7shades Posted August 15, 2010 Report Posted August 15, 2010 The irony of that statement is; I am actually going to Russia next year. Fires should be gone and everything should be frozen again by that time though. Quote
Evan G Posted August 15, 2010 Report Posted August 15, 2010 and when your in russia youll wish had a warm 4 degree night like in cairns Quote
7shades Posted August 15, 2010 Report Posted August 15, 2010 Already got that covered... Landcruiser camper I am building for the trip shall be equipped with diesel fuelled central heating... Even the underfloor :P Quote
towe001 Posted August 15, 2010 Report Posted August 15, 2010 Ahh but just remember diesel fuel, just like the Russian dirt from the north, freezes :P Quote
clubby2084 Posted August 15, 2010 Report Posted August 15, 2010 Cruising, NT style. Overtaking at this speed needs to be a well thought and pre-planned event. Acceleration past 130 is, well, it IS possible. And we'll leave it at that. Everything is big in the NT, even the ants build big enough to park a Corolla in. Quote
67Rolla-Ken Posted August 15, 2010 Report Posted August 15, 2010 (edited) Acceleration past 130 is, well, it IS possible. And we'll leave it at that. I got my first AE82 up to 150, absolute top speed she could manage... then it cracked the head in 3 places :D Absolute top speed for the 2ltr 82 Celica seams to be ~130 :P Edited August 16, 2010 by 67Rolla-Ken Quote
Trev Posted August 16, 2010 Report Posted August 16, 2010 I got my first AE82 up to 150, absolute top speed she could manage... Ha, that is all... Quote
Chobis Posted August 16, 2010 Report Posted August 16, 2010 (edited) Everything is big in the NT, even the ants build big enough to park a Corolla in. Yeh those anthills are crazy. I got a few pics of them last year when I went to darwin for a bit of a look around. They build them that way to minimise heat for themselves apparantly. I read a sign up there about it, but can't remember exactly. Edited August 16, 2010 by Chobis Quote
JiP Posted August 16, 2010 Author Report Posted August 16, 2010 Bit dangerous isn't to be taking a photo of your speedo at that speed isn't it? Quote
7shades Posted August 16, 2010 Report Posted August 16, 2010 Ahh but just remember diesel fuel, just like the Russian dirt from the north, freezes :P Well spotted sir! But again, I'm ahead of the game here... The plumbing and electrical systems in this rig are... Epic. Both standard tanks plus the extra 120L alloy tank are being fitted with dual heating elements... (multiple redundancy ftw) One being water lines run from the HWS, which is in turn warmed by 2 heat exchangers, one from the engine, another from the exhaust... The other is a regular 12V coiled wire element. The 12V system has alternator, solar, and standalone generator to keep it charged. (Again, redundancy) This vehicle is being built to survive flood/fire/famine/pestilence/nuclear winter/zombie apocalypse. Quote
towe001 Posted August 16, 2010 Report Posted August 16, 2010 I'm taking it you've learnt from the Vito with all this multiple redundancy stuff Quote
SLW42 Posted August 16, 2010 Report Posted August 16, 2010 I got my first AE82 up to 150, absolute top speed she could manage... then it cracked the head in 3 places :D Absolute top speed for the 2ltr 82 Celica seams to be ~130 :P thats abit weak out of a 82 model celica my mate got his 86 model fwd celica off the clock at like 206, and i got my ta22 all the way out to 175 on a flat road on the way back from the coast Quote
towe001 Posted August 16, 2010 Report Posted August 16, 2010 Do we really need to be talking about stupid high speeds, unless its on the track and not some public road for some mr/ms plod to scream out HOOH and there she blows for the rest of us Quote
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