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somewhatfoolish Rank: Talbot Tagora

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All that misery in such a small package. Extra camper. £1850 in Wrexham.

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12 hours ago, Aston Martin said:

V8 Chromaflair sir?

 

https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1255060

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Were I to win the lottery (which I don't do) I would buy this however I would invest in a spare fuel pump and reinstate the Traction control. 

 

I quote: The new engine is the 4.6 litre V8 pre-fitted from the factory with a Roush Supercharger, larger throttle body etc.
The Traction Control has been permanently disabled (a recommended mod for any supercharged 260 to avoid killing the fuel pump)...

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52 minutes ago, New POD said:

Were I to win the lottery (which I don't do) I would buy this however I would invest in a spare fuel pump and reinstate the Traction control. 

 

I quote: The new engine is the 4.6 litre V8 pre-fitted from the factory with a Roush Supercharger, larger throttle body etc.
The Traction Control has been permanently disabled (a recommended mod for any supercharged 260 to avoid killing the fuel pump)...

 

I'm no engineer, but how the fuck are they related?

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12 hours ago, cort16 said:

This looks nice 

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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rover-sd1-2300-auto-1987/154057908673?hash=item23de9121c1:g:naYAAOSwiU1fRAMZ

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Last night I prevaricated over whether to bid a Grand for this, bearing in mind that’s more than the last half a dozen SD1’s I’ve bought , combined.

Woke up this morning to “ You’ve been outbid” notifications, it’s £1900 now with 4 days to go, the Worlds gone mad, I tell you.

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44 minutes ago, Aston Martin said:

 

I'm no engineer, but how the fuck are they related?

Perhaps the traction control is a bit too eager, thus cutting the power rather suddenly and regularly.

This, I suppose, could affect the fuel pump as the engine suddenly goes from wanting lots of fuel to wanting no fuel on a regular basis. Especially with more power than standard causing this to happen more often. I'm no engineer either, though.

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46 minutes ago, Aston Martin said:

 

I'm no engineer, but how the fuck are they related?

Only thing I can think of is the fuel is stopped or reduced to help the traction and that causes the fuel pump to run dry causing failure.???

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1 hour ago, NorfolkNWeigh said:

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Last night I prevaricated over whether to bid a Grand for this, bearing in mind that’s more than the last half a dozen SD1’s I’ve bought , combined.

Woke up this morning to “ You’ve been outbid” notifications, it’s £1900 now with 4 days to go, the Worlds gone mad, I tell you.

There was 2600 for sale in Glasgow recently I was following. It wasn't as nice as that 2300 and it went for 3 grand.

The straight sixes are fine but combined with the auto they're not the greatest.

 

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3 hours ago, Aston Martin said:

 

I'm no engineer, but how the fuck are they related?

No idea.  I assume, that they think that the Traction control, would not only apply brakes to the spinning wheel, but also cut fuel to the Engine.  Which isn't how these things work.

In most cars, the fuel pump, pumps at a constant pressure and flow rate, and if the injectors don't need all that fuel, (ie 99.99999% of the time), it returns via the fuel return line. 

If you wanted to control the Engine, as part of the Traction control, you'd just reduce the duration the injectors are open and not provide a spark.

Conclusion? It's ballocks.  Which would be fine if you were buying a £150 rover 75 With head gasket failure, but absolutely would raise alarm bells if spending £15000 on something that is a one off, with an owner that talks out of his arse. 

 

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18 hours ago, Cavcraft said:

 

Needs total dedication and a lot of devotion.

I can only prey the seller's name is Mikee.

That's Em-Aye-Kay-Double-E, of course.

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4 hours ago, New POD said:

No idea.  I assume, that they think that the Traction control, would not only apply brakes to the spinning wheel, but also cut fuel to the Engine.  Which isn't how these things work.

In most cars, the fuel pump, pumps at a constant pressure and flow rate, and if the injectors don't need all that fuel, (ie 99.99999% of the time), it returns via the fuel return line. 

If you wanted to control the Engine, as part of the Traction control, you'd just reduce the duration the injectors are open and not provide a spark.

Conclusion? It's ballocks.  Which would be fine if you were buying a £150 rover 75 With head gasket failure, but absolutely would raise alarm bells if spending £15000 on something that is a one off, with an owner that talks out of his arse. 

 

If you provide fuel but cut the spark then fuel accumulates in the cylinder and gives  det/pre-ignition when the spark fires back-up. If you cut the fuel then there's nothing to ignite. 

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18 minutes ago, Sir Snipes said:

If you provide fuel but cut the spark then fuel accumulates in the cylinder and gives  det/pre-ignition when the spark fires back-up. If you cut the fuel then there's nothing to ignite. 

If you don't open the injectors the fuel just continues back down the return line to the fuel tank.  

Snipes Rank: Lancia Gamma

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5 hours ago, New POD said:

If you wanted to control the Engine, as part of the Traction control, you'd just reduce the duration the injectors are open and not provide a spark

I was referring to this, which is the opposite of how I understand these things work, which is itself based on the fuel-cut defenders people use to fit to modified Japanese cars back in the day. 

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