Motors Chat - Round 9

YbFocus · 06-12-2015 10:17PM

CIP4 wrote: »

I thought you would try and keep it as a daily for a bit longer just going from the miniature scenes videos and your talk on here you have so much love for the car. It will be difficult to replace with something you like as much. I suppose if you keep it as a track car you'll get to drive it either way.

On a side note I thought the low life video was very good takes a lot of care and attention to drive it when it's lowered. I'd say I'd tear the hole out of it in 5 minutes over the first big speed bump as I wouldn't be used to having a low car

Oh it's not becoming a track car, it is a kind of hybrid. I have made all the interior (seats, harnesses and harness bar) be interchangeable in about 20mins.

It is still my daily but it has just got hit by the e36 weak point

She'll be back soon!

As for the low thing, I've had more low cars than not. Well used to it. You begin to read the road and stuff. Plus with coilovers you can set the pre tension and have them stiffer so the chassis doesn't wallow like on standard shocks.

GvidoR · 06-12-2015 10:20PM

On a brighter note...

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vintagevrs · 06-12-2015 10:29PM

My 2c on the situation is do what it looks like you're gonna do anyway. Use the loaner and take your time getting her back on the road. She'll be stronger than before and you'll know it's sorted.

I agree with the track car thought. Cost per km is massive, unless you're on the track frequently, and even then it's still massive. From seeing the car and chatting to you yesterday it ticks all the boxes doing both. Its a well sorted machine.

YbFocus · 06-12-2015 10:50PM

vintagevrs wrote: »

My 2c on the situation is do what it looks like you're gonna do anyway. Use the loaner and take your time getting her back on the road. She'll be stronger than before and you'll know it's sorted.

I agree with the track car thought. Cost per km is massive, unless you're on the track frequently, and even then it's still massive. From seeing the car and chatting to you yesterday it ticks all the boxes doing both. Its a well sorted machine.

Oh thats the plan, we are talking 10 weeks here anyway!
The only problem was not having a car but now that thats sorted by a good friend I'm away!

On the track car side, yeah it was my plan to relieve all this licence and needing a van crap that goes along with it. Something I could drive up, have my fun and do it well and drive home.
With so much effort gone into getting like it is I would hate to return to a road only kind of car.

It will live on doing the same again

Give her a blast yourself next time and you'll be hooked!

YbFocus · 06-12-2015 10:55PM

Parts are coming to €500 to do it right, not counting head skimming or any specialist tools!
Thats all gaskets, water pump, fan clutch, fan and radiator.

Throw an oil change in there too!

Not bad to have it going 100% again.

Donnelly117 · 06-12-2015 11:09PM

I wonder what the labour would come to if you weren't going to tackle it yourself? :O

YbFocus · 06-12-2015 11:14PM

Donnelly117 wrote: »

I wonder what the labour would come to if you weren't going to tackle it yourself? :O

Well the gasket job would more than likely come to 6-800 I'd reckon.
So I am getting more bits for a nice bit less.
I have to buy 2 timing tools though!

Alanstrainor · 06-12-2015 11:50PM

YbFocus wrote: »

Parts are coming to €500 to do it right, not counting head skimming or any specialist tools!
Thats all gaskets, water pump, fan clutch, fan and radiator.

Throw an oil change in there too!

Not bad to have it going 100% again.

YbFocus wrote: »

Well the gasket job would more than likely come to 6-800 I'd reckon.
So I am getting more bits for a nice bit less.
I have to buy 2 timing tools though!

That'll be some job. Lots of things that should be done while you're there too! I wonder if you could shout out on a few Irish BMW forums for a lend/rent of those tools. (Not sure of pricing there...)

My cooling system needs some work, not leaking a drop, but I always wonder about things randomly failing. Tbh, I'm at the stage where it's running great, so I'll just wait for it to happen. (And keep my fingers crossed that I get away with it!)

davycc · 07-12-2015 12:19AM

YbFocus wrote: »

We were all there, even this bmw has given up at an awkward point for me.
It is going off the road for a while, I need to save a few bob for something else first.

