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Forfour Mongol rally
« on: July 04, 2013, 11:02:22 PM »
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Re: Forfour Mongol rally
« Reply #1 on: July 04, 2013, 11:06:43 PM »
Lounge concept might come in handy
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Re: Forfour Mongol rally
« Reply #2 on: July 04, 2013, 11:07:54 PM »
Hmm, nice looking cdi there, hope that it, and they survive ok!  ;)
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Re: Forfour Mongol rally
« Reply #3 on: July 05, 2013, 01:18:18 AM »
This 'type' of car has not made it to the end before, eh ?
So these guys should have a good few pointers as to what
went wrong or failed, and have solutions to all of them ?

Other than that I would have advised them to have fitted
'spring assisters' and even gone oversize (profile) on the tyres
to give them a bit more ground clearance for the potholes.....
and....I would have suggested a 'mild' remap, with the EGR
'mapped out' to save it going into 'safemode' as that is quite
a common problem for diesels.

With knowledge from the previous failures and those few additions
the car should or would stand a good chance of making it.
« Last Edit: July 05, 2013, 01:19:38 AM by CrazyG »
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Re: Forfour Mongol rally
« Reply #4 on: July 05, 2013, 07:26:49 AM »
If I remember rightly that car is a 68bhp Pure and it was in poor condition (possibly a softouch too). I wouldn't trust a car from Hiltons to be looked after by them. Bad memories of my early forfour hunting.
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Re: Forfour Mongol rally
« Reply #5 on: July 05, 2013, 07:43:10 AM »
My super tall mitsu colt diesel springs would come in handy:P  With tall springs and ET44 wheels you can get 195/60R15 and even 185/65R16 tires without rubbing which give you a big advantage over rough terrain.

I'd also check the thermostat, some cdi thermostats fail after a while and stay open all the time, causing the engine to run below normal operating temperature in moderate or cold climates.

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