Nonsense Thread

[roguetoaster]

No.

The unholy trinity is much more likely to be English design, Italian running gear, and French electricals.

[McGyver]

^Yeah, but I bet you can stick a paperclip into something somewhere to reset that.

[econti]

Even worse, these are like 50% Ford lol. Especially the Lion V6 powerstroke diesel ones with the snappy cranks.

Every one with a snapped crank that I've seen seems to have obliterated bearings, so it might be an oil pump/oiling issue more than anything. Otherwise I would really want one for the torque/fuel economy/webasto heater.



Yeah we didn't get the diesels here, I think all the way back to the original Disco. You can get the D5 here up to 2020 with a Td6... but it's supposedly the same engine as the LR3/4 so in theory it has the same issues but you tend to hear about DPF and EGR problems more than anything. Not sure if there are simply fewer D5s around (particularly diesels) or if there's something else different about them.
I am pretty interested in one as an XC90 replacement as they're very cheap. Delete the crap and hopefully enjoy.

The same motor in Jaguars and Citroens don't do the crank but they are pretty much the same, nobody's figured out an actual root cause. The D5s don't do it, and our Ford Rangers now use an evolution of that motor with a stronger crank and they don't do it either. So the factory know that its a problem however refuse to do something about it. You win some you lose some

[varg]

Is the crank breaking and causing bearing failure because of oil pressure loss through the fracture when the engine continues to run, or are the bearings failing first? I'd expect a lot of heat damage to the journals in the case of the latter.

[econti]

Snaps first, heat damage isn't bad if its caught early. Friend had one at his shop that seemed to run perfectly fine, just a bit of vibration at idle. The snap kept it 'keyed' together so it still transmitted power.
When someone figures out how to do plug and play M57 swaps, they will make a lot of money.

[Northern]

There are a few M57 swapped ones out there now. Seems reasonably doable, but M57s aren't far off hen's teeth here.
There are ~half a dozen M57 Land Rover swap groups out there in facebook land with decent info.

Mostly annoying that the ZF6HP is different on both ends between the two so you need an adapter plate on one end or the other.
Not sure if 8HP is an option at the moment outside of with an aftermarket controller.
EDC17 (Late E70 X5 M57 in NA) didn't come with an 8HP, but people smarter than me are poking around and saying it may yet be possible.
I do like the 5.0 AJ133 though. Sounds good and 375hp/375ftlb is definitely enough for me, it's just a pig on fuel...

[Northern]

https://www.schmiedmann.com/en/product/2050489-new?product=BLSE30SREDWE

Anyone see these late model "Startec" lookalikes yet? I want them.

[2mAn]

https://www.schmiedmann.com/en/produ...t=BLSE30SREDWE

Anyone see these late model "Startec" lookalikes yet? I want them.

I think its up to us idiots left here to try out these aftermarket parts and report to everyone else...

PS TERRIBLE review video coming soon about the Turkish E30 door seals

[Northern]

I hope you mean the content is terrible and not the seal fitment lol

[roguetoaster]

I hope you mean the content is terrible and not the seal fitment lol

As long as he's not blowing seals it'll be fine.

[2mAn]

I guess you guys will have to spend the ~5 minutes to watch the review video...

[MrBurgundy]

I think he is

[JasonWilson48]

I guess you guys will have to spend the ~5 minutes to watch the review video...

5 MINUTES OF MY TIME!!! IN THIS ECONOMY?!?

How am I going to doom scroll TIKTOK for an hour before bed if I do that?

[JasonWilson48]

As long as he's not blowing seals it'll be fine.

Now THIS I can spare 5 minutes of my time to watch... for research purposes... obviously.

[McGyver]

I guess you guys will have to spend the ~5 minutes to watch the review video...

If someone could make a summary video of the review video, that'd be greaaaaaat.


Also, Garagistic has released some Startech/MHW lookalikes that I've been thinking about. I guess someone in china made some coppies and various distributors are picking them up to resell?