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alsem
555 posts
59 months
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bigandclever said: I think he's been trying meths a bit too much, if you get my drift. Great idea, I've just put some amphetamine into my petrol tank, it gave me 100 extra horses under the bonnet!
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djfaulkner
641 posts
87 months
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I put sugar in my fuel tank......
It makes my kid run round like a loon, so it should work in my car, right?
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CBR JGWRR
5,078 posts
18 months
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Byard
Original Poster
532 posts
43 months
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CBR JGWRR said: EFA.  Focus*
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Symbolica
8,944 posts
84 months
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Another trade secret here: bolt a desk fan:  onto your bonnet, facing forwards. When you want extra power then lean out of the window and switch it on to max speed. If you enjoy drifting then make sure it's one of those oscillating ones. If you have a saloon then you can try a similar trick on the bootlid with some fire extinguishers!
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blugnu
1,188 posts
110 months
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I've been thinking about this, and there is clearly some economics magic going on, whereby putting fuel in the washer bottle makes it free. I don't pretend to understand that any more than I understand how anyone ever thought the euro was a good idea, but that's worked out pretty well, so I just took this idea on board too.
So ... I've attached a pipe to my washer jets and run it back to the fuel tank. It seems to work so far so I'm going to route the piping inside the car later so it's a bit neater. But basically it's a result - no more petrol cost for me! Cheers OP.
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Harry Flashman
9,360 posts
111 months
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Thanks OP. I just set fire to my car. You  .
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Allyc85
3,696 posts
55 months
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OP could you upload a picture of your setup as im not sure ive got mine right.
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inman999
910 posts
42 months
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Can't believe we've got this far without pictures
OP I want Haynes style pictures of the set up followed by a Fast and the Furious style Youtube video of the world going all blurry.
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doogz
18,686 posts
56 months
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inman999 said: Can't believe we've got this far without pictures
OP I want Haynes style pictures of the set up followed by a Fast and the Furious style Youtube video of the world going all blurry. And lots of gear changes. More upshifts, than the car has gears.
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pwrc
1,346 posts
21 months
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amazing op, this just made me think of something too.
You know those clip on air fresheners for the air conditioning? put it on the end of your exhaust. Global warming = solved
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benjj
3,091 posts
32 months
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Byard said: Hi Ben,
I'm sorry to here this.
If you put to much in the engine will 'runaway' which means the engine will keep running, even without the key in the ignition, the engine will keep revving as high as it can go until it catastrophically fails. The best way to stop this is to put it in 5th/6th, stand on the foot brake and drop the clutch to stall the engine.
Hope this helps. Hi Byard, thanks for your kind words. Sadly my Range Rover, like all modern Range Rovers, is an automatic. I must say I feel you're pretty responsible for this. The repairs on my car are going to cost around £4,000 not to mention the cost of rebuilding the school bus stop I ploughed into. Can you PM me your details please? My solicitor thinks I'll end up doing time if you don't own up infront of the court and admit this was all your fault.
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jimbobsimmonds
1,373 posts
34 months
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Charlie Michael said: jimbobsimmonds said: Sorry mate... I was in a rush modding the T5 now... I'm thinking i can just drill a hole in the top of my FMIC and go from there Sounds like a brilliant idea, let us know how you get on. The results were astonishing... Not only did I get the feel of my turbo kicking in I also got the extra power of the washer bottle (It's like an on demand VTEC Yo! too). I reckon it was making around 600 bhp until I flooded the IC... I need the OP to come refine my setup...
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cossy400
771 posts
53 months
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Words fail me!!
That is all
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Raize
1,047 posts
48 months
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I emptied a can of Easy-Start into my washer bottle instead of just fuel when doing OPs idea. It was PHENOMENAL - the power increase was just amazing.
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Changedmyname
4,739 posts
50 months
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doogz said: And lots of gear changes.
More upshifts, than the car has gears. 
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TomN94
2,378 posts
27 months
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benjj said: Hi Byard, thanks for your kind words.
Sadly my Range Rover, like all modern Range Rovers, is an automatic.
I must say I feel you're pretty responsible for this. The repairs on my car are going to cost around £4,000 not to mention the cost of rebuilding the school bus stop I ploughed into.
Can you PM me your details please? My solicitor thinks I'll end up doing time if you don't own up infront of the court and admit this was all your fault. You should try it on the Citroen Ben, it might work better, without all the modern technology getting in the way of progress? I also have a picture of said Citroen to send to you, drop me a PM and I'll send it asap
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CatJ
9,177 posts
112 months
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I've only 2 words to say.
Oh Dear.
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benjj
3,091 posts
32 months
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Tom, this tip is just for diesels though I think.
Will drop you a line for pic, thanks.
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swerni
19,867 posts
79 months
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How absolutely ridiculous!!!! Everyone knows, all you need to do is fold the seat down 
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