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Ben G

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Registered: 12th Jan 07
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31st Mar 14 at 23:25

Anyone watch this tonight? What on earth were they thinking?

Classic example of old blokes thinking more=more. Shocking.

Generation

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Registered: 7th Jul 09
Location: Essex
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1st Apr 14 at 00:10

Seen worse.

Just annoying how many times they had to use the word "wankel" tonight

Ben G

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Location: Essex
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1st Apr 14 at 00:18

It was a decent show in that I learned how a wankel engine works. Never really understood it before, but ed explained it in lamens terms.

Just a shame the car looked bloody awful. Also don't believe the guy paid almost double what he sold it for just to have it back.

Kyle T

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Registered: 11th Sep 04
Location: Selby, North Yorkshire
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1st Apr 14 at 05:14

was terrible. Never fancied one before, though even last night's show got me thinking they are quite nice... Without that bodykit

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Impreza WRX STi

CorsAsh

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Registered: 19th Apr 02
Location: Munich
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1st Apr 14 at 05:40

If he sold that for £10k, I'm putting mine on PH for £15k

Strangely enough that bodykit (or at least the front) is a super rare Type 2 Mazdaspeed OEM job. Not that it makes it less ugly

chris_uk

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1st Apr 14 at 06:27

Got a pic of the finished car ?

Robin

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Registered: 7th Jan 04
Location: Northants Drives: Clio 182 Cup
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1st Apr 14 at 07:02

I've seen worse

Baskey

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Registered: 31st May 06
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1st Apr 14 at 08:49

Mapping bit was the only real positive.

Also what are the benifits of using the rolling road instead of those hub dyno's they were using. The hub things seemed a lot simpler

Tomnova16

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Registered: 21st Jan 06
Location: Gerrards Cross Drives: Porsche 911
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1st Apr 14 at 09:07

hey should of picked one that needed work doing to it
all it needed was a remap

http://www.lemass.co.uk/ for all your automotive/bodyshop needs
Located in Chalfont st Peter

alan-g-w

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Registered: 9th Nov 07
Location: Glasgow
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1st Apr 14 at 10:04

I've seen worse ones tbh, remove the decals and it'll look pretty decent

Ben G

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Location: Essex
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1st Apr 14 at 10:43

Yeah and remove the snakeskin coating from the rear spoiler and wheels

Tomnova16

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1st Apr 14 at 10:48

exactly so all it needed was a remap

http://www.lemass.co.uk/ for all your automotive/bodyshop needs
Located in Chalfont st Peter

Generation

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1st Apr 14 at 11:00

And the mirrors

Hammer

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1st Apr 14 at 11:11

Wheeler Dealers is a comedy programme and should always be treated as such.

CorsAsh

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1st Apr 14 at 16:52

quote:
Originally posted by Baskey
Mapping bit was the only real positive.

Also what are the benifits of using the rolling road instead of those hub dyno's they were using. The hub things seemed a lot simpler

Safer, no need to tie the car down, less adjustment for transmission loss without the wheels on. Just takes a bit longer to get the car mounted.

Ben G

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1st Apr 14 at 17:15

Was it true what ed said about an rx7 rotary engine being the equivilent of a conventional 4.0 engine?

I always thought (and have read a few times) that the 1.3 was doubled (2 rotors), which makes 2.6 and nowhere near 4000cc.

[Edited on 01-04-2014 by Ben G]

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Registered: 20th Apr 04
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1st Apr 14 at 17:55

Wankel

Edd said something like, 'finally we've got a Wankel in the garage' - I was half listening and genuinely thought for a second he said wanker

Those wheels were well nice

Corsa_Sport21

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Location: Leven, Fife. Drives : 205 GTi
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1st Apr 14 at 18:07

quote:
Originally posted by Ben G
Was it true what ed said about an rx7 rotary engine being the equivilent of a conventional 4.0 engine?

I always thought (and have read a few times) that the 1.3 was doubled (2 rotors), which makes 2.6 and nowhere near 4000cc.

[Edited on 01-04-2014 by Ben G]

If you calculate the CC the same way as you would a piston engine, it would be a 2.6, but its not a piston engine, so can't be calculated the same way.

They are a 1.3.

CorsAsh

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1st Apr 14 at 18:26

quote:
Originally posted by Ben G
Was it true what ed said about an rx7 rotary engine being the equivilent of a conventional 4.0 engine?

I always thought (and have read a few times) that the 1.3 was doubled (2 rotors), which makes 2.6 and nowhere near 4000cc.

[Edited on 01-04-2014 by Ben G]

Not quite. You have two rotors in the 13B (3 in the 20B and 4 in the R26B), with three faces to each triangle. Each face has an effective displacement of 654cc, which gives the common 1.3 litre capacity. However, Mazda had to redefine the capacity due to various legislation, which said that as two faces on each rotor are involved with intake and compression ( the third being in the exhaust phase), the displacement must be doubled. That's why RX7s are generally registered as 1.3, but RX8s are all 2.6.

In terms of comparison to other engines, they're closest to 6 cylinders.

N16K

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Registered: 4th Oct 04
Location: Belfast, NI Drives: Corsa D SRi, Tuned Cooper S, B
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1st Apr 14 at 18:57

Brewer is a tosser, Ed is

j10E W

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1st Apr 14 at 20:07

there both cunts

Nismo

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1st Apr 14 at 22:44

fake, didn't catch fire

CorsAsh

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2nd Apr 14 at 05:31

Imagine how long Mike Brewer would burn for.

Nismo

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2nd Apr 14 at 09:51

smoulder for days...

neil h

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2nd Apr 14 at 11:32

Have to say the end was a proper WTF moment. Who on earth in there right mind sells a car and then buys it back for 4k more than they sold it, with only 1ks worth of parts fitted;.

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