cars

[edgy locust]

14 legal age everywhere

What drinking beer on a walk to scool?

[worldly oasis]

No why would I do that to begin with beer tastes like piss

[edgy locust]

No

But jägermeister is better

[worldly oasis]

I’d rather drink straight 95% everclear than most beers

[edgy locust]

The us beer is shit

[worldly oasis]

Real

[edgy locust]

Yes

[misty mantle]

I have half a bottle of RC nitro fuel if you want it

[worldly oasis]

How explosive is it

Cuz I like catching gpus on fire

[edgy locust]

Drink 3 mische 6 beers 2 jägermeister and i am done

[misty mantle]

Very

[worldly oasis]

Nvm then can’t burn it in the house

😔✊

[wispy cloak]

6.8

And they suck

I've owned a v10 super duty

[worldly oasis]

Weld 2 Volvo i5’s together

4.8l v10

[misty mantle]

My school has a Excursion thats been sitting in the ag building parking lot at least since my freshman year because of electrical issues, its got the 6.8

[wind saddle]

sat for 3 or 5 monthd

[wraith rivet]

one of my door locks is sad :(

[wraith rivet]

I 3d printed a handy little tool to help fit my stretch to fit belt for my water pump

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3671740

[main haven]

i hate dodge engineers why the hell would you put a oil filter directly over the axle

[hollow pasture]

Bros never seen a 2024 pentastar v6

[main haven]

oh good lord what is that like

[hollow pasture]

Very much anger

Very not cool, thanks Chrysler

[hollow pasture]

Whenever you think an engineer has completely ruined your day, I promise it gets worse

[main haven]

LMFAOOO

[main haven]

you clearly havent been around ag

why the hell does greasing a corn head have to be a 2 person job

[hollow pasture]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[carmine summit]

i saw a picture yesterday of a chrysler ECU full of oil because of a failed oil pressure sensor sending oil up the wiring harness lmao

chrysler moment

[main haven]

man im still fuckin trippping from the brake cleaner i used to clean that oil up

i should really have let the fumes settle lol

[cold anvil]

me personally id drive this

[wet pewter]

What’s the best brand of car?

I’m just not really sure which car to get next.. I drive a 2014 VW Jetta Sportwagen TDI diesel. Almost 100k miles it’s all paid off, I probably want a hybrid or something that’s economical but also comfortable.

…also wish I could get ventilated seats but that only comes on super new cars ugh.

[hexed kayak]

Buy an aging volvo

Save the environment, rescue an old volvo instead of buying something newer

[civic spoke]

Excellent fuel consumption while driving on the freeway, unloaded.

[charred depot]

Time to drive unroadworthy cars "legally"

[ripe cargo]

https://youtu.be/9I8nm4T_orw?si=MG7HdpcC8hUz5wKE

[vocal mural]

Nice wedding between cars
Photo credit: Persbureau Heitink/GLD

[charred depot]

enjoying this, needs front tyres before I can drive it properly as they are like 20 year old and will disintegrate at any moment and I dont have a spare wheel

[wraith rivet]

nahhhh take it on the motorway you’ll be fine

[halcyon grotto]

quick we gumball run across the UK to get a feel for it

[stoic ledge]

Didn't they disintegrate when they were new?

The car I mean

Tires are probably the least of your worry

[charred depot]

Its a bit crusty but its MOT exempt so : )

[charred depot]

I have had it up to 80 on our little stretch and it certainly makes 80 feel "fast" again heh, will get numb to it soon enough.

notice sometimes people in new cars get annoyed when you are passing them in something old and shit like my 305's. this is alot more shit so that will be interesting.

[inner otter]

@compact grotto hey sorry i know this is a bi6t of a long shot, but by any chance would you happen to know what rims these are?

i'm assuming they're some sort of advan rims but

i can't find the exact model

oh nevermind i'm fucking stupid

it's the advan rz-f2 i guess but centre lock i guess

[native ermine]

WHAT THE FUCK... thats not a real turbo

[lone storm]

He must have lost to a Honda

[native ermine]

https://tenor.com/view/vtec-turbo-civic-civic-b18c-gif-22060078

[pliant stream]

https://tenor.com/view/discord-meme-cook-gif-1177116184918006692

[lone storm]

Rookie Numbers

Broke the Speedo on this thing many times. Manual 5 speed 98 Ford Escort ZX2

[novel relic]

Wheres ur dash heading to

[charred depot]

I hate petrol cars

[stoic ledge]

No, you hate British Leyland

[strange viper]

miss my ST

[novel relic]

Whats bro doin here

[stoic ledge]

Probably company lease car and using it to get petrol for their 2nd car

Seen it before, arriving in an EV and then filling up jerry cans

[novel relic]

Or diesel for the generator in the back lmao

[stoic ledge]

Gabriels tho 👀

[cold anvil]

skoda.

litterally the best brand in the world

name me 1 thing bad about skodas

the higher spec models come with umbrellas like a rolls royce

they all come with an ice scraper

and they have a parking ticket holder

they also drive nice and are relatively fast

and are relatively fashionable

[charred depot]

Skoda, audi, volkswagen same difference

[cold anvil]

but skodas come with umbrellas in the door

that just looks beautiful

and they arent too expensive

thats a newer model

[cold anvil]

oh you forgot SEAT

[charred depot]

yeah

[cold anvil]

wait i think the guy who wants a new car is american

i dont think there are any skodas in usa

sucks for them

id drive this tbh

its the estate too

only thing putting me off is that its all the way in newcastle

thats a whole trip

[charred depot]

dunno vagshite is pretty numb to drive, and thats coming from someone who has a Austin Allegro.

[cold anvil]

what the hell are those

[cold anvil]

last mot

nothing too major

acc those are kind of a worry but im sure its fine

[cold anvil]

but that car mustve been sitting at the dealer for a while if its last mot was at 58k miles in 2022, and its now 2024 and its still being sold with 59k miles

[cold anvil]

i think thats older than me

idk

[charred depot]

only 44

[cold anvil]

nearly 3x older than me

[charred depot]

quite a new one

[cold anvil]

fix your car

[charred depot]

MOT exempt

[cold anvil]

ik

but still

fix your car

[charred depot]

its fixed

[cold anvil]

is tax mandatory?

or are u tax exempt too

[charred depot]

tax exempt

[cold anvil]

damn

idk what id drive as a first car

i still feel like a kid

but in less than 2 years i can drive

this doesnt look bad to be honest

[charred depot]

been driving for 4-5 years now had quite a few cars heh

[cold anvil]

how much do you pay for insurance

ive heard thats a big cost for new drivers

[cold anvil]

wow £20 road tax

[charred depot]

I live in a dull area of scotland so its not bad

[cold anvil]

oh ok

oh and that car is ulez

[charred depot]

Im 22, the Allegro is £230/y to insure with 0 years no claims on that policy.

