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General Discussion Area / Re: This must have knocked someones fillings loose!

« on: 01 April 2008, 10:33:05 »

Only snag is getting it home from London.  :-/

Kevin

32402

General Discussion Area / Re: This must have knocked someones fillings loose!

« on: 01 April 2008, 10:30:15 »

Sounds like a project to me, then.  

Yes, you'll need exhaust manifolds without EGR and SAI and a plenum without egr or an IACV. Basically, just strip the 2.5 down to block and heads and reassemble with the 2.6 parts.

Kevin

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General Discussion Area / Re: This must have knocked someones fillings loose!

« on: 01 April 2008, 10:18:53 »

hmm......how hard is it to fit a 2.5 where a 2.6 has been

If you move all the engine management bits from the 2.6 onto the 2.5 I reckon it wouldn't be too bad. Only showstopper I can think of is if the 2.6 style coil packs don't fit on the 2.5.  :-/

The engine management will probably adapt to the fact that it has 100 cc less engine.

Kevin

32404

General Discussion Area / Re: Anyone got a C3

« on: 31 March 2008, 16:50:20 »

Citroen have really cr@p (worse than most) after sales support too. Several people I know who have Citroens, when something has fallen off / broken (and it will) they have been without wheels for a fourtnight waiting for parts and no courtesy car available.

Still, we seem to be pushing an open door here.

I think I'd rather have a C5... A Sinclair C5  

Kevin

32405

General Discussion Area / Re: What right do these people have..

« on: 31 March 2008, 14:44:07 »

I just hope we hurry up and build some more nuclear power stations. Give these tree huggers someone else to pick on.

.. and how do you deflate a tyre with a mung bean anyway?  :-/
Kevin

Dangerous things Mung beans, all hard and tasteless unless soaked for a month....

Hmm. Not familiar with such things. Probably because they're neither fermented nor hacked off a dead animal and chucked on a (CO2 generating) barbecue.

Kevin

32406

General Discussion Area / Re: What right do these people have..

« on: 31 March 2008, 14:32:55 »

I just hope we hurry up and build some more nuclear power stations. Give these tree huggers someone else to pick on.

.. and how do you deflate a tyre with a mung bean anyway?  :-/

Kevin

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General Discussion Area / Re: Life Expectancy Of The V6...?

« on: 31 March 2008, 16:44:20 »

personally i thing you should judge by the chasis not the engine, if maintained by the book , then should clock up miles and miles and miles

Problem is, "the book" for later cars now specifies 20K service intervals, which means they're going to be running on really manky oil most of the time.

Kevin
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no harm in doing it early

Damn right. About 15K early.

Kevin

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General Discussion Area / Re: Life Expectancy Of The V6...?

« on: 31 March 2008, 16:38:41 »

personally i thing you should judge by the chasis not the engine, if maintained by the book , then should clock up miles and miles and miles

Problem is, "the book" for later cars now specifies 20K service intervals, which means they're going to be running on really manky oil most of the time.

Kevin

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General Discussion Area / Re: Life Expectancy Of The V6...?

« on: 31 March 2008, 09:55:45 »

I was going to go for a proper Dexron 3 shower yesterday, but I chickened out and cleaned the TB and breathers and washed the cars instead.

Kevin

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General Discussion Area / Re: Life Expectancy Of The V6...?

« on: 31 March 2008, 09:26:56 »

If looked after they seem to go on and on. I think most die through neglect rather than wear.

Kevin

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General Discussion Area / Re: Is this really true?

« on: 31 March 2008, 17:18:36 »

Ahh. No. We're talking about on the radiator. Hair dryers attached to the intake are certainly a gimmick.  

Kevin

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General Discussion Area / Re: Is this really true?

« on: 31 March 2008, 16:51:53 »

I prefer electric fans, need full blast in traffic and little when on a fast run

Do the electric ones actually work?  Thought they were a gimmic

That's all an Omega's got (except Tractors).  

Kevin

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General Discussion Area / Re: Is this really true?

« on: 31 March 2008, 16:42:59 »

I prefer electric fans, need full blast in traffic and little when on a fast run

Yep. Electrics are reliable enough for them to be a no-brainer, yet lots of 4x4s seem to have viscous cr@p. I wonder if it's because they get a regular dousing in muddy water? Still, at least you can turn an electric fan off so it doesn't distribute water all over your igntion system.

One word of advice. Fit a proper fan switch somewhere instead of one of their cr@p capillary thermostats that goes in the top hose (and leaks forever thereafter).

Kevin

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General Discussion Area / Re: Is this really true?

« on: 31 March 2008, 16:32:04 »

They are probably quite inefficient at maximum RPM but what percentage of the time does the engine spend at those RPM? (I hope not many, given that it's a Rover V8  ).

8.5 % is 17 Bhp on a 200 BHP engine. Can't see that myself. I bet that statistic is for a non-viscous fan on an engine with about 45 BHP.

Kevin

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General Discussion Area / Re: Is this really true?

« on: 31 March 2008, 11:03:00 »

Less noise is about the only one of their claims I'd agree with!

Overcooling? - No, Engines have thermostats
Economy? - Yes, in theory, but nothing like what they claim
Performance? - Yes, in theory, but nothing like what they claim
Comfort and Safety? - Streatching it a bit I reckon.
Catalytic converter damage? - Won't make any difference (if fitted)

However, I'd be fitting one just to ditch the viscous POS.

Kevin