Any one got the SI yet ?
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Originally Posted by civicus
i dont know i just hate those old "classic" cars that people seem to like. Big heavy square boxes with no personality. With the exception of the grand national. Its big and square and boring but I still love it. Oh and by the way there are plenty of people who will do an engine swap on a civic for less than $500.
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Originally Posted by kornflake
well i think the reason you see older cars on the road today is that when they were bought there was less places to go . Now days its no thing to put 100,000 miles on a car within 2-4 years . Avg life span of a car now days is 5years . then its time to trde it in for a new 1 . thats why all the car manufactors come out with new modles every 5-6 years
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the japanese engine codes have alot more information about the engineering of the engine than the american displacement numbers do. dont get me wrong; i love all things fast, but i prefer imports for mainly the gas mileage and the light weight. i love classic cars, but something, lets use as an example, the nissan sr20det, has alot more information than, let say, the chevy sb 350
lets look:
nissan:
sr=engine family, kinda useless
20=displacement in liters, 2.0 liters
d=dual overhead cam
e=electronic ignition
t=turbo
sbc:
350= 350 cubic inches....
cams? valves? carbuerated? pistons? anything else? nope.
i only know the answers because i pay attention to all of types of engines, domestic and imports both.
its not that difficult to educate yourself on these engine codes, they really arent that complex and you only make yourself look ignorant by calling the engine codes unsimple.
lets look:
nissan:
sr=engine family, kinda useless
20=displacement in liters, 2.0 liters
d=dual overhead cam
e=electronic ignition
t=turbo
sbc:
350= 350 cubic inches....
cams? valves? carbuerated? pistons? anything else? nope.
i only know the answers because i pay attention to all of types of engines, domestic and imports both.
its not that difficult to educate yourself on these engine codes, they really arent that complex and you only make yourself look ignorant by calling the engine codes unsimple.
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It's also not hard to know that every V8 out there had 16 valves, 1 cam, and carburetion. They aren't all as simple as an sr20, though. Especially toyota's nonsense. Old motors are simpler than newer ones in EVERY way. You can't argue against that.
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Originally Posted by Troux
It's also not hard to know that every V8 out there had 16 valves, 1 cam, and carburetion.
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