How bulletproof is your engine, /o/?
7mgte with properly torqued metal gasket, running about 320 to the wheels right now on stock
I hope it doesn't explode soon ;_;
>>14901147
Extremely. Multijets are probably the most reliable diesel engines in the market.
stock smog 360 LA engine
pretty bulletproof I'd say
>>14901147
I've been running 18psi of boost on stock internals (aside from head studs and MLS gasket) since last summer, so I'd say it's pretty bulletproof.
22RE, nuff said.
>>14901147
12a with a street port so its pretty much indestructible unless i rev the shit out of it when its cold or rev it to a billion rpms
inb4 apex seals
Lol stock 300 inline
Xj Cherokee with 4.0 - very bulletproof sitting at 321k miles
98 civic with d16y8 - also super bullet proof while being fairly peppy
m30 i will ride eternal
>>14901325
>not posting your sables engine
C'mon man
>>14901330
The sable has been rip for almost 2 years f@m, and that 3.8 Essex was not reliable lmao
mfw SAAB B234R
behold
>>14901147
Woah, even the based Jay has a fiesta
>>14901352
>implying he owns it
2zz-GE
Pretty solid l think.
>>14901147
EZ36
LT1
13BB
Things are going good so far.
360 LA with all smog stuff removed and headers
It has almost 300k on in, the intake manifold, rear main and oil pan gaskets leak. It's been run completely out of oil multiple times. One of those times I heard clattering from the bottom end.
I still use it to move trailers and cars around and occasionally haul wood
I dunno, how long term reliable was the mazda FE engine when they only bored it to 2.0?
>>14901147
>3800 Series II
Quite Bulletproof
Also is that a Festiva Shogun behind him?
>>14901426
It's his one off Fiesta with a Yamaha SHO V6 mounted midship, like an American Clio V6
Its an autoslush honda, so the engine is pretty bulletproof. The transmission not so much.
However im having no problems with mine so far
>>14901147
Well it's a Mazda-derived Duratec 35 so pretty bulletproof
>>14901147
ford 302 with a mild cam and pro comp heads
it will run forever
>>14901147
Currently at 231k miles on my truck.
>95 F150, 5.0
Changed the oil and all 5 quarts came out.
>>14901352
I think I'm a bit more interested in what looks to be a Renault 5 Turbo right next to him.
I have a 2003 Ford Focus with a 2.0L 16v i4 Zetec engine. I've done close to no work on it aside from replacing the timing belt with a chain and it's running incredibly strong at 246,000mi on the odometer. I use it as a track car for rallyx and making runs up local Otay truck trails and it's a little fuckin monster.
Pic related
EJ205
Pretty bulletproof. Doesn't suffer from paper head gaskets, and it's not boosted to Ringland-death levels.
Valve cover gaskets and sparks are a pita to replace but otherwise it's easy to not-kill.
Isuzu 4JG2 turbo diesel
is currently doing a lot better than the vehicle it's in
>>14901463
It's not a Renault 5, it's the Fiesta Shogun
>>14901147
I dunno i've shot it 4 times and it seems to be fine
>>14901437
Is it an F150? Or Mustang?
What cam?
0/10
>Windsor 302
31 years old and still takes beatings. My only problem is a small oil leak from a missing oil pump gasket.
Yamaha air cooled 125cc single cylinder.
Come at me motherfuckers. I will run all fucking day long
My engine is know to never fail, just too bad the entire vehicle around it does. With the gearbox and driveshaft around 150k km
3800 V6 with upgraded aluminum intake gaskets and coolant pipes reporting in.
>Implying it will ever suffer a catastrophic failue
>>14901500
It's a foxbody with an e303 cam. 150k miles and still running great, though I do take care of it and do regular tune ups.
Toyota 1uz. It works for the slavs so it must be solid
Subaru/Toyota boxer
I won't even hit 50k
>>14901147
Stock 2.5L Chrysler TBI I4 shitbox pusher from 1992. I hear they last a long time with regular maintenance.
B U L L E T P R O O F
>Rover K series
As bulletproof as you can get with a glass head gasket. That said, Rover made them really easy to work on so when it does go it's a literal half hour job to replace
"it's a small block chevy, you can fix it with a hammer" -Jay
>>14901350
M8
Gm 6.0 V8 vortec, making 350 hp.
I've got 50k on it, it's just getting broken in.
