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General Discussion Area / Re: I need the twin cat exhaust section 3.0 MV6 es

« on: 25 June 2007, 15:00:43 »

Glad the exhaust's sorted.

Do a search for "scuttle drain" to solve the puddle!

Kevin

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General Discussion Area / Re: Budget Sat Nav

« on: 23 June 2007, 18:04:22 »

Anyone looking for Bike communications, Autocom is the way to go, and its possible to have conversations at silly speeds (obviously not recommended!), and the other party isn't aware you are on a bike...

I use one in the Westfield on long journeys too. It's great.  

Kevin

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General Discussion Area / Re: Budget Sat Nav

« on: 22 June 2007, 16:06:42 »

I use CoPilot on a PocketPC with a bluetooth GPS and am thinking about replacing it with a TomTom.

It's a pain not having a one box solution so if you forget a charging cable, etc. you're totally stuffed. Also, the software crashes the PocketPC frequently requiring a reboot. If you don't use it for a few weeks the PocketPC loses its' memory and you need to re-install or restore a backup. It's just a total pain. Unless you use a PocketPC reqularly for other things and hence always have it with you and charged it's hopeless IMO.

Kevin

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General Discussion Area / Re: Poor performance

« on: 24 June 2007, 21:10:01 »

Are you still down in Slough, Pete?

I've got a vacuum gauge if you want to give it a try.

Kevin

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General Discussion Area / Re: Poor performance

« on: 23 June 2007, 17:58:44 »

Can you do a vaccuum check, record the value at idle, then open the rear multi ram by hand and see if the vacuum changes.

I think I can see where you're coming from here.  

Kevin

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General Discussion Area / Re: Weight of a 3.0 v6 engine?

« on: 22 June 2007, 10:25:17 »

GM - well the Rover V8 is ex GM

So it is..  

Well, then. There's heritage in both options, for what it's worth!

Kevin

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General Discussion Area / Re: Weight of a 3.0 v6 engine?

« on: 22 June 2007, 09:56:39 »

P.S..

If anyone does get the opportunity to weigh a V6 please can you post your results?

I keep getting indecent thoughts about dropping one into my Westfield  

Kevin

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General Discussion Area / Re: Weight of a 3.0 v6 engine?

« on: 22 June 2007, 09:53:01 »

Technical issues aside, I think as the car is an Opel there'd be a certain amount of charm attached to keeping it in the family and using the Vauxhall engine.

When you look at the technical nitty gritty the Rover V8 is a pretty ancient engine by modern standards but it is a very commonly used engine and therefore they are plenty of people who have trod the path before and plenty of parts available for tuning, etc.

You can also just slap a carb and a distributor on it and it'll run.

The Vauxhall engine has no provision for a distributor (quite rightly so for a modern engine) and I doubt you will find anyone making a manifold to fit a carb to it. So, your engine management is going to be more complex. However, I personally wouldn't build an engine using carbs or a conventional distributor these days. The benefits of mapped ignition and fuel injection are just too great and it's not that expensive or difficult to do. With care, you could probably re-use the original ECU but you'll have a lot of work to do keeping it happy when devices that it's used to controlling have gone. I'd probably go for an ECU you can map yourself, perhaps a Megasquirt or Emerald.

I find the Rover V8 is a very lazy feeling engine to drive, as well. Don't get me wrong, it's a powerful engine but whilst it generates huge torque from idle speed upwards it doesn't really thrive on revs, even when mildly tuned. It's got great characteristics for a heavy, cruising car but personally I prefer an engine that likes to rev a little more. I think the Vauxhall V6 would be a better bet in this respect.

If the Vauxhall engine will give you enough power and you aren't going to want to tune it much above standard then go for it. If you're going to want silly power you'd be better off dropping in a V8 that will produce it out of the crate IMO, or at least one that's well supported by suppliers of tuning bits.

Kevin

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General Discussion Area / Re: SP30

« on: 21 June 2007, 09:34:00 »

I'm saying nothing for fear of picking up a ticket for the first time ever.....

Never had one either, which is why I'm so annoyed with myself over last week's lapse of concentration. Still, it may not happen.... Might have caught them on their doughnut break  

Kevin

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General Discussion Area / Re: SP30

« on: 21 June 2007, 00:36:24 »

I got 2 of the dam things

What, girlfriends? or SP30s?  

 

Kevin

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General Discussion Area / Re: SP30

« on: 19 June 2007, 09:39:34 »

There's also the possiblity of being 'invited' on a speed awareness course!

Oh, boy! would I love that opportunity. Now, would I arrive in the Westfield or the Omega?  :-/  .. and would I be able to resist the temptation to light up both rears on the way out just to demonstrate how successful the brainwashing has been?

I'm in court on Wednesday 10am for a 96mph in a 70. Going to attempt a not guilty

Well, good luck!

Kevin

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General Discussion Area / Re: SP30

« on: 18 June 2007, 17:40:03 »

you MAY get a ticket but I doubt it

Yeah, it's probably right on the borderline at that sort of speed. Just trying to remember if my speed was "stable at" 36-38 or "descending through" at the time  :-/

mention the faulty reminder sign - but I reckon it interfeared with the talivan Roll Eyes

Well, I'll be asking how a (probably) doppler radar detector in the sign interfered with a (probably) laser detector in the talivan in that case! One has wavelength in centimetres, the other in nanometres!

Kevin

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General Discussion Area / Re: SP30

« on: 18 June 2007, 14:45:00 »

I'm waiting for one in the post   Driving through a confused mixture of 30,40 & 50 mph urban dual carriageways. Drive past a smart sign that usually illuminates at sub-30, in a 30MPH limit. It doesn't light up. "Strange", I think. Look down at speedo and see 36-38 MPH oops!. Look ahead, Talivan hiding under a tree.  

Went back along the same road later on, when Talivan had gone. Smart warning sign now illuminating at indicated 30 MPH  

Fair enough, I was speeding and I'm not trying to wriggle out of it, but if I do get an NIP I will be asking what road safety benefit there is in disabling smart signs, or whether they are after all just out to raise revenue.

Kevin

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General Discussion Area / Re: Mmmmm if only

« on: 20 June 2007, 12:07:26 »

Used to see one around Fleet quite regularly. It appeared to be used as a shopping car. What a waste.

Kevin

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General Discussion Area / Re: Cant get in the office

« on: 22 June 2007, 17:07:12 »

Never happened at my school - you were just allowed to wear coat in classroom

Me too. These days they announce the schools will close the day before, based on a slightly chilly weather forecast, just in case the boiler breaks!

Kevin