Barry

Defenders are crazy money in any country. My dad wanted to buy one for the snow last year. Not a good one, just a cheap disposable one. We set a budget of £2000, around 10k dhs. We couldn't even find a running one for that money at the time. I bought a series 3 Land Rover a few years ago. It was running but it looked rough and I got it VERY cheap. I only bought it because I knew it had modified axles and I wanted to strip them out and sell them and chop the rest up for the scrap aluminum to make a quick buck. My oh my how i wish I had just kept it in the shed. It's worth a small fortune now.

Hi Stefan. Welcome to carnity

Renault 5 GT Turbo with Dimma bodykit

Not necessarily. The cone filter could end up giving slightly less horsepower than the panel filter. The reason being that it's sucking in hot, less dense air from the engine bay whereas a panel filter in the original air box is always drawing in colder, more dense air from the outside. For a cone filter to work properly, the intake system has to be modified correctly to supply it with fresh air. Also, for any performance air filter to make a noticeable gain, it should be coupled with a performance exhaust system, working on the principle of more air into the engine, more air out. And i mean a proper performance exhaust system, manifold, high flow catalytic converter and silencers, not just a back box or a fancy tail piece. But yes, I agree with the above that the panel filter is probably your best option unless you're building a high performance engine. When taken care of properly with the correct soap and oil as per manufacturers instruction, it will last a lot longer than a standard air filter

Dubai announces passenger drone plans http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-38967235 Dubai are introducing person carrying flying drones this year. Personally I think you would have to be crazy to fly on one of these. An aeroplane is one thing, at least it uses the laws of nature but quadcopters are completely different. Especially when there's nobody flying it. They are inherently unstable and work by taking the laws of physics and beating them into submission. If one motor stops you'll flip over and fall to the ground.

The top one is a direct replacement panel filter, the bottom one will replace the whole air box. Basically, the top one if you want to keep everything looking original, the bottom one if you want it to look sporty and have a bit more sound. You should probably buy the k&n cleaning kit too consisting of soap and oil. It's only 90-100 dhs and it's the best job. Too many monkeys just blow them out with an airline which goes against the manufacturers recommendation.

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-38969791 It looks like PSA who build Peugeot, Citroen and DS are trying to buy Opel and Vauxhall, the 2 biggest GM brands in Europe.

Ford Escort Mk.2 RS1800 with X Pack bodykit

BMW M1 from the Procar race series

Just for a bit of fun, this is a game I played before on an agricultural forum but slightly changed to cars. Start out with a car that has number 1 related to it, then 2, then 3 etc. ill start you with the first 2. Feel free to join in!

Wouldn't be Mezcal by any chance? I used to work near that factory and would see them out testing new vehicles.

@taqir made a very good post about this a few months ago. The market is fake but what can you do? There's too many sheep and nobody has the balls to stand up and do something about it.

It's interesting that a lot of power modifications are illegal but it's something I see a lot of. A guy who lives opposite me has a SWB patrol and he has fitted a big turbo to it. It's pretty obvious because of the huge intercooler behind the bumper. Then there's the dump valve every time he lifts off the throttle. It's impossible to miss. It does sound awesome though. Engine remaps are also widely available too and everyone knows these companies don't exist just to work on race cars. Stickers being illegal is another interesting issue because it's something I also see every day. Some are nice and suit the car but some are just plain tacky. So just how illegal does illegal really mean or is it usually a case of wasta?

I saw a Brabus G Wagon yesterday with some really fancy off road suspension and huge wheels. Sex is the only word I can find to describe it. How do the standard g wagons cope on the dunes?

I'm interested in hearing the answer to this too. Pajeros don't really give much trouble outside normal consumable items.

Yes I still have it.

Nitrous is the mutts nuts! Everyone who has seen a fast and furious movie knows that when you hit the magic button, your car takes off like a motherfucker and all you can see out your side window is the stars flying past. On a more serious note, think of nos like adding a short term turbo to your car. Theres a reason nos has a button and not a switch. If you ran nos full time, your engine would die. It's like adding a massive turbo or supercharger and doing no preparation work Nos for beginners, how nos works, it cools your charge intake. The cooling effect of the nos makes the air more dense meaning you can add more fuel to the mix. Besides that, when the nos breaks down in the engine heat, it adds extra oxygen to the mix. Therefore more fuel. Bigger bang, more horsepower. Nos is well suited to Diesel engines. I actually have a project of my own at home where I'm hoping to pull 400 Bhp from a 30 year old diesel

The standard price for a mechanic here is 150 per hour. I was thinking of hiring out lift time for 100 per hour. With my usual 20% carnity discount, which would leave it at 80 per hour. A full day would cost 500 for Carnity members. The garage is all set up and ready to go. We just need customers. Tell your friends, tell your family, tell your grandmother she can change her own oil and @Barry will be on standby to help. Garage hours are 8-6 sat-thurs but out of hours can be arranged.

