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Post by tommydp on Aug 6, 2012 13:52:34 GMT
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Post by Penguin45 on Aug 6, 2012 23:16:21 GMT
Nice one Tommy - I've just done 360 miles down to Cornwall, no problems.
Chris.
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Post by indianajones on Aug 7, 2012 0:01:40 GMT
Looking good _b I did 2 miles fine.....to the shops lol  Glad to hear she's going well -Andrew |
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Post by dave1800 on Aug 7, 2012 5:26:34 GMT
Very nice pics. Good to hear your car is running well, I think the fuel consumption translates to around 35MPG in UKL speak, not bad given the terrain. Regards David Hi all! I've now returned from a long journey, 800 kms, with my blue 1800. It was a great weekend and the car was excellent, not the slightest miss or anything:-) Fuel consumption was 0.8 litres pr 10 kms. I'm very happy with that. As you can see from the pics and videos there are lots of hills, we crossed two large mountain areas as well as cruising around 90 kmh on the "highway". The crab climbed the mountains easily, withouht any missing or pinking. |
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Post by threelitre on Aug 14, 2012 22:30:15 GMT
Hmm, you got better MPG from your 1800 than we had from our 1300 automatic on LEJoG last week... But we possibly drove quicker. As a sidenote: Before heading to England I used our 1800 S as a daily for some happy days  Alexander |
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Post by dave1800 on Aug 15, 2012 9:25:15 GMT
Alexander You will see from my earlier post (see the graph on the 3rd page down) landcrabs.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=general&thread=298&page=1that between 2000-4000rpm the Mk1 1800 had a specific fuel consumption between 20% and 40% lower than the MGB. Perhaps this is also true of Mk11 engines v the 1800S? I know on a 90 mile round trip that was made every working day for a year that my Mk1 car bettered a Ford Escort 1100 that made the same journey, a mixture of motorway and town driving, not hanging around. Regards David Hmm, you got better MPG from your 1800 than we had from our 1300 automatic on LEJoG last week... But we possibly drove quicker. As a sidenote: Before heading to England I used our 1800 S as a daily for some happy days Alexander |
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Post by dave1800 on May 7, 2013 3:55:44 GMT
Hi Tommy, long time no hear!
I have been away from home and was using my friend's computer when I found an interesting article on ignition coil temperatures. Unfortunately I have mislaid the link but the essence of the section relevant to your ongoing problem was:
under most ambient temperatures the rise in temperature due to the heating effect of the current running through the coil is between 25-45% of the total, the rest being absorbed from the under-bonnet engine/radiator/exhaust. The maths looked OK as did the methodology comparing the temperature rise both on and off the car.
If this is the case and your coils are mounted in the same place it would suggest that the engine is running hotter in the blue car and this may need to be investigated.
Did you ever get asnywhere with the Slipflex bearings?
Regards
David
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