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[liirge]

Who pointed that out? dont remember?
Honestly im not trying to be funny when was this?

Edited by liirge, 26 September 2009 - 02:18 AM.

[mini7boy]

Who pointed that out? dont remember?

it doesn't really matter, does it, Liirge?

you reacted to the news by removing the entire sentence from your profile rather than simply correcting the misspelling.

I can't blame you for that. If I was a Geography major, I wouldn't want word to get out about it.

Good luck looking for a job.

Maybe you and Tony can wash Minis for a living.

[liirge]

Was this tonight then? i honestly must of missed this whole thing as much as your not going to believe me i got rid of that particular phrase at the start for another reason late last night\ early hours today, i would like to see the thread though! lol
it clearly never happened...Good one mini7boy

EDIT
i dont remember because no one did i just searched, so you kind of messed that one up a little

DONT POST ANY MORE IF HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE SUBJECT...I SAID THIS BACK ON THE LAST PAGE, (I do admit to being baited in a little, but i feel mini7boys behaviour to be rather random, as i said nothing bad to him)

Edited by liirge, 26 September 2009 - 02:45 AM.

[mini7boy]

Was this tonight then? i honestly must of missed this whole thing as much as your not going to believe me i got rid of that particular phrase at the start for another reason late last night\ early hours today, i would like to see the thread though! lol
it clearly never happened...Good one mini7boy

EDIT
i dont remember because no one did i just searched, so you kind of messed that one up a little

DONT POST ANY MORE IF HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE SUBJECT...I SAID THIS BACK ON THE LAST PAGE, (I do admit to being baited in a little, but i feel mini7boys behaviour to be rather random, as i said nothing bad to him)

OK Liirge. I will play along with your lie.

Here is what I copied from your profile not long before I posted about it.

"Finished 1st year at UCL doing Geograhy,"

Now, how would I know about your major and your school UNLESS I saw that information displayed somewhere on this forum(in your profile)?

You and Tony(aka Nightrain) think you can make wisecracks about people and then just retreat into innocence. Your wisecracks have no place on this forum thread.

I have only responded to your and his remarks because I won't just "turn the other cheek" when your insults appear. I didn't instigate any of this today because I was
traveling and offline from early this morning until roughly midnight your time.

There are other categories on this forum for silly non-technical wisecracks. I think that the category named "General Silly Chat" should fit your comments. Maybe you and Tony should play there.

Edited by mini7boy, 26 September 2009 - 04:37 AM.

[Calver ST]

Here we go again - for those that may have missed it on the last out of order slugfest -

'I was alerted to this *peeing* contest and have decided to post just to make some things very clear. I am most definitely NOT Mini7boy. He lives in California. I very, very rarely venture on to any forum these days because a) I am monumentally busy with work and racing and b) in the years the internet and Mini forums have been out there, there are plenty of learned and experienced folk now signed up and posting help to those that ask for it. My many friends and customers who visit these forums alert me to anything they think I can help with that has not been adequately covered, and regrettably to threads that start dragging my name through the muck. I generally ignore these because their is little point 'fighting' with a chinless, faceless wonder hiding behind a key board and screen. Some of those friends and customers try to stand up for me in my adsence - this time it appears Mini7boy has got a little carried away. At least I use my name as the header. Hope this straightens things out. Keith Calver.'

I am sure the admin staff on here can qualify the origins of my posts using some clever stuff re ISP address or some such if need be.

Somehwere I also mentioned it would be interesting to have some sort of demograph showing the ages of the folk answering the questions since without personal knowledge of the folk posting they could be 6 or 60 years old with no or huge experience/knowledge on the subject matter. Many have fallen at the 'it won't work because I think it won't' rather than - 'lets try it and see what happens'.

It'll be a very lomng time before I visit any forums again...

[mini7boy]

The extra capacity came from recessing the valves and thinning the valve seat margins down a little. Otherwise the combustion chambers and rest of head was untouched, so no - you are not correct in that way. This would be a heap easier if you could see the article first. Otherwise we are likely to be re-producing the whole thing that was covered across two magazine issues here. The cost of recessing the valves is nowhere near as costly as pocketing a block. Not even close.

On the 295 head front - if you are getting them in good working order that does not need any re-conditioning for £100 - that's pretty good. You should buy 'em up and store them/sell 'em on. All the ones I've seen or had through my hands in the past decade or more have required full re-furb, which sensibly includes converting for lead free fuel. Just a standard lead free converted re-furbed head is around £150...

As for your opinion - it is just that. And my opinion is just that, based on all the testing I've done over some 30 years. I am not trying to be offensive, but I do not know who you are or your experience as I have not been on this forum for a very long time - just offering up my shot on the deal. KC

No need to start making it personal...may i remind you on a regular basis your "30 years of experience" is called into question especially your pontifications based on these tests you have done, but lets not turn this into a cat fight.

