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Old 07-05-2009, 07:12 PM
 
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Remember when you could change the air filter in your car/truck in under a minute? Now you have to remove a dozen plastic pieces just to get to the intake box. And good luck finding your spark plugs if you have more than 4 cylinders. How I miss the days when you could actually sit inside the engine compartment and work and any piece of the engine you wanted.

I have tore engines down and did a rebuild. Now I am afraid to even change the spark plugs. Congrats to mechanics. You earn every dime you make.
Ive still got my 1970 454 cid Corvette and its so nice to be able to see about 7/8ths of the entire Engine with NO pollution control devices/hoses at all.
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Old 07-05-2009, 07:12 PM
 
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A person can also install a eletronic ignition from a mid to late 70's engine like a duraspark 2 for Fords, recurved for better performance of course, and there is also Petronix. These electronic setups need very little attention so it would be a good upgrade for a car that gets driven regularly.
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Old 07-06-2009, 02:49 AM
 
Location: Earth
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Yes, in general, the further back you go, the easier access there is to the engine.

That one you posted looks pretty easy to work on. Is it a 1970 454 engine?
LOLOLOLOL I wished!

Actually it's not even a 454 engine....it's a 2.8 liter (173 cubic inch) V6 engine....in a 1993 S-10 truck.

The "Turbo-Jet 460 hp" was put on there as a joke.

Here's the engine in my Nova....



Notice how it's not all cluttered up. You have all the access to the engine....there's a few heater hoses in the way and a few wires here and there.

Here's the engine compartment on my old Chevelle, even less cluttered than the Nova:



The difference is that's a big block engine (Nova has a small block) and the HVAC box was removed.

The turbo Regal is a little different....

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j312/djw69Nova/87%20Regal/ACrepair006.jpg (broken link)

It's a bit more of a challenge...#6 spark plug is a PITA to get to, there's more clutter than the other two, plus the turbo, intercooler, etc.
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Old 07-06-2009, 07:47 AM
 
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You are a moron if you think your plugs, coolant, etc will last 100K miles. Yet another scam the car companies came up with.
My plugs have 62,000 on them now and they are doing just fine...Last car had 120,000 on the plugs and was doing fine when I totaled the car.
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Old 07-06-2009, 11:03 AM
 
Location: H-town, TX.
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Remember when you could change the air filter in your car/truck in under a minute? Now you have to remove a dozen plastic pieces just to get to the intake box. And good luck finding your spark plugs if you have more than 4 cylinders. How I miss the days when you could actually sit inside the engine compartment and work and any piece of the engine you wanted.

I have tore engines down and did a rebuild. Now I am afraid to even change the spark plugs. Congrats to mechanics. You earn every dime you make.

I feel for you folks with sideways engines and all that plastic armor.

I worked on a coworker's v6 Chevy Celebrity at the dock one time during my offshore working days...I made him pull the other two rear spark plugs. Retard thought he had a 4 cylinder, to boot!

My 2003 F150 v6 was iffy with those plug wires running behind the engine, but I'll take a coil pack over my parents 350 (1998) or 454 (2000) and that dizzy behind the engine anyday!
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Old 07-06-2009, 11:40 AM
 
Location: Central Texas
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You are a moron if you think your plugs, coolant, etc will last 100K miles. Yet another scam the car companies came up with.
So the fact that my Jaguar S-type's platinum plugs lasted to 100K+ with the same engine performance as new was a freak occurence?

My Jag at 100K never missed, and had the exact same fuel economy as when I bought it. The dealer even said I could go longer without changing the plugs if I wanted.

Coolant may be a different story. But I know that plugs can last 100K.
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Old 07-06-2009, 06:48 PM
 
Location: Floribama
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^^Yeah, my Explorer has 115k miles on the original spark plugs and wires. I don't notice any missing or hesitation whatsoever, but I probably will change them this fall for the heck of it.
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