Jenson to Mclaren

by FirebirdPhil, 07-10-2017, 10:17 AM

mistake or not

Only time will tell. Will be a good season.

UK LAW on Import number plates?

by Bandit, 07-10-2017, 02:22 AM

Statutory Instruments 2002 No. 2687 ROAD TRAFFIC ACT.

The Road Vehicles (Display of Registration Marks)(Amendment) Regulations 2002

Made 24th October 2002
Laid before Parliament 1st November 2002
Coming into force 22nd November 2002

The Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 23(3) and (4) and 57 of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 F1 hereby makes the following Regulations:


Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Road Vehicles (Display of Registration Marks)(Amendment) Regulations 2002 and shall come into force on 22nd November 2002.

Amendment of Regulations

2. The Road Vehicles (Display of Registration Marks) Regulations 2001 F2 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of these Regulations.


S.I. 2001/561, amended by S.I. 2001/1079.

Further requirements for registration plates


"(1A) The surface of a registration plate must not comprise or incorporate any design, pattern or texture, or be treated in any way which gives to any part of the plate the appearance of a design, pattern or texture.".

4. Interpretation of provisions relating to registration marks

4. In regulation 12 (interpretation of Part III), in paragraph (1), in sub-paragraph (d), after “character height””, insert ", except in relation to a vehicle to which regulation 14A applies,".

5. Size and spacing of characters

14A. — (1) This regulation applies in relation to any vehicle imported into the United Kingdom which—

(a) Does not have European Community Whole Vehicle Type Approval; and
(b) Is so constructed that the area available for the fixing of the registration plate precludes the display on the plate of a registration mark in conformity with the requirements of regulation 14.

(2) In relation to a vehicle to which this regulation applies—
(a) Each character in the registration mark must be 64 millimetres high;
(b) The width of each character of the mark, other than the letter “I” and the figure “1”, must be 44 millimetres;
© The width of every part of the stroke forming a character in a mark must be 10 millimetres;
(d) The spacing between any two characters within a group must be 10 millimetres;
(e) The vertical spacing between groups of characters must be 5 millimetres;
(f) The width of a margin between the mark and the top and lateral sides of the registration plate must be not less than 5 millimetres;
(g) The space between the bottom of the mark and the bottom of the registration plate must be not less than 13 millimetres; but, within that space, the space between the bottom of the mark and the top of the name and postcode of the person by whom the plate was supplied must be not less than 5 millimetres."


As to European Community Whole Vehicle Type Approval, see Council Directive 70/156/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers (O.J. L No. 42, 23.2.70, p. 1), as last amended by Council Directive 98/14/EC (O.J. L No. 91, 25.3.98, p. 1). See also regulation 11 of the Motor Vehicle (EC Type Approval) Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/2051).

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport.
David Jamieson

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Transport
24th October 2002

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Road Vehicles (Display of Registration Marks) Regulations 2001 ( “the 2001 Regulations”.

Regulation 3 amends regulation 11 of the 2001 Regulations. The effect of the amendment is to prohibit the use of a number plate on which the background is patterned or textured, or gives that appearance.

Regulation 4 amends regulation 12 of the 2001 Regulations. The effect of the amendment is that references in Part III of those Regulations (including Table B in Part 3 of Schedule 3) to “relevant character height” do not apply in relation to a vehicle to which regulation 14A applies.

Regulation 5 amends regulation 14 of the 2001 Regulations and inserts a new regulation 14A.

The effect of the amendments to regulation 14 is that the requirements of that regulation, which deals with the size and spacing of characters in a registration mark, do not apply in relation to vehicles to which regulation 14A applies.

New regulation 14A makes special provision in relation to the size and spacing of characters in the registration mark of certain imported vehicles.



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Thought i'd post this up as it was something i'd asked about a bit back?



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Anyone for a ride?

by Saraj, 06-10-2017, 09:34 PM

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Top-Gear-Lap-with-...35a4d0a2f2

they do this every year, hopefully one year ill be able to afford it lol

RB Engines - RB20DET, RB25DET, RB25DET NEO, RB26DETT

by Bandit, 06-10-2017, 11:29 AM

R32 Skyline

The bread-and butter performance model in the 1989 R32 Skyline range is the GTS-T.



The GTS-T uses a silver rocker cover version of the RB20DET using an improved cylinder head, larger ceramic turbo, more sophisticated ECU and a blow-off valve. The static compression ratio remains at 8.5:1.

The R32-spec RB20DET comes hooked to either a 5-speed manual or 4-speed auto transmission. An AWD version – the GTS4 – is also available and makes the same power and torque.

Of course, the most ground breaking RB engine development appeared in the 1989 R32 Skyline GT-R – Godzilla!



The R32 GT-R’s RB26DETT engine is the big-banger of the twin-cam RB family – its 86mm bore and 73.7mm stroke achieve a swept capacity of 2.6 litres. The compression ratio remains at 8.5:1 and the twin-cam, 24-valve head features sodium-filled exhaust valves and bucket-type cam followers to allow engine speeds up to the 8200 rpm limiter.

Separate cast iron exhaust manifolds connect to a pair of T28-type ceramic turbochargers blowing in parallel through a big front-mount air-to-air intercooler. Twin blow-off valves are also fitted. Throttle response is enhanced with the RB26DETT’s six-throttle induction system and large volume log-style plenum chamber. The electronic management system uses twin hot-wire airflow meters and a set of 440cc injectors.



