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It’s easy to see why the Ford 2.3 is considered by many to be one of the most beautiful engines ever made. 
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Jun 29, 2023 17:14
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You are absolutely right. Ew  gross  plz stop
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Jun 29, 2023 17:58
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Indeed.  Why have simple and elegant when one could have the approximation of the engine room of a nuclear sub. 
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Jun 29, 2023 18:02
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so much room for activities
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Jun 29, 2023 18:07
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BlackMK4 posted:so much room for activities Worth it just to get to the spark plugs.
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Jun 29, 2023 18:10
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cursedshitbox posted:Why have simple and elegant when one could have the approximation of the engine room of a nuclear sub. A nuclear sub is at least designed to be serviceable. Usually while it's still running.
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Jun 29, 2023 18:46
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bird with big dick posted:It’s easy to see why the Ford 2.3 is considered by many to be one of the most beautiful engines ever made. I bet that don’t mean *that* Ford 2.3.
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Jun 29, 2023 19:15
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bird with big dick posted:It’s easy to see why the Ford 2.3 is considered by many to be one of the most beautiful engines ever made. approximately what you see when you pop the cover of the 6 in the cx-90 lol
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Jun 30, 2023 02:45
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cursedshitbox posted:Indeed. I know I've posted before, but THIS is how you organize a Ford enginebay, really wish I had more than a couple of photos, but I wasn't really an active poster then:   
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Jun 30, 2023 08:58
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Modern engine bay design is so funny—just like all the detritus from the droid torture room in Empire, greased up and wedged under the hood.
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Jun 30, 2023 13:39
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the engine bay on my truck contains ... an engine!
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Jun 30, 2023 14:25
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chrisgt posted:the engine bay on my truck contains ... an engine! Can't fool me! I see a brake booster at least!
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Jun 30, 2023 15:20
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chrisgt posted:the engine bay on my truck contains ... an engine! C'mon son, you could fit another engine or two in there no problem.
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Jun 30, 2023 16:20
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Humphreys posted:I know I've posted before, but THIS is how you organize a Ford enginebay, really wish I had more than a couple of photos, but I wasn't really an active poster then: But I'm looking at a Mazda...?
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Jun 30, 2023 16:21
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chrisgt posted:the engine bay on my truck contains ... an engine! Deplorable lack of air conditioning. Old pic of my Cutlass.  apparently during radiator replacement. That's before I pulled the engine to replace a damage oil pan and ended up removing the entire front end and cleaning and/or painting literally everything from the firewall forward. Especially that rusty master cylinder. I don't seem to have any others handy - everything else is on my file server at home. Mind you, it looks pretty sad and dusty just right now...
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Jun 30, 2023 16:27
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Darchangel posted:Deplorable lack of air conditioning. Adding AC is on my to-do list for sure! Your fan shroud looks more useless than mine, did you have poo poo AC performance and/or overheating without one?
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Jun 30, 2023 17:01
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chrisgt posted:Adding AC is on my to-do list for sure! You'll note the comment about it being during radiator replacement... The factory shroud was on there with that setup, and I eventually swapped back to the original clutched fan, too, until I installed dual electric fans from a '90s FWD GM.   edit: It ran about 210F with the clutched fan, as I recall. The e-fans will kick in at about 200-210, and off at 190, again, as I recall. It's been a while. edit again: the GM OEM electric fans really suck:  Also, it's a 4-core rad. No overheating, and the AC worked fine. It was running ES-12A (propane blend) because that's what was available at the time. No clue if it's still in there, but I'll switch to R-152, aka air dusters, probably. It's a POA system, so I can't change to anything radically different from R-12 without either replacing the POA with a cycling switch, retuning the POA valve pressures - which is apparently a thing you can do - or replacing the system entirely. I'm torn between keeping it original (for one thing, those old Harrison A-6 compressors are workhorses) and having a modern Denso-style compact system that doesn't require the massive "suitcase" on the firewall. I don't like replacing working stuff, especially *original* working stuff, but it's not and never will be a concours restoration. There are enough of those, so I'm not against putting in better stuff if it doesn't require hacking up the car, like the TH 200-4R OD transmission that's in it. Darchangel fucked around with this message at 17:42 on Jun 30, 2023 |
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Jun 30, 2023 17:28
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Darchangel posted:You'll note the comment about it being during radiator replacement... Oh right, I forgot they used POA valves on these. I use r152a on all my r12 cars, even my 134a cars and it works great. I just make sure to flush the system and change to the correct oil. Electric fans are ok, i'm just always worried about the crappy little alternators they put in old cars, can't keep up well at idle.
