Recent content by FGT1987

Hey Kendall, in NZ right now so if your Bday is on the 15th then it's your Bday here. So, happy birthday big guy, please say 'Hi" to Ryan and family. Cheers Bob

Happy Birthday from the wet coast - cheers Pro.

Very cool, what an interesting guy.

Hi jcthorne. The Whipple belt squeaking issue has been a known problem for awhile with a few recommended solutions that have been posted in the past. My plan is to talk to fellow Whipple owners at the rally and find out what works best. I know there was a post describing replacing a pulley and...

Sorry - just reread my post, by conversion I mean upgrading to a 3.3l Whipple Cheers

To answer your question Beach-GT, my car has 11,500 miles and just installed the 3rd belt since doing the conversion a number of years ago. But more importantly, like Kendall says, I was very fortunate that they discovered the oil pulley problem before a major catastrophe - there was no...

Thanks Kendall, PM sent

No, I believe the squeaking was from the belt. The oil pump bearing problem was just discovered while changing the belt.

Perfect - thank-you

Similar to JAXGT I'm having problems with GT a day before transport. I too took my car in to get the belt replaced to stop squeaking and the mechanics discovered my oil pump bearing is shot and needs to be replaced. Unfortunately being in Canada the necessary parts are coming from Memphis and...

Just a heads up for anyone needing rear tires sooner then later. I just purchased 2 Bridgestone rear tires from Tire Rack which left only 3 in stock. I believe the next batch were not going to be available until December. Bob

If you're using Goggle Chrome, what you do is pull up the webpage and right click anywhere on the page. A menu shows up and just choose 'translate to English'. Hope it works for you.

Hey Pro - Happy birthday big guy. Don't want to keep you here reading E-mails for too long - I'm sure you've got to get outside and get that snow shoveled :) Best wishes from your friends in Vancouver Bob and Fernanda

Not trying to be a smart a$$ but has anyone noticed that the poll is sitting at 107.8 % I think the problem is although there are 113 voters there actually have been 121 votes. Not that it really matters - just sayin' Cheers

Hi Kendall, first a disclaimer - I don’t have a clue how car gauges work but I do have many years of experience designing circuit boards so for what it’s worth I’ll try to answer your questions. To your first question about the power draw of a gauge I think the way to look at it is: each gauge...