Luke Rainbird Posted January 18, 2013 Report Share Posted January 18, 2013 5.5l rather than 3l (or thereabouts, may have put the .5 in the wrong place) - easy one to sort Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Reynolds Posted January 18, 2013 Report Share Posted January 18, 2013 Long story short, i had a prang in my car the other week. The front pannel got pushed into the top of the injection pump , causing the microswitch to break and the throttle spindle to leak. I replaced the top pannel of the injection pump, and now the cars running like a dog. It'll start and idle fine, and runs alright through the bottom of the rev range, but as soon as you take it above 3000rpm ish it misfires and smokes like a dog. Anyone got any ideas? going to check the timing tomorow just incaase thats slipped a tooth/moved, but cant see it being that. Would really like some help on this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan6061 Posted January 18, 2013 Report Share Posted January 18, 2013 Wide wheels are useless in the snow, but still look cool. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolfa Posted January 19, 2013 Report Share Posted January 19, 2013 Jardo, how do you make good cars so boring to read about? On the matter of wide wheels < snow, some old pics; At the Nurburgring Really, really miss that car 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TROYston Posted January 19, 2013 Report Share Posted January 19, 2013 Jardo, how do you make good cars so boring to read about? On the matter of wide wheels < snow, some old pics; At the Nurburgring Really, really miss that car Minus the exhaust thats looorvery! Is that video of you nearly toasting yourself with the rear engine still floating about dude? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Booth Posted January 19, 2013 Report Share Posted January 19, 2013 Turns out passats are slightly tail happy In the snow, for no apparent reason. Made for a good drive to the pub last night Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolfa Posted January 19, 2013 Report Share Posted January 19, 2013 Minus the exhaust thats looorvery! Is that video of you nearly toasting yourself with the rear engine still floating about dude? Youtube "Jolfa" loads of vids of it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncy H Posted January 19, 2013 Report Share Posted January 19, 2013 What was the reason you got shut of it? Am I right in thinking the twin engines were just a bit if a laugh before you got rid of it? I can remember it being beastly ha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolfa Posted January 19, 2013 Report Share Posted January 19, 2013 What was the reason you got shut of it? Am I right in thinking the twin engines were just a bit if a laugh before you got rid of it? I can remember it being beastly ha. It was an experiment that turned out brilliantly, but it was ultimately doomed. I would have kept it regardless but I had to get out of my unit at short notice and there was never going to be anywhere for it to live sadly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted January 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2013 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greetings Posted January 19, 2013 Report Share Posted January 19, 2013 Had a LOT of fun. The airfield wasn't too well organised, so we went off into the woods and found this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AZlj8WIQNY 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manuel Posted January 19, 2013 Report Share Posted January 19, 2013 That looks hella fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurtisRider Posted January 19, 2013 Report Share Posted January 19, 2013 Is that Scooby really slow or just holding back? Surely he should be right on your tail all the time? Looks like awesome and sketchy fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greetings Posted January 19, 2013 Report Share Posted January 19, 2013 Wide angle on the GoPro means he was actually closer than it might seem. Too close would have been unsafe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Perkins Posted January 20, 2013 Report Share Posted January 20, 2013 Just nearly slid my new car into a fence pulling into the girlfriends driveway...I was going like 5 mph, snow isn't my favourite Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurtisRider Posted January 20, 2013 Report Share Posted January 20, 2013 No matter how slow you are driving, its always too fast with snow/ice, bloody stuff! Slowest crash I ever had... ended up vertical in a ditch, poor car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted January 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2013 Damn that sucks Paul. What's the damage? Just cosmetic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greetings Posted January 20, 2013 Report Share Posted January 20, 2013 What is it with you guys and cold weather? You've even benn on the news over here. Is it that people in the UK don't use winter tyres or what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted January 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2013 It's fair to say that as a nation we suck when it comes to snow and ice. All the schools in my area are closed and there's not even that much here - strange how other countries operate fine with 5 times as much snow. Generally we don't use winter tyres, there's not enough snow days to warrant it really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncy H Posted January 20, 2013 Report Share Posted January 20, 2013 Plus as soon as a snowflake drops its like everyone's hair has caught fire. It's pretty darn pathetic. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete.M Posted January 20, 2013 Report Share Posted January 20, 2013 Generally we don't use winter tyres, there's not enough snow days to warrant it really. I think people in this country probably are quite bad for just avoiding buying winter tyres to save some money. Gave the focus some new front brakes the other day to get it ready for selling, the buyer didn't show up though. Also got an MBC fitted in the Volvo brick, unfortunately wasn't able to fit the boost gauge so I haven't upped the boost yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted January 21, 2013 Report Share Posted January 21, 2013 I think people in this country probably are quite bad for just avoiding buying winter tyres to save some money. Gave the focus some new front brakes the other day to get it ready for selling, the buyer didn't show up though. Also got an MBC fitted in the Volvo brick, unfortunately wasn't able to fit the boost gauge so I haven't upped the boost yet. I don't think it's saving money that is the reason, we have what, 5-10 days MAX of snow a year. Why buy a whole set of tyres for 10 days? Ultimately, we should be prepared in other ways. Working from home, public transport better prepared and so on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolfa Posted January 21, 2013 Report Share Posted January 21, 2013 I don't think it's saving money that is the reason, we have what, 5-10 days MAX of snow a year. Why buy a whole set of tyres for 10 days? Ultimately, we should be prepared in other ways. Working from home, public transport better prepared and so on. There's a difference between winter tyres and snow tyres though... There'd be no point buying snow tyres but with 5-10 days MAX of warm weather a year we can more than justify winter tyres. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted January 21, 2013 Report Share Posted January 21, 2013 There's a difference between winter tyres and snow tyres though... There'd be no point buying snow tyres but with 5-10 days MAX of warm weather a year we can more than justify winter tyres. Haha, true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted January 21, 2013 Report Share Posted January 21, 2013 The big question IMO is, who here has snow chains? They're legal and I see them for sale every year, yet I've never seen a single person use them. Why not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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