VAGOC.co.uk - VW Chat http://vagoc.co.uk/vb General VW Chat Area en Sat, 04 Sep 2010 21:53:26 GMT vBulletin 1 http://www.vagoc.co.uk/vb/images/tigra/misc/rss.jpg VAGOC.co.uk - VW Chat http://vagoc.co.uk/vb Best place to buy a twintake http://vagoc.co.uk/vb/showthread.php?t=4681&goto=newpost Fri, 27 Aug 2010 21:36:35 GMT I have a Golf GTi 2.0T FSI and want to know where the best place to buy a Forge Twintake is? Basically, where can I get it cheapest. Also, would... I have a Golf GTi 2.0T FSI and want to know where the best place to buy a Forge Twintake is?
Basically, where can I get it cheapest.

Also, would I be able to fit it myself or is it best to take it to a garage?

Thanks in advance. ]]> VW Chat swf7y http://vagoc.co.uk/vb/showthread.php?t=4681 2011 Caddy p-shop modded! http://vagoc.co.uk/vb/showthread.php?t=4614&goto=newpost Fri, 20 Aug 2010 14:22:51 GMT New 2011 VW Caddy van out soon. Its got new corporate nose and now with option of 4Motion. Reckon this would look awesome modded so did a photoshop... New 2011 VW Caddy van out soon. Its got new corporate nose and now with option of 4Motion. Reckon this would look awesome modded so did a photoshop to see. Its obviously been lowered but I've grafted on the front bumper from the new Golf R and some BBS CKs in anthracite.



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]]> VW Chat dan@biali http://vagoc.co.uk/vb/showthread.php?t=4614 VW Dung Beetle http://vagoc.co.uk/vb/showthread.php?t=4453&goto=newpost Fri, 06 Aug 2010 17:49:02 GMT From CNET UK (http://crave.cnet.co.uk/cartech/fart-powered-vw-beetle-tested-in-uk-50000253) http://www.cnet.co.uk/i/c/blg/cat/cartech/poocar.jpg ... From CNET UK



We've seen cars powered by some crazy things in the past. Electricity, chip fat, water, air, hydrogen -- as of today, you can add farts to that list.

Engineers from GENeco, a sustainable-energy company owned by Wessex Water, has unveiled a modified Volkswagen Beetle that runs on compressed methane gas extracted from human waste. A Dung Beetle, if you will.

Biogas is generated when filth from Wessex Water's sewage works is put into a decomposition container, where oxygen-starved bacteria break it down to produce methane. The methane is then harvested and placed in tanks inside the boot of the Beetle, where it can be used to power the car's slightly modified engine.

As well as tanks of eggy whiff, the Beetle has a standard petrol tank containing unleaded petrol. The latter is used to start the engine before all systems are up to temperature, before the methane gas takes over. Once the methane is used up, the engine reverts to using unleaded petrol.

The waste from 70 homes can generate enough gas to run the car for 10,000 miles, according to engineers at GENeco. The car still produces carbon dioxide -- 3 tonnes in an average year instead of the conventional car's 3.5 tonnes -- but it's almost entirely carbon neutral, since all of that carbon would have been released into the atmosphere anyway in the form of methane (CH4).

GENeco claims the filth-fuelled Bug runs exactly like a normal Beetle -- and fortunately doesn't smell at all. Previous methane-powered cars suffered noticeable performance drops due to the fuel not being clean enough, but its advanced methods produce a purer fuel that helps the Beetle run pretty much as standard.

Biogas power is nothing new. Fuel extracted from cattle dung has already replaced cooking fuel in many homes in third-world countries. Sweden has also had success testing biogas-powered buses and passenger trains.

Assuming the poo-powered Beetle trial is successful, GENeco plans to convert its fleet of vehicles. ]]> VW Chat MarcQuinlivan http://vagoc.co.uk/vb/showthread.php?t=4453