Two valves weren’t uncommon in the early 2000s.
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It suffered from VWitis. They made a good affordable “peoples car” sports coupe in the Scirocco. Then VW built the Scirocco III (aka the Corrado) and realized that they had priced it too high and no one would buy a Scirocco for that price and had to rename the car to Corrado. They slowly and steadily have done the…
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The Dobbertin Surface Orbiter.
How about a car that’s already a spaceship?
Dobbertin Surface Orbiter.
How has nobody named the Aztec?
Spaceship or Salamander? Hard to tell.
They actually did reuse part of it to make a spaceship prop:
One small step for Man, one gigantic laugh for alienkind.
Those are the most fun if it’s a conversion van with lots of extra wood parts glued to the doghouse making impossible to remove.
You can do the plugs without removing the cab, but that’s the common way to do head gaskets.
Spark plugs are a fun adventure on a GM G-series van. There is just enough room to get a socket in ther *if* it is the exact right size. Of course, you need enough room to loosen and pull the plug out as well...
Most things on a 7.3L in an E-series chassis. Ooof that’s a tight fit.
If you think this is bad, on the 3.5L Ecoboost in the Taurus SHO, the Water Pump is in the V. Except it takes 30 hours to replace.
This solidifies my hatred of vehicle and automotive designers who fail to take into account maintenance. Starter in the V is dumb.
ITBs are neat, but that feeling, when you’ve got the jets juuuuuuuuust right? That’s magic.
Another trick: An old co-worker plus wife were renting a car to drive to a bigger airport 150 miles away. They get there to pick up the car and they’re REALLY pushing for them to get a SUV or mini-van for X amount of money. Tells them no-no-no, don’t need the extra space for 2.5 hour drive. Finally gets down to it…