Things only Petrolheads appreciate...
Discussion
On the subject of turbo's and letting them cool down,I was always led to believe the idea of letting the car idle was to let the turbo housing cool enough after a hard thrashing so as the oil didn't crystallise and carbonise in the housing feed gallery (if it was red hot, which anyone with a turbocharged 80's car can or should be able to testify to having done), which in turn, over time, would starve the bearing of oil and kill the turbo.
Early Turbo's and back in the days of not so good oils would get very hot (on early mistubishis the IHI units were not Water cooled like the Garretts, this was the same with the ones on Early gordini 5 Garrett turbos and alot of the stuff around at the time). When running increased boost they would often get rather hot (hence the heat shielding around most turbo charged cars of that era). I know that my Lancer turbo came with an advisory from the Manufacturer (Colt) to allow 15 minutes warm up and cool down time before or after a long or arduous journey. There is actually a restrictor which only allows half throttle and very limited boost until the engine temp has reached a preset, which afaik was to allow the oil to warm enough to provide adequate lubrication for the crappy turbos they were fitted with.
Whether or not this did any good is a mystery. I've pulled apart IHI units that looked like the inside of a Victorian chimney, and as a rule they usually failed after 70k due to rubbish design.
Anyway, sorry to go off topic, but the smell of an old classic does it for me, that kind of musty, old smell you only get after a car has had a good life....
Early Turbo's and back in the days of not so good oils would get very hot (on early mistubishis the IHI units were not Water cooled like the Garretts, this was the same with the ones on Early gordini 5 Garrett turbos and alot of the stuff around at the time). When running increased boost they would often get rather hot (hence the heat shielding around most turbo charged cars of that era). I know that my Lancer turbo came with an advisory from the Manufacturer (Colt) to allow 15 minutes warm up and cool down time before or after a long or arduous journey. There is actually a restrictor which only allows half throttle and very limited boost until the engine temp has reached a preset, which afaik was to allow the oil to warm enough to provide adequate lubrication for the crappy turbos they were fitted with.
Whether or not this did any good is a mystery. I've pulled apart IHI units that looked like the inside of a Victorian chimney, and as a rule they usually failed after 70k due to rubbish design.
Anyway, sorry to go off topic, but the smell of an old classic does it for me, that kind of musty, old smell you only get after a car has had a good life....
I have to say I love the sound of my Impreza, the way it pops, bangs and the range of noises it makes including the usual Impreza warble.
I sometimes find myself with the window down and music off to listen too it, I can't believe how much it delivers for how little money I paid for it.
I sometimes find myself with the window down and music off to listen too it, I can't believe how much it delivers for how little money I paid for it.
SystemParanoia said:
Zoobeef said:
v8will said:
Looks like a air locker diff, proper 4x4 stuff.
Na, a big leaver that goes clunk is proper 4x4 stuff 
Edited by SystemParanoia on Tuesday 22 January 06:27
.........or what a "Big lever that goes clunk" really looks like.
BadBanshee said:
TheRacingSnake said:
That petrol prices really don't matter. Bugger economy. It's all about smile per mile.
I don't know what mpg I get I just fill it when it's empty and keep going!
I used to do exactly that but very recently started checking my mpg. I can imagine it getting quite addictive! Plus it's good because if you find yourself getting abnormally low mpg, you then know there's something you need to sort out.I don't know what mpg I get I just fill it when it's empty and keep going!
For the reasons stated. Absolutely NOT because the running cost really bothers you, but because large variations in fuel consumption figures can foretell problems with the engine, which can be fixed BEFORE they leave you standing in the pissing rain on some godforsaken road in the middle of no place without the tools to fix the problem.
BadBanshee said:
jimxms said:
All of the above, every flipping page of it.
Oh, and to add: every drive without the wife in the car.
Gotta admit I prefer having a passenger. I like getting feedback on how good (read: crazy) my driving is. Oh, and to add: every drive without the wife in the car.
Being able to trust that same wife to navigate a nearly traffic-free route to and from Cornwall, on change-over days, during the Summer Holiday season, armed only with a 1:50000 OS map. Some of the roads we drove were tiny little lanes, with grass strips up the middle, but she got us through past some massive queues due to road closures (accident recovery and investigation) and although not nearly as 'fast' as the 'A' roads and Motorways, the driving was more involving and far more fun. http://goo.gl/maps/xBZZt And we also arrived well ahead of friends who had 'trusted' their Sat-Nav to guide them around the trouble spots. It's like having your own personal Gemma Price in the car. All I have to do now is learn to trust her more completely - the only times we have ever become 'geographically embarrassed' are those when I have turned when she said not to, or not turned when she called it.
Driving by instinct. You know that thing where you know that your destination is to the East, yet all the road signs (and your Sat-Nav) will tell you to go around in a big lazy arc to stay on the Motorways/DCs, away from smaller (read: more fun) roads. So you make a mental note of major landmarks (hills/pylons/etc) and remember which way you turn, and navigate yourself a route to where you want to be. And the feeling of smug self-satisfaction when you get close to that destination and start to pick up local signs for it after an hour of your passengers claiming that you're bound to get lost, and break down or run out of fuel in the middle of nowhere. (best attempted when you are NOT trying to meet a deadline
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Kuroblack350 said:
In no particular order:
- Speccing your exact real-world car in Gran Turismo, just because you can
- Scoobies on frosty mornings, flat fours
- Firing up my old 350Z for that classic V6 howl, driving it a and getting odd looks because so few had been brought into the UK
- Buying your car a pressie when it passes it's MoT (because you've saved money after all)
- The odd details - red ambient lighting in a 3 series, bright switches in a classic Scooby etc.
- Detailing afternoons, then sitting back and looking at your work
- Autosol, how can something so small be so good?
- Ordering magazine back issues for the reviews of cars you've bought
- Trawling eBay looking at useless tat for your car, but not actually buying it
- Trawling eBay for spares that you'll likely never need, but adding them to 'watch' anyway
- Bit contentious, but the sound of a BMW straight six diesel - so good it's unnatural
- Wasting hours watching youtube videos of cars you've owned
- Meticulous filing of all car related receipts, log books etc. - should include original, unmolested brochures for added PH points
Absolutley agree with all of those, So much so my son thought I'd written the post before he saw your name - Speccing your exact real-world car in Gran Turismo, just because you can
- Scoobies on frosty mornings, flat fours
- Firing up my old 350Z for that classic V6 howl, driving it a and getting odd looks because so few had been brought into the UK
- Buying your car a pressie when it passes it's MoT (because you've saved money after all
)- The odd details - red ambient lighting in a 3 series, bright switches in a classic Scooby etc.
- Detailing afternoons, then sitting back and looking at your work
- Autosol, how can something so small be so good?
- Ordering magazine back issues for the reviews of cars you've bought
- Trawling eBay looking at useless tat for your car, but not actually buying it
- Trawling eBay for spares that you'll likely never need, but adding them to 'watch' anyway
- Bit contentious, but the sound of a BMW straight six diesel - so good it's unnatural
- Wasting hours watching youtube videos of cars you've owned
- Meticulous filing of all car related receipts, log books etc. - should include original, unmolested brochures for added PH points
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