[cold anvil]

thats rlly cheap

[charred depot]

My engine swapped declared 305 is about £400 odd a year

[cold anvil]

ive seen ultra cheap cars in london cost £500 a year to insure

london tax

[charred depot]

if you are young in london you will absolutely be over a grand, most like over 3.

[cold anvil]

yeah ik

i might just put off driving for a few years until it isnt £3k a year

doesnt look bad yk

0.9L engine that must be tiny

[charred depot]

with turbo's doesent matter these days.

[cold anvil]

yeah i guess

[charred depot]

this is a bit of a pain to insure due to the modifications but still suprisingly cheap.

[cold anvil]

why is the fuel gauge so big

[cold anvil]

yeah no cuz ur not in london

try insuring a car in london

[charred depot]

Why would I do that when the real answer is leaving the phantom zone that is London and the surrounding areas.

[cold anvil]

im too deep into the london lifestyle

[wet pewter]

😦 I have to spend $1700 in my car now ugh

[cold anvil]

there is no return

[cold anvil]

why

[wet pewter]

Apparently the original shocks and struts lasting 95k miles is a miracle

So they gotta get replaced

[cold anvil]

obviously

never seen a 1.25L engine before, i remember some toyotas having a 1.33L engine too

whats with these odd numbers

[wet pewter]

Rip

[charred depot]

1.25L ford engines have been a thing for ages.

[cold anvil]

idk not that interested in fords

only really care abt VW group cars

[wet pewter]

I don’t think I can get a skoda in North America

[cold anvil]

import one from uk

[wet pewter]

Ah yes

[cold anvil]

nah wait u drive on the right i swear

import one from germany or smth

[cold anvil]

people import cars all the time

the amount of toyota priuses imported from japan to uk is wild

[charred depot]

get a real car : )

[cold anvil]

their brought in fresh from japan, they get it pco licensed and it becomes an uber

until its at 250,000 miles, then its sold for £1k or scrapped

[charred depot]

for the US stuff really has to be older than 25 years to be imported.

[cold anvil]

fr?

u cant jus bring a car in and register it n shi

335,000 miles is wild

[wet pewter]

I like how my car looks at least

[cold anvil]

uber warrior level 1000

[cold anvil]

that looks nice

[charred depot]

not totally familiar with it as I dont live there but yeah old rule to block off certain competition or whatso

[cold anvil]

huh

what competition?

[charred depot]

Japanese cars probably

[cold anvil]

wait beaten that 335k

350k miles

acc ykw

that car isnt in bad condition

it mightve travelled across every road in london

but its relatively clean

[charred depot]

"As a result, a thriving ‘grey market’ sprang up, not least because many buyers found it was actually cheaper to buy a car overseas and import it than to buy one from the manufacturer’s US operation. There were also instances where the European or Japanese model was simply more powerful – or subjectively more attractive – than its US equivalent. Both of these things hurt US sales, and by the 1980s tens of thousands of foreign-built vehicles were being privately imported each year." https://www.autoshippers.co.uk/blog/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-25-year-rule

[cold anvil]

that is very sad

womp womp

no skoda for you

just buy a vw golf then

[charred depot]

Why buy VAG when you can buy classic French.

[cold anvil]

wait what vw is this

[wet pewter]

2014 Jetta Sportwagen TDI diesel

[cold anvil]

we dont have a estate jetta

there is the passat estate which is close enough

[wet pewter]

They stopped making the diesels after 2014 due to diesel gate and I don’t think they sell the Jetta wagons anymore

[cold anvil]

i swear most cars in us are petrol anyways

[wet pewter]

Yup.

[cold anvil]

why

[wet pewter]

I like the torque I get out of the diesel

[cold anvil]

as long as its a euro 6 diesel i dont see the issue

[wet pewter]

Legislators? Environmentalists? Idk

[cold anvil]

then get a euro 6 diesel engine

emissions are fairly lower

[wet pewter]

Most car manufacturers are pushing hybrids and EVs now

[charred depot]

turbo diesel euro nothing, exempt from LEZ here.

[wet pewter]

“The future”

[cold anvil]

not excempt from ULEZ in london

£12.50 a day for that, around £5k a year

[charred depot]

why would I go there though

[cold anvil]

because london

[charred depot]

few years yet before I lose my sanity enough to visit london and it will be exempt

[cold anvil]

for a car to be ulez compliant, it has to be a euro 4 petrol or euro 6 diesel

[cold anvil]

i like the idea of water powered cars

extracting hydrogen in the car from the water using electrolysis

then using hydrogen to power the car

[charred depot]

cars are exempt from them at 30 year old in Scotland vs 40 in engoland.

[cold anvil]

i dont see many cars in central london that arent toyota priuses doing uber, or motorbikes and ebikes doing food delivery, or buses, or mercedes g wagons

id drive this wow

[cold anvil]

EVs arent that bad to me though

if you do say 12 miles a day

a car with 250 miles range can easily do a week

[charred depot]

Don't really like any modern cars so ruled out on that basis

[cold anvil]

opinions on this

[charred depot]

horrible, and not saying that because its a EV or the tragic colour, just horrible

[cold anvil]

its unique

its not that bad

[charred depot]

its a stupid modern pointless SUV thing

[cold anvil]

in my opinion plug-in hybrids are the future

or just an ice engine

most emissions arent produced by us

70% of emissions are by the top 100 companies anyways

this looks quite nice, but it is a 1.3L renault engine

[stoic ledge]

You also forgot Cupra

[wet pewter]

They’re just expensive and the range is rather eh for me at the moment. Plus charging infrastructure isn’t well off in ubran/remote areas.

[stoic ledge]

If I'd be buying brand new car now, EV would probably be considered

But the used offerings are... Meh

[stoic ledge]

Jetta Wagons, no. Jetta Wagon was just a Golf Variant tho (Golf Mk6), they still make a Golf Variant for the European market (Mk8)

[wet pewter]

Oh

[stoic ledge]

More markets I think

Just not the US

It's not the best looking wagon tho

Also still available as a diesel in certain countries

Hmm maybe not since the recent facelift

It was before

[cold anvil]

litterally just rebranded

[stoic ledge]

Seat will be a mObIlItYsOlUtIoN

[cold anvil]

just a bit similar

[stoic ledge]

Cupra Born is what the Seat el-Born concept wash

[cold anvil]

charging in london is easy

[stoic ledge]

But I've said this many times before: for every VW there's a better car somewhere else in VAG

[cold anvil]

every 50 metres atleast some sort of charger

and not expensjve

[cold anvil]

skoda > vw

"the only cars that come with umbrellas in doors are rolls royces and skodas".

