GOLDIE My new toy Lifetime Members 5,344 Member For: 21y 4m 30d Gender: Male Location: stanthorpe wine capital of qld. Posted 23/10/06 01:04 AM Share Posted 23/10/06 01:04 AM that's about it.Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tab Sucker Moderating Team 32,303 Member For: 20y 4m 27d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 23/10/06 03:50 AM Share Posted 23/10/06 03:50 AM I just put a rod out tonight. The crap thing was that for the last 2 odd months since my prang ive been driving like a nanna. It happened at 50kph.Ford sh*t. Im gunna see if my 1uzfe will fit, least I know it wont break. So what number am I?←And here I was thinking I’m the unluckiest bastard alive Sorry to hear turtle, must be about time you traded the old girl in though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SavageF6 Donating Members 1,622 Member For: 20y 5m 2d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 23/10/06 06:37 AM Share Posted 23/10/06 06:37 AM As I stated there has been some go with less than 300rwkw's so to answer your question there is one rule to it.That rule is it will happen but who knows when.Ian←So regardless of how good our tunes and afrs might be, we're all sitting on a ticking time bomb?? and just when I thought my gearbox was the only thing I had to worry about.←that's about it.Ian← Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyXR6T04 Member 1,299 Member For: 19y 3m 1d Location: Canberra Posted 23/10/06 07:18 AM Share Posted 23/10/06 07:18 AM (edited) there's no way I'm interested in forking out another 10-15k for engine/gearbox combo it'll be sitting in the garage for a while if anything happens to it... arggh, I could live with the gearbox and upgrade that... but f*cked if I wanna do the engine Ian, in your professional opinion, do you think the motor of these cars will be relatively ok if treated softly? I don't drive my car hard at all, with only the occasional full WOT maybe once a week if that! Do you think driving it normally will have any ill effects?? Or is it only when you really give it a go? Edited 23/10/06 07:21 AM by JimmyXR6T04 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOLDIE My new toy Lifetime Members 5,344 Member For: 21y 4m 30d Gender: Male Location: stanthorpe wine capital of qld. Posted 23/10/06 08:11 AM Share Posted 23/10/06 08:11 AM there's no way I'm interested in forking out another 10-15k for engine/gearbox combo it'll be sitting in the garage for a while if anything happens to it... arggh, I could live with the gearbox and upgrade that... but f*cked if I wanna do the engine Ian, in your professional opinion, do you think the motor of these cars will be relatively ok if treated softly? I don't drive my car hard at all, with only the occasional full WOT maybe once a week if that! Do you think driving it normally will have any ill effects?? Or is it only when you really give it a go?←Depending what power you make mine let go slowing down for a around about.What power do you make if you do not push it might hold together for longer.Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MYWPN Donating Members 554 Member For: 19y 2m 19d Gender: Male Location: Bendigo Posted 23/10/06 08:25 AM Share Posted 23/10/06 08:25 AM afr's and how early torque is produced are still the main factor in breakages Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetute Donating Members 4,553 Member For: 20y 7m 19d Gender: Male Location: brisbane Posted 23/10/06 09:46 AM Share Posted 23/10/06 09:46 AM there's no way I'm interested in forking out another 10-15k for engine/gearbox combo it'll be sitting in the garage for a while if anything happens to it... arggh, I could live with the gearbox and upgrade that... but f*cked if I wanna do the engine Ian, in your professional opinion, do you think the motor of these cars will be relatively ok if treated softly? I don't drive my car hard at all, with only the occasional full WOT maybe once a week if that! Do you think driving it normally will have any ill effects?? Or is it only when you really give it a go?←there have been 2 stock cars on aff (ford forums) that have let go... so could let go at any power figure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyXR6T04 Member 1,299 Member For: 19y 3m 1d Location: Canberra Posted 23/10/06 10:51 AM Share Posted 23/10/06 10:51 AM there's no way I'm interested in forking out another 10-15k for engine/gearbox combo it'll be sitting in the garage for a while if anything happens to it... arggh, I could live with the gearbox and upgrade that... but f*cked if I wanna do the engine Ian, in your professional opinion, do you think the motor of these cars will be relatively ok if treated softly? I don't drive my car hard at all, with only the occasional full WOT maybe once a week if that! Do you think driving it normally will have any ill effects?? Or is it only when you really give it a go?←Depending what power you make mine let go slowing down for a around about.What power do you make if you do not push it might hold together for longer.Ian←Car is making 304rwkw.. I really don't drive it hard, I probably take it to 4500+rpm once or twice a week if I'm lucky! and usually that's only a quick squirt then I back off. Most of my driving is kept under 3000rpm and I don't stomp on the go pedal all that often.. can't afford to lose my licence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueboost Member 1,204 Member For: 20y 3m 25d Gender: Male Location: Mackay NorthQueensland Posted 23/10/06 10:58 AM Share Posted 23/10/06 10:58 AM mine must be a good one,3 years of constant quarter mile running and she still feels like new. both the auto and the motor, David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MYWPN Donating Members 554 Member For: 19y 2m 19d Gender: Male Location: Bendigo Posted 24/10/06 07:51 AM Share Posted 24/10/06 07:51 AM mine must be a good one,3 years of constant quarter mile running and she still feels like new. both the auto and the motor, David← im with ya on that, we must have good ones (tunes that is ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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