Why are modern engine bays so boring? (car engine, luxury, motorcycles)
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Pain in the ass? It takes like 30 seconds to get all of it off. 10 seconds on my car: 4 pushbottons on the top and it lifts right up. The VW TDi I worked on this weekend took 2 10mm bolts, but still only about 30 seconds to get off.
It's really not that hard to get off, and needs to be easy so the techs in the dealership don't spend much time on it for warranty work.
not just that though. the way todays engines are squeezed into the bay. My Ford fusion is an excellent car but Im sure as hell not going to try to fix it if something goes wrong. Its transverse in the bay and the plugs and wires back there are nearly impossible to reach.
not just that though. the way todays engines are squeezed into the bay. My Ford fusion is an excellent car but Im sure as hell not going to try to fix it if something goes wrong. Its transverse in the bay and the plugs and wires back there are nearly impossible to reach.
Yeah, FWD V6 cars are like that. But that's got nothing to do with the covers, and usually the kinds of cars that are not owned by enthusiasts. (My SVT Contour and a vew of the VR6 VWs and Alfas are exceptions) As was shown, my BMW is easy to get to stuff, the S2k is easy, most FWD 4 cyl cars, etc. Once you remove the covers, even the luxury cars are pretty easy to get to everything.
The covers are not the PITA part, as they are easy to take off, and since we are TALKING about the covers, how hard it is to work on your FWD V6 car AFTER the covers are OFF really is a moot point.
He did say "most" not ALL. But hey, why don't you move up to the '70s and the early '80s and the emissions control era where they band-aided the engines with 47 million vacuum hoses laid all over with no rhyme or reason? Hmm?
Also, I find it funny some people are using custom hot rods to depict what a "nice engine" should look like if it wasn't for those "silly" covers.
A lot of those old "clean" looking cars don't have a/c, power steering, ABS, cruise or fuel injection. And they certainly won't pass today's emissions.
Also, I find it funny some people are using custom hot rods to depict what a "nice engine" should look like if it wasn't for those "silly" covers.
A lot of those old "clean" looking cars don't have a/c, power steering, ABS, cruise or fuel injection. And they certainly won't pass today's emissions.
Old cars won't pass emissions? What an incredibly naive view.
Also, I find it funny some people are using custom hot rods to depict what a "nice engine" should look like if it wasn't for those "silly" covers.
Um, I posted those engines to show what styled engine compartments are like, with covers, doing the same job as modern covers. The Foose stuff I posted was in defence of covers, not as a rebuttal to covers.
Oh, and those Foose engines, especially the silver one, has AC, power steering, cruise, and fuel injection.
They are just under the covers.
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