[stoic ledge]

Yet our Skoda has it under the passenger seat

😭

[cold anvil]

why

what model

[stoic ledge]

Karoq

[cold anvil]

what country

maybe different region

oh i saw a video

mightve been an afterthought

[stoic ledge]

🇳🇱

But think they all have it there

There's no spot in the door

[cold anvil]

yeah the uk model is the same

more of a fan of the octavia oe kodiaq

[stoic ledge]

It's my parents, they wanted a higher seat and Kodiaq was too large

They've looked at basically every C-segment CUV in existence and they liked the Karoq the most

[civic spoke]

Koraq just sounds... Idk. It's a weird name.

[stoic ledge]

They make all Skoda SUV's end with a Q

Kamiq, Karoq, Kodiaq

[stoic ledge]

Also, the cheapest used Kodiaq with DSG and ACC is at least 30k

[cold anvil]

karoq is cheap tbf

[cold anvil]

yeti is an exception

130k miles

[stoic ledge]

In the UK everything is cheap, Karoq is still not a cheap car imho

[cold anvil]

8k is reasonable

[stoic ledge]

> UK

[cold anvil]

uk car markets always been cheaper than europe

[stoic ledge]

Cheapest Karoq with DSG and ACC for sale in NL

[cold anvil]

the amount of old cars i hear people daily in the US and eu

i see it as a rarity for a car to be registered before 2005

mainly cuz ULEZ

[cold anvil]

lmao

[stoic ledge]

Used UK cars are worthless as there's no export market

[cold anvil]

wdym

well obviously theres no export marker

our cars are RHD

your customers consist of japan and australia

[stoic ledge]

Exactly, which heavily impacts the residual value

[cold anvil]

fairs

and any car in japan or australia uk probably has

[cold anvil]

dont plan on exporting a car anytime soon

[stoic ledge]

True, and practically nobody is shipping a UK car across the world

[cold anvil]

people do that to the uk tbf

[stoic ledge]

Towards the UK, yes

[cold anvil]

the amount of imported VWs and toyotas from japan

[stoic ledge]

To get some JDM stuff

Exactly

[cold anvil]

nah

[stoic ledge]

But not the other way around

[cold anvil]

its toyota priuses imported

nothing special

[stoic ledge]

💀

[cold anvil]

they impoty the priuses cuz its cheaper in japan

also if japan and australia dont allow impotts what can you do

u dont have any other country really

the imported prius lifestyle goes japanese person -> imported to uk-> does 200k miles as an uber -> ends up on sale for £2k

[stoic ledge]

Fair

But yeah in mainland Europe cars get exported quite lot, which means even older cars keep their value as there's always demand

[charred depot]

Nothing wrong with having the steering wheel on the wrong side : )

[stoic ledge]

The average company car goes

• 150k km lease
• 100k km 2nd private owner
• Exported to Eastern Europe with 80k km on the clock

[stoic ledge]

What does Spécial do? 😛

[charred depot]

its just special thats all

[charred depot]

Always struggle to adjust to hydropneumatic citroens the brakes are so sharp on them.

[stoic ledge]

Braking is for the weak

[cold anvil]

the insurance company has an issue

[cold anvil]

to where

[charred depot]

its alright

[cold anvil]

cuz there are no thieves or people to get robbed by or crash into

for u

[charred depot]

cars get stolen alot around here but its just pishy Ford ST's and fancy shite with keyless entry (literally)

[cold anvil]

all new cars come with keyless entry nowadays

and screw keyless entry

it doesnt even properly work half the rime

and is a major security risk

[charred depot]

Works perfectly for the people without keys : )

as I say keyless entry (literally)

[cold anvil]

theyll be carless sooner or later

but car theft in london is worse

thieves will assault you in broad daylight, grab ur car keys and run off with the car

[charred depot]

Even so no one is going to steal a Citroen GSA or Peugeot 305.

[cold anvil]

you never know

[charred depot]

would be the height of desperation, they wouldnt even get the Citroen GSA started.

such a piece of shit to get going

[cold anvil]

fairs

most cars stolen now are keyless

and within 4 hours its out of the country

the met police wont do shite aswell

[charred depot]

Common cars are hard to track, all they have to do is stick another plate on and its the same as anything else.

[stoic ledge]

Wherever is demand lol

My brothers "old" Volvo get exported to somewhere, idk where, but that's as it was a diesel which is hated on in NL, but not in other countries

His first car, a Clio, some student from Belgium purchased it, because some ULEZ-type city he was studying, and as Belgium at the time mostly drove diesels importing a petrol car was the solution

My sister in laws car comes from Germany, often you can find specs there you cannot find here. My parents cars is imported from Belgium.

Cars just go wherever demand, and demand increases prices

[stoic ledge]

Step 1: keep your key in a tin box

Woah, car cannot be stolen anymore

[charred depot]

Theres a bunch of other exploits that dont even need a key, JLR stuff is especially bad for it

[cold anvil]

not bad car

[cold anvil]

damn

[stoic ledge]

1.0 S 60hp 💀

[cold anvil]

or just buy a faraday pouch

[cold anvil]

turbo dw

[stoic ledge]

That has no turbo

It's the MPI

[cold anvil]

oh

[charred depot]

N/A diesel 305 memories

[cold anvil]

oh well

still moves

[stoic ledge]

Likely

[charred depot]

Funny that my 305 will soon have the same power as a modern Focus ST diesel

[cold anvil]

£0 road tax

and its the somewhat decent 1.6 diesel

[charred depot]

ehhhh, 2.0hdi is decent 1.6 is very efficient but trades off reliability

[cold anvil]

the 1.6 seems fine idk

[stoic ledge]

It depends on which 1.6

[charred depot]

what leads you to that conclusion, they were awful even before all the extreme emissions bullshit

[stoic ledge]

BlueHDI is good again I think

[cold anvil]

cuz my parents used to own a citroen with one

[stoic ledge]

When they switched back to 8v

[cold anvil]

and it ran fine

ooh

[charred depot]

the sample set of 1 good data : )

[cold anvil]

dont get how a 2 litre diesel can have £0 road tax

[stoic ledge]

Yeah my brother had that, but them a proper spec with xenon

[cold anvil]

it does 99g/CO2

[charred depot]

because it was made before 2017

[cold anvil]

if it did 100g/co2 it would cost £20

[cold anvil]

ye ik

[stoic ledge]

Woah

The horror

V40 costed 1400€/year here

[cold anvil]

huh?

[stoic ledge]

Road tax

[cold anvil]

for road tax?

