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Meat-Pie-SRI

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16th Jan 06 at 17:25

less is more, lots of euro influence, jap will be out and people will be making silly power figures from diesel engines

[Edited on 16-01-2006 by Meat-Pie-SRI]

[Edited on 16-01-2006 by Meat-Pie-SRI]

CorsAsh

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16th Jan 06 at 17:27

you mean the making silly power from diesel will be out?

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16th Jan 06 at 17:45

quote:
Originally posted by PK1
I don't think diesels will become more popular in the long term, as not only does diesel cost more, its running out just as fast as petrol.

Hydrogen cars will be the same price as current cars, although there will be a perios where boyracers are 'phased out', as petrol prices will be skyhigh, but hydrogen cars will cost a huge amount. When hydrogen cars are the 'norm', things will be pretty much the same as they are now.

And stricter legislation too definitely.

Er, DIesel costs more than petrol. But then again, it costs more to buy a bottle of concentrated orange squash over a carton of ready mixed orange squash. I wonder why that is?

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16th Jan 06 at 17:48

quote:
Originally posted by CorsAsh

quote:
Originally posted by myke
about alternative fuels, i've read something about using iron filings as fuel for engines.
obviously that technology is a long way off because of new methods that will be needed to inject it into the engine and the increased wear it would cause by being abrasive, but apparently when the particles are hugely small metal dust is mega flamable.

Yeah, I've heard about that too. Interesting stuff. Would prob need ceramic lined fuel systems or something

The ideal situation would be to have a fully ceramic engine so you could operate it at over 500-1000 degrees. At the moment you can't run an engine hot enough for it to operate efficiently enough.

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16th Jan 06 at 20:40

my idea still wins though...because all these fancy ceramic engines etc will cost loads. And boy racers will phase out when petrol gets expensive, then phase in again when ceramic engine/hydrogen cars/sugar cars/alcohol cars become cheap

jamesvalver

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16th Jan 06 at 20:50

................. myself drivin a mitsi evo 5/6

Jonny P

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16th Jan 06 at 20:55

quote:
Originally posted by jamesnova
................. myself drivin a mitsi evo 5/6

missed the point completely...read the thread mate

I personally feel that young people simply wont be able to afford to modify the cars so it will become rarer. Also i agree with the trackcar theme getting bigger but i do feel that all of this will take longer than 2 years to make an impact. I feel that 5-10 years would be more of a substancial time to asses the fuels etc.

CorsAsh

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17th Jan 06 at 15:28

TTT for the last time, am wrapping all this up now, thanks to everyone who's given some input, very much appreciated.

Haimsey

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13th Sep 11 at 08:16

That was quite an interesting read. Robin was pretty much spot on

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Robin

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13th Sep 11 at 08:27

Yeah, not far off, Ian was on it too, track days are still huge, much bigger than before.

I'm not sure diesel tuning has gone quite the way I anticipated, it's big, but not bigger than petrol yet.

Alternative fuels seem to be the future now, I still thing E85 or similar is more likely to be commonplace as people still don't like diesels.

Sticker arrived BTW

Gary

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13th Sep 11 at 08:28

quote:
Originally posted by Haimsey
That was quite an interesting read. Robin was pretty much spot on

So was Vibrio

Haimsey

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13th Sep 11 at 08:32

That was fast!

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Gary

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13th Sep 11 at 08:37

quote:
Originally posted by Haimsey
That was fast!

What was

3CorsaMeal

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13th Sep 11 at 08:43

tbh, all these people with diesels aren't part of the scene, they think they are, but they usually have pretty standard cars and use an internet forum, which imo just doesn't cut it.

i think the real enthusiasts have turned to older cars and restoration is the new modifications

so many young lads driving around in remapped diesels, thinking they have a wicked car.

mwg

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13th Sep 11 at 08:45

Some of them are wicked cars

Robin

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13th Sep 11 at 08:47

Xaos has a tuned diesel. He's about the only person on here who does.

mwg

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13th Sep 11 at 08:48

3CM is dieselist

John

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13th Sep 11 at 08:52

quote:
Originally posted by Robin
Xaos has a tuned diesel. He's about the only person on here who does.

Normal remaps and boxes not cool enough for you Robin?

How many components require changed to be 'tuned'?

Robin

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13th Sep 11 at 08:55

A remap does not constitute a tuned car.

I have a remap on mine.

Would you class a 1.8t with a remap as tuned?

mwg

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13th Sep 11 at 08:56

Well its not standard is it.

John

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13th Sep 11 at 08:56

I'm not trying to define tuned, I don't really care.

You seem to have a definition, I'm just asking what that is.

mwg

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13th Sep 11 at 08:57

I would of thought a remap is the pretty much the definition of tuning. Take a standard engine map and "tune" it to make it better. Thats essentially what they do isn't it?

Robin

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13th Sep 11 at 09:04

My definition is different to yours. If you want to argue with me about it, carry on, but I can't actually be arsed.

IMO, a generic remap does not make a tuned car.

3CorsaMeal

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13th Sep 11 at 09:04

I'm running a tuned car = i have a 3-5yr old astra CDTi with a remap

adiohead

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13th Sep 11 at 09:04

quote:
Originally posted by Robin
Xaos has a tuned diesel. He's about the only person on here who does.

How much has his insurance gone up with all those mods?

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