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Lol - what do you have now - I'm up for a little weekend drinking, uh, I mean wrenching
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Originally posted by JuicedSS262
Vince - As your friend I am willing to drive your car and deliver the beat downs for you. I will also worry about the downtime for you as an added bonus, therefore you get the best of both worlds. I get the needed adrenal gland workout.
Win win if ya ask me.
Vince - As your friend I am willing to drive your car and deliver the beat downs for you. I will also worry about the downtime for you as an added bonus, therefore you get the best of both worlds. I get the needed adrenal gland workout.
Win win if ya ask me.
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Originally posted by Mars_302
So what are you doing with your 408 then?
So what are you doing with your 408 then?
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From what I know of Vince....Vince is serious.....at least for now. He is not modding the 408 any further.
Its all a philisophical choice on how you approach a car and what you want to do with it. Vinces car is badass...it hauls ass...and its all motor. In its current condition and with regular maintanance and oil changes...it should go 75,000+ miles as is with maybe a valve spring change somewhere in there. Thats many years of weekend fun.
On the other hand...if he begins spraying a 200 or a 300 shot every weekend....he will be lucky to get 15,000 from the bearings.
When you start approaching these huge HP #s (700, 800, 900)...you have to start thinking about down time..and treat bottom ends as wear items. Kinda like brakes and clutches.
Im hoping to get 10,000 miles from my bottom end
That would be about a year and a half the way I drive it.
Then it turbo time.
Vince...I think your making the right choice. That car is a thing of beauty that just needs to be driven.
Its all a philisophical choice on how you approach a car and what you want to do with it. Vinces car is badass...it hauls ass...and its all motor. In its current condition and with regular maintanance and oil changes...it should go 75,000+ miles as is with maybe a valve spring change somewhere in there. Thats many years of weekend fun.
On the other hand...if he begins spraying a 200 or a 300 shot every weekend....he will be lucky to get 15,000 from the bearings.
When you start approaching these huge HP #s (700, 800, 900)...you have to start thinking about down time..and treat bottom ends as wear items. Kinda like brakes and clutches.
Im hoping to get 10,000 miles from my bottom end
That would be about a year and a half the way I drive it.Then it turbo time.
Vince...I think your making the right choice. That car is a thing of beauty that just needs to be driven.
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Originally posted by HybridSS
From what I know of Vince....Vince is serious.....at least for now. He is not modding the 408 any further.
Its all a philisophical choice on how you approach a car and what you want to do with it. Vinces car is badass...it hauls ass...and its all motor. In its current condition and with regular maintanance and oil changes...it should go 75,000+ miles as is with maybe a valve spring change somewhere in there. Thats many years of weekend fun.
On the other hand...if he begins spraying a 200 or a 300 shot every weekend....he will be lucky to get 15,000 from the bearings.
When you start approaching these huge HP #s (700, 800, 900)...you have to start thinking about down time..and treat bottom ends as wear items. Kinda like brakes and clutches.
Im hoping to get 10,000 miles from my bottom end That would be about a year and a half the way I drive it.
Then it turbo time.
Vince...I think your making the right choice. That car is a thing of beauty that just needs to be driven.
From what I know of Vince....Vince is serious.....at least for now. He is not modding the 408 any further.
Its all a philisophical choice on how you approach a car and what you want to do with it. Vinces car is badass...it hauls ass...and its all motor. In its current condition and with regular maintanance and oil changes...it should go 75,000+ miles as is with maybe a valve spring change somewhere in there. Thats many years of weekend fun.
On the other hand...if he begins spraying a 200 or a 300 shot every weekend....he will be lucky to get 15,000 from the bearings.
When you start approaching these huge HP #s (700, 800, 900)...you have to start thinking about down time..and treat bottom ends as wear items. Kinda like brakes and clutches.
Im hoping to get 10,000 miles from my bottom end
That would be about a year and a half the way I drive it.Then it turbo time.
Vince...I think your making the right choice. That car is a thing of beauty that just needs to be driven.
Just kidding.. I just want things to last. I dont want to change motors like I do my oil.
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No problem Vince and I know exactly where you are coming from.
I do think though that you could still get 75k miles with a little bitty 100-125 dry shot.
Who knows what the future holds and how you will feel 10-12 months from now after you have put some miles on her.
I do think though that you could still get 75k miles with a little bitty 100-125 dry shot.
Who knows what the future holds and how you will feel 10-12 months from now after you have put some miles on her.
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