JadeyBlitzen

my uncle had one of these in sl the 60s or the 70s. don't know if i got the model and the varient right. but the basic name is the same for the whole range. also i don't know if the car still exists.

i'm hoping this ones not like the "depender" we saw a few weeks back

any pics? wuts the yom? i doubt u can change the vehicle classification and devinda can update u on the prices

relax mate! this was in new zealand. he's probably trying to blend in

for normal torque steer to happen you need at least 200 bhp on a front drive car. unless your accord is a euro r this does sound like a mechanical failure. the thing is one wheel recieves more torque than the other. so i'd start by blaming the diff. however i suggest you get this inspected by a specialist.

I worship u man! i'm so fed up with kids banging on about high school musical zac efron and hannah montana/miley cyprus. some of them dont even know its the same person. i used to work in a cinema last year and my hair turned grey before my eyes thanks to kids asking me whens high school musical is coming out, everyday. why cant they watch something like moulin rogue for a change?

thats definitely torque steer. the problem could be with the differential or with the half shafts

as is the case with most trends that come to sl, we fail to notice them early enough or its the wrong ones that we get used, like stepping outside in track bottoms anyways could it be the government charging some sort of higher tax for european cars? one word of warning though. before you bring your car down to sl see if the agents for that car can service it (if there is actually a surviving agent for that make)

i just saw high school musical bog roll on sale which made me wonder how long before they bring out some supercar toilet paper. for some reason i think porsche will be first

psi is the imperial unit for measuring pressure. we are more acquainted to it as americans use it (so does uk, just thought i'd mention it ) BAR is the metric unit, so thats what we should be using. japan and non english speaking speaking euro nations use metrics units as well. anyways whats funny is the other day i was reading something about volkswagen's new tsi engine. and they've qouted the boost as 1.8 BAR and 2.5 BAR which is closer to drag racing terrotiry. i almost fell off my chair when i saw it. but what they've done is mention the actual pressure whereas in forced induction culture we qoute the gauge pressure i.e. the actual pressure generated by the turbo minus atmospheic pressure (1 BAR). this is critical as i've noticed some people dont take take this into consideration when turning out custom made piping and stuff. well namely rice boys however that gives us with our n/a cars an oppertunity to brag about our boost pressures. cos all n/a cars are running at a 1 BAR boost. its just we are qouting the actual pressure and not the gauge pressure

well, imagine a turbo spooling up pushing air continously into the throttle body. when we take our foot off the throttle (to say, shift) the throttle valve closes bringing that massive air flow to a sudden halt. this causes a huge pressure build up. a pressure which could be bigger than that can be maintained by the turbo. possibly sending the air bouncing back through the still spinning turbo. at this point the strain on various components of the turbo system is huge; the pipes, intercoolers and the turbo itself. in most cases you can hear is mashing noise (most noteably in diesels i'd say) as this back flow brings the turbo to a shuddering halt. this could cause various mechanical failures such as fatigue. so for example one day the main shaft of your turbo will just snap. a bov is designed to limit the maximum pressure that can built up before the throttle valve. as soon as the pressure is higher than its deemed safe by the device it opens a valve and releases the excess pressure. and usually the case is there's a tiny pressure drop in the system as air is released. so when you get back on the throttle the air flow anticipated by the ecu is not met. so the a/f mixture turns out quite rich for a moment. if you watch a big powerful turbo'd car driven at full beans you'll see a tiny amount of black smoke given out after a shift as a result. but this results varies greatly on the size of your turbo or the psi u r running at, the valve release pressure, how hard you get off the throttle, and what sort of tune your engines running at. if it is not fitted by the manufaturer and your engines running stock you don't really need one. fitting one may increase the life of various components. but i believe they are already engineered to last quite a long time under stock tune. fitting one may also raise certain social issues as fake bovs are fast becoming major rice add-ons. i think you are safe in sri lanka but you can still fit a quieter bov if you want to keep a low profile. well i agree with you to a certain extent as im yet to see a bov fitted to a diesel. however i dont quite understand what you meant by the psi's. turbo's fitted to diesels are much smaller than one fitted to a same sized petrol engine. if you meant the the diesels run on higher compression than petrol you are quite right. but as for turbos on diesels i think they are rather mild.

