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 Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law   Topic: Motorist takes on the courts - BBC News report

Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 22:50 

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'We' is the chattering classes who created 100 posts without probably any direct involvement in the news item :) There's much more opportunity to slow a car down with a flat tyre than to speed it up by over pressure. Car tyres don't really go up to a point in the way that, say, a dual compound motor...

 Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law   Topic: Motorist takes on the courts - BBC News report

Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2010 22:24 

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Anton, Quite right. Your reduced inlet gasket would work on carb or FI cars, no need for re-mapping. Or a bit of laquer on the air filter (would flag MIL fault eventually), or restrict the exhaust, or probably just fix the throttle not to open fully, or fool the HEGO into lean, lots of opportunity. ...

 Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law   Topic: Motorist takes on the courts - BBC News report

Posted: Sun Apr 25, 2010 17:46 

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Hi folks. New poster, no offence intended but we do love a good debate… On the vehicle speed: I'm an automotive engineer with two degrees and I certainly wouldn't claim I could predict the top speed of an unknown car. A 12mph tail wind will not make you 12mph faster because there is still increased ...
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