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General Discussion Area / Re: Lakes Pics 1
« on: 17 November 2007, 22:16:03 »
Yep. Certainly was. Roll on Spring 
Kevin
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General Discussion Area / Re: What have you got out of your Omega!!!
« on: 13 November 2007, 22:34:46 »Quote
My bottle went when the car changed into 4th
Yep, It's a looong wait once it's in 4th gear. Makes me think an airfield would be no use to max out an Omega. You'd need about 5 miles at least.
Have tried it in the Westfield. Turned off the peri track onto a 6000 ft runway at about 50 and caned it. Got up to 125, realised I didn't have any sidescreens on and my eyeballs were vibrating so badly I couldn't see, so stopped - less than 1/2 way down the runway so I could have kept it planted for a little longer after all.
Kevin
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General Discussion Area / Re: What have you got out of your Omega!!!
« on: 12 November 2007, 16:39:43 »
I once lent my GPS to a mate of mine which driving through europe and, on returning it he proudly showed me the "max speed" of about 125 MPH he had established, sniggering that I wasn't going to beat that in my Rover.
About a week later I was using the GPS in a glider. I noticed that I had at least a 20 knot tail wind so I turned down wind, lowered the nose until I saw 140 knots of air speed then pulled out of the dive.
Made him scratch his head when I gave it back to him with a "high score" of 174MPH to beat
Kevin
About a week later I was using the GPS in a glider. I noticed that I had at least a 20 knot tail wind so I turned down wind, lowered the nose until I saw 140 knots of air speed then pulled out of the dive.
Made him scratch his head when I gave it back to him with a "high score" of 174MPH to beat
Kevin
33889
General Discussion Area / Re: Last post from me
« on: 17 November 2007, 17:31:55 »Quote
Hi everyone again. Last post from me I am afraid. I am off back to South AfricaI'm not jealous, honest
Spent a very nice 3 weeks in and around Cape Town last year - our honeymoon. A lovely part of the world.Quote
He tried everything and finally stumbled on what it was. The focus engine is the same in every respect whether it is fitted to a manual or auto... EXCEPT for the crankshaft sensor housing, which is ATX or MTX dependent. In a nutshell this meant removing the engine and box, splitting them, removing the flywheel,
Ah, that old chestnut. The same for the Zetec petrol engine. Automatic driveplate places the timing marks in a slightly different position and you get no signal with the wrong sensor housing. The sensor housings are slightly different and it's an engine out job to change them. Been there, done that!
Well, have a good trip back, AL. Thanks for the update on Ronnie and wish him all the best.
Kevin
33890
General Discussion Area / Re: GolfBuddy
« on: 17 November 2007, 01:10:22 »
Ah, brings back memories of a lovely blat through some fine French backroads, at slightly elevated speeds, in beautiful sunshine, in the car I built myself, followed by a nice bit of French cuisine in one of the resturants there. Just what you need on a cold November evening.
Kevin
Kevin
33891
General Discussion Area / Re: The camcover is off....
« on: 16 November 2007, 23:19:07 »
The tiniest things can kill an engine once there's contact with moving parts.
When we went over to Cape Town on our honeymoon last year I smuggled a set of 16 nice shiny new valves over for a mate's racing car. He rebuilt the engine with all trick parts, forged pistons, the lot. It did about 5 laps before it let go. A piston cooling oil jet had been fouling ever so slightly with the skirt of one of the pistons. It eventually broke off, bounced around inside the engine trashing things in the bottom end. Meanwhile one of the main bearings was starved of oil and siezed, threw a rod through the side of the block and 14 of the valves were totally shot, along with the rest of the engine.
Kevin
When we went over to Cape Town on our honeymoon last year I smuggled a set of 16 nice shiny new valves over for a mate's racing car. He rebuilt the engine with all trick parts, forged pistons, the lot. It did about 5 laps before it let go. A piston cooling oil jet had been fouling ever so slightly with the skirt of one of the pistons. It eventually broke off, bounced around inside the engine trashing things in the bottom end. Meanwhile one of the main bearings was starved of oil and siezed, threw a rod through the side of the block and 14 of the valves were totally shot, along with the rest of the engine.
