Car Enthusiast Club [Now Motorcycle friendly!] - First thread to 150k! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[Zando_]

24 minutes ago, ProfBrown said:

Im not a Ford guy for many reasons, namely they don’t seem to be building reliable engines anymore. Least where I live they flat out don’t seem to last in stock form or with some mods. The last good Diesel engine they made for big trucks was the 7.3 and that was a dog compared to any other mainstream diesel truck of the time. My brothers 6.7 Cummins in his 2018 ram 2500 is a beast though. Even with lower torque numbers than the others I’d still take it over the fords any-day, and over the Chevy option as well because I like the solid axle look and the dodge would be easier to delete the garbage emissions crap on any diesel now a days

Ooof. My dad thinks really highly of the Coyotes in newer trucks, IDK much about the diesels. The modulars have been reliable af though, IDK about their newer engines (all my fam's cars have the modulars with the exception of my dad's '88 GT 5.0 with a Windsor). I do know the CVTs on some newer cars have been shit and they made wacky decisions on some of the engines, haven't looked much into their reliability. 
 

How are the Cummins? I know they're loved by a ton of people, but like I said IDK much about the diesel side. Extent of my experience on either side is pretty much oil/brake changes and a fuel pump/rad swap with my dad anyways, haven't gone much deeper than that yet. 

[TVwazhere]

36 minutes ago, ProfBrown said:

Im not a Ford guy for many reasons, namely they don’t seem to be building reliable engines anymore. Least where I live they flat out don’t seem to last in stock form or with some mods. 

The 2.3 Eco boosts (used in the Mustang and Focus RS) had a lot of issues with the head gaskets, but the 2.0's (used in the ST) have actually been pretty solid. The only people that blow their engine stock are the people that floor it in 6th gear when they're at 40mph. Their transmissions are hit or miss though. Everything but the synchro gears are good, but oh man these damn synchros.... Some people go 150k+ miles with no issues, (modified) and some people have issues under 50k completely stock. I was unfortunate and got a bad 2nd gear at 22k miles and am STILL trying to get it repaired, not replaced (because my Ford dealer in their Infinite wisdom wont warranty a Focus ST if it has a fucking shift knob replaced, let alone any bolt on or tunes to the engine... and even if they did the same shitty synchro gears would be in the new transmission)

 

Definitely some issues with recent power train stuff, but I still love my car and wouldn't trade it in for many other cars on the road today within reason.

[ProfBrown]

2 minutes ago, TVwazhere said:

The 2.3 Eco boosts (used in the Mustang and Focus RS) had a lot of issues with the head gaskets, but the 2.0's (used in the ST) have actually been pretty solid. The only people that blow their engine stock are the people that floor it in 6th gear when they're at 40mph. Their transmissions are hit or miss though. Everything but the synchro gears are good, but oh man these damn synchros.... Some people go 150k+ miles with no issues, (modified) and some people have issues under 50k completely stock. I was unfortunate and got a bad 2nd gear at 22k miles and am STILL trying to get it repaired, not replaced (because my Ford dealer in their Infinite wisdom wont warranty a Focus ST if it has a fucking shift knob replaced, let alone any bolt on or tunes to the engine... and even if they did the same shitty synchro gears would be in the new transmission)

 

Definitely some issues with recent power train stuff, but I still love my car and wouldn't trade it in for many other cars on the road today within reason.

The 3.5 ecoboost I’ve heard a plethora of issues with, as the 5.0 coyote motors have recalls open and are known to drink oil and have piston slap issues. Their diesels are known to have a few engine issues as well. 

 

All of these engine issues makes me think that ford just can’t build a good motor aside from a couple small segments. 

[ProfBrown]

14 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

Ooof. My dad thinks really highly of the Coyotes in newer trucks, IDK much about the diesels. The modulars have been reliable af though, IDK about their newer engines (all my fam's cars have the modulars with the exception of my dad's '88 GT 5.0 with a Windsor). I do know the CVTs on some newer cars have been shit and they made wacky decisions on some of the engines, haven't looked much into their reliability. 
 

How are the Cummins? I know they're loved by a ton of people, but like I said IDK much about the diesel side. Extent of my experience on either side is pretty much oil/brake changes and a fuel pump/rad swap with my dad anyways, haven't gone much deeper than that yet. 

The Cummins now is great. Had a few growing pains when they went from the 5.9 to the 6.7 and again when they added DEF to the emissions system, but now they are all good. 

 

The new coyote motors in the 2018-2019 cars and trucks have some major issues. Like piston slap and drinking oil. Stock or modded. 

[iDeFecZx]

In roughly 3 weeks I get to collect my new car. Just have to find somewhere to park the civic up until it sells then.

