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Fascinating stuff, thanks guys and sorry to Scobie for butchering his thread

Ah, fixed orifice, gotcha. So what happens in that system if you don't have a regulator? Pressure is determined by the fuel pump alone, I assume? Well, along with the natural restriction present in the pipework itself.

I was thinking £4K too, tops.

You took the words right out of my mouth. Also, this is why Post Preview was invented.

Okay, that makes a bit more sense now. I assumed the excess was dumped back to the tank, which is why I was getting a bit confused. I assume the regulator isn't put before the injectors simply so you don't end up in a situation where you get a massive need for fuel and the regulator can't open quickly enough to supply it. Perfect, thank you!

Easiest way is to simply measure the arch itself. Bolt the wheel on as-is, and measure the gap from the edge of the rim to the arch. Work out where you want the edge of the wheel to sit, and then that's the size of the spacer you want.

Great, thanks mate However, I struggle to see how that would work efficiently. The regulator is only ever seeing the pressure post-injector usage, which will by nature be a lower pressure than pre-injector. Actually, where does the return go back to? That may be the obvious thing I'm missing. Not arguing the toss, just genuinely trying to expand my knowledge

In a tintop car, I'd be happy enough wearing a bike lid. In a softtop, I'd only ever wear a car helmet. Not saying that's right (it's definitely not!), but that's my own personal risk assessment. The most important thing is that it fits properly and comfortably, and then as long as it meets the various standards then it'll be fine regardless of cost.

Okay, so after reading Tricky's post it would seem I'm in the wrong here, which makes sense as I said I know chuff all! Tricky, why is it placed on the return? That just seems counter-productive to me.

No reason you can't fit it on the return, but it would be much, much harder to control the pressure/flow that way: All you're doing is adjusting the pressure as it returns back to the tank, after it's jizzed a load of fuel out of the injectors. It will have an effect before the injectors, but more luck than judgement. Anything to do with controlling flow should be placed on the flow before any take offs.

I would agree with the latter. I've zero experience in these things at all but as a plumber I have a working knowledge of fluids and pressures/flow rates, and by fitting a regulator (a kind of pressure reducing valve) to the flow before the fuel rail then yes, you're limiting the flow across both rails and the return line to the tank to whatever you set the valve to. That makes sense to me.

In all seriousness though, I'm not entirely comfortable with major engineering works of this scale going on directly below a site of such historical importance. I'm hardly a tree hugging hippy, but this makes me quite uncomfortable. It's like putting a motorway on a big bridge over a National Park. To paraphrase the great Dr Ian Malcolm, just because you can doesn't mean you should.

Truth is that if you're not happy with the Ts&Cs, then go somewhere else. Insure what you want to protect, don't just do the bare minimum and then wonder why everything goes tits up when you need to claim.

Nice one, ta. It all comes down to reasonableness. Is it reasonable to know what are options on a new car? Yes, of course. On a ten year old one, and especially if you're not a car nut? Doubtful. Same with mods: Doris the pensioner might not be expected to know if those wheels aren't stock, but an active member of a car club certainly would be.

In fairness Admiral group are very clear about mentioning factory options in their paperwork, I remember when I was insured with them that that bit stuck out. Got a link to the thread Rich?

Yeah, it's not like you put it on the internet for every one to see, is it? Adding named drivers is fine, even if they never drive it. Not declaring mods is idiotic in the extreme, you might as well not bother insuring it at all.

I don't think you understand how sex works if you believe that a vagina goes inside a condom

Just bulldoze the whole lot, only a few bits of rock and you could put a decent sized housing estate there.

I wouldn't be eating potato products out of a johnny.

Until they make it 30mph with SPECS, of course.

No, you've missed my point: It's not the cost of the parts of the individual car you're insuring, it's the cost of ALL the cars that the company insures. The 3 series is seriously popular and seriously expensive to repair, Audis the same, and even Fords are no longer a cheap fix. Doesn't matter what you drive, it matters what other people are crashing.

458 is cheaper for me to insure than the BMW is 😂

Wouldn't worry about it in the slightest. All rolling roads use clever calculations and guesswork to get to the figure you see there, so really the only thing they're particularly useful for is before/after comparisons when you've done various things to the car. Outside of that, they're an interesting curiosity. Put it this way, if you really are that far down on power, you'd have plenty of other symptoms to be noticing!

You're kidding, they're the comfiest things in the world! I happen to be wearing a rather fetching grey pair as we speak.

Another thing affecting insurance prices, and probably more so than uninsured drivers and personal injury claims, is that cars are just so damn expensive to repair now. A few years back a bumper was £300, a spray job £200, a light cluster £400. Now the bumper costs £2000 because it has parking sensors, the paint alone costs £800 to buy, and a bi-xenon headlight with fancy LEDs in it is the best part of £1000. That just adds up so, so quickly.