On the unleaded deal there aren't that many 940 Heads that are unleaded, you say it, as if it was nearly all of them are unleaded...there not.
And once again...no one who has done the valve recession bodge, can quote me a price.
And David Vizard seems to agree with me on where the torque comes in on a 295...

Liirge,

I just love the way that you can just blithely insult Calver and his expertise when you have next to no experience while he has been working on Mini engines for a living for more years than you have been alive.

You're absolutely laughable.

When you state "No i haven't got quotes to recess valves, simply because i dont believe its the way it should be done and have never entertained the idea on any of the engines i have built." you display the height of arrogance in dismissing Calver's idea of recessing the valves on a 940 so as to make it unnecessary to pocket the block. His method works perfectly well as demonstrated by the performance of the engine built in the article in the Mini Expert magazine.

You're so typical of Calver's detractors on this forum. You all act like you've never read any of the hundreds of magazine articles he has written over the years and then, after displaying your own ignorance about the A-series, you mock Calver and his work. If you had read even some of his articles, you'd know that he takes a logical and scientific approach to his work and explains it so that even relative novices can understand it. But you'd have us believe that you know better than he does. Based upon WHAT? Where is your proof of your opinions? Where are your dyno results?

I pity anyone who takes your advice on this forum. You and Tony(aka Nightrain) are just so typical of what can be found on any Mini forum. You spend your time taking cheap shots at people who are proven experts in A-series tuning and then shower the forum users with your collected wisdom that is utterly lacking in proof or logic to support it. The fact is that you and your ilk are merely envious. Envious of those who have put in the time, experimented with different approaches and then tested their ideas on a dyno or flowbench. You and your pals have done none of this. Your opinions are little better than pubtalk, completely unsubstantiated.

You have a lot to be humble about, Liirge. It's way past time that you and your pal Tony the Nightrain showed some respect for those who have proven that they know far more about the A-series than you ever will.

[Paul Wiginton]

Nicely said

[liirge]

I shall no longer Dignify this shambles of a thread with a reply,

[jaydee]

it looks like somebody needs to use the spelling checker more often. Either that or a good dictionary.

On the "Stages of Tune" page on cylinder heads, the author obviously doesn't know the difference between the words "breath" and "breathe".
The author meant to use the word "breathe". You'll have to trust me on that.

Are you american or british? Its a common slang to say 'to breath' its not the first time i see that. Whats the matter with that?

I am American, but it has no bearing on this issue. The slang usage you cite may be widely used, but it is wrong.

It's all very simple. As shown in the definitions of "breath" and "breathe" shown at the links below, the word "breath" is a noun and the word "breathe" is a verb.

In the text that follows, the author was exhorting a woman "to breathe" which is a classic usage of a verb

If the woman followed his command to "breathe" she would have taken a "breath".

In the sentence which follows, starting with the words "Modifying the cylinder....." , the word "breath" is also incorrect because in saying "getting it to breath better", the words "to breath"
are another classic usage of a verb, so the correct word is "breathe" as in "getting it to breathE better"

The text I was commenting on was the following:

Cylinder Heads - Breath madam! Breath!!!

Modifying the cylinder head is all about getting it to breath better.

http://www.merriam-w...tionary/breathe

http://www.merriam-w...ctionary/breath

Man, im neither stupid or deaf to dont know the difference beetween two different words..
Everyone can type something wrong (although in that arcticle some sort of ignorance is shown ..) but we talking about technical things why pointing out others' typos instead of arguing about something more interesting?
By the way, I think all of you need to chill down a bit and stop attacking each other, i find it actually pointless to do the web cowboys, there are more constructive ways to discuss and argument opinions..

[Nightrain]

The extra capacity came from recessing the valves and thinning the valve seat margins down a little. Otherwise the combustion chambers and rest of head was untouched, so no - you are not correct in that way. This would be a heap easier if you could see the article first. Otherwise we are likely to be re-producing the whole thing that was covered across two magazine issues here. The cost of recessing the valves is nowhere near as costly as pocketing a block. Not even close.

On the 295 head front - if you are getting them in good working order that does not need any re-conditioning for £100 - that's pretty good. You should buy 'em up and store them/sell 'em on. All the ones I've seen or had through my hands in the past decade or more have required full re-furb, which sensibly includes converting for lead free fuel. Just a standard lead free converted re-furbed head is around £150...

As for your opinion - it is just that. And my opinion is just that, based on all the testing I've done over some 30 years. I am not trying to be offensive, but I do not know who you are or your experience as I have not been on this forum for a very long time - just offering up my shot on the deal. KC

No need to start making it personal...may i remind you on a regular basis your "30 years of experience" is called into question especially your pontifications based on these tests you have done, but lets not turn this into a cat fight.

