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Re: Missed opportunity for Ford?? -
04-28-2004
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But I haven't seen many diesel motorbikes as yet. |
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"Sales!" <Questions (AT) bargain-pricings (DOT) com> wrote in message news:r8nv80ptqlcqg2368ku3k3b3qprhv0c2t5 (AT) 4ax (DOT) com... snip But I haven't seen many diesel motorbikes as yet. http://www.peace65.freeserve.co.uk/Pictures/diesel.htm |
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LOL- the pump to cam belt interval is now I think 80k on the TDDI and CI, but I have seen afew (admittedly plod) vehiles where failure has occured before this- one hadnt done 50k. Belt breakage still results in a snapped cam, cracked head, bent valves and or broken guides- so not good. |
(well, the Ford mechanics actually did the work), and I was going to get it
done "any time now" at the time I sold it on. My point was that there's one
less thing that could potentially cause the belt to break (i.e. water pump
seizing).
Peter
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"Adam M" <mail_monty (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote in message news:38be495c.0404272058.6c91b01f (AT) posting (DOT) google.com... Cant believe i missed this thread! Having just done another road rally in a 205 diesel, i can say without a doubt that diesels are far far better Well its about driving a car enthusiastically on roads, so yes its exactly like real road driving conditions actually. |
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Engine noise was 1 example, and you're confusing the sound with noise - nothing novaesque about a nice V6 or V5 warble. So? When you talk about a sporty car i want something that is quick and nimble, dont give a shit what noise it makes. If i wanted something that made a nice noise i would buy an SD1 and remove the silencers. Makes a V5/6 sound like a diesel  |
nice sound. Did I mention the noise it makes yet?
TBH, that's not to say there can't be a nice sounding diesel engine, but it's
not going to growl and bark because you can't rev it up. Still, that's
definitely posing rather than driving.
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Vented discs wont reduce pad wear, you need proper brakes with sensible sized discs and calipers for the application. I'm sure the Pug 205 derv wasn't designed with blatting around a track in mind. Well the suspension and drivetrain is based on that of a 205 GTi (significant changed of the other petrol models), so actually it is very well equipped as standard. My problem was that the pads (or maybe the fluid) over heated very very quickly, and now the friction material is shagged (not worn in terms of lack of pad material). Serves me right for getting cheap pads. A swap to vented discs (and M1144 pads and decent fluid) will be more than adequate as its what a similarly weighted GTi will have. |
the designers (fairly sensibly) decided this wasn't important and went for a
slippery coef of drag rather than ducting air to the brakes.
If you want to stop the brakes getting hot, you need more airflow to the discs,
e.g. duct it round from big gaps in the front spoiler and onto the discs so the
airflow when you are moving brings the heat down.
AFAIK the brakes are designed around an ABS pump so you can't really put
competition fluid and pads in - so the heat is fundamentally your enemy there.
Changing the components won't carry away more heat, changing the airflow will.
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Tim S Kemp wrote: That would be the smell of wee wee from pssing themselves laughing at leaving all the petrol burners for dead, and still seeing over 50MPG on the fuel computer then? Even the Gold TD-GTI can't keep up with my lardy 180bhp volvo - so leaving for dead? Clearly that's because it has a 30bhp power defecit !!!! The Audi A4 with the 180bhp diesel, will certainly be able to keep up with your Volvo. |
torque...
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Sorry, meant to followup there, not email. I'll stick my reply on here too then |
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"Adam M" <mail_monty (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote in message news:38be495c.0404272058.6c91b01f (AT) posting (DOT) google.com... Cant believe i missed this thread! Having just done another road rally in a 205 diesel, i can say without a doubt that diesels are far far better Well its about driving a car enthusiastically on roads, so yes its exactly like real road driving conditions actually. |
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Engine noise was 1 example, and you're confusing the sound with noise - nothing novaesque about a nice V6 or V5 warble. So? When you talk about a sporty car i want something that is quick and nimble, dont give a shit what noise it makes. If i wanted something that made a nice noise i would buy an SD1 and remove the silencers. Makes a V5/6 sound like a diesel |
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nice sound. Did I mention the noise it makes yet?
TBH, that's not to say there can't be a nice sounding diesel engine, but
it's
not going to growl and bark because you can't rev it up. Still, that's
definitely posing rather than driving.
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Vented discs wont reduce pad wear, you need proper brakes with sensible sized discs and calipers for the application. I'm sure the Pug 205 derv wasn't designed with blatting around a track in mind. Well the suspension and drivetrain is based on that of a 205 GTi (significant changed of the other petrol models), so actually it is very well equipped as standard. My problem was that the pads (or maybe the fluid) over heated very very quickly, and now the friction material is shagged (not worn in terms of lack of pad material). Serves me right for getting cheap pads. A swap to vented discs (and M1144 pads and decent fluid) will be more than adequate as its what a similarly weighted GTi will have. |
airflow,
the designers (fairly sensibly) decided this wasn't important and went for a
slippery coef of drag rather than ducting air to the brakes.
If you want to stop the brakes getting hot, you need more airflow to the
discs,
e.g. duct it round from big gaps in the front spoiler and onto the discs so
the
airflow when you are moving brings the heat down.
AFAIK the brakes are designed around an ABS pump so you can't really put
competition fluid and pads in - so the heat is fundamentally your enemy
there.
Changing the components won't carry away more heat, changing the airflow
will.
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E320 CDi 204 hp, 0-60 in 7.9 and 145mph, isnt shabby, plus with a chip I expect a lot of bhp n torque. Wasn't the latest Alpina a twin turbo diesel too? |
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E320 CDi 204 hp, 0-60 in 7.9 and 145mph, isnt shabby, plus with a chip I expect a lot of bhp n torque. Wasn't the latest Alpina a twin turbo diesel too? Yes, the Alpina B10 BiTurbo. |
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You mean this one m8 http://www.ford.co.uk/ie/focus/foc_e...isport/-/-/-/- Heh! Something like that :-) Though is that mechanically any different from a bog standard Focus TDCI, i.e. lower gear ratios for better acceleration (though that would probably be more of a disadvantage in some respects though). What I was thinking is something along the lines of the 150bhp Golf GTi Diesel, where they took the 130bhp PD engine and uprated it especially for that model (AFAIK), rather than bolted on a few sporty looking bits. Surely there's got to be a gap in the market for a genuine high performance Ford diesel range - STDCi ?? |
The Mondeo Zetec-S was available with a 2.5 V6 or the 2.0 TDCi donk..
But I know what you mean. That 1.6 TDCi so badly needs a smaller, lighter
home than the Focus C-Max...
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The DervMan
www.dervman.com
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Nom <Nom (AT) Somewhere (DOT) Somewhere> wrote: Unless your truck/car make loony power, I find it very hard to beleive you can keep up with the new BMW 330d ! The BMW 330D is just a spec in the rearview mirror getting smaller and smaller, bye-bye BMW. And when it gets to twisty stuff the BMW is laughable compared to my car. That's a heavy old engine and the 330d is too nose heavy. |
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