Re: alfa-digest V9 #163

[Mark Mucciacciaro <mmthrax@domain.elided>]

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> alfa-digest         Wednesday, January 8 2003       
>  Volume 09 : Number 163
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> Forum for Discussion of Alfa Romeos, etc.
>        Richard Welty <rwelty@domain.elided>
>        Digest Coordinator
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> Contents:
> 
>      Re: Heel and toe mod
>      RE>Elliot's brake problem.
>      re: Matching revs
>      my brakes, update
>      why 70s Alfa clocks don't work?
>      Re: Stuck 164 Door
>      x-mas cheer
>      Re: Heel and toe mod
>      A very  powful tool
>      Seat Base Foam For Spider
>      Transporter Plates
>      administrivia: latest klez victim (was Re:
> Happy good Epiphany)
>      SZ piston part number
>      Re: Changing liners without taking apart the
> crank
>      Young American engineer at Alfa Romeo
>      Re: matching revs
>      Re: Heel and toe mod
>      RE: Matching revs...
> 
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> Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2003 20:45:31 +0930 (AUS Central
> Standard Time)
> From: "Paul Bayly" <thebaylys@domain.elided>
> Subject: Re: Heel and toe mod
> 
> Joe,
> 
> Doesn't raising the accelerator pedal height make it
> very uncomfortable on
> longer trips ?   After owning a few Alfas the last
> thing I'd do is raise the
> pedal.   I am currently cutting and welding the
> pedals in my 75TS to get the
> pedals nearer the floor. (I'm talking vertical
> height from the heel mat)
> 
> Beatle
> Oz
> 
> 
> 
> - -------Original Message-------
> 
> From: Joe Martin Cantrell
> Date: Wednesday, 08 January 2003 03:21:25 AM
> To: alfa@domain.elided
> Subject: Heel and toe mod
> 
> At 06:19 PM 1/7/2003 +0000, you wrote:
> >Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2003 11:52:14 -0500
> >From: "Paul Misencik" <paul@domain.elided>
> >Subject: Re: matching revs...
> >
> >After searching the archives, I see repeated
> reference to a "Shankle Heel
> >and Toe" kit for the Spider. Does anyone know if
> these are still available?
> >Or, alternately, can anyone explain in some detail
> what it is in the hopes
> >that perhaps I could fabricate something similar?
> >
> >I'm willing to go to pretty great lengths to solve
> this, even if it means
> >having something machined and fabricated from
> scratch.
> 
> Paul,
> I don't know if the Shankle kit is available, but my
> Spider came with a
> perfectly suitable substitute made from two pieces
> of 1/8" aluminum. All
> they do is lengthen the lever arm and mounting point
> of the throttle
> linkage on the firewall, so less pedal travel gives
> more throttle response.
> 
> I don't remember whether they would work with a
> Bosch injected car or not.
> 
> Several of us around here have achieved the same
> effect by removing the
> throttle pedal from its arm, drilling new holes in
> the flange on the back
> of the pedal, moving it up on the arm, and
> remounting it. Easy, quick, and
> free.
> 
> Cheers,
> Joe
> Portland, OR
> Around here, several of us have accomplished the
> 
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> Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2003 09:47:15 -0500
> From: Ferdinando Di Matteo <aroctech@domain.elided>
> Subject: RE>Elliot's brake problem.
> 
> I have preached many times about NOT topping up the
> brake fluid every 
> timee it looks lower than full.  See whhat Joe did? 
> By retracting the 
> pistons to install new pads he wasted a bunch of
> fluid and maybe even 
> removed some paint somewhere,  The level of fluid
> can tell you how worn 
> the pads are.  Low level means NE PADS!   As long as
> you can see fluid 
> n the reaervoir, it is enough for  braking.  Fred
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2003 10:15:33 -0500
> From: Dana Loomis <dloomis@domain.elided>
> Subject: re: Matching revs
> 
> Paul, who has an '87 Spider Graduate, wrote: 	
> >I can't seem to "heel and toe" downshift on the
> Spider, and it's bugging me...
> >And "heel and toe" is generally a misnomer for the
> approach I typically use,
> >which could be better described as "right and left
> side of the foot".  But
> >when I apply the brakes in anger, the brake pedal
> ends up considerably
> >closer to the bulkhead than the throttle,  making
> it impossible to get the
> >right side of my foot back up to blip the throttle.
> 
> 
> I'm not sure I've ever driven an '87 Spider, but the
> earlier SPICA-injected
> cars present the same challenge, with the gas pedal
> significantly higher
> than the brake.  The technique I use in these cars
> is to do the throttle
> blip with the top of my right foot, about where the
> shoelaces would be.
> Instead of stepping on the gas, I roll my foot to
> the outside while keeping
> firm pressure on the brake, blip the throttle, do
> the shift, and roll back
> onto the brake.  The motion is hard to describe, but
> it's a bit like
> kicking a soccer ball.  It takes some practice to
> get the hang of it, but I
> find that with varying this technique I can do heel
> & toe shifts in almost
> any car, regardless of the pedal configuration. 
> Sometimes I even blip the
> throttle with my ankle.  
> 
> If changing technique isn't a viable option, then
> I'd think about modifying
> the car.  
> 
> Dana Loomis
> 
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