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[terrytek]

12 minutes ago, Cereal5 said:

Ever heard of an ecoboost? All the mid to top tier ecoboosts are V6s. They're not going anywhere. One can only hope though that the i6 will make a return. That's an even longer shot than saying the V8 will still be around in 20 years, lol.

 

I feel sorry for your ears, you must have endured some kind of trauma when you were young.

but those v6s are starting to take the place of the v8s that once ruled king. plus turbo 4s are replacing the n/a v6s in some applications too. and as much as i want the i6 to make a proper return, it's highly unlikely due to costs and packaging constraints. though i wouldn't mind having the hood of the car a foot or so longer to accommodate a long motor.

 

oh no i absolutely hate straight piped vqs, they sound like cancer (my friend drives a straight piped g35 to work every day and annoys the shit out of me revving to 7k), but with a proper exhaust setup, they sound real nice.

[AlwaysFSX]

2 minutes ago, terrytek said:

but those v6s are starting to take the place of the v8s that once ruled king. plus turbo 4s are replacing the n/a v6s in some applications too. and as much as i want the i6 to make a proper return, it's highly unlikely due to costs and packaging constraints. though i wouldn't mind having the hood of the car a foot or so longer to accommodate a long motor.

 

oh no i absolutely hate straight piped vqs, they sound like cancer (my friend drives a straight piped g35 to work every day and annoys the shit out of me revving to 7k), but with a proper exhaust setup, they sound real nice.

This just in, a plain old long block is more expensive than a long block plus forced induction.

[MEC-777]

5 hours ago, vinyldash303 said:

Can we merge this with the car thread @MEC-777

Merged.  

[Cereal5]

Got the truck back today, with steering and brakes lol. Honestly feels better than ever. No surprise though, considering how bad the leak was. Now to clean up the mess underneath and do some body work.

 

Can anyone recommend a good body shop in the DC/Baltimore area?

[Bitter]

16 minutes ago, vinyldash303 said:

Remember when the two piston per cylinder Detroits were popular? Its a shame those died out.

Opposed piston diesels were made by Detroit?

[terrytek]

29 minutes ago, vinyldash303 said:

Remember when the two piston per cylinder Detroits were popular? Its a shame those died out. 

 

What V8s are dieing out? Mustang, Camaro, Corvette, Silverado, Tundra, Ram, (F150?), Tahoe, Suburban, all still either come with, or have the option for a V8. Not to mention the Challenger/Charger. A two and 4 door respectivly. Lets also mention the Hellcat. And the Demon. 

 

Were the V8 Lexus sedans really all that wonderful? The Chevy SS sedan was so fucking awesome that nobody bought them. 

 

Ford is bringing the falcon aussie sedan over and slapping a mustang front end on it. So theres a new V8 sedan coming to market. Hope it will sell well but I doubt it. 

wait since when did ford say they were bringing the falcon stateside? i haven't heard jack. plus it's been dead sincie 16 according to ford australia, so i think it's unlikely.

 

and i did think the v8 lexus sedans were great. they sounded very nice when they're not choked up by stock exhaust. like the ls460 actually sounds nice. and the latest GS F has a glorious sounding 5L v8 too.

[terrytek]

26 minutes ago, vinyldash303 said:

They didn't ever say it was gonna be a falcon. They always said four door mustang

as much as i'm not opposed to the idea of a 4 door mustang with a rwd based v8, i don't think it's gonna happen. you really think ford is gonna reintroduce a brand new sedan from the ground up, when they really just planned on axing every single sedan/hatchback in their US lineup? that would also cost more to build being rwd? i like it but keep dreaming.

[Bitter]

1 hour ago, vinyldash303 said:

Yeah

I couldn't find any mention on Googpedia?

[vetali]

Demoing a 9th gen v6 accord off the used lot. Hit triple digits on a straight away from a stop where my Mazda can barely hit 70 before the end. Still averaged 30mpg on the trip home with that pull lol. 

[Cereal5]

11 hours ago, vinyldash303 said:

Ford is bringing the falcon aussie sedan over and slapping a mustang front end on it. So theres a new V8 sedan coming to market. Hope it will sell well but I doubt it. 

Ha. Dank meme. Remember that part where they said they were stopping all car production?

11 hours ago, Bitter said:

Opposed piston diesels were made by Detroit?

They made their fair share of i6 12 piston diesels. Ignore my ramblings.

10 hours ago, vinyldash303 said:

They didn't ever say it was gonna be a falcon. They always said four door mustang

No recent news of it, it all seems to be from December and January. Possible news about it at the DC auto show, it's late this year. I'm hoping Ford reveals the Bronco there so they might also bring news of some other options. Like I said though, I'm extremely skeptical. Especially about the turbo V8 part, which is what all sources are saying is the possible engine.

[Bitter]

Did they call them something other than opposed piston? I can't find anything but very recent stuff about road going opposed piston diesel.

[Cereal5]

27 minutes ago, Bitter said:

Did they call them something other than opposed piston? I can't find anything but very recent stuff about road going opposed piston diesel.

Apparently I dreamt of that. I can't either.

[Cereal5]

2 hours ago, vinyldash303 said:

With the exception of the Mustang

And all new Focus Active. Still not believing it til I see it.

[Bitter]

So they'll just call everything a Mustang now lol. The new Mustang hatchback, the new Mustang sedan, the new Mustang MPV, the new Mustang limousine.

