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First i should just say thanks for the Car Bible site, very informative and interesting

I run a Lotus Excel SE 1989, with some engine work and uprated (6 potters 310mm rotors)  adjustable coli overs pulling just over the 200hp (at the mo) redlining at 7700 all within 1000kg. She is a pleasure to thrash, and i love working on her.  If any of you guys are interested in Lotus Excels try our forum www.lotusexcel.net, they are a great and under estamated car arguably one of the best lotus's ever built with both reliability (toyota) and Lotus handling and a great free reving engine.

regards

Jerry

I doubt it. Think about it - when accelerating, braking or driving normally, the gears in the transmission are under incredible stress because of the resistance of the car to move vs. the power coming from the engine. When you're standing still and the engine is idling, the stress on the internal components is miniscule compared to what it is when you pull away. And the torque converter itself is designed to have one side stationary while the other side spins.

I have a car with a viscous coupling LSD. This works in a similar way to a torque convertor on an auto trasmission. I was told that when the oil inside the VC gets hotter , it becomes thinner , and provides more locking.

Could the same thing happen in a torque convertor ? If your driving the car hard , the oil gets hot and the convertor locks more. Could this than damadge the transmittion , if left in gear when idling ?

This video explains differentials so clearly , even my girlfriend would understand. An absolute must see.

Life for speed was used by BMW Sauber team as their simulator. Thats why it has the licenced car in the game.

Hi guys!
I need your help with my f1-dictionary!
I'm been looking around for some data, articles or manufacturer web pages to gather data for my planed article about f1 simulators racing cars simulators (not video games, but real thing). Data on the net are so poor, and very hard to find.

Maybe you have something interesting for me!

Hey Chris,

I was more thinking does it damage (long term) the transmission if left in N while idling. I have been told it does but that was some time ago and Auto technology has come a loonnngggg way since then 

Cheers
Paul

Paul
I actually tried this last summer to see if it made any difference. In the grand scheme of things, it made zero net difference to the amount of fuel the engine used over the course of each tankful. Idling in 'D' shouldn't do any damage to the transmission because the torque converter is designed to allow exactly that

Yes - pricey. We were in Holland in May on holiday. I had to fill the rental car twice ! I was at least able to use Witte Pomp though so it wasn't so expensive 

Hi,

Anyone knows what can go wrong with a mix of 1L of used engine oil with about 50L of diesel?
I'm doing this for some time.

I do it to be environment friendly, using the oil as fuel instead of putting to waste...