Fair enough
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Iconically reliable 80s engines like the Toyota 22R also use plastic guides.
Prices of Esprits are climbing, as is true with most poster cars from the late 80s/90s. This is a good mix of “well-taken care of” while also not being a show car or garage queen, so you won’t feel bad getting it dirty putting 300 miles on it in a weekend. NP, not much to lose here.
Same. I always keep a Home Run Inn pizza in the freezer just for whenever the urge hits
I hope so!
Can I get a Hell Yeah going in the chat?
Don’t be thinking small. Think BIG. Think Continental. Think New Yorker. Think Delta 88. Tbink about all those smooth-riding malaise-yachts with 150 horsepower lumps. Imagine doubling or tripling the power of one of those things and gliding along in silent splendor...
“I may not agree with her” is clearly saying that he doesn’t agree with her, but is willing to collaborate with her. Just like the workers all over the world have to suck it up and collaborate with people they don’t like every day. You are not going to eliminate outmoded attitudes overnight. It is, however, only a…
It seemed like they were more pro-mask than anything..
Its called planned obsolescence. The engineers intentionally put in a weak spot designed to fail after the warranty is up so owners will provide buckets of money to the service department.
VW builds crap, and they have since the late 90s. I’m sure the engineers designed the engine to be reliable, but then the accountants and bean counters said, “Lets outsource production of these chain guides to Dong Feng Plastics and Glue factory. They are cheapest, and they will ‘self-certify’ their parts, saving us…
The problem with timing chains is they share the oil with the engine so, extended oil change intervals mean more chain wear. Sure you have to replace a timing belt every 100K miles but they run in their own fairly sealed air chamber so, oil condition doesn’t impact them. Everybody uses plastic guides, it’s just that…
Yes metal costs a bit more, but the added security is well worth it.
IME working on way too many garbage VW products for friends, it’s not the use of plastic itself that’s a problem so much as VW likes to use plastic wholly unsuitable to the intended use and environment. They’re just a shit company that makes shit product that usually looks nice and feels nice for a little while and…
I just had a fun adventure with quality German plastic on my Porsche Cayenne. Coolant overflow/vent lines that run up under the intake are connected to the heads via little plastic nipples. Being a German car owner I learned to religiously check fluids about every other day so when I suddenly noticed coolant level…
Wait til you hear about BMW’s electronic water pump and thermostat.
BMW M70, Plastic Chain guides that typically never fail, Its the type of plastic and the design. You would think the designers would reuse the designs and materials that dont fail.
Metal chain guides are super noisy and have their own wear issues. Plastic makes sense, BUT, it needs to be high quality in design and material specs. Choosing low cost suppliers dooms your engine to this fate.
Plastic timing chain guides are pretty common in many manufacturers now. I think it’s the manufacturers revenge for people balking at rubber timing belts. You think a chain is a lot more reliable and less likely to fail, so they use the plastic guides to decrease reliability, and it actually winds up costing more to…