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mazzy_j
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5th gear chip fat land speed record
« on: Nov 28th, 2006, 10:10am » |
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What a load of rubbish, it didn’t even top a ton! My chip fat burning derv does that in 4th gear no pro-blemo (and that’s with all the seats in). They make the excuse that its done 200k miles on regular diesel, my scorp had done 204k when I got at and since then running on the ole fat oil its now a few hundred under 230k and still going strong!!
The most I’ve managed was 120 on a verrrry long straight in Germany, off to guinnessworldrecords.com to see how one goes about officially setting the record  first scorpio in the record books?
Matt
p.s. Did anyone else think that Porka 911’s front bumper look like a Halfords boy racer special?
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taliban aka Cheekyboy2
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Re: 5th gear chip fat land speed record
« Reply #1 on: Nov 28th, 2006, 9:35pm » |
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didnt see the programme but all porkas except vintage are over priced pretentious tasteless bits of c**P.
right thats it, gonna finally give the chip fat a go.....
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Re: 5th gear chip fat land speed record
« Reply #2 on: Nov 29th, 2006, 7:59am » |
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if you need some advice you know who to ask the vm lump is aparently the best engine to use, how convienient  
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Re: 5th gear chip fat land speed record
« Reply #3 on: Nov 29th, 2006, 9:46am » |
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We could set up some boat racing on chip fat and invite 5th gear along to show them what really can be done!! Seats in situ of course.
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Re: 5th gear chip fat land speed record
« Reply #4 on: Nov 29th, 2006, 11:20am » |
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We could do 2 records at once in the same car, boat and land 
Matt
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taliban aka Cheekyboy2
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Re: 5th gear chip fat land speed record
« Reply #5 on: Nov 29th, 2006, 8:37pm » |
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mazzy, is it adviseable to add an in line heater for the chip oil?
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Re: 5th gear chip fat land speed record
« Reply #6 on: Nov 30th, 2006, 2:15am » |
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on Nov 29th, 2006, 8:37pm, taliban wrote:| mazzy, is it adviseable to add an in line heater for the chip oil? |
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What.....like an old chip fryer  
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mazzy_j
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Re: 5th gear chip fat land speed record
« Reply #7 on: Nov 30th, 2006, 8:41am » |
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The main reason for having the heater is when it gets really cold the oil thickens and starts to turn to jelly if no thinners are added, which puts extra strain on the fuel pump and injector pump  heating it thins it out without additives and makes it easier to pump and squirt
The scorp has a small electric fuel heater already fitted (its the small black box like object with a small multiplug near the fuelfilter) and it works just fine at english winter temperatures.
I was thinking of adding another standard electric heater i have lying around but i've fitted an extra (more reliable) water heater instead and plumbed it into the coolong system. As of yet i havn't actually needed to plumb it into the fuel line as the standard heater seems to cope well.
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Re: 5th gear chip fat land speed record
« Reply #8 on: Nov 30th, 2006, 9:40pm » |
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excellent! cheers mazzy. i've spoken to my local chippy owner and hopefully he can sort me out with supplies of used oil....
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Re: 5th gear chip fat land speed record
« Reply #9 on: Dec 1st, 2006, 12:37am » |
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......Gordon Brown has eyes everywhere, so be careful with the chip oil
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Re: 5th gear chip fat land speed record
« Reply #10 on: Dec 1st, 2006, 11:27am » |
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Remember to filter it to at least 5 microns!! Less if you can. I always buy new clean oil so i don't have to worry about filtering and the water content or anything else untoward lurking in there  its more expensive but its a whole lot easier
JC, its perfectly legit to run on cooking oil, so long as you pay the tax on it
When you see how much money he makes on fuel i'm sure you will
Matt
EDIT: Just remembered, you'll probably need a waste licence to carry the used oil and you'll have to show the chippie it or they could get into trouble with paperwork and showing they have legally got rid of it and not down the drain. I think they're about £140 for 3 years.
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Re: 5th gear chip fat land speed record
« Reply #11 on: Dec 5th, 2006, 10:16pm » |
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i have now been running on a mix of chip oil and diesel, the only notable real difference is the tickover is slightly higher, the engine feels possibly a tad smoother and there seems to be less visible emissions, i.e. smoke.
i have noticed that when im sat in traffic i can smell a chip shop......
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Re: 5th gear chip fat land speed record
« Reply #12 on: Dec 7th, 2006, 9:01am » |
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lol, in the summer people following me home after work come in the next day saying they felt like having chips for dinner 
Think of it this way, that chip shop smell is what you're breathing in, i'd rather have the aroma of a chippie than breathing in carcinogenic diesel fumes.
Have you been using new oil?
Sunflower oil is best in winter because its thinner than veg oil, but costs a bit more. After running it on oil for a bit you'd be best to change the fuel filter if not done in a while because the oil removes all the crud build up in the fuel system (so i read). You'll need to change it quite alot (like on 5th gears merc) if you're using used oil which is another reason i don't use old stuff.
Apparently, because veg/sun oil is a better lubricant than derv even just adding a few litres to a full tank of diesel will prolong the life of the injector pump's internal componants. With mine on over 230K that can't be a bad thing
Matt
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Re: 5th gear chip fat land speed record
« Reply #13 on: Dec 7th, 2006, 9:10am » |
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Hmmm, so thats 5 people i've now 'converted' from the dark diesel side I remember a while ago someone at work coming in and saying "the amount of extra drinks i can get in down the pub..."
My work here is done... Let me know how it goes.
Matt
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Re: 5th gear chip fat land speed record
« Reply #14 on: Dec 7th, 2006, 6:19pm » |
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Matt you make me think of a 3rd Scorpio
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Re: 5th gear chip fat land speed record
« Reply #15 on: Dec 7th, 2006, 10:23pm » |
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at the moment using a mixture of diesel and new veg oil.
interesting about the lubrication and filter changing....
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