im with devinda. this is the best time to get a brand new european car shipped from the uk. thanks to the recession manufacturers are forced to sell cars as cheap as possible. in some cases cars made in mainland europe are now sold cheaper in the uk than what they'd go for in the country it was made in. depreciation is also heavier on thirstier models and dealers are struggling to shift brand new ones. best of all the dealers are so desperate you can easily get a sizeable discount (a reaslistic 15% and over in most cases) on most cars. my advice is buy a newly registered car with around 6000 miles (nicely run in) private or trade (bargain hard!) cos nowadays nobody's buying cars up here

i think the durability of the turbo is more important than the throttle in this case. but i guess it protects the whole system

Hi guys! I'm looking to ship a car from the uk to sl at some point in the near future. and it could be anything between a fiat 500 and a range rover can you guys please explain what sort of taxes i'd be looking at i.e. based on engine capacity, vehicle type, taxable options such as abs and airbags or of the notorious sports car tax if it really does exist. i know that we aren't supposed to import a vehicle thats more than 3 years (so classics are definitely out) but does that change when the vehicle has been in our posession for a certain number of years? also what sort of documents, and legal stuff that i should be aware of? Many thanks p.s. i'm shipping a few aftermarket suspension and brake components to sl in may. i have no idea what sort of taxes or legal issues im looking at. has anyone got any experience on this matter?

for me it was just a theory until now anyways i got a hunch here its an oil catch tank of some sort. did u try taking it apart? or maybe, as dhp says its probably some way to catch the air from flowing back through the spooling turbo blades when the throttle valve shuts

they sure have some interesting running styles i remember many moons back i was next to this sti and he was really eager to get out of this traffic jam and drive away. we came to this junction and he turned into the by road wheels spinning and the flat four growling. there was a guy crossing the road leisurely about 100 meters up ahead cos there was a lot of distance between him and the rest of the traffic. the sti reached this guy so quickly he almost fell over trying to leg it

gihan got is spot on. but i'd like to add there will be tiny lag period of lag when u get on the power after a shift (could say its not even noticable as it happens only for a milisecond or so). this can be justified with the sudden blob of black smoke given out from the exhaust momentarily because of the rich mixture as gihan said. but its a worthy trade off for the durability of the turbo and various other components. the technical side of this is rather boring. but you may query about it personally i'd go with the hks unit as it makes the best noise... and yes i know im very rice

not even the fastest is good enough sometimes. imprezza and bmw 3 series vs. austin metro

amen to that! with the slab sided nature of the structure a strong wind will produce a force strong enough to snap the trunk or uproot the tree

i always knew maruti's produced such low figures. but that power band! man! i know diesels that turn faster than that i'm sure you can justify the low engine speed with regards to durabilty. but i'm sure we can trade off a bit of that for horsepower anyways mr. mjayanath i'm guessing your carbs are probably out of tune. those b*st*rds lose tune eventually

maybe you are supposed get in the house before the tree grows tall

i can see one flaw. how do you get up there?

could it be a blow off valve? but you dont get those things on a diesel do you?

i think we shouldnt be comparing these cars cos they are not even in the same class. but since they are roughly the same price i'd recommend the cefiro. its a lot of car for not a lot of money. fuel economy could be the only worry. as for the handling non of the other cars arnt exactly nippy either. however it could lost its value even more when its time to sell it. unless of course this is as low as it'll go for now.

when it comes to the very delicate subject of choosing the right steering wheel cover for your car i can think of no better place than ebay anyways wouldnt it be much nicer if you take your car to an upholstery shop and get them to cover the rim with some matching fake leather and stitching to go with it? surely it'll look less taxi like than using an actual cover.