diesel or petrol

[jeepsgofaster]

Originally Posted by SouthernComfort

Just what I was thinking!

Only a Chevy guy could think an Lt is any sort of an answer to the hellcat engine.

This is just a marketing stunt by gm because the 6.2hemi if you buy it as a create engine can be considered a 1000hp engine but they've been around for many years now. Gm has quite a bit of ground to catch up.

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[jeepsgofaster]

Originally Posted by bjm

Jeepsgofaster,. Ten thousand OE lifters on backorder in the states a couple of years ago.! Enough info / theories to fill a book on why these lifters fail.Even aftermarket lifters failing in US.It does look like lubrication / oil failure however

why arent all hemis failing.? I had a mate with a 3 year old Ram 1500 ,under 60000 lifters went.Jeep put in a new crate engine still had problems,not lifters,

bought a new diesel Ram. I know of another two failures in the last two weeks in 6.4 JGC one at a Jeep dealer ,other at an independant operation here Nthn NSW.

Now three failures in Chrysler 300 SRT Highway patrol cars up this way ,all at various klms,plus other problems. There has been aclass action instigated re these hemi lifter failures in US,will be interesting what the outcome is ,if any!

And how many dpf's do Toyota have on order. The dealer I spoke to from a coastal town the other month said they have 14 wagons alone booked in not including hiluxes
Ect

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[emac]

what anoyes me no end is that even with average service a motor vehicle engine and trans should last 10+ years and 200,000 k,s

gee,s my old HQ GTS i never checked or changed the diff oil, or brake fluid i serviced the engine checked the auto trans fluid and drove it like i stole it

did that for 12 solid years.

my XJ cherokee is now almost at 450,000km always regularly serviced (by me)

and 27 years and still with piston slap and all still runs well.

WK2 3.6 ive stopped worrying seems to run well especially after a quick trip to brisbane and back (nudge nudge)

we tend to whinge about new cars but i remember my dad always had his head under the bonnet of 60,s holdens fixing something.

today we just get in and go, many folks don't even know how to open the bonnet let alone what to check ( of course not saying anyone here is like that just generalising)

[SouthernComfort]

Originally Posted by jeepsgofaster

Only a Chevy guy could think an Lt is any sort of an answer to the hellcat engine.

This is just a marketing stunt by gm because the 6.2hemi if you buy it as a create engine can be considered a 1000hp engine but they've been around for many years now. Gm has quite a bit of ground to catch up.

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Sorry if it hit a nerve, was meant tongue in cheek. I for one have never been a GM guy, let alone Chevy specifically! I wouldn't know how their V8's compare and it really doesn't interest me. Seems to stir some emotions though...

[jeepsgofaster]

Actually I was incorrect, it's not an LT from a Corvette. This is their new big block crate engine NA. Packing quite a bit of development too. I'll let gm have that one, that's quite an engine. This is more of an answer to Ford's big block, also a nice engine but this thing has it's number.
In std form at least

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[drover]

Originally Posted by emac

what anoyes me no end is that even with average service a motor vehicle engine and trans should last 10+ years and 200,000 k,s

gee,s my old HQ GTS i never checked or changed the diff oil, or brake fluid i serviced the engine checked the auto trans fluid and drove it like i stole it

did that for 12 solid years.

my XJ cherokee is now almost at 450,000km always regularly serviced (by me)

and 27 years and still with piston slap and all still runs well.

WK2 3.6 ive stopped worrying seems to run well especially after a quick trip to brisbane and back (nudge nudge)

we tend to whinge about new cars but i remember my dad always had his head under the bonnet of 60,s holdens fixing something.

today we just get in and go, many folks don't even know how to open the bonnet let alone what to check ( of course not saying anyone here is like that just generalising)

I'm the same but I remember spending lots of time under the bonnet of my old wagons and bikes and now find I spend less time sorting things out, DiY everything and don't follow the advised service schedules as I think they are rubbish even as far as upgrading the oil grade, they are trying for the most stars on a sticker, my Jeeps so far have managed near 300K no dramas and I expect this rig to be the same.... Your right about folks not knowing, many seem to find steering the things a problem let alone how it works.....

My favourite GM is an 8V92 2 stroke, go like the clappers, great sound and no BS, drop a valve you can still run down the road, bit of smoke but thats cool, so long as the sump doesn't ignite....... I wonder of it would fit in a Chevvy 2500.

[Grippy]

The issue is with the modern day intake of bulkshit and sharing of needless crap on social media, bad news spreads extremely fast to the point where it makes it blown way out of proportion.
Add to that the stupidity of the average consumer,............