Once I'm ready it will be ripped and rebuilt, was even talking to some people about taking it off the road for a good while and building the turbo setup now that its been forced on me!

That would mean that it becomes a track car though and I'm not sure I want that!

flipping hell that escelated quickly

sorry to hear its more terminal than we all prayed for yesterday .

i can testify its one well setup ,balanced -fun machine and imho well worth restoring you clearly love so much.

you might pick up a decent 328i engine and box for a decent price from the forums etc.. turbos are cheating lol

Marty McFly · 07-12-2015 12:39AM

Christ I have a serious want for a 7 series lately can't stop looking at them on donedeal/carzone.

If I hadn't just taxed the 530 for the year I'd nearly consider looking into lpg.

Noccy_Mondy · 07-12-2015 01:03AM

Went out to the car a while back and seen this. My heart started beating like crazy.

Never was I so happy to see bird shyte on a car in my life! Phew!

Hal1 · 07-12-2015 01:04AM

A swan was it?

MetzgerMeister · 07-12-2015 01:11AM

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Went out to the car a while back and seen this. My heart started beating like crazy.

Never was I so happy to see bird shyte on a car in my life! Phew!

I see you got your new potato a few weeks early!

Noccy_Mondy · 07-12-2015 01:13AM

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

I see you got your new potato a few weeks early!

Wha?

Noccy_Mondy · 07-12-2015 01:15AM

Hal1 wrote: »

A swan was it?

Oh ya, while you're here, do you hae any problem with water getting onto your air filter. The casing at the bottom of the window is loose. Bit of silicone be the best bet?

GvidoR · 07-12-2015 02:14AM

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Wha?

07-12-2015 10:06AM

Waiting in a Peugeot dealer while the van is getting a service. Not an RCZ in sight

Special Circumstances · 07-12-2015 10:52AM

Is there any paper worth reading in Ireland? Or are they all just regurgitating any oul sh!te?

The Irish times left the RSA chief throw this gem out completely unchallenged:
“An €80 fine going out to a multimillionaire in a 5 Series (BMW) is not appropriate, if he is travelling at 180km/h.”

Honestly, the only response from any sane person is - "do you know everyone has a 5 series now?".

On a 520D related note, that article was followed on the same day by an article on "Top 10 great leaps forward in Irish environmental policy", commending the tax/vrt subsidising of huge increases in NOX and particulates, all for the benefit of the French/German automotive industry. An environmental triumph... me hole. If someone genuinely believes more diesel is better then I can't take any of their other environmental opinions/"facts" seriously.

YbFocus · 07-12-2015 11:42AM

Alanstrainor wrote: »

That'll be some job. Lots of things that should be done while you're there too! I wonder if you could shout out on a few Irish BMW forums for a lend/rent of those tools. (Not sure of pricing there...)

My cooling system needs some work, not leaking a drop, but I always wonder about things randomly failing. Tbh, I'm at the stage where it's running great, so I'll just wait for it to happen. (And keep my fingers crossed that I get away with it!)

Yeah I'm going to do the temp sensor and a few other bits because there are a few sensors you can only replace with the intake off.
Get everything done at once

Good idea on the tools though, i know a few guys, foxhole knows lads a plenty so maybe he might put in a word when the time comes

Davy on the 328 idea, the 328 gets its cc's from extra stroke. Same engine.
I have the exhaust etc swapped out to a 328 which has made it far easier revving, it's a twin pipe from the manifolds rather than one.
So each exhaust deals with 3 cylinders. Rather than trying all six down a single pipe. Twin cats, twin everything.
Its how they slowed the 323i to stop it being as fast as the 28i and affecting sales. They literally choked it to stop it performing.

You're supposed to get 10bhp from that mod and that only leaves me 10bhp off the 28i.

So not really worth swapping

It would be a 3.2 if i was engine swapping. .

Jesus I've rambled there!

bear1 · 07-12-2015 01:06PM

Saw this in the dashcam thread, hit and run:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHuF7f8ldqc

It's a grey looking mk1 Octavia but is anyone able to make out the reg? Near on impossible so I thought maybe someone has some software that could possibly catch the reg.