[Bitter]

Do Cummins still have that alignment dowel that rattles out into the timing chain? LOL

[bcredeur97]

1 hour ago, Bitter said:

Do Cummins still have that alignment dowel that rattles out into the timing chain? LOL

It’s just a timer to tell you when to replace the chain 

[AlwaysFSX]

10 hours ago, ProfBrown said:

The 3.5 ecoboost I’ve heard a plethora of issues with

>stuttering under load in humidity *plz*

[ProfBrown]

Just now, AlwaysFSX said:

>stuttering under load in humidity *plz*

That and multiple in my area in stock form needing to have heads pulled off before 100k... or throwing rods out of blocks with mild tunes... or absolutely crap mileage towing. And the terrible sound lmao

[ProfBrown]

2 hours ago, Bitter said:

Do Cummins still have that alignment dowel that rattles out into the timing chain? LOL

Haven’t had that since the 12v 5.9 days. So in the 90s. 

[AlwaysFSX]

1 minute ago, ProfBrown said:

That and multiple in my area in stock form needing to have heads pulled off before 100k... or throwing rods out of blocks with mild tunes... or absolutely crap mileage towing. And the terrible sound lmao

I'll let you know if I need my heads pulled at 100k :megalul: Mileage is shit if you touch the pedal in any situation, no surprise there. And the torque curve is a giant pile of dogshit under 2k. And yeah they sound terrible, wet farts galore. I honestly prefer the stock exhaust over what's on the new Raptors.

V6 + turbo = sound

[ProfBrown]

26 minutes ago, AlwaysFSX said:

I'll let you know if I need my heads pulled at 100k :megalul: Mileage is shit if you touch the pedal in any situation, no surprise there. And the torque curve is a giant pile of dogshit under 2k. And yeah they sound terrible, wet farts galore. I honestly prefer the stock exhaust over what's on the new Raptors.

V6 + turbo = sound

Lol, all reason I think Ford is a waste of money now a days. 

[vetali]

1 hour ago, ProfBrown said:

Lol, all reason I think Ford is a waste of money now a days. 

@AlwaysFSX pretty much just summed up every TTV6 ever. Not exclusive to Ford.

[AlwaysFSX]

1 hour ago, ProfBrown said:

Lol, all reason I think Ford is a waste of money now a days. 

Pretty much everything is so..

30 minutes ago, vetali said:

@AlwaysFSX pretty much just summed up every TTV6 ever. Not exclusive to Ford.

shocker how that works

[iDeFecZx]

9 hours ago, vetali said:

@AlwaysFSX pretty much just summed up every TTV6 ever. Not exclusive to Ford.

Quilia/Stelvio quadrifoglio would like a word

[arnavvr]

On 9/13/2019 at 5:07 AM, bcredeur97 said:

I suddenly want five guys now, thanks 

 

 

If you are ever in California, you have to try In and Out

 

In and Out > Five Guys

[ProfBrown]

1 minute ago, arnavvr said:

If you are ever in California, you have to try In and Out

 

In and Out > Five Guys

Lol, for price yes. For food taste and quality I dont know. Five guys fries are far better than In n Out tbh. The in n out fries have shrank beyond belief. Burgers are totally different styles so it’s hard to compare. But if you go to in n out ask for not salt on the patty! It’s way better! 

[arnavvr]

1 minute ago, ProfBrown said:

Lol, for price yes. For food taste and quality I dont know. Five guys fries are far better than In n Out tbh. The in n out fries have shrank beyond belief. Burgers are totally different styles so it’s hard to compare. But if you go to in n out ask for not salt on the patty! It’s way better! 

Yeah, not a huge fan of the fries at In and Out.

 

The burgers are great though, I'll try the no salt sometime.

[Bitter]

13 hours ago, ProfBrown said:

Haven’t had that since the 12v 5.9 days. So in the 90s. 

 

12 minutes ago, vinyldash303 said:

Someone beat me to it but no. 

I just googled it, 89 to 98.5 which is a pretty long run with a flaw like that. Just about as bad as the GM intake gaskets but oh boy GM slapped those intake gaskets on EVERY engine so I think the GM intake gasket was a worse problem. We're still doing those intake gaskets but much less than we used to.

[RevoltTrain]

31 minutes ago, arnavvr said:

If you are ever in California, you have to try In and Out

 

In and Out > Five Guys

[bcredeur97]

1 hour ago, arnavvr said:

Yeah, not a huge fan of the fries at In and Out.

 

The burgers are great though, I'll try the no salt sometime.

we don't have in and out here so unfortunately I can't compare.

but im sure both are great in their own little ways.

 

this may be unpopular idk, but I don't like KFC!

Popeyes and Canes (both of which may just be a southern thing) are usually what I go for for fried chicken lol

[Bitter]

Popeyes is certainly NOT just a southern thing, Canes is around here too but much less common. I like Popeyes chicken, it's generally pretty good and their sides are very good.

[chaozbandit]

Shooting my last few weekends before packing it in for winter

 

 

[chaozbandit]

4 hours ago, bcredeur97 said:

we don't have in and out here so unfortunately I can't compare.

but im sure both are great in their own little ways.

 

this may be unpopular idk, but I don't like KFC!

Popeyes and Canes (both of which may just be a southern thing) are usually what I go for for fried chicken lol

 

But you have like, actual southern fried chicken though

 

 

[Bitter]

We've got a local place called Harolds that's got some good chicken too, it's kind of a Chicago style fried chicken.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold's_Chicken_Shack

There's one opening like right behind my house, I'm excited to try it since I haven't had any in a few years.