An interesting article which explains why my TD is so much better than your ZD! :harhar:
http://www.outbacktravelaustralia.co...-november-2016
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An interesting article which explains why my TD is so much better than your ZD! :harhar:
http://www.outbacktravelaustralia.co...-november-2016
Interesting article(just scanned it). Some of the earlier ZD30's were plagued with trouble(so I've heard).Quote:
Originally Posted by Cuppa
I'm wondering if that's still the case.
http://www.chaz.yellowfoot.org/zd30_engine_problems.htm
Fair go Cuppa you know how to shatter a blokes dreams.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cuppa
They've turned workhorses into thoroughbreds. It cost my cousin a small fortune, to repair his brand new Patrol after fuel contamination in W.A.
That is a bit one sided..Quote:
Originally Posted by Cuppa
Where are the pics of the Kettle TD42's and the ones with rods sticking out of the big holes punched in the blocks from snapped cranks? ;)
Check Ab I think he has a few piccies of the latter? LOLQuote:
Originally Posted by Softy
He isn't alone.....Quote:
Originally Posted by Touses
Stupid tractor motors.
Just a bit of banter to get you to read the article lads. :) I don’t wish mechanical calamity on anyone & I believe in karma so if I were being truly nasty I’d probably have a rod out through the bottom of my dinosaur next week. (No reflection on the inner goodness of our illustrious leader & pizza maker extraordinaire intended) :D
Uppercut coming your way soon matey :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Cuppa
EDIT: I'll swap ya if you want...bwahahah
Pretty cool read actually Cuppa, thanks
Wow, excellent article. Technology really is cracking on and i agree the end of diesel and even petrol motors could be on the horizon. That extended range EV concept with gas turbine is very very interesting.
This is like a full circle. Diesels were considered the same 40 years ago- Expensive lol. The problem I see with modern diesels is the people who make them which ultimately are driven by the consumer. Modern diesels are expected to have good performance while still being affordable to buy. Which do you want? A reliable diesel with performance will be expensive, A cheap diesel that is reliable wont have performance.
I don’t disagree with you Matt, but it appears (from the article) that the nail in the coffin for diesels will not be reliability or performance, but the inability to meet ever tightening emission requirements. It could well be that my strategy of buying an old school diesel for long term ownership & travel was not such a great idea after all. If over the next decade plus we see less & less diesels on the road diesel fuel will become more & more a niche product with a matching increase in price. Not what I want to see, but I also have green beliefs about the need for behaviours to change for the sake of the planet. Difficult world aint it.Quote:
Originally Posted by nissannewby
Never going to happen to your motor Cuppa, you don't put enough K's on it. :wink:Quote:
Originally Posted by Cuppa
Yet, Jack, yet! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Apollofish
Don't worry, Cuppa, us petrol heads can send you our used oil, if you want.
Reminds me of what I have heard about 2 stroke motors. They`re trying to phase them out, because of the pollution they create.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cuppa
I cant see that happening in the next 50 years cuppa. There is still a lot of r&d going into the old diesel buy some major automotive manufacturers. I always fail to see the emissions side of the argument. Sure we can all drive electric cars but they still pollute just as much as a petrol or diesel vehicle. Sure nothing comes out of an exhaust but the materials used in the batteries are horrible for the environment, not to mention the vehicle still drives on tyres and has all the other mechanical components in the drive train. Even solar isnt sustainable at this point.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cuppa
Something for us all to strive for:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perpetual_motion
Just might need a whisker of diesel and or Aerostart to get science rocking along:-)
That would be bad news for some of the motor mowers, whipper snippers, chain saws, etc. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Bush Ranger
Interesting line of thought. So, what is the solution for a greener transport?!!Quote:
Originally Posted by nissannewby
It ain't gonna happen, but nothing wrong with trying though. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by MB
With some luck, we may be able to tap into "Quantum vacuum energy"
Have they built any prototypes of that sort?!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Plasnart
Gas turbines have been around for a long time. I was told that they were suppressed decades ago because they can run on different fuels.
Walking.....Quote:
Originally Posted by dom14
Maybe for another thread thingo you can build Mr Dom :-)!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_EV1
Haha (No politics sworn by all) :-)
I do a fair bit of cycling. Quicker and greener both at the same time(I think).Quote:
Originally Posted by nissannewby
Rubber tyres are still made out of petroleum derivatives though. :)
We better find greener transport technologies though. I think some improvements like electric cars, solar electric cars, etc etc are
better than doing nothing.
Improved battery technology which is in full swing. Lot of way to go yet but they're getting smaller and more powerful every year. I believe batteries will power most vehicles in the future charged by either solar or small power plant like that EV gas turbine in Cuppa's original post.Quote:
Originally Posted by dom14
The E-racing cars and E-moto are getting better and better and shifting from experimental to mainstream focus.
Just think we went from this:
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...2016/11/33.jpg
To this in around 100 years:
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...2016/11/34.jpg
Similar advancement in vehicles. Another 50 years and what we know now will be crazily outdated and old fashioned.
Sustainability is the key. This will be the hardest thing to get right. Hopefully technology advances in way which will aid this. It will be a tough ask.
Yeah, I know that thing. They crushed all of those units without allowing anybody to buy them.Quote:
Originally Posted by MB
Another interesting fact is that electric cars are actually older than gasoline cars.
Only new thing is hydrogen fuel cars, which also isn't that new.
If we can find a way to pump out hydrogen from our sun, we can forget about environmental issues of energy use for the time being. :D
(which also means large amounts of hydrogen burning will eventually produce it's own problems).
It is a tough ask I believe, 'cos we're not ready to give up the "comforts" of modern life.Quote:
Originally Posted by nissannewby
https://www.physicsforums.com/thread...obiles.712881/
They discuss why turbines are more efficient at higher speeds so don't really suit autos but using the turbine to run an alternator is very doable.
Don't worry Dom, the last thing Gen Y will relinquish are the comforts of modern life. All will be good.Quote:
Originally Posted by dom14
Repost, different link than before Mr Plassy?
UPDATE;-)
(Apologies Ford didn't get contracted:-) )
http://media.gm.com/media/us/en/gm/n.../1003-zh2.html
Water for troops out the 'Tail-Pipe' ;-)
I believe it took less than fifty years. Probably the commercial air crafts that look like modern jet turbine engine driven ones took few more years, but the speed it advanced was on par with personal computer technology.Quote:
Originally Posted by Plasnart
This is what we should be driving right now, if we started doing work on alternative fuel cars during the hippy era. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by MB
Interesting read. http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/200...-turbine-cars/
What is the legal issue with catch cans? I wouldn't of thought they would be an emission issue?
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You're still venting but just catching the build of liquid that's all.Quote:
Originally Posted by AGman