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[Retro_10s]

I thought this thread was about what YOU know. not what the first 3 pages of Google searching throws up

interesting facts nevertheless.

[Bec]

Skoda Fabias which are driven on roads aren't actually made of cake.

I tried one, tastes like chicken.

[Saxo-Fiesta-Mini]

did you know that audi are often driven by *male chickens* this fact is indeed true as they caught bird flu off the bmws

[mymini007]

Lambourghini used to make tractors, still do i think

[Burnard]

the window switches on the M3 are exactly the same as the mercedes B-class.

[roberts]

the X type jag is a ford mondeo Sti... but cheaper!!

[sprintmini]

The Hillman Imp alloy engine was based on the Coventry Climax race engine.

i thought it was a water pump engine

Yeah the water pump engine was also based on the same coventry climax engine.

[mymini007]

If a maclaren F1 road car overtakes a stationary bugatti veyron at 100 mph, the veyron will get to 200mph before the F1.

Thats Cool

[Burnard]

The veyron isnt the most powerful road legal car ever produced.

[mymini007]

The veyron isnt the most powerful road legal car ever produced.

That would be The American-built SSC Aero is a supercar built by Shelby Super Cars (SSC) in order to rival the new Bugatti Veyron. Packing a power of 1180 bhp, the SSC Ultimate Aero TT can run at 270 mph, 0- 62 mph in 2.8 seconds. Or the 1012 bhp Bristol Fighter.

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Edited by mymini007, 28 January 2009 - 09:34 PM.

[nurseholliday]

Anyone mentioned that the Mazda MX5 is the only non UK made car to be offered in the official British Racing Green colour?

[nurseholliday]

Someone help me with this one, but according to some people I know with Lotuses, when Lotus originally used the K Series engine, they fixed the head gasket problem. Something to do with Bore Sleeves?

[john1.2pearl]

Someone help me with this one, but according to some people I know with Lotuses, when Lotus originally used the K Series engine, they fixed the head gasket problem. Something to do with Bore Sleeves?

AFAIK .. The sleeves/liners are of the wet variety and the headbolts are pretty much the length of the engine, at high revs the liners vibrate, distort and move about due to being "wet" which causes the gasket to "shuffle" about and damage the cylinder head mating surface. Replacing the head gasket only provides a temporary solution because when the liners vibrate the fire rings on the headgasket "dig" into the cylinder head. From what i've heard the standard twin layer steel/bonded rubber gasket can be replaced with a stronger multi-layer type gasket which has been designed to combat the "digging in" problem surrounding the fire rings by being presented with a shim which is placed between the gasket and the cylinder head, got some info on the shim aswell

" The shim appears to provide two main roles. Firstly it prevents the fire rings on the gasket digging into the cylinder head. When the head is torqued down, the fire rings are crushed between the liners and the cylinder head. The shim prevents the ring from digging into the head, and enables the 'ring to roll over the gasket layer in the manner in which it was designed.

Secondly, and the potential advantage of this system over the original gasket design, it acts as a protective layer to the cylinder head, a layer that comes into its own if the condition of the head is less than perfect. Examples of this is where the cylinder head has gone soft, or where the casting has an imperfection close to the combustion chamber; the shim will help prevent the liners hammering into the head. "

Now ill take a breath, relax and go to sleep

Ohh and i bet you wish you never asked lol

Edited by john1.2pearl, 29 January 2009 - 12:20 AM.

[nurseholliday]

Oh no I'm very interested. Thanks for that reply

[miRon]

my fiesta needs a new tyre,

the chevy corvair was the first prodution turbo car....

and the posche 911 was the first to use a vnt turbo on a petrol motor