The best way to increase fuel economy is to paint your car black.
As we all know black absorbs the energy from the sun and gets hot, its a scientific fact that heat rises - the hot car gets lighter and saves fuel
Thats how I got 50 mpg on a run down the A1 to Brands earlier this year?
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- Wed Oct 08, 2008 11:32 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: How to get the best fuel economy from a Minor
- Replies: 31
- Views: 6916
- Tue Sep 30, 2008 11:23 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: EVERYDAY USE
- Replies: 23
- Views: 6834
Our 4 door splittie is a daily driver and works well with our other two classic dd's The only thing to keep in mind is that if you buy a Moggie that has only been used occasionally by the previous owner, you may find some parts wear quite quickly in the first few weeks of daily use - like we did: In...
- Fri Sep 05, 2008 11:54 pm
- Forum: Stolen!
- Topic: my baby is gone :(...and now found!!! yippeeee
- Replies: 167
- Views: 148707
Just a quick observation, what price do we put on reliability? Is a classic as reliable as most modern cars? Most accept the depreciation of a new car due to the fact you don't really have to touch them for the first four or five years apart from servicing. The minor may not be as reliable as moder...
- Fri Sep 05, 2008 11:45 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: COME ON...OWN UP.
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4707
- Thu Aug 28, 2008 11:07 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Modified Morris Minor needed for filming 8th or 9th Septembe
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3931
- Sun Aug 17, 2008 9:08 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: splitty w/screen insert
- Replies: 21
- Views: 4049
- Fri Aug 08, 2008 9:29 pm
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: Engine Conversions - Suzuki Swift 1.3 GTI
- Replies: 35
- Views: 10782
Thing about IL4 sportsbike engines is that they develop their power at very high revs - you'll be doing 10000rpm everywhere! Also they (and their gearboxes) are designed to be pulling along something a third of the weight, so you might find it goes bang quite quickly. Bike engines don't tend to las...
- Sat Jul 26, 2008 9:44 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: bike engined conversion
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2327
Bike engined cars are very cool and sound awesome! Realistically the weight of a minor shouldn't be a problem Our cars all weigh around 600 - 750 kg's, we now use Busa's in almost all of our cars apart from the SR8 which has the mighty Powertec RPA V8 :) a 2.8l 450 bhp V8 revving to 10500 rpm! :D ht...
- Wed Jul 23, 2008 7:45 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Supply and Demand!!!
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3357
- Tue Jul 22, 2008 10:52 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The future of the minor
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3368
- Thu Jul 17, 2008 11:19 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Carry a baby safely in the back of a morris 1000
- Replies: 37
- Views: 8457
- Thu Jul 17, 2008 12:18 am
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: Light engine mods
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1155
my 56' splitty has a 1275 sprite engine (55 bhp on recent dyno run :) ) front discs and telescopic dampers It still only cost £45 inc a £15 service charge to add it to my Allegro policy with Footman James which started at just £99 fully comp, unlimited milage, driving other cars 3rd party AND 35 day...
- Tue Jul 15, 2008 12:22 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: roundabouts
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2469
I understood LH lane is for all exits up to 12 o'clock, the RH lane after that - unless marked otherwise. Although if you live in Peterborough it seems that the LH lane does all exits and you only use the RH lane for overtaking wildly round the outside - and during rush hour you use the lane with th...
- Fri Jul 11, 2008 11:51 pm
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: Leyland Logo Cast on side of 1098
- Replies: 34
- Views: 5521
- Sun Jul 06, 2008 12:29 am
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: Gear Ratio's
- Replies: 35
- Views: 8313
- Sat Jul 05, 2008 10:16 pm
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: Gear Ratio's
- Replies: 35
- Views: 8313
Not sure what level bung it should have but mine has a plain hole with a rubber grommet? which was obviously perished? The filler/level is a screw-in steel plug, either in the diff nose for earlier cars (up to around the 1098 engine), or in the back of the axle housing on later cars. Do you have a ...
- Sat Jul 05, 2008 8:10 am
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: Gear Ratio's
- Replies: 35
- Views: 8313
- Fri Jul 04, 2008 11:48 pm
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: Gear Ratio's
- Replies: 35
- Views: 8313
- Fri Jul 04, 2008 11:14 pm
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: Gear Ratio's
- Replies: 35
- Views: 8313
If you find another diff, why do you need to read up on rebuilding one? Just because my brain is kaput, it will nag me to distraction not fully rebuilding the whole thing, then waiting for a bearing to fail etc and then having to do the whole in out thing all over again (doing bits more than once i...
- Fri Jul 04, 2008 11:06 pm
- Forum: Other
- Topic: 1275cc (now 1340cc) engine.worth changing the diff to 3.9?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2799
My 1275 is running a ford type 9 and a 4.22 diff (so the previous owner told me) and I have it in my head that even this is a bit long for my liking? (70 in fith still feels a little low in the rev range, If I remember correctly, that puts your 4th gear at standard ratio compared to a 1098 box (rev...