Plus it's on the 6L90e
>>14901426
Checked
Vq35hr, so no but I've heard of people who push their g35s way past 150k miles with little issues
5VZ-FE
DOHC V6 used on Toyota's mid-sized trucks from 1993 to 2004
Wrapped in a 6 inch thick layer of Kevlar it's so bulletproof
>>14901356
>implying there's a car he doesn't own
Bmw e28. That engine is an eggshell
2.2 vortec. People say it's pretty reliable in the FWD versions but I have rwd. It only has 104,4xx on it so it's too early to tell
B20. Literally never not started, 6th owner, 200k+ miles.
>>14901147
Honda J30. You tell me.
Audi 30v 2.8L V6.
Bulletproof besides leaky gasket issues
>>14901898
Wait until it starts drinking oil
Ask me how I know
>>14901147
4.0 OHV V6 in a Ferd Explorer. Does nothing amazingly, but never quits. 202k miles and it doesn't give a fuck.
Pic related but not mine, just pulled from Google.
>>14901147
My D15 ran 10 miles without a radiator
hmm i dont know if i want to find out
>Pic related, my current motor is on the floor
>>14902157
>Pic related but not mine, just pulled from Google.
Hey fuck you too pal
>>14902250
Okay.
>>14901347
B234L. t25 has 10k miles on it, so cant justify replacing it right now.
>>14901350
>>14901888
Mfw
>Honda engines
>>14902339
Only the Vue Redline was a Honda engine
>shebby 350
'bout 350
AMC 4.0
GM 3100
Vulcan 3.0
Mopar 528
Nissan L28E
Yeah nothing is breaking anytime soon. Most likely to fail goes to the 3100 with 248k on it. Did intake and head gaskets at 133k so no worries until 300k.
>Rev 3 3S-GTE
About as reliable as turbo 90s shitboxes get
>>14901519
Well yeah it's a two stroke, you could probably piss in the gas tank and it would still start up.
5.4L 3V Ford Triton.
It works. You have to be fucking meticulous on Oil Changes or else you'll clog the VCT Solenoid or fuck up the Cam Phasers. Also the first plug change is a pain in the dick, however; once you overcome those two items, nothing wrong with that engine at all.
>>14901347
>tfw somebody uses your oc
>G6BA 2.7 V6
I'd assume since my car is/was used as a police patrol vehicle in ROK+China it would be mostly ok.
>>14902339
If they were Honda engines, they'd probably have proper piston drain back holes
>>14901147
not at all. sounds like a diesel
>EJ251
Yea no rip me
Volvo B230F with 380k+ miles and still going strong. Would say it's pretty bulletproof since i never had any problems, just normal maintenance.
>>14902157
>4.0 OHV
>bulletproof
The fact that just about every single one ever made has cracked cylinder heads of varying severity speaks otherwise
>>14902488
It's like a super rare limited edition (You)
I have used my rev limiter as a shift indicator for the last 50k miles, does that count?
4.3L V6
at 161K
So far so good, but its leaking oil from somewhere
>>14903503
>every single one ever made
Citation needed famalam, mine runs mint with 202k and it completely original. We also have another Explorer in my family that we've had for about 8 years with the 4.0 OHV, it was 180k and also runs perfect, that engine is completely original as well.
Mine is more like a time bomb.
>>14903565
*it has 180k
>>14902483
>dad owns 97 expedition with 5.4
>hard of hearing and can't hear loud ticking noise.
>spark plug escapes it's life of servitude for greater things.
>>14903565
Google it. This is a ubiquitous problem, and the cracks are not always bad enough to cause poor running. I've worked on them and have been to the junkyard to pull heads for them many times. I have gone to the junkyard to find a head, pulled heads off of 4 trucks, and found every single one cracked before.
>>14903547
Oil cooler lines.
As for me
>2.4 ltr mistubishi engine in my voygar has almost 200k. Starts and runs great
>I also have a coyote 5.0 with 17k on it.
Fucking engine is amazing.
>>14903611
Damn, the 4 that you looked at clearly is a good enough sample size to attest for "every single one ever made" so I guess you got me, anon. In the meantime, I'll keep driving mine for the rest of eternity you'll be the first to know when mine gives up. Might be a while.
>>14903648
Are you illiterate? Motherfucking read about it, nigger.
>>14901169
>Fiat
>reliable
>ka24de
it'll be fine
D16Y8, confirmed bulletproof
4.6 2v
bulletproof as it gets senpai
>>14903699
I'm literate enough to see the comedy in
>every single one ever made
>I checked 4
top kek m8
>>14903889
motherfucking read my fucking post you stupid motherfucking nigger shit are you illiterate?
>>14903889
>>14903648
>gets told to look up a common problem and see how common it is
>dwells on how the person telling him about it hasn't seen "like, every car ever made, dude"
Fucking ford fanboys
>>14903951
>everyone who doesn't completely agree with me is a fanboy!
