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General Discussion Area / Re: Reducing a car to a shell....eventually!

« on: 03 April 2007, 11:51:27 »

I quite fancy those cams, although I would need help putting them in..

Really? It's just a cam cover gasket change plus a little  

I could probably lend a pair of hands and I've changed cams on other engines without damage..

A timing belt locking kit would be required, of course.

Kevin

35117

General Discussion Area / Re: Another scared car in front

« on: 04 April 2007, 00:00:26 »

I noticed this when I picked mine up (dark blue). Had to travel over to Kent immediately after collecting the car. It was foul weather and the car was unfamiliar so I just sat at 70 around the M25 and down the M20. Saw quite a few exotics creep past me with blued brake disks only to cane it off when they saw me at the wheel. Thought to myself that some white shirts and black tank tops would be fun.

Kevin

35118

General Discussion Area / Re: Omega is top Vauxhall - official

« on: 04 April 2007, 15:07:36 »

I have found my MV6 to be one of the cheaper cars I've had to run, fuel aside. And the fuel economy isn't that bad, I had a 1.6 Honda engined car that averaged the same economy...

My mates scoff at me for driving a "Guzzler" when they're paying silly monthly payments for a dull modern Turbo Diesel eurobox bought on HP and getting royally shafted by the main dealer a couple of times a year. I'm driving something much quicker, much more comfortable, bought with cash and, whilst the fuel costs may be higher, the difference wouldn't go anywhere near paying their monthly payments.

The cost of fuel is the most obvious expense of running a car because it's depressing to see the figures whizzing round on the fuel pump every time you fill up, but it's the other costs that everyone forgets.

Kevin

35119

General Discussion Area / Re: I am in love ....

« on: 02 April 2007, 10:39:11 »

That would be about right. It was certainly the V8. Much smoother than the straight 6. Like I say, I thought it was a V12.

Kevin

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General Discussion Area / Re: I am in love ....

« on: 02 April 2007, 00:02:09 »

I had a lift in one of the early 4.0 V8 jags once. Made an @rse out of myself by commenting on how smooth V12s are. When he told me what was under the bonnet I was very impressed. Went like the clappers, barely a murmur from the engine bay and felt like it had bags of low down torque. Not sure if it was supercharged or NA.

Kevin

35121

General Discussion Area / Re: I am in love ....

« on: 31 March 2007, 22:09:46 »

I drove a TWR tuned manual 6.0 V12 XJS a few years ago. Boy did it pull! Probably not that fast on paper but there was power everywhere in the rev range and it was delivered without any fuss whatsoever. Seriously smooth engine, considering it had been tuned. Tachometer required to see when you'd successfully started it!

Had a block of concrete bolted under the boot floor to compensate for the (rather lovely) boat anchor up front!

Would have been a pig to run, though. Single figure MPGs when pressing on, mid teens when pootling. It had a good bit of gearbox whine too.

Kevin

35122

General Discussion Area / Re: Sticky stuff

« on: 04 April 2007, 11:10:54 »

Maplin do an aerosol of stuff called "sticky label remover". Haven't tried it on a rear window (I should, cos mine has a sticky bit) but I bet it would work. It just dissolves the glue.

Cheers,

Kevin

35123

General Discussion Area / Re: New addition.............

« on: 22 March 2007, 15:22:15 »

Congratulations!


Kevin

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General Discussion Area / Re: Estate performance

« on: 01 April 2007, 10:51:27 »

I don't see why an estate would be noticeably slower. Ok, it's got another hundred kilos or so of weight but the drivetrain is the same. I wouldn't expect it to differ by more than a couple of tenths to 60, and that'd be unnoticeable in normal driving.

Kevin

35125

General Discussion Area / Re: Infuriating.............

« on: 02 April 2007, 13:48:47 »

Mad, isn't it?

I was speaking to the owner of a local brewery  . In order to have his "local" brew served in the pub in the same village it has to be shipped from Hampshire to their suppliers' distribution centre in the midlands and then shipped back 500 yds away from where it was produced.

And they moan at motorists for increasing CO2 emissions!

Kevin

35126

General Discussion Area / Re: TheBoy has got a secret

« on: 29 March 2007, 23:02:36 »

From this weekend, my name is changing to Samantha and I w.......   ......oh hang on, I'm not supposed to say until the treatment is complete....  lips sealed


Would that make you SheBoy?  Grin

Sorry Sam, no offence meant.
 
 
ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha  Grin Grin Grin Grin Grin
 
sorry find it soooooo funny

Happened to me on another car forum...

Turned up at a car show, recognised a car from a year or two previous, would have remembered the (male) driver too. There was something a little "strange" about the woman who was driving the car... Eventually the penny dropped  

Kevin

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General Discussion Area / Re: The heads are on - Pics

« on: 31 March 2007, 19:57:11 »

Having seen your good work and the lovely interior in the other thread you'll have yourself a superb set of wheels once that's back together.

It's 9 months since I've had an engine in that state of undress. Think I'm getting withdrawal symptoms.  

Kevin

35128

General Discussion Area / Re: Aaaaargh Have you ever lost a socket

« on: 31 March 2007, 21:54:36 »

I lost the screw-on cap from the end of my DTI into the plug hole of no.1 cylinder of a Zetec I was building once. I'd just set up the cam timing and got it absolutely spot on (fast road cams, no timing marks, so measuring it with the DTI).

Once I'd stopped swearing I had a good fish around and retrieved it after about an hour poking around with one of those "magnet on a stick" devices. What a lifesaver!

Kevin

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General Discussion Area / Re: Project TB2 - Update 1

« on: 31 March 2007, 20:08:01 »

That's the stuff. Also available in aerosol cans. Whatever's more convenient.

Kevin

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General Discussion Area / Re: Project TB2 - Update 1

« on: 31 March 2007, 01:50:57 »

I would spray them when they're cold. The fluid will just evaporate off rather than penetrate if they're hot.

Kevin