On the unleaded deal there aren't that many 940 Heads that are unleaded, you say it, as if it was nearly all of them are unleaded...there not.
And once again...no one who has done the valve recession bodge, can quote me a price.
And David Vizard seems to agree with me on where the torque comes in on a 295...

Liirge,

I just love the way that you can just blithely insult Calver and his expertise when you have next to no experience while he has been working on Mini engines for a living for more years than you have been alive.

You're absolutely laughable.

When you state "No i haven't got quotes to recess valves, simply because i dont believe its the way it should be done and have never entertained the idea on any of the engines i have built." you display the height of arrogance in dismissing Calver's idea of recessing the valves on a 940 so as to make it unnecessary to pocket the block. His method works perfectly well as demonstrated by the performance of the engine built in the article in the Mini Expert magazine.

You're so typical of Calver's detractors on this forum. You all act like you've never read any of the hundreds of magazine articles he has written over the years and then, after displaying your own ignorance about the A-series, you mock Calver and his work. If you had read even some of his articles, you'd know that he takes a logical and scientific approach to his work and explains it so that even relative novices can understand it. But you'd have us believe that you know better than he does. Based upon WHAT? Where is your proof of your opinions? Where are your dyno results?

I pity anyone who takes your advice on this forum. You and Tony(aka Nightrain) are just so typical of what can be found on any Mini forum. You spend your time taking cheap shots at people who are proven experts in A-series tuning and then shower the forum users with your collected wisdom that is utterly lacking in proof or logic to support it. The fact is that you and your ilk are merely envious. Envious of those who have put in the time, experimented with different approaches and then tested their ideas on a dyno or flowbench. You and your pals have done none of this. Your opinions are little better than pubtalk, completely unsubstantiated.

You have a lot to be humble about, Liirge. It's way past time that you and your pal Tony the Nightrain showed some respect for those who have proven that they know far more about the A-series than you ever will.

Slightly UNTRUE ! If as you suggest he tested everything how come he's the only one that still reckons the special V2 core rad is 33% more efficient than a four core !!!

After been told the 4 cores wasn't been produced anymore, because the New Super Special 2 core was 33% more efficient. I said no thanks I'll take a standard rad, to which calvers response was 'if it isn't better than your 4 core I keith calver will give you your money back'.

Took all of a week for you to go back on your word, when I returned to spares I was told it's because of the spotlights I had fitted. So they where removed, which made FA of a difference. Next time I came for my money back, it was the set up of the engine. So I asked where you would suggest, Dennis Vessay motorsport was your answer. So off I went again, I mean afterall this was Keith Calver Mini Expert I was talking too.
Booked in at vessays, Dennis spent a full afternoon getting it spot on. But still it was running too hot. Guess what your dyno operator of choice said ?

You'd be better off with a 4 core !!! Yet you still wouldn't give me my money back !!!

Then the best bit of all was despite what you, keith calver had said minispares put the 4 core back into production !!!
I bought a 4 core and ALL the overheating problems disappeared !!!

So don't try and tell me you test everything first !

Edited by Nightrain, 26 September 2009 - 10:39 AM.

[mini7boy]

I shall no longer Dignify this shambles of a thread with a reply,

Dearest me. You've used a capital "D" to start the word dignify. Does this mean I'm in serious trouble or that you just don't know how to spell?

I find that appalling for a man in university.....even if he has chosen Geography as his field of study.

We've all heard of Boy Racers. Does this make you the Boy Geographer?

If so, I am blessed to be in your presence.

Hail Liirge! All hail the Boy Geographer!

[shorty]

so what he spelt dignified with a capital D..its to show emphasis.
it is beyond me how you could see that as a spelling mistake

the OP just asked for opinions on how to get more power for his 1098..yet as usual arguments are started
if you've got an opinion then feel free to give it but don't go and question other peoples opinions and make thinkings into an argument (this is not aimed at anyone in specific but all people who get into arguments)

Edited by shorty, 26 September 2009 - 11:54 AM.

[Shifty]

For the love of christ, why don't you lot find somewhere else to *woman of ill repute* about each other?

I'm getting really annoyed now at all this nonsense, its everywhere, if you guys have a beef with each other why not argue via PM rather that clog up the forum with this repetitive rubbish.

Frankly I don't care that Lirge can't spell geography, I don't need a lesson in english in the technical forum and I didn't notice the original poster asking about radiators.

Why don't you lot just grow up and start acting like adults?

Shame on you.

Edited by shiftyseamus, 26 September 2009 - 11:59 AM.

[Nightrain]

Well said shifty, grow up and act like an adult. Keeping your word would sort this problem !

