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[Dillpickle23422]

Just now, Motifator said:

Irrelevant to the actual point, though... sure, the Altima CVT sounds like a hair drier or a Makita dust cleaner, but Nissan still makes a better car than Chevy.

A better truck too, again with the actual point, the Titan.

If you want a cute little CVT, look at the Auris, with the HSD. Great grocery getter and the drivetrain is pretty epic for what it is.
 

 

I will have to agree to disagree with the better truck being the titan. Useless for truck stuff. Basically any new truck is, but that's besides the point.  

[Motifator]

Just now, Dillpickle23422 said:

I will have to agree to disagree with the better truck being the titan. Useless for truck stuff. Basically any new truck is, but that's besides the point.  

There's a difference between beating a truck and using a truck properly... there are several usages for trucks... I for one am a fan of the Commodore UTE, it also is a truck... technically... at least, with a half bed...

[Dillpickle23422]

WHY OH WHY chevrolet did you ever choose to place the distributor at the back of your vortec 350's? It's not a horrible job as is, but boy did I wish I had a ford in that moment. Replaced the rotor and cap (fixed my horrible horrible random cylinder misfire), and I had to basically sit on my battery to do the job.  Accidentally put my knee through the air filter box (yayy for an actual reason to go to the junkyard though) when it could have just been right in the front, like fords used to. I shouldn't complain, it's already an easy vehicle to work on, but it would have saved my airbox lmao.

[Dillpickle23422]

Just now, Motifator said:

There's a difference between beating a truck and using a truck properly... there are several usages for trucks... I for one am a fan of the Commodore UTE, it also is a truck... technically... at least, with a half bed...

I don't know much about any trucks outside of american trucks, and pretty much every american truck is marketed for "real work" but comes with a miserable 4 foot bed or whatever, and a massive cab. 

[Motifator]

You're actually lucky that your Chevy is built together in that way.

Tell that to the A4 we have, where the battery is located under the bonnet in God knows where... with everything closed by plastic shells / covers.

The sheer amount of plastic used on this model Audi is insane really. Now I'm not saying it's a bad car but man, I'd love some of those accents done in other materials.

[vetali]

34 minutes ago, Dillpickle23422 said:

WHY OH WHY chevrolet did you ever choose to place the distributor at the back of your vortec 350's? It's not a horrible job as is, but boy did I wish I had a ford in that moment. Replaced the rotor and cap (fixed my horrible horrible random cylinder misfire), and I had to basically sit on my battery to do the job.  Accidentally put my knee through the air filter box (yayy for an actual reason to go to the junkyard though) when it could have just been right in the front, like fords used to. I shouldn't complain, it's already an easy vehicle to work on, but it would have saved my airbox lmao.

My dad is a chevy guy. He always ranted about the distributor placement on them. "Only thing that Ford got right was the distributor in the front"

 

I too have leaned towards chevy growing up, but my next rig might be a new F-150. Pretty bad when a truck can get better gas mileage than my current rig, and without using cylinder deactivation.

[Vonrottes]

10 hours ago, Beerzerker said:

Believe it or not, my Altima isn't bad but my S10 can smoke it, no prob.
It's quicker and even gets better gas mileage too and the Altima is a 4-banger model. No worries about anything with the S10, does it's job without complaint and has done just that over the past 27 years and counting since I've had it.

And if I really want it to be quick off the line, I can just lock in the 4x4 part and well.... You know.
Maybe not quite on the order of a WRX but you get the idea.

I'm pretty sure my girlfriend's 1.4t Cruze could smoke a 4 cylinder Altima, they are supposed be a V6 car no matter how awful a VQ sounds once the cat has been cut off to pay rent with that big Altima energy

 

I say this in the S10 groups on Facebook almost everyday... Every engine in the S10 is perfectly adequate. Iron duke, 2.8 and 4.3, they are at the end of the day light duty trucks and if you use them as such are perfectly adequate trucks.

 

Mine at this point is literally just a 2wd Syclone, I don't get to be fast off the line, making like about 300hp at the crank and no traction control like the G8 had if it doesn't spin into 3rd gear the wheel hop will knock your teeth out...since split mono leaf springs and caltracs bars haven't really been a priority, though the "big tires" and torsen diff has helped a lot with traction.. 

[Bitter]

Nissan is the Chrysler of Japan.

[Motifator]

1 hour ago, Bitter said:

Nissan is the Chrysler of Japan.

Uh huh... Cruze 1.4T passing VQ car? Infiniti's sucking?

