Austin/Morris
Mini/1100/America range, but is also useful to any autos using the BL *A* series
engine. It goes into most popular working modifications (carb swaps, porting,
head swaps) in great detail. The charts on valves, cams, and carb needles are
very useful. It is published by the Peterson Corporation and sells for about
$10.CDN. I bought mine at the local Firestone store. They would probably also
be available at your local foreign car part stockest, mini club, or through Mini
City (NY).
more later,
no flames please,
Andrei Chichak
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