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Re: pantone
I believe they can paint one any colour you fancy 
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: pantone
its a system of water injection, supposed to make your car more efficient.. sounds like another dose of b######t 
just wondered if you chaps had heard of it...
just wondered if you chaps had heard of it...Re: pantone
When i was 17 and had my first car, an austin 1100, i remembered my dad told me once that later Spitfires (fighters)had water injection..only a miniscule amount he said ,and that it turned to steam in the cylinders expanded and made more power for free !
So after fitting twin carbs to it , with trumpets and vacuum cleaner hose to tin cans in the grill for ram effect ( did all of 70mph
). and a Cooper exhaust maniflod cobbled together with 1100 bits , i got the garden sprayer and sprayed water into the tin cans while the engine was running....Expecting the engine to rev its nuts off,(??) I was most suprised when the engine just stopped...
So after fitting twin carbs to it , with trumpets and vacuum cleaner hose to tin cans in the grill for ram effect ( did all of 70mph
). and a Cooper exhaust maniflod cobbled together with 1100 bits , i got the garden sprayer and sprayed water into the tin cans while the engine was running....Expecting the engine to rev its nuts off,(??) I was most suprised when the engine just stopped... -
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Re: pantone
The main point is charge cooling. Water/methanol mix - about 50:50. It is sprayed into the inlet tract, after the supercharger/turbocharger, and evaporates due to the heat from the compressed air/fuel vapour coming from the supercharger. That evaporation cools down the gases before they enter the cylinders. The lower temperatures permit higher boost pressures and higher compression ratios.zipgun wrote:my dad told me once that later Spitfires (fighters)had water injection..only a miniscule amount he said ,and that it turned to steam in the cylinders expanded and made more power for free !
We used water injection on the Hawker/BAe Harrier too - just plain, demineralised water in that case, because it cooled the turbine disc after combustion, so did not need to be flamable (like the methanol)
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Well i do know that now.. but when you're 17 and trying to make your car go faster ,and you're on a tenner a week .. and your dad gives you this idea 
Kinda funny looking back on it ! I used to read Street machine, and Custom car too ! Had a Richard Grant spoiler on it and a 10ft whip aerial Used to have a weekly trip to "All Car Equipe " , (that was "Quick Nick" Whitings speed shop near Brands Hatch ) for go faster goodies. Fortunately I haven't any old photo's of it
Kinda funny looking back on it ! I used to read Street machine, and Custom car too ! Had a Richard Grant spoiler on it and a 10ft whip aerial Used to have a weekly trip to "All Car Equipe " , (that was "Quick Nick" Whitings speed shop near Brands Hatch ) for go faster goodies. Fortunately I haven't any old photo's of it