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
My earliest memories of Nickelodeon -- and I'm talking 1983, 84 here -- feel like some wild fever dream. Today's Special? Pinwheel? Jesus.
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...
Do you know how epically enormous of a piece of shit this guy is? Put this guy in the ground already.
“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.
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.