Engine Addict with Jimmy de Ville
Discussion
Dear All,
slightly too much whooping but a moderately entertaining hour. I fell asleep between the dyno reporting 25bhp and the 75bhp or so achieved on the airboat. I don't know how much detail they went into about the rebuild. This is the bit I wanted to see!
Also does the engine really explode if oil temp >90°C? False jeopardy alert.
I'll nonetheless give it another go next week
regards,
Jet
slightly too much whooping but a moderately entertaining hour. I fell asleep between the dyno reporting 25bhp and the 75bhp or so achieved on the airboat. I don't know how much detail they went into about the rebuild. This is the bit I wanted to see!
Also does the engine really explode if oil temp >90°C? False jeopardy alert.
I'll nonetheless give it another go next week
regards,
Jet
Halmyre said:
Did my ears deceive me or did he call the replacement turbo a "big c*nt"?
Not sure , but it was nice to see someone with some mechanical understanding and skill presenting , I'm not convinced it was him driving at the end , not unless he's had a few weeks practice while making the programme ? It was an outstanding result for a complete novice if it was him ian_uk1975 said:
...among them are lines about supercharging the engine by turbo-charging it...
The original term (well, possibly not quite the original) was "turbosupercharger". http://rwebs.net/avhistory/opsman/geturbo/geturbo....
Edited by gareth_r on Wednesday 7th October 01:19
ian_uk1975 said:
Halmyre said:
Did my ears deceive me or did he call the replacement turbo a "big c*nt"?
I thought exactly the same!!I have it recorded, and I am sad enough that I am going to go back and re-listen
jet_noise said:
Dear All,
slightly too much whooping but a moderately entertaining hour. I fell asleep between the dyno reporting 25bhp and the 75bhp or so achieved on the airboat. I don't know how much detail they went into about the rebuild. This is the bit I wanted to see!
Also does the engine really explode if oil temp >90°C? False jeopardy alert.
I'll nonetheless give it another go next week
regards,
Jet
slightly too much whooping but a moderately entertaining hour. I fell asleep between the dyno reporting 25bhp and the 75bhp or so achieved on the airboat. I don't know how much detail they went into about the rebuild. This is the bit I wanted to see!
Also does the engine really explode if oil temp >90°C? False jeopardy alert.
I'll nonetheless give it another go next week
regards,
Jet
paulwirral said:
Not sure , but it was nice to see someone with some mechanical understanding and skill presenting , I'm not convinced it was him driving at the end , not unless he's had a few weeks practice while making the programme ? It was an outstanding result for a complete novice if it was him
ian_uk1975 said:
Interesting show, but littered with technical errors; among them are lines about supercharging the engine by turbo-charging it and implying a Dodge Viper outputs 1600bhp. Also a bit frustrating that the entire engine build is massively glossed-over.
bazza white said:
It's OK but his trying to build up suspense like American shows if annoying. He's trying to hard it could be a good show otherwise.
these comments sum it up for me, watched 3 of them now and it's grating.Not sure if he's just a muppet or if it's dumbed down to death?
some of the stuff they do is totally stupid (two enfield engines linked by what???)
then add in the constant jeopardy/hype/etc is just horrible.
If he did actually drive that himself then that's impressive, but as said, I very much doubt it was.
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