Jay Jay Woodward Junior Moderator Location: Snohomish, WA Join Date: 12/21/2005 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 893 Rally Car: '90 Mazdog Frankenprotege |
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Pete Pete Remner Senior Moderator Location: Cleveland, Ohio Join Date: 01/11/2006 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 2,022 |
Wasn't the 6R4 engine known for snapping timing belts with alarming regularity? To be a "best" engine it has to actually run without intensive maintenance (which also eliminates any Porsche )
Pete Remner Cleveland, Ohio 1984 RX-7 (rallycross thing) 1978 Silence is golden, but duct tape is silver. |
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danster Haggis Muncher Super Moderator Location: Haggisland UK Join Date: 01/04/2013 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 409 Rally Car: VWs (for my sins) |
I suppose "best" is open to interpretation. I was looking at it from the point of what impresses or entertains most, even if it is a bit unreliable. A bit like......the same old stars are in the sky day in day out, but everyone goes "WOOO look at the shooting star". We are all individuals and need to tolerate the whims of others. I'll bet you a beer and a chaser this guy thinks Dolmar engines are the best thing ever! LOL Of course he would be wrong as everyone knows Huskys are better. ;-) Runs off before the Stihl boyz turn up...... Disappointingly not yet a Jackass |
Rallymech Robert Gobright Super Moderator Location: White Center Seattle Join Date: 04/27/2008 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 1,292 Rally Car: 91 VW GTI 8V |
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Pete Pete Remner Senior Moderator Location: Cleveland, Ohio Join Date: 01/11/2006 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 2,022 |
It depends. Ford Tempos and Escorts were the best car. Ford sold a bazillion of them and they all required frequent front end and brake repair, which is probably the most profitable kind of repair that there is...
Pete Remner Cleveland, Ohio 1984 RX-7 (rallycross thing) 1978 Silence is golden, but duct tape is silver. |
john vanlandingham John Vanlandingham Senior Moderator Location: Ford Asylum, Sleezattle, WA Join Date: 12/20/2005 Age: Fossilized Posts: 14,152 Rally Car: Saab 96 V4 |
Yeah "best" and "my favorite" seem to be confused... Best? Some of those medium speed (round 600 rpm) 4 valve, twin turbo, V20, 10,500 shp diesels motors I worked on back in the late '90s in Massivetwoshits seem pretty amazing.. If they were a 2,0 liter they'd be a 280 bhp motor and they were run at full load for 24 hours a day for months on end racking up what would be 100,000 miles --in time--in maybe just less than 2 months. And they ran for years...600 rpm , 10,500 shaft horse powerz.. John Vanlandingham Sleezattle, WA, USA Vive le Prole-le-ralliat www.rallyrace.net/jvab CALL +1 206 431-9696 Remember! Pacific Standard Time is 3 hours behind Eastern Standard Time. |
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john vanlandingham John Vanlandingham Senior Moderator Location: Ford Asylum, Sleezattle, WA Join Date: 12/20/2005 Age: Fossilized Posts: 14,152 Rally Car: Saab 96 V4 |
That's a compliment... Jens is unable to play any card other than pretend outrage... Must be horrible to have such a crippled brain that synapses only function in one part of it... I suppose Corn-yeti-cult is insulting? Everything is insulting. Every word you type is insulting. John Vanlandingham Sleezattle, WA, USA Vive le Prole-le-ralliat www.rallyrace.net/jvab CALL +1 206 431-9696 Remember! Pacific Standard Time is 3 hours behind Eastern Standard Time. |
Dazed_Driver Banned Infallible Moderator Location: John and Skyes Magic Love liar Join Date: 08/24/2007 Posts: 2,154 |
I can't believe I'm doing this... Dude, really? That wasn't really insulting. I'm pretty sure Genes not sitting at home in tears screaming "IM SO OFFENDED!" Although, I think best is subjective, favorite is just that, and most reliable is something completely different, although for some, that could be what makes "Best" Hence, the "Best" engine being the 4.3 Chevy. Welcome to the cult of JVL drink the koolaid or be banned. |
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darkknight9 Kirk Coughlin Professional Moderator Location: Saint Paul, MN Join Date: 01/08/2006 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 493 Rally Car: Dreaming of escorts and xrats |
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john vanlandingham John Vanlandingham Senior Moderator Location: Ford Asylum, Sleezattle, WA Join Date: 12/20/2005 Age: Fossilized Posts: 14,152 Rally Car: Saab 96 V4 |
And Gene is also a well adjusted adult. So he doesn't look for offese and pretend to be offending at every single occurrence of anything beyond the end of his nose.. Is "Misery" offensive? Is "Flar-duh" Lousy-Anna Cal-forlornia Whore-a-gone Washlincoln? Michjuacan Nude Hampster You're either insane or not serious.. Seeing 15 years of your incessant complaining---all you ever do-- except yap about some backwards built car you had 25 or 30 years ago---- I don't care which. You should team up with the buddy of Morison who sent me a long rant including dictionary definition of the legal term slander and defamation and screamed at me for spelling Canadian as I had been told by nice guys up in Quebec who said I should say it "Canajian" . The guy is seriously deranged...at least 6-7 guys up all across the country since have all said "What the fuck? Are you serious? " 15 years at least and all you do is complain, no guiding hand, not a word ever of suggestions to newbs or guys building, not a single compliment to anybody for anything, just droning complaints of superficial unimportant shit.. Maybe all the negativity you see is because of what is inside your head. John Vanlandingham Sleezattle, WA, USA Vive le Prole-le-ralliat www.rallyrace.net/jvab CALL +1 206 431-9696 Remember! Pacific Standard Time is 3 hours behind Eastern Standard Time. |
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heymagic Banned Super Moderator Location: La la land Join Date: 01/25/2006 Age: Fossilized Posts: 3,740 Rally Car: Not a Volvo |
Gene is not offended. While JV and I are happy to pull each others chains from time to time we don't take it very seriously. We don't need to agree with each other to support our chosen passtime and work towards a common goal. I'm taller and better looking, he's younger and has more hair. We survive the little scraps quite well. But then again I get along with Jens and Morison also. I need to start drinking again...
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