Chris VR6nos

I was on TV as it happens, on a Channel 4 program called 'Boss Swap' It was all going so well too! The guy who came up to be our boss became good friends with me and i was interviewed and recorded on camera more than anyone else there. The interviewer liked the honest and straight way i answered questions so i was expecting half the program to have me in it. The problem was highlighted when my boss fell out with the staff in the other boss's company then found out that i'd become friends with who was now the 'enemy' The end result was when my boss came back armed with this knowledge and with a bee in his bonnet he sacked me so i couldn't tell any 'secrets' to the TV crew and the documentary was edited and i was all but cut out which was a shame though i did get a number of texts from Forum members telling me i was on tv and phone calls from around Britain whilst sitting a H8RRA's house watching it. That was funny. I don't know what the moral of this story is but as i said earlier, I just try to help people! Chris

I've got a corker but i need to get Jay Renshaw to post it cos after all it did happen to him but directly involved me! :oops: Chris

Funny. Some years ago when I was young and enthusiastic and into MKII Escorts I went down to the country a little to help get an MKII Escort with a mate called Derek and another bloke who's a Radio DJ on Galaxy who at the time had a Ford Fiesta. Now Fiesta's aren't the largest or heaviest of cars but that's all we had to tow the MKII Escort back with. The Escort was an RS2000 with full X-Pack and nose cone, the full shebang! A trailer was hired and off we went, the only trailer that was available was too big really and could have fitted a mini on it as well as the Escort so picture the scene! We are breaking the law at this point as the maximum weight needs to be less than 80% of the vehicle towing it! We get there and decide how to get the car on the trailer, we use some planks of wood to lessen the slope to help access onto the trailer, half way on and the weight of the Escort and the leverage caused the back of the fiesta to lift up and the wheels were off the ground! The DJ was flapping and could hardly say "My car, My car!" I was useless as I was crying so much and laughing which made the situation worse! Anyway we scurried to the vehicle's aid by 3 of us and the Escort owner piling on the back of the Fiesta, phew it was going down but just then the escort had other ideas and slipped off the wood and left it's self purchased on the back of the trailer by it's lower front splitter under the bumper so the whole weight of the Escort with it's 2.0Litre engine was on the valence with the wheels hanging in mid air, now it was Derek that was shouting "My car, My car!", again I was creased and just shouted out where's the f*cking cameras! Believe me, this wasn't the end of it. We eventually set off back up to Funderland on the A1 with this Escort on the top of an oversized and high trailer being pulled along with a 1.3Fiesta Ghia with 3 blokes in it! We were p1ssing our selves laughing at one of the four headlights that was 3/4 full of water and was dancing and swishing about, the Escort was so high on the trailer that we were looking out of the back window of the Fiesta up at the bumper and lights which were only 3foot(1meter) from the tailgate, then it started swishing about more and more, I was getting concerned at this time as we had gone over the crest of a hill and were gathering speed down a slope on the A1. The trailer started to get a tank slapper on and the Fiesta was not really going in a straight line now, I suggested to accelerate to straighten it out (Christ I do open my mount don't I) so we accelerated but it didn't straighten out, Derek had consigned himself to losing the car off the trailer as things were THAT bad! getting worse by the accelerated weight and the hill meaning the Fiesta couldn't stop this runaway train with it's titchy breaks, so we held on for dear life getting chucked from side to side and the shouting went to silence! All still bricking it, our salvation was the hill coming up that we would climb and slow down. The journey home from that point was painfully slow but safe and relieving. That's my exploit with Chris VR6nos! Chris VR6nos

VR defo has 4 wires. Or at least mine does: 2xwhite 1xblack 1xgrey from memory and i think the two white wires are for the heater Chris

hahahaha that quote did make me laugh out loud though not when i read it in the orrigional thread, cheeky! Chris

An "ideal" fuel/air mixture in which both the fuel and the oxygen in the air are completely consumed is called the "stoichiometric" mixture. The stoichiometric mixture is usually specified as the ratio of the mass of air to the mass of a particular fuel. For example, if a fuel required 10 kg of air to precisely burn 1 kg of the fuel (that is, all the fuel burned and there was no oxygen left in the air afterwards) then the stoichiometric ratio for that fuel would be 10:1. The stoichiometric ratio of air mass to fuel mass for petrol as 14.7 : 1, but don't specify the composition of this petrol. gasoline (without oxygenates) 14.6 An oxygenated fuel with 89% gasoline and 11% MTBE(methyl tertiary-butyl ether) would then have a stoichiometric ratio of 14.281. Ultimatelly a ratio of 14:1 A/F and nearer 15:1 under hard acceleration Bet you find this interesting! Hydrocarbon stoichiometry calculator Chris

I have a full set of grey leather recaro's inc. rears and all door/rear panels i'll flog Chris

What's all this then, character assasination? All i do is try and help people :lol: There are more funny stories too and i'm sure they'll come out. Paul, remember the MKII escort estate that siesed and spat all it's oil out and stranded us? Or what about the 2 sexy young ladies we had in the car up Tunstall hill one late night in your dad's Cortina when it all went a bit Pete Tong! Chris

