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26 minutes ago, Drak3 said:

Don't lump me in with them. I'm an enthusiast of mechanic design, be it engines, weaponry, or productive machinery. Not a guy with a wrench that reads the marketing garbage AFE/insert other "enthusiast" brand that can't legally warranty half of their products.

 

I fail to see a correlation between people screeching variations of "forced induction is more efficient!!! Reclaimed energy!!!" and anything I've said.

If you can't be civil. Please leave

 

Edit. That goes for everyone in the thread

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1 minute ago, pinksnowbirdie said:

I mean for uhaul, it makes sense they'd spring for the V8s. They have trailers and shit they have for rent that all of their vehicles are well suited to tow when loaded down. The fucker had a hitch already installed lol

The 4.3 tows good tho!

https://www.diverchev.com/chevy-silverado-1500-towing-capacity

7,900lbs isn't bad!

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Just now, Bitter said:

The 4.3 tows good tho!

https://www.diverchev.com/chevy-silverado-1500-towing-capacity

7,900lbs isn't bad!

I imagine it's a lot like Ford's ecoboost situation in the F150s but NA it seems like?

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17 minutes ago, pinksnowbirdie said:

I imagine it's a lot like Ford's ecoboost situation in the F150s but NA it seems like?

I'll be honest, this sentence confuses me a little.

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54 minutes ago, AlwaysFSX said:

I'll be honest, this sentence confuses me a little.

Intentional nah but I believe that 4.6L V6 he's talking about isn't a forced induction motor where as EcoBoost in the F150s are.

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I've heard nothing but trash about the 2.7 Chevy turbo in the trucks.

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3 minutes ago, Bitter said:

I've heard nothing but trash about the 2.7 Chevy turbo in the trucks.

GM making anything other than a V8 that isn't garbo? surprise surprise

I'm half kidding I know some of their small engines have been reliable at least.

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1 minute ago, bcredeur97 said:

GM making anything other than a V8 that isn't garbo? surprise surprise

I'm half kidding I know some of their small engines have been reliable at least.

The 3.8? Thats about it.

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9 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

GM making anything other than a V8 that isn't garbo? surprise surprise

I'm half kidding I know some of their small engines have been reliable at least.

They don't make any of the small engines they sell that are somewhat reliable tho?
The only good small engines sold by GM were made by Toyota.

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26 minutes ago, Bitter said:

They don't make any of the small engines they sell that are somewhat reliable tho?
The only good small engines sold by GM were made by Toyota.

I thought the N/A 2.4 ecotec wasn’t too bad? Friend had a solstice with almost 200k miles on it lol 

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20 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

I thought the N/A 2.4 ecotec wasn’t too bad? Friend had a solstice with almost 200k miles on it lol 

The earlier ones liked to eat timing chains which caused the pistons to eat the valves and you'd end up with piston soup in the oil pan. Later ones burn oil like it's going out of style. There were like maybe 2 or 3 years where they had everything just right between the timing chain fix and then the oil consumption.

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3 hours ago, vetali said:

The 3.8? Thats about it.

If I ever just wanted a boring old shitbox with an automatic that ran OK, I'd buy a LeSabre with the 3.8. My grandmother has a '97 and honestly it's been a good car all these years, and it's pretty comfortable to drive.

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The most reliable small car the GM ever sold was the 1st and 2nd gen Geo Prizm, the least reliable small car Toyota ever sold was the Toyota Cavalier. Also the Geo Metro was pretty good reliability wise. Actually all the Geo line were mostly good cars.

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12 hours ago, bcredeur97 said:

GM making anything other than a V8 that isn't garbo? surprise surprise

I'm half kidding I know some of their small engines have been reliable at least.

 

11 hours ago, Bitter said:

They don't make any of the small engines they sell that are somewhat reliable tho?
The only good small engines sold by GM were made by Toyota.

id say the engines touched by SAAB were good 😅

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1 hour ago, PandaCopyRight said:

 

id say the engines touched by SAAB were good 😅

I may or may not happen to have 2 Saab 9-2x Aeros in the driveway that are being restored to working condition...

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49 minutes ago, WyattCrafty1 said:

I may or may not happen to have 2 Saab 9-2x Aeros in the driveway that are being restored to working condition...

 

@RevoltTrainwould be very pleased to know this

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3 hours ago, PandaCopyRight said:

 

id say the engines touched by SAAB were good 😅

The Saab Ecotec turbos? I've only ran across a few in all my years and they seemed good but the sample size has been too small. It was 100% not a Saab engine, it was a GM engine that Saab in Saab tradition over costed substantially but for the right reasons.

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3 hours ago, WyattCrafty1 said:

I may or may not happen to have 2 Saab 9-2x Aeros in the driveway that are being restored to working condition...

that subaru engine wasnt even touched by saab 😂
But nice cars.

2 hours ago, Bitter said:

The Saab Ecotec turbos? I've only ran across a few in all my years and they seemed good but the sample size has been too small. It was 100% not a Saab engine, it was a GM engine that Saab in Saab tradition over costed substantially but for the right reasons.

I was thinking about the B204,234,205,234 engines as they are technically GM engines as well 
But the B207 (rebranded ecotec) is not bad either ...

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17 hours ago, atxcyclist said:

If I ever just wanted a boring old shitbox with an automatic that ran OK, I'd buy a LeSabre with the 3.8. My grandmother has a '97 and honestly it's been a good car all these years, and it's pretty comfortable to drive.

Tryin to get my sister to sell her civic and get a shitbox like that. That civic attracts way too many tweaker prowlers. Already been stolen once, attempted several times after even with cameras up now.

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Plus I'm pretty sure you can drop a Northstar and 4T80E in those things or the supercharged 3.8 if you need more twist.

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12 hours ago, Bitter said:

The most reliable small car the GM ever sold was the 1st and 2nd gen Geo Prizm, the least reliable small car Toyota ever sold was the Toyota Cavalier. Also the Geo Metro was pretty good reliability wise. Actually all the Geo line were mostly good cars.

wasn't the geo prizm a rebranded corolla? Or is that your whole point? lol 

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1 hour ago, bcredeur97 said:

wasn't the geo prizm a rebranded corolla? Or is that your whole point? lol 

Yes and Yes

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2 hours ago, bcredeur97 said:

wasn't the geo prizm a rebranded corolla? Or is that your whole point? lol 

They are, and for a long time they were a heck of a bargain. I saw them going for $400 when an identical Corolla was $1500.

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On 4/21/2021 at 9:20 PM, Bitter said:

T5? The good T5 I hope not the wimpy one.

Its the older T5 Borg Warner WC from an 85 or 86 stang. Its getting some upgrades internally though when i have it rebuilt. will handle the 4-500HP thats getting hooked to it. maybe not the 6-700 this car will make when i turbo it lol

 

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