Why spend $2K on a perfectly good engine?
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@89th said in Why spend $2K on a perfectly good engine?:
Typical cam lobes, always causing trouble... and those hemi tick starts, pain in the rear!
It's the lifters. And Dodge (Stelantis nowadays) knows it. All they'd have to do, is change the lifter design, use a higher volume oil pump and decrease the recommended change interval. It would turn it into a 200,000 mile engine.
I don't understand it...With a little thought and a few dollars in parts changes, the manufacturer creates a more durable product. Everyone is running around with their hair on fire, wirshipping at the feet of the Green Goddess. Well, it takes a lot of material and energybto make a vehicle.
Why don't we make one that lasts for a long time? That's the greenest solution of all.
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But don't most people trade in their cars long before the drivetrain blows up? That's why I would definitely need to see the service records before buying any car. Even George's, if he never changed the oil, or rarely did.
Any chance you want to share what the price tag is for your son's mechanic doing this work? He will have a high mileage car, as impressive as it is, with the hope that the work will make the difference in the car lasting a long time. And then, some idiot takes it out and over-revs it all day long and brings it back steaming from the heat. "Nah, guess I don't want to buy it after all."
It would be great to have a shop in your home where you could take on such work as is being done. It's fun, and like Jolly points out, changes the lifespan of a car you want to keep forever, if that's the plan.
ETA: Jolly, do you have a picture of your son's car you'd share? I love this kind of stuff!
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But don't most people trade in their cars long before the drivetrain blows up? That's why I would definitely need to see the service records before buying any car. Even George's, if he never changed the oil, or rarely did.
Any chance you want to share what the price tag is for your son's mechanic doing this work? He will have a high mileage car, as impressive as it is, with the hope that the work will make the difference in the car lasting a long time. And then, some idiot takes it out and over-revs it all day long and brings it back steaming from the heat. "Nah, guess I don't want to buy it after all."
It would be great to have a shop in your home where you could take on such work as is being done. It's fun, and like Jolly points out, changes the lifespan of a car you want to keep forever, if that's the plan.
ETA: Jolly, do you have a picture of your son's car you'd share? I love this kind of stuff!
@Rainman said in Why spend $2K on a perfectly good engine?:
But don't most people trade in their cars long before the drivetrain blows up? That's why I would definitely need to see the service records before buying any car. Even George's, if he never changed the oil, or rarely did.
Any chance you want to share what the price tag is for your son's mechanic doing this work? He will have a high mileage car, as impressive as it is, with the hope that the work will make the difference in the car lasting a long time. And then, some idiot takes it out and over-revs it all day long and brings it back steaming from the heat. "Nah, guess I don't want to buy it after all."
It would be great to have a shop in your home where you could take on such work as is being done. It's fun, and like Jolly points out, changes the lifespan of a car you want to keep forever, if that's the plan.
ETA: Jolly, do you have a picture of your son's car you'd share? I love this kind of stuff!
$2K, as in the thread title. His car is similar to this, but with the black Hellcat stripes on top.
His wife drives a Hellcat, Bad Kitty