Alanstrainor · 07-12-2015 02:25PM

I reckon the uploader of that has a far better chance with the raw file on his PC, over the compressed youtube footage. Also it seems strange to me that the resolution on that vid is 480p, and not at least 720p, although perhaps they just have a crap dashcam.

bear1 · 07-12-2015 02:32PM

Alanstrainor wrote: »

I reckon the uploader of that has a far better chance with the raw file on his PC, over the compressed youtube footage. Also it seems strange to me that the resolution on that vid is 480p, and not at least 720p, although perhaps they just have a crap dashcam.

GvidoR · 07-12-2015 05:20PM

Meanwhile in Palmerstown, Co. Dublin

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Special Circumstances · 07-12-2015 05:23PM

wow!
Dumped the clutch and reversed flat to the mat?
OFF the road permanently for whoever managed that unless they have a really really good excuse!

Skylinehead · 07-12-2015 05:28PM

Probable damage from this aside, that Carina is in grand nick.

dr.fuzzenstein · 07-12-2015 05:46PM

You can be sure the driver will say "I've ALWAYS parked in front of the door, why would they put bollards there?" and will then proceed to sue the shop.

5W30 · 07-12-2015 06:44PM

Don't those Carinas suffer from throttles sticking?

CIP4 · 07-12-2015 07:40PM

Special Circumstances wrote: »

commending the tax/vrt subsidising of huge increases in NOX and particulates, all for the benefit of the French/German automotive industry. An environmental triumph... me hole. If someone genuinely believes more diesel is better then I can't take any of their other environmental opinions/"facts" seriously.

While I don't want to start an argument on this and I don't even know why I bother as I've said this a few times but people choose to ignore it. It is not accurate to say that across the board diesel cars produce more NOx than petrols as they don't. It's actually proven that petrol in the overall lifetime of the car produce more NOx. In order to explain this I'll put it this way as petrol engines age there NOx gets worse meaning most older petrol engines actually produce more NOx than diesels. Diesels produce a more consistent amount.

The reason for this is if you strip a petrol and Diesel engine down and put them on the bench and run them ie no cat on the petrol the petrol engine will produce more NOx so in other words as the cat becomes less and less effective which they do your NOx sky rockets up. So in other words with a brand new car petrol and diesel side by side the diesel produces more 5 year old car petrol produces more 10 year old car petrol produce more you get what I'm saying.

So ultimately I'm not saying oh go diesel it's way better it's not but it ain't way worse and produce significantly less CO2 and CO and VOC's ie benzene rings etc. And guess what benzene is carcinogenic it is actually what gives you cancer out of smoking. I mean VOC's are lethal. So what I'm saying is both are bad.

Reason I know this is I've carried out research in this area. And have looked at 10s of academic cited articles where chemists and engineers have carried out loads of experiments. Believe me or don't makes no difference but I carried out this research in college and I'm confident it's fairly accurate. Unfortunately I can't link the academic journals as they are password protected for students etc.

But I love the way all the petrol boys go on here oh them filthy diesels with there NOx sure you'll catch cancer of them standing beside them when in reality it's quite the opposite. Granted air quality was reduced because of particulates diesel give of but DPF have solved this in town and only PM10 particulates are actually bad for you.

So my view on the whole thing and I won't say this again on here as I know I can't change people's mind. But if you want to save the world buy a leaf and charge it with electricity from a wind turbine or PV panels but don't go on about how your saving the world with your clean petrol as that's bull and lads readily say it on here. Not actually aimed at you special circumstance at all just my general views on it.

Supergurrier · 07-12-2015 07:57PM

Its just an excuse to change the rules and be able to maximise the taxation revenue. Milage p/a isn't even taken into account.

YbFocus · 07-12-2015 07:57PM

Jesus cip

Is it not true once a cat's performance drops it will be picked up in the nct?
Therefore being replaced and allowing it to remain better than the diesel.
Or does it get to an allowable level that is worse than a diesel?

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