1972 Triumph Dolomite 1850
Re: 1972 Triumph Dolomite 1850
Shame!
Yes it is, PSA 2.0 HDi that Ford shove in em.
Yes it is, PSA 2.0 HDi that Ford shove in em.
Re: 1972 Triumph Dolomite 1850
I know that all too well. At first I assumed the engine in my focus was in a worse state than I thought but after speaking to a few people, they all do it from new!
Is yours the newer one with Bosch injection or the older Siemens one? A bit of re-programming and the Siemens will get 170bhp and the Bosch one closer to 200.
Is yours the newer one with Bosch injection or the older Siemens one? A bit of re-programming and the Siemens will get 170bhp and the Bosch one closer to 200.
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
Re: 1972 Triumph Dolomite 1850
Yes, almost as much of a tragedy as it would be if that happened at a branch of Arnold Clark!mach1rob wrote:Shame!
That Puggotron engine, like most modern TurboDiesels unless they're weaned on yon clever long-life nanobot-filled** oil as VW's short stroke 16 valve jobbies are, does tend to make its oil black by the time the service receptionist has driven the car from the workshop to the front of the average dealership premises so that may well be within normal parameters and you may have torched a garage for nothing!
** Aye, I may just have invented the bit about the nanobots but at £22 for one litre it damned well wants to be filled with the things!
J
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
Re: 1972 Triumph Dolomite 1850
Probably Siemens one, it's an 07. I can Bluefin it to around 160 apparently.TerryG wrote:I know that all too well. At first I assumed the engine in my focus was in a worse state than I thought but after speaking to a few people, they all do it from new!
Is yours the newer one with Bosch injection or the older Siemens one? A bit of re-programming and the Siemens will get 170bhp and the Bosch one closer to 200.
I'd still not loose any sleep if that misfortune happened to them, but they were the only place that had one in the spec, colour, and price range we set ourselves. Never again tho!JPB wrote:Yes, almost as much of a tragedy as it would be if that happened at a branch of Arnold Clark!mach1rob wrote:Shame!
That Puggotron engine, like most modern TurboDiesels unless they're weaned on yon clever long-life nanobot-filled** oil as VW's short stroke 16 valve jobbies are, does tend to make its oil black by the time the service receptionist has driven the car from the workshop to the front of the average dealership premises so that may well be within normal parameters and you may have torched a garage for nothing!
** Aye, I may just have invented the bit about the nanobots but at £22 for one litre it damned well wants to be filled with the things!
Re: 1972 Triumph Dolomite 1850
Well after almost 2 weeks of waiting for Royal fail to deliver not one but two sets (1st set still hasn't arrived!) the package finally dropped through the letterbox today, so whilst killing time, it was rude not to. I'm afraid you'll have to wait for better pics as it was persisting down, and I wasn't dragging it out the garage to get soaked just for a photo!mach1rob wrote:Guess what?
Re: 1972 Triumph Dolomite 1850
J
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
Re: 1972 Triumph Dolomite 1850
Dry day so...
To the haters I just refer them to
If it's good enough for messers Culcheth and Pond, tis good enough for me!
To the haters I just refer them to
If it's good enough for messers Culcheth and Pond, tis good enough for me!
Re: 1972 Triumph Dolomite 1850
Haters? Send them my way and I'll spray the [clearly underoccupied] insides of their cranial cavities with Sienna Brown Acrylic! How can anyone hate a Dolomite, especially a glowing orange one with huge, plughole-enhanced spotlamps all over the pointy end of it? Some people!
J
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
Re: 1972 Triumph Dolomite 1850
ALL HAIL THE HYPNOTRIUMPH
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Re: 1972 Triumph Dolomite 1850
What's to hate Looks just great to me and very reminiscent of the late 70's - early 80's sceneTo the haters
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