I'm sure there's UJ at the bottom of the steering column, not sure though as i've not looked at the Corrado's set up in much detail but probably should have as i have the same little clunk as do others i've been in, i know i've changed this UJ on other cars to solve the same clunk. Chris

I have some tunnel vids from Austria the other week, will edit them if i can and host it, i'll have to do some vids and get them up, we shall see but looking forward to seeing your vid. By the way Andy, did you get wet removing the A/C :D Chris

Sure, no probs, do it while you wait. The novelty wears of after the first month and then it becomes serious! LOL It's all good fun. Nitrous is safe as long as you don't go lean and that's what you aim for, a little rich and you're in the safe zone, to much to type to explain but could explain further on the phone sometime when you feel the urge to get the laughing gas! Chris

Damn Chee, it's been a while mate! Chris

Cool, that'll do the trick, i use a 75bhp shot and it feels good! Chris

erm........only just! Chris

Fine C, I like the arches, keep pondering upon getting mine done so as to clear the tyres properly, however i currently own a tractor so not important right now but you've bought a nice car for sure. Chris

Only in the movies Supercharged sirhC.Bsc

You got it :salute: Chris

do as others do and have done before you, credit card it! I want my car to be as nice and shiny and good as my car i sold you instead of this heap i have now, cattle crap! Chris

Cheers Kev, thought of you when typing the techy bit, thought you'd appreciate it m8! ;-) THe 70amp ones are only that much from the stealer! less than £100 exch! but how much less, £1? Chris

I have two tabs that are snapped on mine but what the f**k, everything else is f**ked or just not working on my car anyway. Here's something that might change your life and even may make you a better person too! Read as much of it as you can but especially the questions at the bottom but these make more sense if you've read the text on the way down, don't forget to click the link to view more questions, it's fantastic, it had me crying! THIS BRASS WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE!!!!!! Chris

So what's the next thing to be integrated into the scheme? Chris

Not sure if you're being descriptive enough for people to help with suggestions, post a bit more info and i'm sure many brains will get into gear. Chris

It's all gravy! Either charger can provide more psi than the VR can use so it's no problem which you choose though the V9 is neater and dinkier so takes up less space and makes fitting and working around a little easier, a plus point is that the V9 uses less power from the engine to drive it, there's not a huge difference between the two types but the V9 is the more recent evolution for the VR for the reason of lower power consumption i'm told by VF-engineering & NS-Racing. I run 6psi with the std pulley and the V1/V2 runs nearer 6.5-7psi with the same diameter pulley but smaller pullies are readilly available to go up to 20psi or more but who needs that on a VR? You may get a cheap used V1/V2 on the Vortex classifieds and even the bracketry to suit! Chris

TREVR6, I seem to have the same problem with my alternator and wondered what the difference in electromagnetic drag would be between the different alternators so here's a little insight to the answer, this one's for Kev Haywire too! So how can you measure the drag? Let's assume your alternator has uniform density, and a moment of inertia of I = 1/2 m r2 Then, the rotating coil has a total rotational kinetic energy of E = Iω2 Now, if your alternator rotates at 1000 rpm, this is 1000*2π radians / 60 seconds/minute, or 104 rad/sec. Thus, for a 10cm radius coil with 1000grams of mass, the rotational energy is .55 Joules. A change in the rotational kinetic energy is caused by a torque τ. The change in energy, or the work, due to the drag force would be W = ΔE = 1/2 Iω12 - 1/2 Iω22 Now work has the units of force * distance. In the rotational case, this is force * angle swept, or W = τ Δ φ = τ (ω1 - ω2) t where t is the time the torque is applied. Then, torque is defined as τ = r x F = rF sinθ = rF for our case. So, given the change in the rotational speed and the time it took to change the speed, you can measure the drag force F exerted on the alternator. Good luck, Chris

I can only really speak from a VR point of view which may not help. Though I am familiar with the 944 injectors but on a 2.0 16valve i'd have thought a healthy helping of red or brown sauce, your choice, on a good sausage sandwich would be a good starting point and be better for your engine than those 944 injectors as they will give a way too high flow volume and a pretty large fuel speckle resolution especially at low revs. If you have your valver remapped with the 944 inj. i'm sure you'll find that the duty cycle will have to be "back mapped" or reduced in it's operation, in other words they will be too big by far, the G60 ones will be a better match if you feel you need a larger fuel delivery. The 944 items are used by NS Racing for the VR6 Supercharged stage 2 & 3 which is a 6 cylinder forced induction engine running over 320Bhp and if you need these injectors i'll buy them for you when i win the lottery. But seriously, your engine is barely modified at all so what makes you think you need larger injectors at all??????????????? If you did fit the 944 injectors you would loose a huge percentage of power, that's if it runs at all because the air/fuel ratio would be so wrong on the rich side. If you can get some free or cheap, try them in then report back with your findings as i could be o so wrong on this matter ;-) Chris