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It has been mooted that Phil shouldn't be granted techy status if it was implemented.
I know he can be a prize pillock but I've never really read any of Phil/Ima/Bosch mans 'serious' threads, I assumed he had built a few YB's in his time, is his opinions/advice etc really uninformed/incorrect? are his builds that haphazard , if he has actually built any? I really don't know!

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Chip

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In my opinion
Phil has a fantastic knowledge of certain bosch parts, and has a far better knowledge of the YB than most people on this site, but he has a tendancy to try and get too involved in the things he doesnt understand.

If he stuck to just the things he knows about, he would be a really valuable contributor to the site.

For an example of him doing it badly, try searching for posts on high compression versus low compression and you will see him going on and on about the terrible response of low comp engines, completely ignoring good advice from MikeR or Stavros etc, and then in the end it turned out the reason why his low comp engine was so bad was cause it had a global chunk taken off the ignition timing via one of the "ground for retard" wires on the ECU which was connected when it shouldnt have been

RichardPON

Perfect example would be that Phil will build an engine with an ARP stud and nut kit for example, run it for 500 miles before selling it, and because it didn't go wrong in that time, claim that it's the only way to clamp the head.

Clueless tosser!

Chip

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Its all acedemic this week though, he has had his account deleted yet again, so isnt on here for a few days till he changes his mind again

Stavros

Has no clue about tuning from what i see, got some bizzarely misinformed ideas of how things work.

A competent mechanic can put an engine together, that dont make him have the first clue about good tuning methods.

He recently thought his M3 (non evo) would have 380bhp or something equally pathetic just cause it had a cat back exhaust and a remap on it FFS.

JjCoDeX75

I love the way that you mention that it was a non evo like an evo would be any more likely to achieve 380bhp with those mods!



JJ

Chip

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Its amazing how many people cant see the difference between knowing what bits to fit cause someone told you to then knowing how to fit them cause you have practiced doing so, and the massively different set of skills of genuinely understanding the science of whats going on when you actually do those things.

BlueSmoke

He's had his account deleted? Jesus, I take it that was over the "SECS change" issue?

I thought Phil always recommended people use BD10 cams for everything, and often got ridiculed over it

dojj

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i'm of the onion that if you" been there, done that" you will have much more hands on experience to pass on than soemone who's read about it in a book

take your head gasket change for example, how much time did youspend on it and when you posted your experiences, loads of peole told you how to do it much easier

if you had that info first hand BEFORE you started spannering the mondeo you might have found things much eaiser yes?

i thinkthis is what peole are forgetting, a fair amount of people ehre actually do spannering for a living and, as such, will know whats going on when it comes to the oily bits

i've forgotten more about sierra/granada interchangablity of parts than most people (barring fitz) know ebcause i haven't dabled with them for a year or so, but that doesn't stop me offering advice to someone who wants to change a set of hubs because i've done it myself

certain things you can't get your head around until you have the bits in your hands and someone else pointing and telling you what to do, andthen it all goes "click" and you know what they are talking about

if you haven't done somethng yourself and are going by what the haynes manual is saying, you'll be removing bits here there and everywhere and all you wanted to do was change a side light bulb

Chip

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Talk about wildly off at a tangent Dojj, But I absolutely agree with you mate that if someone asked for the ins and outs of changing a mondeo head gasket on here then I wouldnt have replied until I had actually done it, when offering advice on basic mechanical tasks, it would be useful if you have done those exact basic mechanical tasks a few times yourself to give detailed info.

Which is why you wont ever see me posting about that stuff generally, as I find mechanics work compeltely mind numbinbly boring TBH and only do it when I have to.

So having a couple of mechanics (even if they understand NOTHING about tuning or how an engine actually works and just spend all day bolting bits on and off etc) on the team would be a good idea I reckon

Basic mechanics, and engine tuning are vastly different tasks.
Just like the average brain surgeon wont bandage up a sore knee anywhere near as quickly as a primary school nurse can.

dojj

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but i can see where you are ocming from

this is going to need a fair bit of work befroe it can be implimented, and even then you will have people complaining, but doing it right the first time will save loads of hassle

Chip

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I disagree that it needs lots of work TBh I think people are viewing it as a lot more dramatic than it is, surely its just a "PF Techy" logo next to your name that hardly anyone will notice anyway?
BUT, more important, I think you are discussing it in the wrong thread mate, try the one actually about it

EscortWRC

Complete tosser

In the years that I've been here, I can probably count on one hand (with fingers left over) the number of 'serious' posts from Phil.

He's just an attention seeking drama queen, not some sort of technical guru.