Thats my last word in this post, unless I have to reply to childish comments from dishonorable people !

[mini7boy]

The extra capacity came from recessing the valves and thinning the valve seat margins down a little. Otherwise the combustion chambers and rest of head was untouched, so no - you are not correct in that way. This would be a heap easier if you could see the article first. Otherwise we are likely to be re-producing the whole thing that was covered across two magazine issues here. The cost of recessing the valves is nowhere near as costly as pocketing a block. Not even close.

On the 295 head front - if you are getting them in good working order that does not need any re-conditioning for £100 - that's pretty good. You should buy 'em up and store them/sell 'em on. All the ones I've seen or had through my hands in the past decade or more have required full re-furb, which sensibly includes converting for lead free fuel. Just a standard lead free converted re-furbed head is around £150...

As for your opinion - it is just that. And my opinion is just that, based on all the testing I've done over some 30 years. I am not trying to be offensive, but I do not know who you are or your experience as I have not been on this forum for a very long time - just offering up my shot on the deal. KC

No need to start making it personal...may i remind you on a regular basis your "30 years of experience" is called into question especially your pontifications based on these tests you have done, but lets not turn this into a cat fight.

On the unleaded deal there aren't that many 940 Heads that are unleaded, you say it, as if it was nearly all of them are unleaded...there not.
And once again...no one who has done the valve recession bodge, can quote me a price.
And David Vizard seems to agree with me on where the torque comes in on a 295...

Liirge,

I just love the way that you can just blithely insult Calver and his expertise when you have next to no experience while he has been working on Mini engines for a living for more years than you have been alive.

You're absolutely laughable.

When you state "No i haven't got quotes to recess valves, simply because i dont believe its the way it should be done and have never entertained the idea on any of the engines i have built." you display the height of arrogance in dismissing Calver's idea of recessing the valves on a 940 so as to make it unnecessary to pocket the block. His method works perfectly well as demonstrated by the performance of the engine built in the article in the Mini Expert magazine.

You're so typical of Calver's detractors on this forum. You all act like you've never read any of the hundreds of magazine articles he has written over the years and then, after displaying your own ignorance about the A-series, you mock Calver and his work. If you had read even some of his articles, you'd know that he takes a logical and scientific approach to his work and explains it so that even relative novices can understand it. But you'd have us believe that you know better than he does. Based upon WHAT? Where is your proof of your opinions? Where are your dyno results?

I pity anyone who takes your advice on this forum. You and Tony(aka Nightrain) are just so typical of what can be found on any Mini forum. You spend your time taking cheap shots at people who are proven experts in A-series tuning and then shower the forum users with your collected wisdom that is utterly lacking in proof or logic to support it. The fact is that you and your ilk are merely envious. Envious of those who have put in the time, experimented with different approaches and then tested their ideas on a dyno or flowbench. You and your pals have done none of this. Your opinions are little better than pubtalk, completely unsubstantiated.

You have a lot to be humble about, Liirge. It's way past time that you and your pal Tony the Nightrain showed some respect for those who have proven that they know far more about the A-series than you ever will.

Slightly UNTRUE ! If as you suggest he tested everything how come he's the only one that still reckons the special V2 core rad is 33% more efficient than a four core !!!

After been told the 4 cores wasn't been produced anymore, because the New Super Special 2 core was 33% more efficient. I said no thanks I'll take a standard rad, to which calvers response was 'if it isn't better than your 4 core I keith calver will give you your money back'.

Took all of a week for you to go back on your word, when I returned to spares I was told it's because of the spotlights I had fitted. So they where removed, which made FA of a difference. Next time I came for my money back, it was the set up of the engine. So I asked where you would suggest, Dennis Vessay motorsport was your answer. So off I went again, I mean afterall this was Keith Calver Mini Expert I was talking too.
Booked in at vessays, Dennis spent a full afternoon getting it spot on. But still it was running too hot. Guess what your dyno operator of choice said ?

You'd be better off with a 4 core !!! Yet you still wouldn't give me my money back !!!

Then the best bit of all was despite what you, keith calver had said minispares put the 4 core back into production !!!
I bought a 4 core and ALL the overheating problems disappeared !!!

So don't try and tell me you test everything first !

No need to worry about me trying to tell you anything, Tony.
You never listen and are so busy misinterpreting and misstating things that no one can tell you anything.

You're still bearing a silly grudge over an incident that occurred what, 10 years ago? And over what, 64 quid?
And so this fact alone justifies the ongoing stream of incoherent insults and misstatements you lob Calver's way.

Why don't you just try getting a life, Tony?

Or is your pitiful little existence so hopelessly boring and devoid of content that you must maintain this old grudge in order to justify getting up each day?
How sad, Tony. How terribly sad. You have my pity.