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 902 Posts Member #: 111 Post Whore Loughborough |
31st Mar, 2009 at 07:35:34pm
Hi guys,
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3006 Posts Member #: 2500 Post Whore Buckinghamshire |
31st Mar, 2009 at 07:39:26pm
Yesterday I fitted the same thing exactly,but not to a mini.You have already screwed the probe to the sensor so you have seen that it is a solid piece of brass,so I dont see why you cant cut it down(But dont cry to me if it costs you another £25) |
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 2909 Posts Member #: 83 Post Whore Glasgow, Scotland |
31st Mar, 2009 at 07:58:04pm
the bit that does the sensing is usually at the very tip. at your own risk. turbo 16v k-series 11.9@118.9 :)
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 (2)[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/150672766@N03/]Rod Sugden[/url], on Fli) 5988 Posts Member #: 2024 Formally Retired Rural Suffolk |
31st Mar, 2009 at 08:22:03pm
As both the above...
Schrödinger's cat - so which one am I ??? |
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 3692 Posts Member #: 1833 Formally mini_majic Auckland, New Zealand |
31st Mar, 2009 at 09:15:20pm
9" angle grinder. will go through anything! |
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902 Posts Member #: 111 Post Whore Loughborough |
31st Mar, 2009 at 09:39:04pm
it does just screw on, there no cable or anything. i think it looks cutable. |
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 9812 Posts Member #: 332 Resident Cylinder Head Modifier Mitsi Evo 7, 911, Cossie. & all the chavs ...... won no problem |
31st Mar, 2009 at 10:06:09pm
i would not cut it ....... at your own peril
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3006 Posts Member #: 2500 Post Whore Buckinghamshire |
31st Mar, 2009 at 10:28:28pm
The probe is just pushed through the fins on the rad, between the gills, and is screwed on to the body by the person installing it.It has just a small thread formed on one end and there is no evidence that it contains any sensing device -how could it transfer its response ?. I,m pretty sure its just a brass rod to transfer the heat to the body where the sensor is. |
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493 Posts Member #: 3894 Senior Member sallys gap. garden of Ireland |
1st Apr, 2009 at 12:37:46am
cut and enlighten us all!! |
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 11046 Posts Member #: 965 Post Whore Preston On The Brook |
1st Apr, 2009 at 01:23:43am
Never seen anything like it before On 26th Oct, 2004 TurboDave16v said:
Is it A-Series only? I think it should be... So when some joey comes on here about how his 16v turbo vauxhall is great compared to ours, he can be given the 'bird'... On 26th Oct, 2004 Tom Fenton said:
Yep I agree with TD........ |
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3006 Posts Member #: 2500 Post Whore Buckinghamshire |
1st Apr, 2009 at 06:12:17am
Available at merlinmotorsport.com |
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 9258 Posts Member #: 123 Post Whore Betwix Harrogate and York |
1st Apr, 2009 at 07:39:09am
From what you say it will be a brass rod that could in theory be cut and not directly damage a sensor; it seems, as you say, that the brass part is just for transferring heat to the sensor.
Fastest 998 mini in the world? 13.05 1/4 mile 106mph
On 2nd Jan, 2013 fastcarl said:
the design shows a distinct lack of imagination, talk about starting off with a clean sheet of paper, then not bothering to fucking draw on it,lol On 20th Apr, 2012 Paul S said:
I'm mainly concerned about swirl in the runners caused by the tangential entry. |
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 16540 Posts Member #: 4241 King Gaycharger, butt plug dealer, Sheldon Cooper and a BAC but generally a niceish fella if you dont mind a northerner Rotherham, South Yorkshire |
1st Apr, 2009 at 07:57:04am
I say just cut it. Then go buy one that's the right size when you balls it up On 11th Feb, 2015 robert said:
i tried putting soap on it , and heating it to brown , then slathered my new lube on it 
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 1547 Posts Member #: 2727 Post Whore Bicester |
1st Apr, 2009 at 08:58:32am
cutting it will probably throw the calibration out, and sometimes these probes are hollow with nitrogen in them. 1972 998 TURBO SLEEPER |
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493 Posts Member #: 3894 Senior Member sallys gap. garden of Ireland |
1st Apr, 2009 at 09:03:09am
Ring merlin!! |
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 998 Posts Member #: 2178 Post Whore Leyland, Lancs |
1st Apr, 2009 at 02:42:00pm
Buy one that sits in a hose. On 15th Jul, 2009 fastcarl said:
a breif struggle ensued but Will emerged the victor with a pair of undies in his possesion On 21st Sep, 2009 apbellamy said:
No, but you did chuck your guts up over my front gate the Saturday before! You even managed to get a bit in your arm pit... |
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 45 Posts Member #: 2544 Member Biddulph, Stoke on Trent |
3rd Apr, 2009 at 12:10:03pm
Just a thought but wouldn't the manufacturer have saved the material costs and made it shorter if it didn't need to be that long in the first place? I think the calibration argument is looking good. It's not the age that makes me creak it's the mileage |
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2496 Posts Member #: 1954 Post Whore Luton Bedfordshire |
3rd Apr, 2009 at 12:58:12pm
Yes you can cut it, you can cut anything to length even a finger..
Edited by Mr Joshua on 3rd Apr, 2009. Own the day
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 6549 Posts Member #: 1149 #1 Basshunter Fan Force Racing ICT Dept Manager Miglia Turbo Am frum Yokshyer tha noes! |
3rd Apr, 2009 at 01:08:13pm
Cant you put it in at an angle? 1/4 Mile 14.3secs 96Mph Terminal 10psi of boost.
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Site Admin  9407 Posts Member #: 58 455bhp per ton 12 sec 1/4 mile road legal mini Sunny Bridgend, South Wales |
3rd Apr, 2009 at 02:20:45pm
I'd cut through it IMO On 15th May, 2009 TurboDave said:
I think the welsh one has it right! 1st to provide running proof of turbo twinkie in a car and first to run a 1/4 in one!! Is your data backed up?? one extra month free for all Turbo minis members, PM me for detials |
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16540 Posts Member #: 4241 King Gaycharger, butt plug dealer, Sheldon Cooper and a BAC but generally a niceish fella if you dont mind a northerner Rotherham, South Yorkshire |
3rd Apr, 2009 at 02:29:39pm
Just cut it and then get one that fits On 11th Feb, 2015 robert said:
i tried putting soap on it , and heating it to brown , then slathered my new lube on it
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Forum Mod  5933 Posts Member #: 784 9 times Avon Park Class C winner Milton Keynes |
3rd Apr, 2009 at 03:32:17pm
Can you not fit it from the front so it sticks into the engine bay instead of out through the grille?
I seriously doubt it! |
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940 Posts Member #: 1424 Post Whore Carnforth, Lancs |
3rd Apr, 2009 at 03:50:12pm
Have you not cut that bloody thing yet!! |
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902 Posts Member #: 111 Post Whore Loughborough |
4th Apr, 2009 at 07:39:07pm
Yeah just cut it, seems fine. awhile off finding out if it works though.
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3006 Posts Member #: 2500 Post Whore Buckinghamshire |
4th Apr, 2009 at 07:47:45pm
Ten minutes at tickover should do it - see if the fan cuts in. |
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