THATS WILD

[stoic ledge]

Si

[cold anvil]

the highest bracket is £675

[stoic ledge]

My Astra is €600 something

My Corsa was also the same

Astra is actually slightly less than the Corsa

[cold anvil]

£0, £10, £20, £35, £150, £180, £200, £240, £365, somewhere around £500, £675

get an efficient car u pay nothing

[cold anvil]

whats it based on

like what determines the tax bracket

[stoic ledge]

Fuel type and weight

[cold anvil]

odd

[stoic ledge]

Diesel is 2x petrol

[cold anvil]

makes sense

[stoic ledge]

LPG-G3 is petrol + 2 Weight classes

[cold anvil]

evs?

and what abt hybrids

[stoic ledge]

Yeah my Astra is €672/year

[stoic ledge]

€0 for now

[cold anvil]

1 sec let me check a uk astea

astra

£0

[stoic ledge]

Normal Hybrid, same as petrol

PHEV until this year 25% of petrol
Next year 50% of petrol
After that, same as petrol

[cold anvil]

not a penny on road tax

[cold anvil]

oh

[stoic ledge]

I have a 1.4 Turbo 150 ^^

[cold anvil]

normal hybrid i agree on

phev should be discounted

[stoic ledge]

Depends, NL also has a purchase tax based on emissions

So purchase tax of a PHEV less, so there's a benefit there

[cold anvil]

£150

please keep this out of london

im somewhat grateful that most cara are efficient

no smelly roads

[charred depot]

I have to drive into the scottish low emission zones alot, often see people giving me funny looks.

[stoic ledge]

So for example, to buy, a new Passat 1.5 eTSI or Passat eHybrid, they PHEV is already €1k less to purchase

-25% maybe would be fair to compensate for the battery weight

[charred depot]

fines are brutal here so they are probably like the fuck

[stoic ledge]

Yeah basically 25% of what I pay xP

[charred depot]

Its nice though if someones following you close you can just left foot brake and go full throttle and become a coal train

[stoic ledge]

[charred depot]

LEZ exempt

Smoked out the MOT bay so much it started coming through the door into the waiting area, passed emissions.

was on a different engine, same deal but black smoke

[stoic ledge]

Makes perfect sense that can enter, but a 2014 super-mini with a 1.2-1.3 diesel? Nooooooo bad

[charred depot]

its a claaaaasic

all "classic" cars are well maintained cherished vehicles

[stoic ledge]

Most well maintained classics are indeed in a state where their dashboard is missing

[charred depot]

the saloon is well maintained, estate is future scrap :^)

that was stockish XUD9TE, will be about double that power wise on the built engine

[fathom socket]

That turbo be sounding great

[wispy cloak]

Turbah

[wide hemlock]

got a nail in my tire and dont feel like getting new set cause theyre nice summer treads

will a tire patch last the life of the tire

[dull cedar]

that would depend on how big the nail was, who patches it, how old the tire is, and how much longer you expect them to last

[bleak pewter]

F250 from 2004?

One of the dream cars

[wispy cloak]

F350

SRW so basically the same thing

[bleak pewter]

Even better

[native ermine]

went to the Toronto auto show yesterday

[stoic ledge]

Nice

I visited the 2 Ferrari Museums (Maranello & Modena) this weekend

[bleak pewter]

hell yeah

that daytona sp3 is beautiful

[edgy locust]

nice cars, Did you already be in stuttgart museum from porsche and in the other from mercedes

its great

its around the corner

[edgy locust]

only 120 km away

oh

a little bit further away

heck yeah

oh

train?

easy

what the heck

i dont understand

.

[stoic ledge]

Yeah it's insane

[edgy locust]

the whole sentence

[edgy locust]

niceeeeee 🍺🥨

it was scam or?

[stoic ledge]

Would buy if I had 2.5M laying around

[edgy locust]

it is nice but a kreidler florett rs is nicer

you are quite young

dc

[edgy locust]

heck yeah

i have one

i am reparing

it

for bigger zylinder so it can do 120 kmh @fathom socket

[stoic ledge]

Had never heard of it lol

[edgy locust]

haha yeah its german

[hard epoch]

a poor mans car am i right?

[pastel marsh]

So proud of this photo

@fyodorroger on Instagram if you want to see more (i am a victim of social media cravings)

[wheat hatch]

The guy on the left 😭

[pastel marsh]

its supposed to be like that lmao

[wheat hatch]

Oh

[wheat hatch]

Personally, prefer it like this, because its just cars and nature that way

But that's my personal opinion

[pastel marsh]

fair enough, it does look pretty good

[wheat hatch]

Gonna lick the porp clean

[pastel marsh]

but the dude adds dimention and layering, i wish the car roof wasnt in the image at all (the one at the bottom of the photo) bc it makes the image look unclean

[pastel marsh]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-cat-lick-fast-lick-cute-cat-cats-gif-27624519

[wheat hatch]

https://tenor.com/view/catshakira-cat-dance-catdance-catdancing-gif-22503034

[pastel marsh]

im guessing your using light room?

[wheat hatch]

Hell no, I just use my S24

Never giving a cent to adobe again

[wraith rivet]

average Mercedes G wagon driver

[novel relic]

Older pic but still a good one

[stoic ledge]

Chu Chu I'm a train

[novel relic]

Wat

O ye

We say it like twoo choo

[stoic ledge]

Twoo choo

[charred depot]

made it 10 miles in the allegro someone cut me off heading up to a roundabout which is a bold move to do on a well maintained MOT exempt car with over 20 year old front tyres.

I had vague ambitions of driving it for work but needs reliability improved a little bit first

[misty mantle]

Lol

The spare tire on my truck is from January 2006

Need to check the date codes on the rest of the tires

Don't think they're as old, but definitely old

Pretty sure the tires it has are what were on it when it was pulled out of a barn a few years ago

They're some cheap road tires that have managed to survive a 4-wheeling trip and snow

[wraith rivet]

Do they sell replacement tires for spare wheels? or just the thing as a whole

I’ve never really thought about it before

[dull cedar]

is that widebody and a bonnet spoiler on a regular celica??

never paid much attention to the non-japanese models before... there's a surprising amount of them

[misty mantle]

This is a full-size spare, same size as the normal tires

This is a 4X4 from the '80s, not a nissan altima

[novel relic]

Bonnet spoiler yes, widebody no

[dull cedar]

Just weird lighting I guess

[novel relic]

Top angle lmao
@dull cedar

[dull cedar]

Do you know the frame number or model code?

[novel relic]

At180?