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Jun 30, 2023 22:27
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Just a neat shot from autocross with Porsche Club of America in Bowie MD this past Saturday. It was miserably humid turning to very humid and hot and I got hella sunburnt, but it was still mostly fun.
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Jul 1, 2023 00:54
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MiniFoo posted:But I'm looking at a Mazda...? I guess it looks a bit familiar :p
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Jul 1, 2023 02:52
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LeeMajors posted:Modern engine bay design is so funny—just like all the detritus from the droid torture room in Empire, greased up and wedged under the hood. That, or that with a huge piece of plastic covering it, are largely the two options.
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slandergoose posted:Just a background my car is a CPO'd cayman: Those all are horrendous issues for a newer car from Porsche who you'd think pride themselves on quality builds. You think it's a "lemon" or issues common for that model/generation? Sab669 posted:Nothing too exciting, but it meets my needs - I love dis. Especially with the green over tan interior. Speaking of engine bays, here's a recent pic of APR's coil packs, as well Integrated Engineering's intake and turbo inlet which I installed earlier this week. Install wasn't too bad, the inlet turbo adapter had a very skinny o-ring on each side that needed to be held place while mating to the turbo & inlet which was fun. Extra turbo pic with some New Mexican dirt making an appearance. Before adding IE adapter plate:  After:  New coils and plugs:  Finished:  Some wash porn:   Car is running like a top. Already got the itch and went Stage 1 ECU/TCU via Integrated Engineering's mobile/PC flash cable. Waiting for Stage 2 TCU order fulfillment. Just need to install the intercooler out of the A4. 
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TenaciousTomato posted:Those all are horrendous issues for a newer car from Porsche who you'd think pride themselves on quality builds. You think it's a "lemon" or issues common for that model/generation? I think it's multifaceted personally. Porsche has this reputation of reliability but after owning one and hanging with other Porsche owners online and in person they really do spend a lot of time in the shop. My buddy's dad had a 992 Carrera S that suffered turbo failure at 500 miles, that same buddy owned a 2017 991.2 and it was always in the shop, the last straw was his getting his radiator fixed, the dealer didn't secure the hoses properly so when he drove away it spewed coolant everywhere. I think it makes it doubly bad because the dealers in my region are true clowns. I bought a CPO because I wanted piece of mind against repairs for a used car but I'm convinced that shops here are incompetent. Every time I get my car back there is always a random tool left somewhere, or some trim piece not attached, or in my last repair a trim tab broken so now my cabin rattles like loving crazy. I snapped the last time I was getting work done, every time I bring my car in I get some stupid rear end spiel about Porsches racing heritage and reliability and I just went "dude, shut the hell up with this reliability bullshit, why would I take my car to the track when it can't make it to McD's" There is also a strong cult following with Porsche, I posted on rennlist about my car/dealer expereience and I got flooded with "MY CAR HAS A BILLION MILES IT AMAZING, NO PORSCHE HAS HAD ANY PROBLEMS EVER" Anyway, end rant lol. I'm putting an order in for an M3 in a few weeks so I'll be rid of it soon enough. quote:I love dis. Especially with the green over tan interior. That's an awesome S4! How reliable are those tunes? I remember going down the rabbit hole of APR tunes on Audi and they seemed like they were fairly reliable.
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slandergoose posted:they really do spend a lot of time in the shop. Hope you mean a mazda 3 or model 3, otherwise lol, lmao.
