Lol, Martin, I have spoken to Kevin in the past and I know full well what he relays to you is not what he relays to me. FYI, he didnt even know that the 24v Peugeot lump was even fire, he thought it was oddfire..don't believe me, ask Steve...
And as for my 'comfy towers' as you put it, the reason why I can sit here, is because I have been self employed in the specialist motor industry all my working life, unlike yourself who played with making robots for Robot Wars, designed infact to destroy each other ( I see a pattern emerging with your cars) so don't think Im being strange when I find it funny that Im being quizzed by someone who is challenging simple logic, or tested rules set in stone.. I don't need to do the stuff I 'recommend' as everyone else does and gets the results they want. The fact is I have done this for years and get results, where you are trying to make a name for yourself, but going about it the wrong way..
Are you the sort of guy that would poke fun of Steven Hawkins, and say 'what can he know about astro-physics and exploring the universe, he just sits in that chair all day...'
I still can't believe you are questioning the thing about gearing up the 1/4mile, but this is your typical attitude that has made you no friends on the Delorean scene. I don't enjoy making you look a fool, not intentionally, you just walk right into by swearing black is white all the time..
But here you go, a nice calulator for you. Have a play around with the tire size and see how it affects diddly squat in relation to drag racing..
http://www.wallaceracing.com/accel-calc.php
Do you not find it the slightest bit strange, that when you disagree with something Ive said, no one ever agrees with you?? Do you not think that when I raise a point, that Im damn sure on the subject otherwise I wouldnt say anything at all. I never say 'I think'. Either Im sure, or I keep shtum. 'Opinions' don't fix engines or make cars go faster...For gawd sake you argued with people about what is a 'bar of pressure' and came across all pretentious saying you had an 'A Level in physics' and then get proved wrong by some guy that wittingly said he had a 'swimming 20yds swimming certificate'
http://www.gtr.co.uk/forum/upload/5677- ... #post59790
We've only seen one example of your tuning, the D at Bruntingthorpe, tuned by yourself, and its come out with less power and performance than standard...
As for Adaptronic, well Petes car ran it (and you seem to have a memory lapse that his car was running for a couple of months at 330lb.ft and 260bhp), Tony car ran it, Simons, now Daves, various 21's and a myriad of Renault 5s, all using the same system. YOU in fact, are yet to show us 1, and even if you do, we are sure that it will be running less than standard power, so Id rather you take it off as your giving the product a bad rep, but while you unwire it, please be carefull not to short any wires out on the ecus so you don't blow another couple of units up like you did last time (so far your on the only person to do so) as you might start a fire in your un-insured workshop
I have no real urge to tune my own cars, as (a) im not trying to impress everyone, and (b) I dish out enough engine/design/technical advice through all my working days to customers so their results speak for themselves. The sooner you realise that tuning an engine is a very simple excercise, but takes careful planning way before you even attempt to pick up a spanner (or crowbar in your case) then you will get what Im on about..
Tuning an engine to full power with a limitless budget is very easy, tuning to half power with a limited budget is the real skill.
If anybody wanted a 'full power' PRV (or any engine) I can do it, but then so can anyone... Just give me the dough and it can be done in a week....Ultimate spec, nothing less......
But who cares...
Martin, I can laugh at anything you throw at me, because when we first met, infront of all your (ex) Delorean friends you said to them 'if you want to know anyting about tuning PRV's, speak to this man...'
....I don't know whether to feel honoured or embarrassed, seeing as it probably one of the most primative and simple engines out there so hardly an accolade and know we know you, coming from yourself it means even less...
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Its boring, and Im sure everyone is sick of it, and I apologise for both of us. If you want to argue with me endlessly on a point, take it off the forums from now on.