Fuel consumption depends on driving style, also on your car setup (esp
gears). The number of laps shown is only approximate, based on an
"average" driving style. I always leave at least 1 "spare" lap even in
rookie races; 4 or 5 laps seems a sensible "fudge factor".
HTH
If you only fill for 109 laps you're only allowing less than 1% safety
margin, given that you use extra fuel in spins, avoiding incidents,
unintentional wheelspin etc. The fuel estimate is just that.
Mind you, I admire your stamina - I could never be bothered to do a whole
GP without an ingame save to break it up.
- Michael
Yes.
Very simple.....it is one or more of the following:-
(a) Leaking fuel tank.
(b) Faulty fuel metering unit. (Remember...these early Lucas injection
units were not 100% reliable!) If so, then sack your head mechanic as he
should have discovered this before now.
(c) You have changed the gearing drastically and are revving to 10,000rpm in
5th. yet only travelling at 60 mph. Check the gearing!
(d) You are driving with the hand-brake on. Do you smell burning brake
linings? If so, check the adjustment on the hand-brake.
BK
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I mean.... Lucas - *king of the darkness*..... - reliabe??
Give me a break!!
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> > Lucas electrics not reliable? My head mechanic drives a TR-3 & > >swears by Lucas. He's always right.
> Hmmm...... are we talking about the same Lucas here??
> I mean.... Lucas - *king of the darkness*..... - reliabe??
> Give me a break!!
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> >Lucas electrics not reliable?
> That's the reason than the Brits drink warm beer. They
> all have Lucas refrigerators.. :)
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The Lucas mechanical injection system was a technical ecclipse of that
time! I think next to all race cars used it, and it was a vast
improvement over carburetted engines.
The Triumph TR5 had a six cylinder, 2 liter engine with Lucas injetion
(PI - Petrol Injection) producing 150 bhp in a road car in 1967 (I think
it was in -67, or was it in 68?)!
If the engine is in fine working order (as were the race car engines),
the lucas injection system performed very well, but it was rather bad
with a worn engine. I have seen triumphs do 24 mpg with Lucas
injection...
One quite interesting point here is that the distance between the
everyday car and the ultimate F1 car was comparatively little when
compared with today. After all, the Lucas injection was developed in -66
or early -67, and it found it's way into the everyday cars after a year
or so!
---Asgeir---
PS: Triumphs were the less expensive alternative in the middle priced
cars back then, and the TR5 was particularly popular, produced in
numbers of 80 000... But they had trouble with the Lucas injection
system, I must admit as much...
> > On Mon, 11 Oct 1999 08:05:28 -0700,
> > >Lucas electrics not reliable?
> > That's the reason than the Brits drink warm beer. They
> > all have Lucas refrigerators.. :)
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> A vacuum cleaner was the only product that Lucas made that did'nt
> suck....
> Matt :-)
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I've had similar problems at the Glen. I once did a 17-lap VROC race and
despite filling 18 laps worth of fuel the car began coughing at the
start of the final lap.
At each track, I now add a fair amount more fuel than is needed just to
be sure. For example, I'm about to start a 50% distance GP Level offline
championship and for the 40-lap Kyalami race I'll probably put in about
49-50 laps of fuel.
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cambridge (50 hp, 3200 pounds - or something like that) sound like fun?
> > I must object to this!!!!
> > The Lucas mechanical injection system was a technical ecclipse of that
> > time! I think next to all race cars used it, and it was a vast
> > improvement over carburetted engines.
> > The Triumph TR5 had a six cylinder, 2 liter engine with Lucas injetion
> > (PI - Petrol Injection) producing 150 bhp in a road car in 1967 (I think
> > it was in -67, or was it in 68?)!
> > If the engine is in fine working order (as were the race car engines),
> > the lucas injection system performed very well, but it was rather bad
> > with a worn engine. I have seen triumphs do 24 mpg with Lucas
> > injection...
> > One quite interesting point here is that the distance between the
> > everyday car and the ultimate F1 car was comparatively little when
> > compared with today. After all, the Lucas injection was developed in -66
> > or early -67, and it found it's way into the everyday cars after a year
> > or so!
> > ---Asgeir---
> > PS: Triumphs were the less expensive alternative in the middle priced
> > cars back then, and the TR5 was particularly popular, produced in
> > numbers of 80 000... But they had trouble with the Lucas injection
> > system, I must admit as much...
> > > > On Mon, 11 Oct 1999 08:05:28 -0700,
> > > > >Lucas electrics not reliable?
> > > > That's the reason than the Brits drink warm beer. They
> > > > all have Lucas refrigerators.. :)
> > > > --
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> > > A vacuum cleaner was the only product that Lucas made that did'nt
> > > suck....
> > > Matt :-)
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Detroit dustbins on the other hand do not go round corners!
Mark
> >Lucas electrics not reliable?
> That's the reason than the Brits drink warm beer. They
> all have Lucas refrigerators.. :)
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Had no clue til now
> > Lucas electrics not reliable? My head mechanic drives a TR-3 & swears
> > by Lucas. He's always right.
> Hmmm...... are we talking about the same Lucas here??
> I mean.... Lucas - *king of the darkness*..... - reliabe??
> Give me a break!!
> <G!>
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> All the best,
> Edwin Solheim **remove spamguard in address to reply**
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> http://home.c2i.net/thepaddock
> The Lucas mechanical injection system was a technical ecclipse of that
> time! I think next to all race cars used it, and it was a vast
> improvement over carburetted engines.
> The Triumph TR5 had a six cylinder, 2 liter engine with Lucas injetion
> (PI - Petrol Injection) producing 150 bhp in a road car in 1967 (I think
> it was in -67, or was it in 68?)!
> If the engine is in fine working order (as were the race car engines),
> the lucas injection system performed very well, but it was rather bad
> with a worn engine. I have seen triumphs do 24 mpg with Lucas
> injection...
> One quite interesting point here is that the distance between the
> everyday car and the ultimate F1 car was comparatively little when
> compared with today. After all, the Lucas injection was developed in -66
> or early -67, and it found it's way into the everyday cars after a year
> or so!
> ---Asgeir---
> PS: Triumphs were the less expensive alternative in the middle priced
> cars back then, and the TR5 was particularly popular, produced in
> numbers of 80 000... But they had trouble with the Lucas injection
> system, I must admit as much...
> > > On Mon, 11 Oct 1999 08:05:28 -0700,
> > > >Lucas electrics not reliable?
> > > That's the reason than the Brits drink warm beer. They
> > > all have Lucas refrigerators.. :)
> > > --
> > > * rrevved at mindspring dot com
> > A vacuum cleaner was the only product that Lucas made that did'nt
> > suck....
> > Matt :-)
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Stephen
: Kugelfischer injection (as used on the BMW 2002 series) was more reliable,
: Asgeir. Slightly more reliable. A little bit, maybe.
