====== 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 =====

  * [[http://fuddymuckers.co.uk/tools/cablecalc.html|Cable calculator]] - calculate sizes, ratings, voltage drops, fuses, etc. for re-wiring your car
  * [[http://fuddymuckers.co.uk/tools/mpg.html|MPG Calculator]] - compare fuel costs between two vehicles
  * [[http://fuddymuckers.co.uk/tools/running_cost.html|Running Cost Calculator]] - compare fuel + fixed costs between two vehicles
  * [[http://fuddymuckers.co.uk/tools/electric_cost.html|Electricity cost calculator]] - written to work out how much it costs to run a heater in the workshop per-year, but works for anything.
  * [[http://fuddymuckers.co.uk/tools/stuckulator.html|Stuckulator]] tool for calculating loads required to recover a stuck vehicle

===== Reference =====

  * [[.:reference:start|Reference section]] - conversions, charts, data etc.
  * [[.:manuals:start|Manuals, parts catalogues, etc.]]


===== Welder Restoration =====

[[.:nbc:start]]

===== Lubrication =====

**If you love it, lube it!**

  * [[.:oil:start|Oil Stuff]] - Technical info and rants about engine oils, oil specs (ACEA etc.), additives, etc.


===== General Engineering Stuff =====

  * [[top_tips|Top Tips]] my collection of chips & teats, lovingly stolen from everyone else
  * [[snippets|Engineering Snippets]] - little nuggets picked up at random that changed how I thought about something
  * [[engineering_awesome|Random awesome or interesting engineering stuff]]
  * [[tech:rants:stop_using_stainless|Galvanic Corrosion]] AKA //"Stop using stainless fasteners on your Land Rover!"//
  * [[tech:fasteners:start|Fasteners]] - nuts, bolts, rivets, etc.
  * [[useful_things|Useful parts, tools, potions and bits]] and where to buy them.
  * [[Turbo Exhaust Theory]]
  * [[dyno_plots|Dyno plots]] I've found for a few popular engines
  * [[drag_coefficients|Coefficients of Drag]] (Cd) for a variety of vehicles
  * [[spinning|That one time I did metal spinning and made a thing]]
  * [[qmax|Making Q-Max hole punches and dimple-dies on the lathe]]
  * [[rustproofing]]
  * [[prep_ethos]]
  * [[dps_psu]]
  * [[lies_gauges]]
  * [[multimeters]]

===== Random Miscellany =====

  * [[dumb|Dumb stuff]], scary steering, eBay horrors, failure, etc. to serve as a warning to future generations
  * [[g6x6|My spy shots of the Mercedes AMG G-Wagen 6x6 thing]]
  * [[spider|The Spider]] a proto racer built for nothing.
  * [[lt230s|LT230R vs LT230T]]
  * [[paint]]
  * [[dream_garage]]

===== Ranty Corner =====

   * **[[.:rants:start|Rants]]**