Is it true that the Toyota 1UZ-FE (4.0L V8) can basically last for ever with some careful DIY maintenance?
>>29062043I love these comparison photos that always have belts and a/c etc on the non LS engine
>>29060358>How the fuck you have 4 cams and can’t even make the same power as a shitty 4.8 LS with a single cam that’s half the size externally and 10x easier to work on1UZ was made during the 90s when there was the le gentlemans agreement If you want to poop on DOHC engines than the 2UR makes 475hp which mogs a shitty 295hp 5.7l sbc so cope and seethe
>>29062876No doubt you should just LS swap it unless you really want to keep it Toyota, but I'm just saying it isn't THAT huge.
>>29062888That Toyota engine doesn't have an A/C compressor either... Those stick out on every engine ever so it's irrelevant. The rest of the accessory drive doesn't stick out past the valve covers. >>29062913It's kind of huge when it's bigger than a LS which isn't really small. It's displacement to physical size ratio just makes it so pointless compared to an LS.
>>29062916anon that took some measurements here. The manifolds stick out just barely beyond the AC compressor on the UZ.
I'm calling for a total and complete shutdown on sales of lift kits and wheel spacers until we can figure out just what the hell is going on.
>>29060472Haven't seen that image in a while. Those IFS lifts have always looked retarded when all it does is drop down the center diff in a special cage due to the limit of the IFS shaft angles.
>>29060946roo balls are above the penis, do not the roo
>>29060946no but since we're a mix of yuro and burger cultures it's starting to spread here now...
>>29053665>what the hell is going onnonstop and out of control racemixing to create ever more powerful abominations mutts cant get enough of it!
>>29056553wtf cunt
>grrr i hate truggers, you need to learn how to dr-ACKreminder: size matters
>>29061917I've seen large SUVs and trucks get damaged and flip way more often than sedan/coupe size cars in accidents.
>>29061952It's a 2002 new Miata, thank you very much.
>>29061952A miata is actually a sports car.Its a sad little.piece of shit sports car, but its still a sports car.An MGB is a sports car.
>>29061917Pickups are for posers
Based as fuck, another Truckchad win, reddit /n/iggers will seethe
Are rare cars just MEME investments for rich people?$43,000,0000 for Carol Shelby's Daytona. FORTY THREE MILLION.
>>29062706Also, its an SCCA NASA homologated chassis for weekend racers. They're not concerned and shouldn't be concerned with how the wing looks because thats about on par.
>>29062725what's the point in going racing if you don't get to look cool while doing it?inb4 you reply, don't bother I don't care.
>>29062762Whats cooler than a chassis mount wing?
>>29062766one that looks cool
43 million, for a statue essentially. Beautiful car yeah but it is pretty bananas to comprehend that sheer volume of liquid exchanging over a 1 of 7 race car. Million(s) sure, but 43 big ones is just absurd. Then again people pay crazy prices for pixels on a screen in a videogame like counter strike so maybe it's me
>>29061251>>grandpa dies I get the car as heirloom>maintenance issue
>questionable English>it's a Europoor in a diesel BMWlmaoing @ ur life
>>29061246Bait? It’s kph
>>29062718Baited
meanwhile my merc on the original engine still
Inside a '74 Mustang II, this apparently a three digit S/N and probably one of the earliest produced. The first year Mustang II was also infamous for having no V8; Ford quickly brought it back in a year after extensive complaints.
>>29062738Yet you're still a faggot
>>29062712Act normal and don't be disruptive.
>>29062650>Davis was driving his new '54 Cadillac around Los Angeles on November 26, 1954 when he collided with a delivery truck at an intersection. He was thrown forward and his left eye impaled on the protruding steering wheel hub. Davis lost the eye and had to wear a glass prosthetic eye afterwards.>Although GM did not offer any explanation for the change, the protruding hub was removed from the steering wheel on '56 Cadillacs.
>>29062773Figures. They only changed it because some celebrity got injured. If it was any of yours or my relatives nothing would happen because they were just low income nobodies.