I just want a 3sge or a 4agh2 in mine some day

[dull cedar]

Oh rip, it's an AT

Would be cheaper to buy an ST18* than it would be to swap a 3S into it due to the engine mount differences

But a 20V 4A-GE would be a decent swap

[novel relic]

4AGH2 tho
Maybe someday

[dull cedar]

What the fuck is a 4AGH2

That does not exist

Unless you're weirdly making up a name for a hydrogen powered 4A-GE

[novel relic]

Legit what toyota called their 4ag hydrogen engine prototype

An engine i wouldnt mind having, cuz then their emissions can get bent

[dull cedar]

Source? I've read all about that and never seen them call it that

[novel relic]

Source? Lmao, idk, maybe not legit "as in literally" legit fully but idk if there is really a name for it, but you got what i meant soooo
They called that then an ae86 h2 with a 4ag block, so i just kinda mash em together and u get a name that is pretty self explanatory

[charred depot]

Peugeot 305 and 406 : )

[light glen]

My 2001 Ford Lightning

[misty mantle]

Pic of it in your driveway or it never happened

[misty mantle]

Sick!

[stoic ledge]

Wtf

Did someone really make that?

[charred depot]

edited but basically the same thing, probably bolts straight on :^)

[sharp phoenix]

great svt lightning

[misty mantle]

What engine does it have? 5.4 or 5.8?

[light glen]

5.4

[sharp phoenix]

who misses ken block

[misty mantle]

What car guy doesn't miss Ken Block? Bro was a legend

[tropic mulch]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/531853925993938960/1212256151400615996/PXL_20240228_043152564.NIGHT.jpg?ex=65f12c85&is=65deb785&hm=69f0be2941927e1856696fb36e4556970dae9dea5d6e08257144c02027e233af&

lol it's so tiny

[wraith rivet]

Miot

such a little cutie

[misty mantle]

Or just replace the transmission........

[crude elm]

Hey what do you guys think about s550 ecoboost mustangs with around 100k miles are they worth about 10k?

[bitter frost]

Bro
https://youtu.be/O6EOQjyPG7s?si=4I5lPTtHAmyhAMIL

How could you be that bad

[misty mantle]

My grandpa has the Craftsman-branded version of that smaller saw

[lone storm]

Took 7 to get both working

7 parts machines

[misty mantle]

I'm not really a fan of that saw, the handle is connected directly to the rest of the saw, no "suspension" on it, vibrates the hell out of your hand

[lone storm]

Good way to get chainsaw elbow

[civic spoke]

I remember this. No idea how this could have happen.

Unless the route planned was by that company or something.

As a trucker. I'm always aware of bridges and anything that might be low enough to strike me.

[dull cedar]

An Ecoboost mustang?

If you want rwd and 4 cylinders, buy literally anything else lol

[wraith rivet]

isn’t ecoboost a turbocharged v6?

or just specific years

[novel relic]

If im correct, there was the V6 and then after came the ecoboost, as a replacement

[stoic ledge]

I think the V6 and Ecoboost were available side by side, but the V6 got cancelled at some point

[wraith rivet]

ohh makes sense

[kind timber]

Hey, what car looks like this?

[charred depot]

Prius? heh

[kind timber]

YEA

thank you

[bleak pewter]

not even a question

[wraith rivet]

anybody have any clue what this could be? one of the pod lights are barely on 24/7 even with the side by side off

and the switch to turn them on doesn’t do anything, just stays like that

[lone storm]

Why does my car putt like a go cart when I start it. Goes back to normal after I rev it

[wraith rivet]

Experimented more: took the switch out and unplugged everything from that switch.. the light is still slightly on

which makes me think there’s a relay coming off of that down the line closer to the light

that is most likely broken or unplugged

[native ermine]

i got a McLaren F1 GTR

[wraith rivet]

:0

[coarse jewel]

Next you need a GT50

[copper salmon]

welp starter went out 🙃 i can pop start my s10 but ya at work no the only person with a wench is the work truck an boss leaves early an takes keys

an all the parking is slightly sloped down one part is down the mountain other is in a ditch so ya

[supple anchor]

Clapped

[charred depot]

Service position

EGR in the way, should never have been added to these anyway 😤

[pure pond]

xud9 engine im on the second engine in my car im starting to hate these motors 😂

[charred depot]

I have alot heh, only really had one go wrong when I lost all my coolant because of a shitty radiator and I decided to thrash it along some B roads.

Still made it to my unit did some work on it then happened to check the coolant level before leaving: nothing.

[misty mantle]

It wasn't empty, it just decided to identify as a air-cooled engine that day

[charred depot]

They are pretty alright if you dont mess with them just people crank them up to like 25psi have them reeking to fuck with a shitty top mount intercooler that gets no airflow and cook them

I dont actually need any parts from this engine, just a scrap car in breakers yard but im a hoarder for these

I'm going to remove the cylinder head tomorrow after work I think, probably just to find out its cooked and thats why its in the breakers yard heh

[misty mantle]

Don't cause another enviromental disaster

[charred depot]

Ah its a proper yard that has to depollute them so no chance of that

annoying because they dont let you use angle grinders or jacks

usually id knock a engine mount off and use a jack to shift the engine to get access to stuff. in this case to get access down the back I just dropped it off all the mounts and let it fall out the car.

[pure pond]

i bought a used engine for 100bucks thinking it would be trash but it was in a pretty good state, i am going to replace all the bearings, the turbo was shot but that can be rebuild for pretty cheap

[charred depot]

Have a GT2052 from a merc on mine

bottoms ends are usually fine here, just whether the head is cracked or not from overheating

[pure pond]

is that a straight bold on for the stock manifold? might have to take a look then

[charred depot]

Nah but adapter plates are simple enough

Funnily enough the factory hard oil feed still fits up

youd really want ARP head bolts and whatso with that turbo anyway gets a little expensive

[sharp phoenix]

Autorama is Saturday and Sunday all day

[wispy cloak]

Just remove

Simple solution

[charred depot]

not taking that but just in the way of the bits I want

all of mine are older ones that never came with it in the first place

its not just the EGR thats in the way even if you managed to remove it, the stupid flange on the manifold would be in the way on its own

[wind saddle]

going four wheeling on the weekend

[fathom socket]

How do people drive electric cars with gas cars with turbos do that

[wispy cloak]

The average consumer doesn't care about cool factor

They just want to get from point A to point B

[misty mantle]

We care about smiles per gallon in here

[fathom socket]

Ik, but too bad for them

In an electric cars to get to point B you will need to visit a charging station

Like If you say I want to have good gas mileage

You are the average consumer

[dull cedar]

Unless you're going on a road trip, you will likely never visit a charging station

You charge overnight at home

[pure pond]

my 1988 suzuki samurai

[dull cedar]

Mmmm rust

[misty mantle]

Smol

[pure pond]

its not crazy rusty like the others luckely 😅

[dull cedar]

this car was a mistake

[cerulean mountain]

smol

[tame ginkgo]

Well - I just noticed, not having seen this thing in a long time; The older I get, the more I actually like it. Probably made for middle aged men in their midlife crisis.

