Quoterkj QuoteCab Treadway I know, it makes me cringe too; I've got a few race wounds and I live with them everyday.... These people have some much heart, that's what makes it fun for me, and howbout that Bode Miller! and so many others Rick Thanks for not 'rubbing in' the fact that you beat us at our game on Sunday.:crying: Bob P.
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QuoteDave_G Of course, we should all be skeptical, but if you take the info at face value, it makes sense, and if it's real, it's a helluva project, and as an engineer the guy is my hero. If it's all just an elaborate hoax, then the guy is still my hero for coming up with such a great idea, background, and pictures. That is my point, even at face value it DOES NOT make sense
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QuoteBob in Everett The only problem I have had is occasionally there will be some water in it and some gas line antifreeze or injector cleaner needed to clear it out. The gas station people said that the water is a common problem with the alcohol content. Bob in Everett Not sure what you mean by that. Ethanol in gasoline actually will mitigate any trace water that might be in the gasolin
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I wonder where the fuel tank is? And what fuel? One doesn't feed a jet with gasoline. Also, if this is not a ram jet, what starts the intake fan to 'suck' all that air to produce 1350 HP and that does take a long time to get past sritical speed. If it is a ram jet, then at the speeds he starts to ignite the jet all he will get is a spectacular flame, but not much thrust, sinc
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Rick, you forgot to mention the overheating problems! Actually not really that serious a problem, but the radiator was sized very close to minimum. I had an identical 1973 tii and shod it with 165-70 michelin AS tires on 13' rims. Loved the trailing throttle oversteer handling. I messed with plenty of pony cars in those days, and on twisty bumpy backroads, they were no match, in spite
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If you cruise at higher speeds, say 150-160 kms/hr, with others on the road at about the same speed (read autobahns), then you will see that the 5 th gear ratio is just right. salut, Bob P.
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QuoteMichiel 318iS Love this topic! On short trips, water enters the engine through piston blow-by (especially when cold and especially on older engines), just as unburned fuel. On real short trips, even the unburned fuel will stay in the oil system (especially a problem on direct injected engines). And off-topic: moist in transmission oil takes very long to get out, as most systems aren
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Are we talking of always the same lamp - left one? If so, we can rule out the charging system. Are you sure that there isn,t an accumulation of water in the base of the lamp. Is the bulb broken when it goes out? It the lamp is broken, then that is a sign of water actually hitting the lamp causing the glass bulb to shatter. I had this happen to my LH headlite. Found the crack in the lens and
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QuoteMichiel 318iS Only when all of the oil is at temperature, all of the moisture can evaporate. And if you've driven an M3 (or any vehicle with a oil temp sensor), you'll know how long it can take. Moisture gets in when hotter air (which contains moist in most of the cases) gets into contact with colder parts of the engine. It is not the oil temperature that counts, but when doe
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QuoteJohn Yust QuoteBob P 325is 88 Also, where did this condensation come from? How did it get into the oil system in the first place, since that system is pretty well sealed? Salut, Bob p. I've often wondered the same thing. I spent a couple of years driving 4 miles each way to work and I never saw any evidence of moisture in my oil. I use synthetic and change at 10,000 miles
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QuoteMichiel 318iS Moisture only evaporates when the oil gets at temperature, which can take quite a while. And even then you need a number of miles before most of the moist gets vented out. I agree that oil can last a lot longer when conditions are good (long periods of operation, without overheating). Trucks were getting oil changes every 120.000 km (when I was working at a trucking comp
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Quoterkj QuoteBob P 325is 88 QuoteMichiel 318iS Once a year is a minimum, doesn't matter if it is synthetic or dyno-age fluid. Well actually it does matter whether it is synthetic or not. I have used synthetic for over 35 yrs now for some 1 400 000 kms on 7 BMWs, the last being 660 000 kms on my present E30 88 325is and the oil change intervals that i have been using and continue to use
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QuoteMichiel 318iS Once a year is a minimum, doesn't matter if it is synthetic or dyno-age fluid. Well actually it does matter whether it is synthetic or not. I have used synthetic for over 35 yrs now for some 1 400 000 kms on 7 BMWs, the last being 660 000 kms on my present E30 88 325is and the oil change intervals that i have been using and continue to use are between 20 000 kms (12 0
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You are preaching to the converted with me! The USA is the only significant country that is not on the SI. :frown: Salut, Bob p.
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Yeah but remember that our miles (kilometres) are smaller than the US mile, so that still works out to specific consumption of around 4 litres/100 kms. Salut, Bob P.