Also this would be a 24/7 service although outside normal working hours would be slightly more

Where I come from, the majority of petrolheads work on their own car. Since I came to UAE I've realized people have nowhere to work on their own car because of rules and regulations. I'm currently working on a project but I need to gauge interest. This would enable you to come to a garage, hire a lift and work on your own car for a minimal fee, less than a mechanic would charge. The lift would be available, tools would be available for hire if you need them, diagnostic computer would also be available for hire. If you get in trouble, a fully trained technician would be available to help you out. Classes would also be offered to teach the basics. I would also offer full body shop services including paint booth with a professional body man available to help. Does this sound like something you would be interested in?

Hi Deepak. Give me a call after the weekend and I'll see about organizing the use of a lift for you. I might even make an appearance and help you 😉 With regards to painting underside components, a good scrub with a wire brush, wipe with thinners then hammerite brushed on is as good as anything. Rattle can paint looks good but it's not really a durable finish. If you want to be really flashy, you can disassemble everything and get it powder coated. This is what I used to do when I worked in the restoration business. As @derik said above though, rust isn't really an issue here in UAE. It's just surface rust, it rarely eats through things. Back home in Ireland it's a real pain in the ass. Every winter they treat the roads with salt to get rid of the ice. Salt is a major catalyst for rust. Come spring time, it's 2 months flat out welding older cars patching sills and wheel arches. As for rustproofing products, all I have ever used is Waxoyl. Bilt Hamber and Dinitrol also make alternative products but I have no experience of them. Pump it inside the chassis, sills and everywhere else. This is why vehicles have plastic rubber bungs in random places underneath, excluding the floor drains. Waxoyl is good but I don't think it would cope too well with an off-road vehicle here as the sand would scrub it off. What they used to do in the olden days is use waste oil. Brush it on thick all over the bottom of the car and the oil repels the water. It's not particularly durable, it needs to be done 2-3 times a year but it works. I can remember my grandad doing it on his Austin 1800 when I was a kid.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/luxury/motoring/range-rover-reborn-motoring-icon-makes-return2/ Just like they done with the series land rovers, you will now be able to buy a 'new' Range Rover classic.

http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/criminals-steal-3-million-engines-12551952 £3 million of engines have been stolen from the JLR plant in Solihull, England. That's almost 15 million dirhams! The thieves drove into the plant in a stolen lorry, hitched up a trailer and were gone in under 6 minutes. After they got rid of the trailer, they came back and did it again! It must have taken a lot of planning and seriously big balls to even attempt this. I think it had to be an inside job. I wouldn't be surprised if some of them made their way here.

The first thing you'll need to do is remove the intake manifold and anything that is attached to it. Then remove the plugs from the coils. Next remove the 10mm bolts holding the coils and take the coils off and put them somewhere safe. Next remove the spark plugs with a deep 16mm socket. As the old Haynes manuals used to say, refitting is the reverse of removal. In the older models, it's possible to change the plugs without removing the manifold, it's just awkward. They changed the design in 2006 or 2007 and made it a pain in the ass. It's not overly difficult, just time consuming.

@Rahimdad credit should be given where credit is due. I have never met @treks but his advice has always been spot on. I don't know everything and I've never pretended to know everything. I am competent and 100% capable in my abilities to rebuild anything but I have no shame in admitting that I sometimes consult the workshop manual before I start a job. When you do this for a living, every day is a school day. Anyone who says they know everything is a liar. There is always some new technology coming out on the market and being a professional technician is a constant cycle of reeducation. In the next 10-20 years I guess our current trade will be almost redundant with the uprise of electric and autonomous vehicles. I have no interest in that sort of stuff. I hope to retire as a chef, not a mechanic. This was something I started doing as a hobby and got lucky making a career out of it.