>>29062628>too bad if people had been as energized about writing to their Congressmen back theb calling for the extirpation of the EPA.Since you mentioned it, '74 was also when they had the one year seatbelt interlock that would prevent the engine from starting if the driver's seatbelt wasn't buckled. That lasted one year for a reason.
Does being a mechanic have any redeeming qualities in the current year?
>>29055690Work for a dealership. It's a good career with high earning potential if you are hard working, fast, and intelligent. It's one of the few jobs where your output is directly reflected in your pay and appreciation. Most of the bitching about this field is from shit techs and/or techs at shit facilities.>>29062148>bro makes 80-100k a year in a field that requires zero formal education and is mad that it takes work
>>29062182Why are you speaking to customers as a tech? Move out of Bob's Shop.
>>29062263Being a corpo tech is worse than being a cubical drone. Bob's muffler, lube and tire is where the good life is at. Grab a couple beers over lunch to go with your microwave burrito and using "fuck" as a comma is where the good life is at.
>Father in law is lifelong farmer>Due to 80's being shit for farming, needs to supplement income, got an entry level job as John Deere mechanic>Being smart, got trained on all their heavy equipment, tractors, combines, heads, etc.>Quits when farming becomes profitable>John Deere starts implementing new Jew mechanic techniques described at length in this thread.>Local farmers start asking if he can fix their tractors and shit for cash only, at significantly under the $300/hr labor John Deers Jew rate>Father in law says "meh ok", I have the tools accumulated over a lifetime of farming, and starts small>Word of mouth spreads to entire fucking state, and soon has to turn down work>Accepts cash only, and you only get your shit back once you pay cash so debt collection is easy. Deadbeats forfeit their equipment so father in law resells it at huge margins>No workers comp, no inspections, no overhead, his pack of German Shepherds lets him know if anyone drives up so theft is non-existant>I notice his wallet is bursting at the seams with cash, and being Midwest man he NEVER talks about money>over drinks ask him how much he makes from doing this>He told me he CLAIMED $250k income in 2025 taxes, but probably made another $100k on this. Also, he flipped a combine that someone wrote off and left to him that he resold for $250k at an auction, not included in that numberYou guys need to drink the farm pill gents. All white clientele. Fixing spic-nigger cars for peanuts is not worth it.
>>29062252Freeasestudyguides.comTake those practice tests, click the "learn more" button if you're wrong, and you will have everything you need. Roughly 1/3 of automatic transmission is electrical and "clutch charts". Here are what clutch combinations create each gear, here is the problem, which clutch back is mostly likely at fault? Manual trans/differential has lots of clearance/shim stack questions. >>29062261Not at all. I work hard, and have zero issue with that hard work. It's unnecessary chaos, unsupervised lube-tards destroying things and it's my problem, etc. The "work" aspect has nothing to do with fixing the cars, it's everything else that's chaos. Imagine an engineer, but 3 times a day their computer randomly resets and blanks all their drawings for the day. Regardless if they hit save. They need to strategically print all their work for manual reentry if needed. That's how automotive works."shit facilities" is the issue, as that's most of them. Loss leaders filling of the schedule, lack of tooling or service info, bad parts quality because it's easy to buy junk than quality, broken shop equipment. Fixing cars isn't easy. So lets not make it unnecessarily difficult. :)
Bros, what do you do when the car you love has a weak powertrain?
I just looked it up, wow.149hp, CVT. 0-60 in 8.5 seconds. Wow, that’s pretty bad. In 2003 you could get Sentras in 6-speed with mechanical lsd and a 6.5 sec 0-60.
>>29062556LS swap.
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>>29062558>>29062567I'm also mexican btw. Viva la raza
>>29062556Thingken of a 1.2T or 1.6 16V
now that the r6 is discontinued and overpriced, what is the best 600cc bike for track and street on the used market?