R33 Skyline
The RB20DET came to an end in mid 1993 it was replaced by a bigger and better version – the 2.5 litre RB25DET.





Fitted to the R33 Skyline GTS-T, the RB25DET has up sized bore and stroke dimensions compared to the older 2-litre version – bore is massively increased from 78 to 86mm and the stroke is stretched from 69.7 to 71.7mm. Interestingly, the RB25DET uses the same bore dimensions as the RB26DETT (so it’s no surprise that the heads are virtually interchangeable). The biggest difference between the RB25DET and RB26DETT cylinder head is the lifters – the ’26 uses bucket-type followers while the ’25 uses hydraulic units.

In addition to its cubic capacity advantage, the RB25DET scores larger diameter inlet runners, an improved cylinder head design, variable inlet cam timing, a larger T28-type ceramic turbo with a slightly larger intercooler and 370cc injectors. The static compression ratio is also bumped up to an aggressive 9:1 to help maintain off-boost performance.

RB25DETs are popular for tuners and, although there’s currently a good supply, these are relatively expensive engines – although they are cheaper than the more powerful RB26DETT.



The mighty RB26DETT engine was altered for use in the R33-series Skyline GT-R. A slightly improved intercooler and ECU changes (giving more mid-range boost) raised peak torque.




R34 Skyline
Released in 1998, the R34-series Skyline engines have a big emphasis on reducing emissions.

The existing RB25DET was re-engineered to NEO specs, which apparently produce around one-tenth of the CO, HC and NOx emissions levels allowed under Japan’s 10-15 test mode. Further changes include a ball-bearing turbo, slightly larger intercooler, free-flow exhaust and revised ECU (which allows up to 10 psi boost).




The RB25DET NEO can be found with either a 5-speed manual or automatic gearbox with steering wheel shift buttons. Manual gearbox versions were revised in late 2000 bringing extra torque (probably through a bit of extra mid-range boost).

Meanwhile, the last-of-the-line R34 Skyline GT-R (which took until 1999 for release) received a host of engine changes. A low back pressure exhaust, altered cams, different ball-bearing turbochargers and enhanced ECU mapping are the biggest changes.





The R34 RB26DETT can be identified from the R32 and R33 versions by its red painted rocker cover. They are also fitted with a 6-speed manual gearbox.



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Happy Birthday Jeff

by Lexusboy, 06-10-2017, 04:03 AM

Happy Birthday Jeff have a great day:thumbup::drink:

Ford warning.

by Lexusboy, 05-10-2017, 03:37 PM

Gord and anyone else driving Ford cars, please be aware that you should not use a car wash if you have spoilers fitted as for some reason the spoilers are not detected going through car washes.

I know none of us like using these kind of car washes anyway but please be aware.

Horrible Ring crash!

by Sparkystav, 05-10-2017, 02:53 PM

From another forum:

Quote:"Found this over on a BMW forum. It was on a closed-track trackday instead of the usual touristenfahrten. The impact happened at the fastest part of the circuit at the end of the longest straight between antoniusbuche and tiergarten. I'm guessing the M3 was doing in the region of 160mph. From what I've read he was an experienced ringer and unfortunately hit the back of the slower moving mini (that can be seen in the background of the pics) after coming over the blind crest. The driver of the M3 got away with only a broken arm!

Let this be a warning to anyone venturing there!"

Was tempted to keep this to myself

by James S, 05-10-2017, 02:24 PM

But I think a few peeps might apprietiate it!

http://www.carbonmods.co.uk/Default.aspx

Think I am going to get some bought. And try replicate some of the dash components.

Anyone else interested in giving this a try have tried it?

James

Car needed for a few weeks

by steviewevie, 05-10-2017, 10:51 AM

ok folks, as I've said in my project thread, my car is now booked in for its turbo conversion :thumbup: at the end of the month. I need some sort of transport while it's in though. They've given me an estimate of 2 weeks for the work, but I'm going to think 3-4 weeks in my own mind, to allow for the inevitable problem(s) that will crop up.

My initial idea is to find a cheapish car off eBay (£500-£1000 ?) to buy, with MoT and tax, to run for a few weeks, and then sell again hopefully at the same price.

I've already started looking on Pistonheads. Of course there's eBay too.

Anyone else have any bright ideas ? I mean not just where to look, but any other plans I should think about ?

How angry....

by FirebirdPhil, 05-10-2017, 09:56 AM

So I was driving the Porsche back from the shops yesterday, the last time we had to use it before it is handed back and I hear a huge loud bang from the roof area. I pulled over immediately to inspect the car to see what made the very worrying noise only to see the rear screen was broken, looks like something hit it and torn it in half, it was going opaque so would have to be replaced by the next owner, how unlucky is it for it to fail on the last trip we were going to make in it.

Now I can't hand the car back with damage otherwise they charge me a fortune for the repair, so I have until 1PM Wednesday to not only find someone who can replace a window in the roof but get the job done, and I am pretty much fully booked at work...................................................

Had better days I must admit. Any one want a 2002 Boxter for 8.5K?? Needs a rear screen otherwise perfect??????????