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Peter, while I can't answer your 'covering' question, I have 2 things to recommend. Change of clothes and, please, please, stop trying to clean the dust off your self with compressed air! That practice is very unsafe, since one can suffer an embolism caused by the high pressure air entering the blood stream and reaching the heart. Cleaning of the clothes while wearing them with
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I experienced a similar problem and also thought that the main relay was defective. Turned out that I was partially correct. It was actually the green (I think) wire at the main relay socket that had corroded and started to give intermitant contact. The green (at least I think that it was green) wire is the signal wire to the fuel pump relay. Salut, Bob P.
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Gosh, all that fuss! I guess that I shall have to learn how to use the manual mode on those digital cameras in order to replicate the wonderfull performance that I have enjoyed with my completely manual,mechanical, chemical film Nikon FM circa 1977. Since it is difficult to get good development of film now, I am in the market for a digital SLR, but it is going to be a Nikon, since I should
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QuoteJohn Yust I have vent temps in the mid 50's F at idle. Unfortunately, we have had a break in the heat where I live, but yesterday at around 90 F and low humidity I had 44 F out of the vents on the road. Today with even lower humidity and 88 F I had 38 F at the vents. Fan on 2 for both. John Yes, you will find that with lower humidity the load is lower on the AC system since it d
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QuoteJohn Yust In case that turns out to be a mess or takes you to a search box, the boiling point of R134a at 50 psi gauge (which is the same as 64.69 psi absolute, which is how the data is given) is almost 54 degrees F. What that means is that no R134a will evaporate if the air blowing across the evaporator is cooler that 54 degrees F (12.2 degrees C) so the A/C won't be making any cold
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QuoteDave_G From my personal experience, you can run the A/C well below freezing with no ill effects. I would guess there is no lower limit. That's because the compressor did not kick in when the outside temperature was below about 4 C. How would you know since you are warming the air anyway? There is no need to have air conditioning in addition to heating to dehumidify the air to defr
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Quotewodcutr but right now the costs far out weigh the benefits and that is why the government has to subsidize to even get a normal person to even look into it. Who knows, maybe someday we will all be driving around tiny nuclear reactors that cost pennies to run. The reason that the costs outweigh the benefits is because the present cost (or price if the proper term is used) is not correct
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Generally, AC don't run in temperatures lower than 4 C. At lower than that the expansion valve might freeze up, but worse, not all of the refrigerant is vaporized at the expansion valve and liquid 'hits' the compressor, which might cause damage. Salut, Bob P.
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QuoteFerdinand We will continue to tout miracle fuels like hydrogen or bio-fuels or hybrids, simply because we still can. But, as we ever more rapidly consume the easily harvested reservoirs of energy-dense petroleum products, very soon we will eventually need to find ways to capture energy more efficiently directly from the sun. Or mimic the sun by going nuclear! Energy-dense petroleum pro
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So what you are saying is that the 'indicated' mpg is poor. Is the actual or real mpg poor? I never use the computer to keep tabs on mileage, but use the old 'how many miles (kilometres) do I get for X gallons (litres) of fuel' method. Check that. If it is quite different than your computer figure (i.e. much higher) then you just have an instrument error and need not worry
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What woodcutter had to say - I would suspect a fuel leak on the pressure side of the fuel system. Doesn,t show when the engine isn't running, but leaks in a spot that doesn,t show when running. That would explain the varying fuel consumption. Things like compression etc. would show up as consistent excess fuel consunption and smoke. salut, Bob p.
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Quotedaniel if by correct "larger" size, you mean larger diameter, then sure, but the diameter of 215/60-14 tires is larger than the proper diameter for the e30. No, I mean that the 215/60-14 size is closer to the 195/65-14 size diameter than the 205/60-14 size, albeit on the high side. The 205/60 dia. is off by a greater amount, but on the low side. In other word the speedometer is
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Quotedaniel you shouldnt have trouble finding 195/65-14 or 205/60-14, which are the proper diameter. Actually the correct "larger" size is 215/60-14, which I have used often, when I could find it. salut, Bob p.
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you shouldnt have trouble finding 195/65-14 or 205/60-14, which are the proper diameter. Actually the proper size id 215/60-14. I have used that size often and it works well. Salut Bob P.
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Wasn't the new (clean diesels) having trouble running on our fuels here Bob, something about the sulfur content or lack of? Yes! But now the refiners have installed the equipment to handle the sulphur. BTW, that is also a reason that North America relies so much on the 'sweet' inported oil - the lower sulphur content. Salut, Bob P.
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