RE: tri ox calipers, SPICA and ... can you stuff an LS motor into a M ilano?

["Brian Shorey" <bshorey@domain.elided>]

> I've been lurking, but sometimes I can't resist poking my head up.

we're standing here with our mallets, just waiting..

> 1. My wife got me a subscription to AutoItalia for Christmas. Very cool
> magazine. There is an advertisement in the back by a company I think is
> called Tri OX or something. Turns out they have cross drilled grooved
rotors
> and yes, count'em, six pot calipers for a GTV6/Milano/75. Have any of our
> European friends tried these babies on a 75? Are the Brembos I hear about
> four pot calipers? Any feel for braking improvement? And don'ttell me I'll
> run into that bleeding problem some other poor soul is fighting right now

the brembo's are basically the same as the ate's, except they're aluminum.
i think the pads can be interchanged, but the clips are certainly different
(at least on the front).

> 2. I agree with Paul I., et al, that SPICA gets a bad rap. Merrit Carden
> rebuilt a 1750 for me back in '82, and we put a brand new SPICA pump and
> injectors on the motor, along with a '72-74 manifold and air cleaner. I've
> maintained it "by the book" ever since, changing the nasty little FI oil
> filter, both fuel filters, blah blah blah, annually. And it still runs
fine.
> Well, it did on Saturday when I drove the car (and some STRANGER
approached
> me in a parking lot wanting to buy our '69!). I also had a '69 Berlina
with
> Del Orttors (sorry about the spelling). I like the early injection better.
> To anyone counting, the votes are 2 for SPICA, the rest against ...

make it 3 for spica.  i'll concede that the rubber belt is a point of
failure, but i'll factor in things other than just reliability when making
my decision.

> 3. I've heard that Larry Dickman Jr. is/was attempting to stuff an LS DOHC
> motor into a GTV6. Has anybody heard of this? I love the 2.5l motor in our
> Platinum, but man, another 60+ Hp would not be bad!

he's got the headers fabricated on one side, the other is under way.  he's
been working on this for a while, not for the faint of heart.

> 4. To the guy looking for '69 GTV air pressure. I don't have the answer,
but
> when this question comes up I invariably think of Hunter S. Thompson in
Fear
> and Loathing in Las Vegas. I think he put like 70 PSI in his tires at one
> point. But hey, that was the '70's ...

i'd start with mid - high 30's in the front, and low - mid 30's in the rear.
put some white shoe polish on the sidewalls and measure how far they roll
over after the first session, then add/remove air at each corner
accordingly.

good to hear from you peter.  earnest is alove and well, although the spica
system doesn't seem adjusted properly for new england winter weather ;)

bs

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