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17/4/2014 at 3:39pm
Location: Derbyshire
Outfit: Adria Forma-Delica 2.8td-Movelite XL
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Remember when cat. convertors cost thousands to replace at first, now down to under £50 for most, dpf's will be exactly the same as the cheap copies from abroad come in....
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17/4/2014 at 8:26pm
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Quote: Originally posted by rabb_uk on 17/4/2014
Remember when cat. convertors cost thousands to replace at first, now down to under £50 for most, dpf's will be exactly the same as the cheap copies from abroad come in....
Hmm and like a great number of after market cats they won't work either. Sadly the original poster had made some very valid points, CI engines are inherently dirty and it does require some fairly tricky software and hardware to keep them clean, which when goes wrong is expensive.
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17/4/2014 at 10:16pm
Location: Northumberland
Outfit: Knaus Sudwind 550 TK
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Twin webber carb on that?
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17/4/2014 at 10:43pm
Location: Ossett.West Yorkshire.
Outfit: Sold it. Looking for a new one.
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I would have said injection, as it's a Ghia.
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17/4/2014 at 10:49pm
Location: County Kildare Irel
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Quote: Originally posted by GCMS2012 on 17/4/2014
Twin webber carb on that?
We could have a rant about having to balance twin carbs once a month with a hose stuck in yer ear.
I do remember being annoyed at the demise of the carb.I can strip a carb and tune a car with a carb but modern fuel injected cars have me stumped.
As for cats, the best car I had was a 73 midget with a cherrybomb exhaust. Loved that exhaust note.
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18/4/2014 at 9:37am
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Original Mini Cooper S..twin SU carbs..happy days!
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18/4/2014 at 10:38am
Location: Northern Ireland
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Oh, yes ... mini cooper days ... the originals!
My Passat Estate diesel has over 250,000 miles on the clock, and still purrs along towing. Will drive it till it won't go any longer as the resale value would be pants.
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19/4/2014 at 10:41am
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Quote: Originally posted by rabb_uk on 17/4/2014
Remember when cat. convertors cost thousands to replace at first, now down to under £50 for most, dpf's will be exactly the same as the cheap copies from abroad come in....
Yes I remember the days when they said when the cat covertor went the cost could exceed the vslue of the car, IIRC the figure of £1,000 was banded about circa 1990, aout £2,000 in todays money. But when I had my cat replaced about 2 years ago it cost about £150.00.
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