>>14901147
Renault d7f
Bulletproof as fuck
Ford 4.6 V8, spark plugs were changed right before I bought it.
>>14903991
I wonder how many people on this board have been in the back of a car powered by a 4.6 against their will?
>>14903503
Never heard this before, but I believe it, because my buddy swapped 2 engines out because of head gasket issues. On the third, he just said fuck it, drove it for a while and sold it to a teenager for $5,000 because the kid loved the fact it was lifted.
My buddy told him about the problems and he still bought it, I haven't seen the truck in a year, so I assume it finally broke down.
>>14901147
In mine even the cylinders can be replaced, so it is really up to axles' tolerances and non-violent failures of the bottom end.
>>14904005
I believe the 4.0 SOHC that replaced it was more known for that type of problem.
>>14901147
EJ251 - 6/10
EZ30 - 7/10
FA20 - 7/10
K24 - 9/10
>>14902157
not the ohv, but 4.0L sohc in an 04 ranger reporting
currently at 253k miles
BMC B-Series. Bulletproof as fuck; the problems are elsewhere on the car.
>>14904019
IDK, i'm a Ford guy but I never took an interest in the 4.0 or Ranger for that matter (that's what my buddy sold)
And the only reason he sold it, is because he found a 93 Model with a 5 speed, he hated driving an automatic.
>>14904023
Yep, many of them do go for very high miles, I've seen many on forums with over 300k, most people have auto transmission problems long before they have engine problems in their Explorers/Rangers. That's why I'm personally more of a fan on the 5 speed but they can be somewhat hard to find in the Explorers.
Windsor 302 ci 5.0l v8 in a 89 Grand Marquis. Still running strong! It does leak oil though
>>14903575
Use an LS1 kit to defuse it
>>14904037
I agree the 5 speed is much superior to the older automatics Ford was using back then, hence why I bought one.
>>14901350
Back when I had my '97 SL1 the block cracked for no apparent reason. Every time she started up or cooled down she would piss coolant out of the crack. Tried using JB Weld to fix it but another crack would form close by. In the end she kept chugin' along until 250,000 miles when I finally bought something different.
I miss that car. Saturn put out a quite the nimble little tank.
AMC I4, 198k miles. No problems whatsoever.
>>14901147
327 w/ a good cam,carbs,headers,glasspack exhaust and MSD ignition.
It simply roars on the freeway,nobody expects a patina'd blue C10 to go fast.Gotta love the LSD in the back+4 speeds.
>>14904046
That interior brings back memories.
Had a 2001 Mazda B2500 5 speed 2wd,a couple years ago, was a great truck, gas mileage sucked but I have no problems out of the engine, only reason why I sold it is because I found F-150 4x4 I fell in love with.
Now I am wanting to buy another truck because I miss driving a manual, automatics are convenient but they are so boring to drive
>>14904080
Yeah I feel you on that, something about the "truck style" manual transmissions with the really long shifters are just fun to drive, it feels very mechanical.
>>14904135
It's only been 2 years, but I've already forgotten the feeling of changing gear shifts and pushing a clutch to the floorboard. ;_;
BMW M30
MB OM617.931
Chrysler 2.2 Turbo II
MB OM642
Only one I could see dying anytime soon is the M30 or the 642. Actually, M30 will probably just tick even worse than it ia now but not die. The 642 is the one that will blow up and it just might do it really soon. Terrible piece of shit
Honda A20A3 with 435k miles... mechanic doesn't think it's ever even been out of my Accord. I believe it to be not just bulletproof, but in fact immortal.
>>14904170
If you ever buy another manual car or truck it'd come back to you instantly, trust me.
When I bought my first car, I decided that I wanted a manual transmission but I had only learned on an automatic, so I had to have my dad drive the car home for me. He hadn't owned or driven a manual car in over 7 years but he took to it instantly, he said it was like riding a bike again after a long time, you never really forget.
>GM 3800
>Subaru EG33
I think mine qualify
Isuzu diesel engine. It will more than likely outlive everything else on my car, including the car itself.
Ayyyy
SR20DE with 158,600 miles. Going strong so far hope to make 250 at least
>>14901158
mk3 supra? what engine mods have u done?