[dull cedar]

the vehicle made with one purpose and theme in-mind is shit? what a surprise /s

it's purpose is cybertruck

[novel relic]

Netherlands was talking about a charging ban from 4pm till 8 or 9pm so they can comnect more houses to the net

[dull cedar]

that's a government/infra problem

[pure pond]

yeah the grid here is to weak, there has been so much power outages the last few years its getting annoying so annoying even i installed a generator at my home 😂

[charred depot]

Transformer at our unit blew up a while ago, privately owned. Was tempted to make a generator with a XUD as we needed 3 phase.

Something a bit more proper instead

[fair moon]

The R58 is so damn goofy

[wispy cloak]

I also care about fuel economy a little bit

This is my daily

[cold wraith]

truck

90 miles w full towing capacity

[light glen]

Candid shot of the lightning

[cold wraith]

what made you want to take the picture like that

[light glen]

Cause it’s not professional and the last one I sent was

That one

Good to balance the reality of a situation with the gussied up situation

[charred depot]

High miles but bores were mint on it, sadly they charge alot for entire engines as they have to remove them because helf and safety

[civic spoke]

These are so weird to me.

It's registered as a tractor+trailer.

Hence the second set of lights between the second, and third axle...

[misty mantle]

I think these would be registered as a medium-duty truck here in the states

[civic spoke]

More or less. Here in Sweden you require a BE license (along with a tachograph+card) to drive it.

At least in a commercial setting.

[misty mantle]

As far as licensing goes, may be off of weight like with semi tractor-trailers

[civic spoke]

But it makes sense. Since a normal box truck has a loading capacity of like 800-1,000 kg. Where as that 3-axle thing has a payload capacity of more like 2,500 kg.

[fathom socket]

Yeah but not to the point that you drive a prius

[fathom socket]

Dam I want one of these

Makes sense it's electric the only use for it is I wanna look cool

Even though I'm useless

If we are being honest you buy an electric truck bc it's cool not useful

It can be usefull but like it aint gonna tow for long

Battery goes down like an iphone 6 when towing

[misty mantle]

If you're gonna tow, just get a fucking diesel

[civic spoke]

Not bad economy. Pretty good.

[plucky thistle]

first time im cleaned it since last july 😂

[west summit]

omg a car channel??!

[west summit]

if i was to show u what my daily looks like you would laugh

its covered in hard minerals from the rain sleet and snow

[plucky thistle]

my daily is impractical as fuck

[west summit]

i hate my daily but it gets me where I need to go

[plucky thistle]

i work in construction 😂 and live in a place with snow

i should have a truck

but fun over function

[west summit]

i would but the prices are outrageous

I had the random idea of buying a diesel f250 and dropped that thought after 2 mins on google

[plucky thistle]

lol

i also get god awful gas milage

like im averaging 15mpg

[west summit]

i live by it

i tell everyone i average 8 mpg and it always makes them feel better

[plucky thistle]

thats what my brothers old jag averages

94 XJ12

[west summit]

idk how people own classics

[plucky thistle]

his main car is a 03 S500

that gets like my gas milage

[west summit]

im personally very scared of buying a rust bucket

[plucky thistle]

well i think of it like this
my old car cost 3-15K
a decent new car is 25+
even if my corvette was a piece of shit and needed work it would be far less than a new car, i can walk into any autoparts store and get pieces, and honestly ik itll last longer

theres a reason cars from the 90s are everywhere yet ik cars and trucks from 2019 that already blew a motor

[west summit]

how would u go about verifying the frame is solid

[plucky thistle]

my car is almost all fiberglass

[west summit]

the vette is yeah

[plucky thistle]

even the leaf springs

[west summit]

jaguar uses steel frames no?

[plucky thistle]

yea and my old jag was solid asf

was a cali car

[west summit]

makes more sense when u put it that way

[plucky thistle]

i mean u can kinda tell just looking at them

if the car looks like shit its probably shit

[west summit]

ive crawled under every car ive bought

im just paranoid like that

[plucky thistle]

i mean i do too but i think some rust is fine on a old car depending where and year of car

and price

atleast with a old car you can usually find someone selling a solid frame roller 😂

[west summit]

I need a lotus frame + shell

bad

[plucky thistle]

lotus
lots
of
trouble
usually
serious

[west summit]

its powered by toyota

[plucky thistle]

new lotus?

[west summit]

I think thats a myth

[west summit]

05 06 era is what I want

[plucky thistle]

ah the joke is for old ones

[west summit]

I wouldnt want anything past i think 2010

[west summit]

I want to turbo k20 it

soo bad

https://youtu.be/OroEInzRYLs?si=sMmlQ4GRx-9EFRAO

this video lives in the back of my head

[plucky thistle]

i want a XJS V12 and a 84 vette with the crossfire and a nash 4+3 manual, greenwood body kit, and a procharger

[west summit]

You like the c4 vettes?

[plucky thistle]

love it

its why i own one lol

i miss my old car though

[west summit]

i was talking about them the other day and I had it ranked as the ugliest vette

im sorry man

[plucky thistle]

C3>C4>C2>C7>C5>C1>C6>C8

[west summit]

our taste are completely different I see

[plucky thistle]

96 C4

[plucky thistle]

ill never own a car past 2009 probably

and thats only b/c of the GTO

i hate new cars

[west summit]

my greatest pics from the gm vette is the c5 and c6

[west summit]

excluding the c5 with the elongated trunks

[wispy cloak]

Can I have

[wispy cloak]

Buy my bmw

[fathom socket]

I don't got money rn man

Well not Enough prob

[wispy cloak]

$1500 as it sits

[wraith rivet]

$5

[west summit]

ill bid him up with $5.70

cold hard cash

[hollow pasture]

She sent a bearing and bent a rod lol

[light glen]

For $85000 sure!

[hollow pasture]

Uh, I think you put an extra zero

[light glen]

Nope

Beat up used Lightnings regularly go for 10k or more

There’s a $50000 drive train in this one

Also I’m not interested in selling the vehicle due to the history it has so I put an absurd number out there

[hollow pasture]

Bro has a ford gt motor in a lightning lmao

[light glen]

Not far off actually

It has the junior brother of the GT blower

2.1 Whipple

https://www.motortrend.com/reviews/1106tr-2001-ford-f150-lightning-bottle/

Feel free to take a read

[hollow pasture]

I cannot express how much I mean this

I neeeeeed a cold start in my dms

[native ermine]

yikes am sorry to hear that

😬

[hollow pasture]

Eh its not that bad,I was buying rods and everything anyways

Just means it's now expedited

The only shifty thing about it is it rebuilt by a shop in November

[dusky torrent]

max verstappen with the first hat trick of 2024

[civic spoke]

https://youtu.be/YpuX-5E7xoU

[native ermine]

how is this any better then pop up headlights and smooth sloped nose cars

[civic spoke]

idk if either of you actually watched the video.