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Jul 1, 2023 18:20
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Voltage posted:Hope you mean a mazda 3 or model 3, otherwise lol, lmao. I'm a glutton for punishment lol. This will be my 4th BMW and the only one that was a true pile of trash was my e46 328ci. At least the M3 is cheaper than a 911 and I actually like the dealer I've worked with.
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Jul 1, 2023 21:51
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Just found some pics of last week’s SCCA event  
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slandergoose posted:I'm a glutton for punishment lol. This will be my 4th BMW and the only one that was a true pile of trash was my e46 328ci. At least the M3 is cheaper than a 911 and I actually like the dealer I've worked with. Having a good dealer must be nice, ive had 2 BMW's and both times the dealer experience has been 100% trash, funny you mention leftover tools, i have a few snap ons they left from when I had my e46.
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slandergoose posted:I think it's multifaceted personally. Porsche has this reputation of reliability but after owning one and hanging with other Porsche owners online and in person they really do spend a lot of time in the shop. My buddy's dad had a 992 Carrera S that suffered turbo failure at 500 miles, that same buddy owned a 2017 991.2 and it was always in the shop, the last straw was his getting his radiator fixed, the dealer didn't secure the hoses properly so when he drove away it spewed coolant everywhere. That's a bummer cause I would have figured under the VAG umbrella you hear of good overall build quality. The dealership issues sound awful, I feel for you there. The Audi dealer I have worked with over the past few years has been great. The service advisor I primarily worked with even asked their techs not to scan my car when it was in for service unless absolutely required (it would flag it TD1 which meant ECU modified/tuned) - helping to preserve my CPO warranty at the time. My previous A4's 2.0T was Unitronic Stage 1-2 tuned for about 40-50k miles with no issues and the 3.0T V6 in the S4 is very tunable as well. Thankfully I have not heard of many reliability issues for the B9 platform in general or even when tuned. I think some of the Stage 3 folks running ethanol might see some potential injector problems here and there. It's crazy how much the software modifications wake up these cars. TenaciousTomato fucked around with this message at 02:42 on Jul 2, 2023 |
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Jul 2, 2023 02:35
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Freshly washed after finishing up rear suspension replacement, almost ready for parade on Tuesday. Needs a bit of transmission fluid and a fix for the saggy headliner. On earlier engine bay talk, at least it’s pretty easy to work on  Less easy to work on and a bit dirty, but I think one of the better looking modern options 
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Jul 3, 2023 04:00
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Steve French posted:Freshly washed after finishing up rear suspension replacement, almost ready for parade on Tuesday. Needs a bit of transmission fluid and a fix for the saggy headliner. I love the white, it looks really clean.
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Jul 3, 2023 14:13
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Middle of 'winter', decided to go for a spin. Freshly manual-converted turbo-wagon  The scenery is.. kinda green?   it's not that much larger  drat rollerskates, friend's 1.5 MX5   Also found the auction sheet from when the car was imported, pretty cool! 
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Jul 4, 2023 19:59
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That's pretty rad. It's like you an still see the sedan's C pillar.
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Jul 4, 2023 20:07
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Steve French posted:Freshly washed after finishing up rear suspension replacement, almost ready for parade on Tuesday. Needs a bit of transmission fluid and a fix for the saggy headliner. One of the great things about vintage engine compartments is the bright colours they used to paint engines. This is my Cutlass - 
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Jul 5, 2023 18:19
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Parade yesterday. 
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Jul 5, 2023 19:00
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this is like that dude that used to post a picture of his Fiat or whatever with the bike on it constantly, but this is actually cool.
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Jul 5, 2023 19:36
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That Seasucker rack was borrowed for parade purposes, but now we kinda really want one to use for our mtbs with it…
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Jul 5, 2023 19:56
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Mcqueen posted:this is like that dude that used to post a picture of his Fiat or whatever with the bike on it constantly, but this is actually cool. $1800 baby stroller!
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Imperador do Brasil posted:$1800 baby stroller! Bring it back
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Mcqueen posted:this is like that dude that used to post a picture of his Fiat or whatever with the bike on it constantly, but this is actually cool. good ole eyebeem (sp?).
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