IDK which world I'm living in, but I do love the fact that mine doesn't end from the north to the south border...

[vetali]

le vee que god engine

[Motifator]

It's pretty good, like not Honda good but still pretty good. Obviously a good stock engine / stocker.
 

Not a built boy like this, but I've seen some mad VQ setups when a turbo or SC is attached... a G37 pulls like there's no tomorrow on the highway, when heavily modified.

[Dillpickle23422]

10 hours ago, vetali said:

My dad is a chevy guy. He always ranted about the distributor placement on them. "Only thing that Ford got right was the distributor in the front"

 

I too have leaned towards chevy growing up, but my next rig might be a new F-150. Pretty bad when a truck can get better gas mileage than my current rig, and without using cylinder deactivation.

for sure! These old chevy's (and old vehicles in general) chew through these mfers quick too. 

 

I'm not too partial to any brand, as long as it's older and I can afford it, and it does the job. Had an 05 f150 with the 4.2 v6 that rotted out, got this truck last year and it's really not broken except for the distributor cap, crank position sensor, and some brake. 

 

Chevy's cylinder deactivation shouldn't ever have existed. Dunno if it's better than what they put in the first gen of 5.3's with DOD, but boy did those motors blow quick. Biggest issue with the new fords as far as I know are typical cam phaser issues (it's a ford lmao)

[vetali]

6 minutes ago, Dillpickle23422 said:

for sure! These old chevy's (and old vehicles in general) chew through these mfers quick too. 

 

I'm not too partial to any brand, as long as it's older and I can afford it, and it does the job. Had an 05 f150 with the 4.2 v6 that rotted out, got this truck last year and it's really not broken except for the distributor cap, crank position sensor, and some brake. 

 

Chevy's cylinder deactivation shouldn't ever have existed. Dunno if it's better than what they put in the first gen of 5.3's with DOD, but boy did those motors blow quick. Biggest issue with the new fords as far as I know are typical cam phaser issues (it's a ford lmao)

Gotta keep a cap and rotor in the glovebox with a T15... those things will leave you walking lol. I did a lot of them at my old work.

 

I used to be pretty brand loyal, but just don't care anymore. Gonna pick the thing that I like most. Seen lots of those older modular F-150s last until the damn thing rots away and then some. Obviously the 5.4 3 valve had its issues. My dad has a chevy 5.3 with DOD... spent a loooot of money on deleting it and tuning after a lifter started having issues. Just not worth it to me, and why I am leaning towards the 3.5 EB (likely powerboost) because newer 5.0s have cylinder deactivation. Still an issue on current gen 5.3s, and general lifter failures.

 

And yeah, Ford still can't figure out phasers. I think the latest revisions are okay though.

[Motifator]

ACT (active cylinder deactivation) is better done on the Dodge tho isn't it? Hemi. But eh... I guess our Audi is better at it than most USA vehicles. Gets MPG better, still not a car with the best MPG... but the TFSI is not the worst engine... at long as it isn't broken in 10 different ways, lol.

[Bitter]

The earlier VVT 5.4's had the same oil pump/poor oil pressure issues that carried over from the 4.6 and if there's one thing that'll ruin a VVT system it's low oil pressure. Root cause I believe was the pump back plate bowing and leaking, I haven't had to delve into them in ages. For a time the recommendation was oil pump with chain job with phasers and solenoids. Later oil pumps tightened up tolerances and seem to be less problematic. Phasers have gotten better too. Like any modern engine OIL OIL OIL use good oil and change it on a schedule earlier than they say. Good synthetic with a good filter every 5-6K miles!

 

Part of the GM issues are shitty oil, but also their shitty design. They came out with that whole Dexos oil spec with extra anti-frothing additives to try to prevent mis-timed cylinder deactivation events from entrained air in the oil causing slow apply or slow release and absolutely slapping the shit out of the cam and lifter as a result. Every GM V8 with an AFM problem also has a maintenance problem. Not saying it doesn't happen to well maintained engines, I know it does, but poor maintenance makes it a guaranteed failure.

 

There's no perfect engine anyway, they all have their issues. The non AFM LS's piss oil from that rear seal plate and the oil galley plug bleeds off oil pressure and mixes dirty oil in with the clean.

[Motifator]

3 minutes ago, Bitter said:

There's no perfect engine anyway, they all have their issues.

Some engines are far more perfect than others, though. Like the Volvo engine found on the Mack Anthem.

[AlwaysFSX]

There's no perfect forum posters, maybe except for at least one.