[FuzzyYellow]

16 hours ago, vetali said:

Demoing a 9th gen v6 accord off the used lot. Hit triple digits on a straight away from a stop where my Mazda can barely hit 70 before the end. Still averaged 30mpg on the trip home with that pull lol. 

Same! Gotta love a Honda v6. 

 

Story time. I got my first ticket a couple days ago.

 

it was in the middle of Kansas, and was stuck on a two lane road in the middle of nowhere, following an oversized load semi carrying a wing from a wind turbine, a car, and another semi. This was quite a distance to pass in one maneuver. After about 10 miles of following, I finally get to a passing zone that’s clear, so I goose it. I wind it out to get past all these slowpokes (who were driving 10mph under the limit). By the time I got to the head of the pack, I was doing a buck ten, got over, and slowed down quickly as I went up over a hill. Turns out, sitting right st the top of the hill watching the whole thing was a KS state trooper. I saw him pull out behind me and pulled over. Nice guy, explained to me what I did and how he clocked my at 105, and I passed in a no passing zone (I must’ve crossed over during the pass). 

 

He said he’d give me one ticket or the other, so I walked away with a $183 fine for passing in a no passing zone, instead of the $400+ for speeding. It was in a 65MPH zone).

 

got lucky on that one. Got lots of grief from the family too. Ugh.

[vetali]

30 minutes ago, FuzzyYellow said:

Same! Gotta love a Honda v6. 

 

the cylinder deactivation at 30mph is pretty noticeable as far as NVH. Once you get over 50 its hardly noticeable though. You can pop it into sport mode if you want to disable it, but without paddle shifters its kinda annoying because it sits in way low of a gear. Fuel economy is pretty good for cruising. 

 

Thing is, they paid too much for the car so I can't get a decent deal on it. I think for the price I'd rather spend a bit more and get a new one that comes in a color I like and not tan interior. 

[bcredeur97]

5 hours ago, Bitter said:

So they'll just call everything a Mustang now lol. The new Mustang hatchback, the new Mustang sedan, the new Mustang MPV, the new Mustang limousine.

Mustang Bus

36 minutes ago, FuzzyYellow said:

Same! Gotta love a Honda v6. 

Wonder what kind of fuel economy a Miata gets with one lol 

[FuzzyYellow]

12 minutes ago, vetali said:

the cylinder deactivation at 30mph is pretty noticeable as far as NVH. Once you get over 50 its hardly noticeable though. You can pop it into sport mode if you want to disable it, but without paddle shifters its kinda annoying because it sits in way low of a gear. Fuel economy is pretty good for cruising. 

 

Thing is, they paid too much for the car so I can't get a decent deal on it. I think for the price I'd rather spend a bit more and get a new one that comes in a color I like and not tan interior. 

Sure. I’ve got the 6 speed, so it doesn’t have cylinder deactivation. I got 36.7 mpg the other day driving between flagstaff and Payson AZ.

9 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

Mustang Bus

Wonder what kind of fuel economy a Miata gets with one lol 

Probably not any worse than what you get now honestly. My J30 gets about the same economy as the k24 of the same generation. I know I’m a bit of a fanboy, and biased because I own one, but man the J30 is a great, underrated engine.

[vetali]

1 minute ago, FuzzyYellow said:

Sure. I’ve got the 6 speed, so it doesn’t have cylinder deactivation. I got 36.7 mpg the other day driving between flagstaff and Payson AZ.

Probably not any worse than what you get now honestly. My J30 gets about the same economy as the k24 of the same generation. I know I’m a bit of a fanboy, and biased because I own one, but man the J30 is a great, underrated engine.

I actually really like the automatic in this. Its a great transmission 90% of the time. The 10% is where it fakes a slow downshift so that kicking out of cylinder deactivation is seamless. If you really step on it when its in 3 cylinder mode it ignores that, but cruising its kinda annoying.

 

Another weird thing is the variable steering gear. Its hard to describe, but when you start a corner it feels like its gonna understeer. Then right as you think you might start to understeer in the turn it really just digs into the corner. Its unsettling, but interesting. 

[Bitter]

Variable effort or variable rate?

[Bitter]

I need to try to take a little lash out of the Celica's rack, since swapping to all poly a few years ago I can feel some play in it. I don't want to replace it yet but I do want to take out the play. All I can find are a few scant guides for way older Toyota, thankfully they never change a design once it works well lol.

[vetali]

12 minutes ago, Bitter said:

Variable effort or variable rate?

[terrytek]

8 hours ago, Cereal5 said:

And all new Focus Active. Still not believing it til I see it.

i'm pretty sure that got shelved too due to tariffs imposed by none other than Trump.  but not like i cared, it was ugly anyway lifted and all.

29 minutes ago, vetali said:

I actually really like the automatic in this. Its a great transmission 90% of the time. The 10% is where it fakes a slow downshift so that kicking out of cylinder deactivation is seamless. If you really step on it when its in 3 cylinder mode it ignores that, but cruising its kinda annoying.

 

Another weird thing is the variable steering gear. Its hard to describe, but when you start a corner it feels like its gonna understeer. Then right as you think you might start to understeer in the turn it really just digs into the corner. Its unsettling, but interesting. 

i thought that generation switched over to a cvt no?

[vetali]

4 minutes ago, terrytek said:

i thought that generation switched over to a cvt no?

cvt v6? I ain't driving a nissan. 

[terrytek]

8 minutes ago, vetali said:

cvt v6? I ain't driving a nissan. 

oh my mistake. the cvt was 4 cylinder models only.  i thought they used the cvt on all models instead of an auto.