>>14901147
Shitty grand prix that I lost the keys to, didnt start it for a year, never put antifreeze in it at all. Started the bitch in -6 degree weather when I found the keys, car had nothing keeping the engine from basically being a big ice cube, started like nothings wrong and stull runs another year later
f22a1 with oil and filter changes
tomorrow I have to take a torch to the exhaust manifold because its fucking rusted slag and fused with the remains of my downpipe. there's an oil leak...... somewhere, the flywheel's got a chipped tooth, the front motor mount hasn't existed for about a year and if you hold the brake pedal down as you stop the engine it takes 10 minutes to start back up on its own.
Frankly I have no idea why this thing is still running at all but we're going to just keep going and see how long it lives.
>>14902135
How do you know?
1mz-fe
I don't think I could kill it if I tried
>>14902420
another gm3100 owner here
mine is at 123k i just did intake and i'm told one of my headgaskets has a small exterior leak
basically if i dont drive it for a few days the pressure fades and it starts to leak. Don't have the money to fix it so its either going to explode or it lasts long enough to fix or do a 3400 swap
>>14901426
>>14901586
>>14901900
>>14904289
>>14904881
3800 Series 3 reporting in at ~175k miles. No issues at all and runs like a raped ape. Currently have a tune and tstat, will be doing headers/dpipe soon
God tier engine
>>14905050
the series 3 fixed the spontaneous combustion problem too right? i.e the oil leak that hit the exhaust near the fire wall and caused fires
>>14904993
Replace them its easy as shit. Head gaskets are fairly cheap. You could easily do the job for under 250 in a weekend. When I was still wrenching for a living I could have heads off and ready for planing if necessary in about 2 hours tops.
>>14905075
don't you have to have the heads milled flat before you can put them back on?
>>14905072
No, I got the recall too. Don't really give a shit since I put the superior Felpro gaskets on in December. Only significant changes in the S3 are the fly by wire throttle, 20 more HP on the S/C and more metal as opposed to plastic afaik
>>14905050
how do we know that raped apes are fast?
>>14901491
>Fiesta Shogun
Festiva
VQ master race.
I just add a bit of oil whenever I do brake pads.
Just picked up a cheap l67. I hear theyre pretty well built, also the transmission is a 4t65e-hd also well made. Anyone know any problems or mods recommended? Its a 2001 gtp coupe.
>>14905095
Obviously never visited Africa.
crazy bullet proof
i've tried to kill it, it does not die
>>14901147
pretty bulletproof
>>14901147
>7M-GE
Head gasket ready to implode at any second.
>EJ251
See above.
>>14901347
B235R here. PCV Update #6 was done ages and ages ago, but I still run a flush at every oil change and change oil every 3000 miles. Juuuuuust to be sure. Later this summer I'm gonna either drop the sump or run an endoscope down there, whichever I get the means to do or obtain first.
The Mitsu TD-04 is pretty bulletproof, though, so I'm not too worried about seeing any smoke from the back. Might change the vac lines this summer, though.
B230F
I guess its pretty bulletproof.
Its frecnh...
>>14901429
you just gave me an orgasm. is there any videos of it?
>>14905089
lists all the changes here
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buick_V6_engine#Series_III
>>14901147
could probably survive .22lr without much problem.
>>14905953
I wouldn't bother with the sump drop unless you're really bored and looking for something to do. I ran my 9-5 Aero on Mobil 1 0w-40 and 4,000 mile oil and filter changes and the drained oil still had a slight trace of gold colour to it.
PCV version 6 and breather lines in good condition are a must, though.
RB20det
Cannot kill. 21 psi and never been opened yet still going strong
F23A
130k on it
Basically bulletproof
Autotragic trans...not so much...
>>14901147
I'm not sure I've never been possessed by the urge to shoot a gun at my engine to find out.
265 Hemi
Bulletproof
Toyota 3k-c engine
Bulletproof
pushrods win the day this time mr leno
Have I any reason to doubt a 33 years old Mercedes M102 engine with an original and still silky smooth transmission with 203k miles on the clock?
More worried about the rest of the car rusting apart.
Ford 302, push-rods senpai they know how to live. BTW anyone posting aluminum blocks are delusional
>>14905088
If they have warped yes. Get a straight edge and a flashlight or to be a bit more precise feeler gauges. That will all run you an additional 30-50 bucks in tools. If they need milled, send them off to a machine shop and have them done. If you see no or minimal. (below .009") gap across your head, you will be fine. Fel Pro gaskets or nothing btw.
> 01 Grand Marquis
>2 PO were little old ladies
I believe I'm good, car hasn't cracked 75k miles., just under 72.5k miles.
>S62
Lots of horror stories. I'd assume it's also lots of neglected maintenance.
most reliable engine i had was the toyota "H" motor.
litterally put fish and chip oil in it as fuel
slowest motor ever though
