On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 11:19:27 +0000, AJG <
[email protected]> wrote:
>In message <[email protected]>, Mr. Nice.
><markvarleyphoto@*nospam*softhome.net> writes
>>From page 106 or LRM April 2004.
>>The theory is that the drawn air swirls thereby moving more
>>efficiently. There is a 2 page article about it being fitted to a Tdi
>>Defender with an intercooler. 2 were fitted, one in the air cleaner
>>hose to the turbo and a smaller one in the intercooler pipe.
>>
>>My scanner is duff at the moment so I can't scan it for you but if
>>there is any info you want from it let me know. There is no report on
>>any difference it may have made other than "felt that the engine felt a
>>little smoother and, on the road, there definatly seemed to be more
>>torque with the hiclones than there had been before".
>And that was as far as it went ...
>When I got my sets free for review, I specified that what I said was
>going to be the whole truth, good or bad, and not subjective. This was
>accepted by the supplier, as it obviously should have been if he had
>confidence in his product.
>Anybody who has equipment supplied and fitted then writes such a
>pointless review (a double page IIRC) needs shooting. There were no
>factual results, just extensive details of a two minute job sticking a
>thing into a pipe and then statement you quote. Such articles should be
>forced to have a banner headline 'Advertorial'.
>Sorry, I'm ranting again ... perhaps it's this bleedin' flu but I hate
>crap articles!!!
When I read it I thought it rather smacked of a reviewer getting good
revenue from an advertiser. Rather than risk finding out it's a load
of bollocks (which all common sense would suggest) and having to
report such, they decided that they would describe in detail how to
remove a jubilee clip and stuff a piece of metal in a pipe, then say
something pointless and generic like 'it definitely felt more
torquey'.
I've always been certain that my cars have been smoother, faster and
generally 'better' after any kind of service. If you came and took a
few hundred quid off me for inserting the gizzards of an Amazonian
cockerel into my glovebox I'm sure I'd notice a big improvement in
acceleration and 'torqueyness'. The only other option would be to
admit I was a total tit who'd been had.
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