what are some cars/engines that live for eternity?
ur mom lol
>>28654760O fuckGotem
>>28654749Chrysler 225 slant 6. Australian Ford 250 straight 6 and Barra, Chrysler LA small block, ford Cleveland V8 especially the Australian 5 liter.Any Datsun/Nissan L and A. Holden 186.
I see a decent amount of early 2000s GMC sierras. ALS old Honda civics
These will live on forever, they'll never be allowed to die because the value of being an original will always cost more than any repair or restoration.
>>28654749350 smol blok
Air filter: cloggedDirty, oily substance in the crankcase: checkThe lowest octane fuel possible in the tank: checkBattery just strong enough to slowly spin the engine over: checkIt's 2003-2007 Accord time
>>28654871I personally don't consider an engine indestructible if it consumes 5 qts of oil per 1k miles. If it doesn't get it's daily ration of oil it will likely die which is pretty not indestructible.
>>28654875That's the catch, the engine doesn't even burn if at all, it's leaking out of the neglected seals because Honda owners can't be asked to fix anything.
3800 Series II V6s, once you replace the plastic coolant elbows with aluminum ones.
>>28654883Why does the 3800 get memed so hard? I haven't seen a 3800 powered vehicle in over a decade. Meanwhile I see 10+ 4.3 powered Astros a day.
>>28654889Same, in my territory it's 2000s Hondas and Toyotas rolling around in various states of disrepair, 2000s domestic anything is uncommon because they were just such crap for their time.
>>286547492013 Kia Sorento. Non gdi.
>>28654897Can't speak for the 4 cylinder Thetas but the Lambda V6 engine might be indestructible, my mom neglected hers to the point of low oil pressure at idle, but it still ran decently.
>>28654889The Buick 3800 is listed on Wikipedia as one of the greatest engines of the 20th century.
>>28654906How can it be great when it hasn't achieved anything? I'm not sure why it's on that list. It's performance was dogshit and there aren't any left on the roads. How is that "great"?
>>28654920This, and saying it's up there in the realm of 20th century engines doesn't mean much when that's the same century as the 130HP V8 Malaise motors, the competition isn't that crazy, meanwhile the 21st century went nuts, a VQ35 V6 engine would put out 260-298HP, a number greater than the supercharged 3800 Series II and prove to be as reliable as a Civic, it was ridiculous how many engines from various families would make good power (200HP 4 cylinder was common), get good economy, and run a trouble free 100K miles, way more if you actually maintain it.
>>28654928Ah yes, the reliable VQ35, despite the excessive oil consumption, plastic timing chain guides/tensioners, and faulty coil packs. What a great engine.
>>28654948Say what you want Anon, but you still see those pieces of shit running around all the time, the thing worked great for beaners and nigs in G coupes to beat the hell out of it and moms in Altimas and vans to also beat the hell out of it and don't take care of it.
>>28654950I see more buick regals than G35s
>>28654889>>28654891What state do you live in. I can easily look up a oldest average vehicle by state to see if you’re full of shit.
>>28654920Formula Buick, IndyCar, nascar, pro stock etc. one of the most raced engines in the world. There are tons still on the road. https://autorecyclingworld.com/what-is-the-lifespan-of-a-vehicle-in-the-usa/Read this article. The Buick LeSabre on there as one of the oldest vehicles still on the road on average.
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>>28655169>Todd Bialaszewski, founder of Junk Car Medics, provides insight into the lifespan of vehicles in the USA, which averages 16.58 years with an average mileage of 156,470 miles when junked.Do people just not take care of their shit? My 2009 Corolla is approaching 217,000 miles and I'm confident it can do at least another 50k with basic maintenance. This is supposed to be one of the "bad" Corollas, too.Like, how hard is it to take your car through the Jiffy Lube a few times a year?
>>28655179Swedish engines are a meme
>>28654749any volvo truck (2004+)
BMW's N52. Tho it's rare in Europe because it was only available from 2005 to 2008. Takes a shit ton of abuse and can get to 600k km
>>28655360It might actually be indestructible, I was just at a meet and a guy in an E60 with the N52 had a drain plug back out, lost all his sump and was running for a little, filled it back up with a new drain plug from the store and it sounded the same.
>>28655197People would rather have a shiny new car than maintain an old one if they can afford it. In Japan, they practically force their citizens to repeatedly buy new cars to stimulate the auto industry by taxing older cars off the road.
>>28655360I liked them until I found out they have a chain driven oil pump that's a engine out job if it failsN52 is very common in American Market since we got it from 06-13
iron duke
>>28654889They followed a generation of absolutely trash domestics and were put into practically every gm sedan, so everyone had one, and everyone noticed it wasn't complete trash. The cars were nice enough people wanted them to last over 100k and they did. Its unremarkable, just a footnote where domestics finally did not suck.
>>28655207how
>>28655535How what? You need me to explain how something becomes a meme?
Opel Zafira A after an engine swap
>>28654749good ol' 454
>>28655360A fucking jeep compass can reach 600kmindestructible means crossing the 1000km mark
Most of the cars posted here rust to dust. You fucks only look at the engines. You can't sit on the engine and think you'll go anywhere once everything else rusted away.
>>28656989in which year car manufacturers cared about rusting and metal longevity?
>>28657016Audi, in the late 80s. They galvanized their bodies and many of those 40 years old cars are still on the road in Eastern Europe with next to 0 maintenance
>>28654749old volvos and mercedes, old hilux and land cruisers
>>28657026>rust piles
>>28657016Like 10 years ago when ford announced the new trucks would be made of aluminum, I remember
>>28654877Idk about those specifically, but pretty much all 90’s Hondas leak oil through the valve guides if they haven’t been replaced.
>>28654889Because they’re all driven by geezers who go to church and the grocery store once a week and that’s it.Although they’re certainly not bad, I’ve had a few friends who owned them, but yeah idk if they really deserve the rep. Probably given they’re just an LT with 2 cylinders lopped off.
>>28654901The thetas are good besides the years with the “machining debris” (IIRC it was actually a shitty oil pump, but I forget)
>>28657656Yeah you are definitely right about Honda's C series V6 engines in the 90s, when they got old and high miles, and you let the engine idle for a few minutes, it would do a puff of blue smoke when you threw it in gear and took off, even if the engine had good compression, Honda later got the top ends of the motors like K series and J series pretty much perfect, and it got to the point where carboned up rings and extreme wear due to overly extended oil changes are the main cause of oil consumption on Jap engines these days.
>>28657596Does it really matter if the frame is still steel?
>>28657668Yes? Of course a frame can rust, but that's mostly an issue if it's designed by retards and there is a good reason to use steel for the frame in spite of the risk, because of its material properties offering longevity under repeated stresses from shit like towing. The body just needs to avoid rusting, so aluminum makes sense. Using aluminum for everything to save on manufacturing complexity or avoid rusting is retarded for a truck because then you end up with dumb shit like the Cybertruck having a failure mode where the back of the frame WILL eventually just snap off if you use it for towing regularly, no matter what.
>>28655360>BMW's N52>ofhg leaks oil all over the belt>belts slips off and goes behind the pulley>belt gets sucked into the front main seal and takes it out>belt material goes into the oil pan clogging the pickup
>>28655445>chain driven oil pumpThat's most engines dingus. You must be a honda fag.
Any big block V8
>>28659009>big block V8>live for eternityThere's very few left on the road.
For me it's the Ford 4.6L 2V
>>28658837Literally never happens
ford 2.0 duratec, up there with jap 4 cylinders.
>>28659056how much of that is because they were just gas guzzlers and/or people just buying The New Thing