>>29062668it was by far the best track bike in the 600cc category at the time simply for the second hand and aftermarket support it had>750ccsure and a liter bike would dick slap any 750cc bikethat's why you have different classes based on engine configuration
it's still the r6buy the "track only" model and add some lights and mirrors. wah lah, street legal
>>29062676That's local circular self fulfilment and still does not matter for most riders, the only big upshot is that the R6 was one of the meme bikes in every region instead of Suzukis only being around in NA, and Hondas being #1 in Asia but considered unraceable in the US somehow but that's only really going to affect you if you have a desperate crash repair situation or really need to rely on setup hearsay anyways.A liter bike is not 99% parts identical to a 600 and does not MSRP like $600 above a 600.
>>29060278Track? CFMoto 675SSNot because it's the fastest, but because it's cheap enough that you can easily another when you crash it, especially when they start hitting the used market more.
>>29062692easily buy another*
How did your first timing belt change go?
>>29062581Without a hitch, actually.
>>29062581stressful but rewarding, lost my timing belt virginity to a 2001 mazda maita.
Last recorded belt change was 8,000 miles ago in July of 2014, but seeing as it's non-interference, I'm just gonna wait until it snaps. Wish me luck~!
>>29062581off by a tooth. bent every exhaust valve.
>>29062581Great. I was a 16 y/o wrenchlet who bought a $900 944 and had to learn what I was doing the whole way (thanks Clarks Garage). That shitbox taught me how to work on stuff and now I do it for a living.
>the solution is to add warning labels.Wow, round of applause.
>why yes, I am a well adjusted, high functioning adult with who doesn't feel the need to compensate for anything - how could you tell?
>>29061085if it's the v6, as reward for years and years of trouble-free motoring, you should go hunt down the TRD supercharger kit
>>29060820Audi is shit.
>>29060829Same, but with a Corolla LE that just works.
>>29061047GRC is the only real Goyota sports car so its the one I bought
>>29062555huh, i saw this exact car in alberta the other day. driver looked like a faggot.
Car and Driver did their 2026 0-150-0 test.
Half those cars complete the test quicker than it takes my car to do 0 to 60
>>29062390Brother you got rinsed by a boxy RC car
>>29062488Same
>>29062497your car wasn't even considered worthy of inclusion
>meanwhile a pigfat family sedan is right up there with the latest and greatest hyperubermega sports cars as well as one trick pony EV shitThe humble M5 ladies and gentlemen. Doing all the same stuff but in a sensible way while also massaging your ass cheeks
How big of a goy are you?
>>29060396Because I financed mine at 0.9% and the market has been nuts the last few years.
>>29056929Had to believe I share a planet with absolute goys like this.Never had a loan, never wanted one, I just save up and am totally fine with 2nd hand things.
>>29061665i don't have the knowledge or tools to do it myself. i'm just guessing, but it would probably cost like $5k at a body shop. not worth it.
>>29056929Sorry, but I'm White.I bought my new car with cash.
>>29062128>$5K at a body shopThat's a ripoff. There are probably others who'll do it cheaper.
>be me>engineer at very large auto manufacturer>assigned to design unit for 2028 version of very popular sports car>management wants me to reduce costs on their manual trans model>adopt a button system instead of traditional gear shifter>individual buttons 1-6 in a 3x2 layout on the touch screen>maximizes potential for user errors and therefore money shifting>transmission can only be repaired by a licensed technician or the car will be bricked>promoted to lead design manager the next day and am praised for my ingenuity>corporate determines that an H1B with 10 years of experience at Tata motors will do my job for 1/3 my salary and I am promptly laid off
>>29061830>be me>engineer at very large auto manufacturer>get high on speed and coffee all day>go to meetings>do my daily tasks in seconds because I automated them with python scripts, batch files, and excel macros.>sometimes investigate big failures in the machine shop machining out failed parts for weeks, that's the fun part>ruminate that I'm in quality engineering when I wanted to be doing design, testing, or CAD>email some suppliers and customers about some issue>do a 5-why analysis on some shit while thinking about boobies then note my results in a database>tell the intern to make some process document>talk to Jim upstairs in tooling for an hour about his boat>drive home like a maniac>drink myself silly (at least 10 beers a day)>repeat until die
fake and gay
>>29062475Nah just the latter.
