Quote from S14 DRIFT :

When I say "fully carb'd" I mean where there are no electronic fuel pump (done by a vacuum)

Are you sure there are vacuum powered fuel pumps? Usually mechanical fuel pumps are either powered by a camshaft or the crankshaft.

Quote from S14 DRIFT :

alot of motorcyles which are caburetted (like cadburys only better) have 2 butterflies, one which you control and one which the ECU controls, as well as the ECU telling you how much fuel to push through.

I think you're just talking about electric choke.

Last edited by wheel4hummer, Wed 11 May 2011, 04:07.

Quote from Hotrodx199 :

the mercedes diesel

Which one? Mercedes makes and has made several diesel engines, anywhere from car engines to truck engines. In addition to now owning the Detroit Diesel brand. (Well, Daimler does. but close enough)

Well, my alternator is cheaper to replace than my battery so I'm not too worried. Plus, the battery has already lasted 8 years, and the warranty only covered 2yrs.

Quote from MadCatX :

How can a dying battery damage an alternator? I imagine it would have to work longer to recharge the battery, but would just that be enough to significantly reduce alternator's lifespan?

Ohms law. When a battery is old and/or damaged, the internal resistance is higher. The alternator tries to keep a consistent voltage output, usually between 13.8 and 14.4V. When the internal resistance is increased, more current is required to keep the same voltage. This causes the alternator to be working harder, and as a result making more heat. More heat over a long period of time tends to affect electronics negatively.

Last edited by wheel4hummer, Mon 9 May 2011, 16:45.

Quote from morpha :

I just assumed by "off" he meant no fuel injected, because who in their right mind turns the ignition off while the car is moving? Especially downhill? You lose power steering and the brake booster. I would never even have such a stupid idea, but just in case someone would, we're taught never to do that in driving school, also my car's manual says never to turn the ignition off when the car is moving.

€: Besides his battery should still be replaced because ~20 minutes lights, even high beams, shouldn't make a noticeable difference.

I meant off as ignition off. True, I do lose power steering, but with my car, if you're going more than 20mph or so, it's not very noticeable. Anything under that it becomes a little more difficult to steer.

You you shouldn't lose power brakes as soon as you turn the ignition off if the system is working properly. Because the brake booster has a vacuum reservoir that stores vacuum. Obviously not all air can be sealed off from the system, and it will lose vacuum over time. But over the course of 20 minutes or so, the vacuum lost is negligible. It's enough to assist to jam the brakes once if you need to, just as you would with the engine running.

Also, I know that my battery needs to be be replaced. It's been depleted to the point that my car wouldn't restart once, when my alternator goes bad. But I'm waiting till it dies completely, as I don't travel very far from home and I can easily get a friend to pick up a battery for me from a parts store, and then I can just replace the battery on the side of the road!

Some vehicles have what is known as deceleration fuel cut-off. So, if you're engine braking, and the RPM is above a certain threshold, the fuel is completely cut off. Under that threshold, there is a little bit of fuel being added to keep the engine rotating. On my car I believe this threshold is 2500RPM. But it may be lower or even higher than that I suppose depending on the vehicle. Some vehicles don't even have this feature.

Speaking of fuel economy, I just remembered this one time, I actually glided a good 7 or 8 miles or so with my engine off. The speed limit was 25, and it happened to be mostly downhill. I was at 25 +/-5mph the whole time. Unfortunately, this was at night, and I had my headlights on. My battery actually got noticeably depleted, it took a very tad bit longer to start than usual.

EDIT: Also, I just read back a couple posts and it seems that what I said has already been said a few times. Oh well.

Last edited by wheel4hummer, Mon 9 May 2011, 15:42.

lol this guy has an epic afro and stash

Last edited by wheel4hummer, Mon 2 May 2011, 03:37. Reason : found another funny person

How does that prove the existence of a god?

Agnostic Front - Love to be Hated

Oh would you two get a room?

Anyway, will it be possible to use the kart track at the Autocross track with this patch?

Wait, what about fraternal twins? How do they know who was the fastest sperm!

Quote from S14 DRIFT :

Except the standard Gallardo is just a VW Phaeton with a big engine and a shortend wheelbase.

The VW Phaeton is mid-engined?

Quote from S14 DRIFT :

Even if it was a rare and expensive Ferrari 250GTO or something, who really would care? Because someone either earnt or invested (irrelevant, anyway) their money and what they do with it is their business

Well, I'd care if they crushed a 250GTO, because to me it's an automotive work of art. I'm sure the 250GTO meant way more to the people who were involved with it's production than those that were involved with the Gallardo's production. There were only 39 250GTOs made. There have been over 10,000 Gallardos made.

Quote from imthebestracerthereis :

Besides that, people work a lifetime to earn something that luxurious..

And other people work a lifetime to earn something that luxurious and then pay a mob of people to smash it.

How about hand-truck tires? Some hardware/tool stores sell them.

Quote from Bean0 :

Anything divided by itself = 1

Zero divided by itself does not equal 1.

Quote from E.Reiljans :

logitek, you should never say "deep bass" or "is without distortion". Instead you should write THD and frequency response values.

THD isn't usually advertised with headphones. I can't say I've ever seen it shown, anyway. Unless they're bottoming out, any harmonic distortion should be pretty negligible, I would think.

And "frequency response" is very loosely advertised. For example, if a manufacturer says the frequency response is 5-28,000Hz (like my Pioneers, for example), what do they mean? Sometimes manufacturers mean that within that range, the response is +/-3dB. So, with my headphones, at 5Hz (If you even believe that frequency response), they're going to be down 96dB(A).

4WD, with lockable front and rear diffs. Front locked, rear open is a possibility.

EDIT: Okay nevermind, i watched the first few seconds and then paused the video before posting. Just unpaused and saw that they took the front wheel off too. I'm stumped then.

If your thread has to start with "Don't want to sound racist but..." then you probably should avoid posting it.

Ugh, why do people have to bump such old threads. The old wing in the FXO is so ugly, can't believe I ever liked it. Oh well. There's worse threads in the past that I've made that I hope no-one ever bumps.

Sounds like we have a premature ejaculator here.

My car has a 1.9L petrol engine and I get 36MPG(US)/43MPG(Imperial) on the highway, 26MPG(US)/31MPG(Imperial) in the city.

Quote from The Moose :

Try taking some PCP. That tends to bring people out of their shell.

Out of their shell, and right into their cell!