[native ermine]

this is why i like point noss cars

<~< apart from the obvious shork vibes of course

BRING👏THIS👏 BACK

also while we're at it MAKE CARS HAPPY AGAIN

😤

look at how smiley this E46 is... just a little happy race car

[hollow pasture]

Haha nerd nice link

[wispy cloak]

That's basically how I am with my dakota r/t

When it got totaled I was looking at buying a lightning or typhoon

But I ended up buying a work truck and keeping the dakota

[native ermine]

your ugly

[rugged lynx]

i found a super clapped out samarai. almost bought it

its about atv sized

[pure pond]

yeah its a small car

but it also makes it so great for ofroad

[native ermine]

🥺

👉👈

why can't all cars be happy little sharks

just imagine driving around in nice little shark looks cars

[edgy sun]

car

car 2

car 3
(trying to learn editing lol)

[supple anchor]

Engine

[charred depot]

volvo phwoar, just stick a D24 in

[native ermine]

this should be a "Head gasket" add

😂

[copper salmon]

old man friend nam vet miss read this as a 1000 pounds

[barren abyss]

Frankenstein stuff

[supple anchor]

No

[faint brook]

is there some website where I can find pictures of a model exactly the way the original looked?

I want to check what the original radio from the E46 3-series 2005 model looks like

I tried this https://www.carsguide.com.au/bmw/3-series/price/2005/318i

But all it says is "radio CD with 6 speakers"

I assume that means it's 1-DIN and has no capability for bluetooth nor has a touchscreen - if that was even a thing back then

I guess I'll have to cut the chassis so the 2DIN radio I bought fits 💀😭

[idle gate]

I found my dream car. I FUCKING KNEEL!

[rustic night]

So for those following the laguna disaster, she's had a clutch and flywheel replacement

She's back on the road now after an issue with gear linkage last wee where the angle was wronf

[faint brook]

who is laguna

[limber carbon]

if id be smaller id get this one

[novel relic]

Tiny lupo

[limber carbon]

lupo 3l

only uses around 3liter diesel per 100km

[novel relic]

The diesels are suuuper efficient in those lupos, im happy under 10/100 lmao

[dull cedar]

Death box

You are the crumple zone

[civic spoke]

I mean, I could share my LCI E46 320i.

[civic spoke]

Here's what my interior looked like back when it was new-to-me.

[vocal mural]

Lupo 3L, with fuel (claimed) consumption of 3l per 100km (Not 3000cc engine (It is 1191cc TDI)

[cold wraith]

i miss old cars and their buttons😭

[coarse jewel]

I think the 2015 WRX had the perfect balance. Touchscreen for nav and some specific shit that shouldn't need to be touched while moving and is to complicated for buttons. But buttons for climate and audio and all the frequently changed or simple shit.

[cold wraith]

screens should be for nav and audio

things related to the car(gauge cluster, climate, seats) should be physical

[coarse jewel]

exactly

Two rockers on the center console for heated seats, dials and buttons for climate under the nav/stereo screen, dials on stereo for channel and volume control along with rockers on steering wheel, buttons on steering wheel to do handsfree phone stuff, touch screen for nav, program some handsfree phone stuff, and to select which audio device to use (like bluetooth or CD or radio).

Simple, elegant, you can wait for a stoplight or until parked to do anything that requires the touch screen.

[cold wraith]

understood, your gear shifter is now on a screen

[coarse jewel]

My mom drives a Model 3, I had to take it once and I was cold, went to turn the temperature up and realized I was almost halfway into the oncoming lane by the time I was done. I should of been switching my focus more and I am newer driver but my WRX doesn't have that, it's a quick glance to make sure my hand is near the needed dial, than just feel for the dial and adjust. I can see the temperature on a little display right under the windshield so eyes stay close enough to the road that I can hold my lane and speed.

This isn't my car but it's pretty damn close aside from the buttons inbetween the dials and red accents

[restive gazelle]

Yeah, the trend of higher front grills (that often do nothing) as welll as center infotanment units to do everything are killing more and more people

but, thats what the majority want, to be dominating and minimalistic/futueristic

It does not help that in the US by law for aesthetic reasons like tint, SUVs and trucks are often committed while smaller, safer for pedestrians, sedans and coups have to follow stupid and often not enforced laws. The EPA also encourages manufactures to create heavier cars to avoid meeting emissions/efficiency guild lines

Because muh american horse power, a lot of cars come turbocharged these days making them majority of the time more inefficent as well, which is funny

I personally wish that a base licence in the US only permitted you to drive a honda grom

[coarse jewel]

Turbochargers boost efficiency?

[nocturne iris]

Turbos do boost efficiency by increasing the air to fuel ratio increasing the horsepower for the same amount of fuel burned

[dreamy bronze]

That sure is an interesting bit of kit never seen a yoke like that before

[sharp phoenix]

Autoroma

[dusky torrent]

i need a more comfy ride. i'm constantly swerving to dodge manholes

my next paycheck will have me buying quiet non runflat tires

[wispy cloak]

Jank has been removed

[hollow frigate]

guys

should I sell my 04 infiniti G35 Sedan, 100k miles flat, i've been offered 4.25k for it, low, but it has been in an accident that was cosmetic... now that I type it out, i might end up actually keeping it, but opinions appreciated

[misty grove]

USD im guessing?

thats really low

[hollow frigate]

yeah

if anything i think I should find a trade instead if I do want to change out my car

[wraith rivet]

not really

you can’t really just increase only air that means you have to increase fuel too

turbochargers just squeeze more power out of an engine

but that allows the engine to be made smaller which is more fuel efficient than a bigger naturally aspirated engine (most of the time)

(also because it’s squeezing as much power as possible out of a tiny engine it’s in theory less reliable/more stress but that’s a different topic)

[granite shuttle]

Guys, I need a new head unit for my mom and I wanted to make a topic about it on the LTT Forum
but I can't seem to find any categories this would fit in

can you help?

[restive gazelle]

Turbo chargers do not”boost air to fuel ratio”, all engines run roughly at a 14 (air) to 1 (gas ratio). The ONLY THING they do is force in more air.

1. They however have parasitic loss and decrease scavenging on the exhaust stroke
   2)Turbo charged engines run hotter then normal engines due to burning more air and fuel in a relatively smaller combustion engine generally requiring running richer (more gas not burned) to prevents hotspots that can cause knock (pre ignition)
2. they have to run a lower compression piston to prevent knock (pre ignition) from compressing the denser air being forced into it from the turbo charger decreasing efficiency further.

