Where can I learn more about cars?

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I'm interested in all your links to sites or build logs where I can learn more about cars and their engines.

Might seem daft, but I've always wanted to build a Westfield.
Obviously I'm not going to run out today and buy the kit, but I'd like to read up on how difficult it can be to build them, and gain a further knowledge on other aspects.

I've already got a fairly fundamental understanding of how a car operates, but I'd like something a bit more in-depth. I'd also say I've got a good grasp on construction and tools through my degree and life lessons!



So any informative websites or what have ye!
Thanks


inb4 don't bother :p
 
best bet is to do an advanced search on here

select user [TW]Fox and 'motors forum'

then choose display all posts from users

read the 80+k posts and you will be a master of everything automotive related! :p
 
thepedster said:
Ask questions about stuff you don't know about here, get answers.

fin.
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Despite having a motoring subsection, this is not a motoring forum...
It's a computer forum, and although we have a varied member base there aren't as many experts as there would be on a deciated site.
 
A Car is Born (usually on Discovery) is a great programme for this I reckon.

I think its that series he builds a kit car too.

Although this is indeed a computer forum, there is a great knowledge base about motors here.
 
n1blo said:
Despite having a motoring subsection, this is not a motoring forum...
It's a computer forum, and although we have a varied member base there aren't as many experts as there would be on a deciated site.
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you'd be very surprised, we get the best of all the other car specialist forums put together, put us to the test, ask a rather specific car related question here and on the chosen focus forum I would expect a response here a lot faster during standard UK hours (although fox doesnt actually sleep).

in terms of car ownership here i think we have pretty much every make covered apart from the 300k+ exotica and even then we probably all know a guy who knows a guy :p
 
Buy a 200 quid banger and a complete toolkit.

Basically just go around removing and re-mounting parts, if you want to go ''deeper'' break down the car in bits and try to rebuild it. Or try to work on the car improve it's condition. The only way to learn it well is to work on it imho.
 
Maxeh said:
A Car is Born (usually on Discovery) is a great programme for this I reckon.

I think its that series he builds a kit car too.
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Thanks, I'll see if I can get a hold of it :)

Maxeh said:
Although this is indeed a computer forum, there is a great knowledge base about motors here.
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Yeah, I know a lot of the guys on here know what their talking about but I'm looking for build logs etc.

I think if I was on here everyday asking "Hey guys, got this thing, dunno what to do with it!?? LOL" it would get pretty tiresome.

thepedster said:
gtfo then? Come on you try and help...
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Your not really trying to help though are you?
All you've told me to do is ask, I'd rather read journals etc.
 
Discovery channel

"The Garage" is a brilliant series based around a mechanics in spain. Its for british ex pats and run by a block called jock.

It tries to make it a bit of a docu-soap as it goes into detail about the private lives of the people who work at the garage, but the technical explanations as to whats gone wrong and how they fix it are brilliant.

Also the "is born" series on discovery are good too. A car is born, a car is reborn, a racing car is born, a landrover is born etc... Full list here:

http://www.markevans.co.uk/mark-evans-television-engineering.php

Wheeler Dealers on Discovery Home + Leisure is good too. Theres lots of crap bits, where he pretends to bargain with the guy he's buying the car from (to do it up) but fast forward all that (and the bit at the end where he always says its the best car he's ever driven lol) and get to the bits where Ed tells you whats wrong and how to fix it.

Combine that with a healthy interest in reading stuff off the internet and magazines, and you'll go far.

Megafactories on National Geographic is good too. But only shows you how new cars are made so not terribly usefull, but still interesting.
 
n1blo said:
Despite having a motoring subsection, this is not a motoring forum...
It's a computer forum, and although we have a varied member base there aren't as many experts as there would be on a deciated site.
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This is a better forum than all the back slapping single make forums together in my opinion, at least you get a half honest reply here.
 
Thanks MrLOL I'll have a look for them, I don't have sky or cable so I always miss out on programes like these.

DiamondMark said:
This is a better forum than all the back slapping single make forums together in my opinion, at least you get a half honest reply here.
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This is true, 90% of comments from most of the car forums I've joined in the past were;

"tht lks gd, gr8 job m8 lol :thumbs:"

Can always count on OcUK to bring you back down to earth!
 
n1blo said:
Despite having a motoring subsection, this is not a motoring forum...
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Interesting way of looking at things, afterall an individual can only ever specialise in one area....

Lots of people on this forum have done lots of work on cars, and no i'm not talking about changing the oil i'm talking about major mechanical jobs that 90% of the population would be running to the garage for, we give out lots of information and help via people who have actually done the jobs or fixes people ask about and for that reason i find the above a little bit of an insult to both myself and the others who go out of the way to share (for free) what knowledge they have built.

Whilst this may be a computer forum and lots of people joined with that in mind, quite a few of us have drifted from computers but stayed with the forum mainly due to the car subsection and those we know, i hardly ever post outside of the motors forum.
 
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snowdog said:
Buy a 200 quid banger and a complete toolkit.

Basically just go around removing and re-mounting parts, if you want to go ''deeper'' break down the car in bits and try to rebuild it. Or try to work on the car improve it's condition. The only way to learn it well is to work on it imho.
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snowdog is the only one who is on the right line!!
 
You need to buy an old simple car that you can tinker with everything on, a Haynes manual and some tools. The world is then your oyster.

And join Retro Rides :D
 
Firestar_3x said:
and for that reason i find the above a little bit of an insult to both myself and the others who go out of the way to share (for free) what knowledge they have built.
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I think your taking what I've said a little out of context, whilst I'm not doubting OcUK Motors have some very talented people (I did say that in my second and third post) I did say in my OP that I'd like build logs of caterhams and journals which I can't seem to find here.

I'm not being insulting. :)
 
Firestar_3x said:
Whilst this may be a computer forum and lots of people joined with that in mind, quite a few of us have drifted from computers but stayed with the forum mainly due to the car subsection and those we know, i hardly ever post outside of the motors forum.
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i joined here back in the day when i was tinkering with an athlon barton. ive not been into bios on that for years now... still post on motors though

as for other boards and their "wikkid tinnts innit mate" approach, i cant stand all that rubbish. on ocuk posters generally tell it how they see it, there really isnt much of a crowd to follow trend wise
 
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