Kevin
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General Discussion Area / Re: The camcover is off....
« on: 16 November 2007, 22:56:09 »
Once an engine has knackered valves the best that can happen is that the cylinder(s) affected don't fire anymore. Failing that the valve heads get continued pounding until they break off, and then get battered between head and piston until the whole lot is scrap.
It's a real shame Rotary engines haven't taken off, in a way. No valves to worry about. They have their issues too, however.
Kevin
It's a real shame Rotary engines haven't taken off, in a way. No valves to worry about. They have their issues too, however.
Kevin
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General Discussion Area / Re: The camcover is off....
« on: 16 November 2007, 22:34:38 »
Anyone's welcome to pop over and see what's going on, sample butties, etc. I suspect it'll be an all-weekender too.
Kevin
Kevin
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General Discussion Area / Re: The camcover is off....
« on: 16 November 2007, 22:26:59 »
Don't despair, TB. This the advance party fitting on James' (repaired) car.
I have a plan regarding an LPG install en-masse. Just need to find out when Mr&Mrs. Kevin Wood senior go on holiday
Kevin
I have a plan regarding an LPG install en-masse. Just need to find out when Mr&Mrs. Kevin Wood senior go on holiday
Kevin
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General Discussion Area / Re: The camcover is off....
« on: 16 November 2007, 22:15:50 »I think you'll be extremely lucky to survive that.
You say it had 10k to run until a cam belt change?
Think I'll add that to my list of things to do when I LPG it. It's got 20k to run but unless you know it's been done to OOF standards it obviously means nothing.
I've got a lovely Laser timing kit here, BTW
For damage assessment purposes you could probably fit it by eye. The odd 1/2 a tooth out won't give you the drop in compression that a mullered valve will.
On the brighter side of the news, project LPG is go for next weekend. Emma suggested she ought to provide bacon butties too
Kevin
33896
General Discussion Area / Re: VX are a pain in the behind
« on: 17 November 2007, 12:37:36 »
I think I'll be getting a Gates kit for mine.
Kevin
Kevin
33897
General Discussion Area / Re: Cats Bl"*dy cats
« on: 17 November 2007, 01:14:53 »Quote
:(Seems pet owners have to assume responsibility for dogs but not cats who seem to "go" where they like & we should all just put up with it. If you know which household any of the offending felines belong to go round to thier patio/lawn/border etc, drop your strides & lay a Mr. Whippy on the spot!
Although they deserve it that's a bit extreme so gather them up on a spade & return to the rightfull owner. If your'e even more sympathetic they hate lemon juice.
Mate of mine tried that once, after the pub.
Got a bowl of washing up water poured onto him from an upstairs window
Realised his aim hadn't been too good when he got home, too
Kevin
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General Discussion Area / Re: Machine Mart
« on: 16 November 2007, 23:01:35 »
... and tractor blood is dirty!
Kevin
Kevin
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General Discussion Area / Re: Machine Mart
« on: 16 November 2007, 13:07:16 »
Another forum of which I am a member has a really nice emoticon of a bloke banging his head against a wall. I could do with that right now.
Now, Where's my PLUMber's wrench gone? :-/
Kevin
Now, Where's my PLUMber's wrench gone? :-/
Kevin
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General Discussion Area / Re: Machine Mart
« on: 16 November 2007, 12:28:17 »
I'm really pleased with the combined bench grinder and belt sander I bought. A very impressive bit of kit for 25 notes.
I wasn't so impressed when I saw the state of my recently-polished car that I failed to remove from the garage before trying it out.
Why isn't everything in life as good as buying power tools?
Kevin
I wasn't so impressed when I saw the state of my recently-polished car that I failed to remove from the garage before trying it out.
Why isn't everything in life as good as buying power tools?
Kevin