[restive gazelle]

They harm efficiency

Explained engineering has a great video on it https://youtu.be/9aO2vC_iMTI

[dull cedar]

the G16E from the GR yaris and corolla are pretty damn efficient for what they do lol

[restive gazelle]

Because it’s a Yaris

[dull cedar]

A yaris making 268HP from 3 cylinders

[restive gazelle]

Fun fact, you can get more power out of a naturally aspirated engine just by increasing pistion compression ratio because it increases its efficiency

[dull cedar]

using as much fuel as my <100hp corolla

[dull cedar]

exact same thing applies to turbo engines
you just need shit strong enough

[restive gazelle]

If you do that you have to run richer which is inherently less fuel efficient to prevent knock or run stupidly high octane fuel like E85 which is in the 100s

Oh, and E85 is like 3x the price of regular 87

So good luck with that

Seems your GR Yaris also runs on 98

[dull cedar]

As do most performance engines

that's RON 98, not american

[restive gazelle]

Ah

[dull cedar]

even the N/A GR86 runs 98

[coarse jewel]

How do you boost compression? You need something to increase airflow, to increase that compression. Either a supercharger or turbocharger. Turbos are more efficient than superchargers as long as you drive it not stupidly. There's an observable difference between non-turbocharged and turbo-charged cars. Even with modern cars being heavier than old cars, they're more efficient because of Turbochargers.

[restive gazelle]

We aren’t talking about just the PSI in your engine head, the smaller you can get the internal surface area down the higher you can push efficiency

Part of why smaller engines are also more efficient

[dull cedar]

you don't appear to know shit all about what you're talking about
compression refers to the compression ratio of the combustion chamber... always will and always has

[restive gazelle]

As he mention, while you can designed a turbo charged engine to be efficient, once you get into the higher RPMs fuel economy tanks. If you do have a turbo charged car you really need to pay attention to how you drive

turbo charged engines are also more inherently complex which can make servicing them more of a PITA but shouldn’t be your deciding factor

[coarse jewel]

And any modern cars shifts at pretty low RPMs

[restive gazelle]

They will stay in the tallest gear they can usually but it does not stop you from going WOT

While not using boost at lower RPMs you have significantly lower power as well

[dull cedar]

Imagine having engine related parts on your car break, smh

[charred depot]

Just get a diesel

[restive gazelle]

I fucking would if DEF didn’t exist

[charred depot]

get a old diesel

[restive gazelle]

Too expensive and maintenance

[charred depot]

sucks to be wherever you are then

I got a decent improvement on MPG when I went to a turbo engine because I wasnt revving it to all fuck anymore

[restive gazelle]

Could just get a diesel engine and engine swap I guess but it would be highly illegal here

[charred depot]

n/a diesel I was taking up the limiter heh

[restive gazelle]

Turbo charged diesel isn’t comparable to gas

It does have its own issues tho

[charred depot]

so get a diesel

petrol car go waaa waa need perfect air fuel ratio, who wants that.

[dull cedar]

don't get a diesel if you only do short trips though.
being warmed up and having a nice length of driving while warm is very good for it, especially any with an EGR... which will be most if you buy anything from this century

[restive gazelle]

I drive a 30 mile strip so I’d be fine

[charred depot]

I wouldnt buy a modern diesel but I dont have a cat dpf or EGR from factory so no worries, do lots of short journeys as well as long ones.

[restive gazelle]

I wish diesel motorcycles would come back, I want my 200MPG

[dull cedar]

original owner of dad's hilux drove it from wanaka to queenstown every day, over the crown range
and dad has always driven it ~30km each way for work every day.... not a single engine issue, unless you count the alternator dying as an engine issue

turbo is perfect, injectors are perfect

[restive gazelle]

He has an emergency intake shutoff right?

[dull cedar]

what?

it has a throttle body

this is a 1KD lol

[restive gazelle]

Yeah, but they get stuck sometimes

[dull cedar]

and EFI...

[restive gazelle]

That dosent matter? Diesel are prone to becoming runaways if their turbo starts leaking and the throttle body gets stuck

Gas does not have to worry about it as much as usually they don’t have a high enough compression ratio to ignite

[charred depot]

Ive had a N/A diesel get so much blowby it was shooting oil up the breather into the airbox and into the engine. no turbo to boost so you dont notice until you take your foot off the accelerator and the car is still going along heh.

[restive gazelle]

2 stroke?

[charred depot]

nah

[dull cedar]

and the throttle body ain't gonna get stuck lol

[restive gazelle]

Its common enough to be a thing many big rigs install, it’s also common in cold weather with cruise control

[dull cedar]

big rigs
yeah.... not comparable at all lmao

[charred depot]

see it happen to modern land rovers alot here

JLR quality

[dull cedar]

land rovers
that's all you had to say lol

a shit engine will be a shit engine

the 1KD has been in production for 24 years

[charred depot]

theres some proper shite that was in production for extreme lengths of times so best not to go down that road heh

[dull cedar]

yes but I'm talking about toyota stuff lol

[charred depot]

Friend got this, petrol engine though and running shit think headgasket split between cylinders. Should just diesel swap it.

[restive gazelle]

Toyota makes some good shit but I wouldn’t treat them as good. Having a larger safety margin is always nice as well

||Honda k series tho? Minimum 12 lbs of boost||

[dull cedar]

I will find you.

[restive gazelle]

[dull cedar]

swapping the engine will cost more than just buying a diesel one lol

[charred depot]

no fun

Ill just make an adapter plate for a XUD

[dull cedar]

order a new 1KD long block from toyota and put that in there

your wallet will scream

one downside to good things..... they don't tend to come cheap

[cold wraith]

im jelly

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[charred depot]

apparently the engine it currently has can be bought cheap from like china as it is used in forklifts heh

will take cylinder head off soon and see how bad it is, down compression badly on 2 cylinders

[dull cedar]

Guessing it's the 22R? Lol

[charred depot]

Not sure it was him that looked, nothing impressive from what I seen under the bonnet.

[dull cedar]

2.4 litre?

[charred depot]

2.2 apparently

[dull cedar]

Yeah I just looked up the plate lol

It has a 4Y in it

[charred depot]

get one off aliexpress no bother

[dull cedar]

God no

Get it locally

You'll fine one easily

[charred depot]

it hopefully just needs a head gasket

[charred depot]

he had a fairly nice taro before, but had a dreadful 1.8

[dull cedar]

That's the 2Y

A nice 58KW

Compared to the 70 of the 4Y

[charred depot]

with the tyres on this thing its probably gonna be worse