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Tech Anorak Corner
At some point I'll stuff all the various useless trivia I've accumulated over the years here.
Online Tools I've Made
- Cable calculator - calculate sizes, ratings, voltage drops, fuses, etc. for re-wiring your car
- MPG Calculator - compare fuel costs between two vehicles
- Running Cost Calculator - compare fuel + fixed costs between two vehicles
- Electricity cost calculator - written to work out how much it costs to run a heater in the workshop per-year, but works for anything.
Manuals and Parts Catalogues
Lubrication
If you love it, lube it!
- Oil Stuff - Technical info and rants about engine oils, oil specs (ACEA etc.), additives, etc.
General Engineering Stuff
- Top Tips my collection of chips & teats, lovingly stolen from everyone else
- Galvanic Corrosion AKA “Stop using stainless fasteners on your Land Rover!”
- Useful parts, tools, potions and bits and where to buy them.
- Dyno plots I've found for a few popular engines
Random Miscellany
- Cool and unusual vehicles some Land Rover, some not, spotted around the internets.
- Dumb stuff, scary steering, eBay horrors, failure, etc. to serve as a warning to future generations
Ranty Corner
- Why touchscreens in cars don't work: Article / Hacker News Comments
- Someone wrote it for me so I don't need to rant about it.
- Voice control sucks too.
