I got mine at 130k and stopped driving it at 210k. I only replaced mine once when the boots started to crack.
Edit: that said mine was 2wd with coil springs. Not torsion bars.
That said, I also shoved three pumps of grease in the upper and lower ball joints, and tie rods, and center link every...
On my old s10 I went thru more than my fair share of wheel bearings. They were tapered roller trailer style bearings built into the rotors. The heavy tires and stiff suspension combined with heat of the super aggressive brake pads I ran killed them a lot. Though one did fall victim to a nasty...
More like doesn't wanna be seen driving a 99 to school. Have friends that were that way in high school. Soon after graduating and looking into buying their own car it was like, oh I only have 5 grand to spend and the older stuff started to look way more appealing.
I'm not sure how well the current ones are sealed up- but on my s10 I got some of those 6 led pods- pulled the end caps off and slathered them in toyota form-in-place-gasket and even though I paid only $18 for the pair, I never had leaks or condensation inside. Might be something for you to look...
I'm sure that makes it worlds easier. I'm also curious how hard it would be to do a 6L80e swap. I'd think it would be harder given the lack of (if I recall correctly) physical shift linkage- different cluster, presumably different computer?
After using spring compressors on my old S10 to change the worn out LCA bushings- never again. Not a freaking chance in hell I'm ever gonna use em. Wall mounted ones- maybe but not ever the kind that hang out on the strut itself. Sooooo much energy held back, screw. that.
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I’m gonna actually have to do math if I wannabuild my own headers. Will give them a call soonish though. I bet inconel holds up well enough to the heat to where wrapping them in titanium header tape won’t be super hard on them the same way it is on stainless ones.
Ultimatly the desire to...
Upon further research- Inconel 625 would be my ideal header material. I hear a lot about header leaks and cracks and fatigue from expansion/contraction- inconel 625 is the most resiliant out of any other possible material to choose for headers that I’ve come across. So ideally for me- Inconel...
This is from the McLaren forum
So Inconel's increased strength would allow for thinner tubing but sourcing the material will be harder. I was planning on buying supplies from Ticon Industries- they specialize in automotive Titanium stuff, filler rod, purge caps, exhaust hangers, etc, they...
Inconel is my favorite metal. But I don't know where to buy it from and I don't know if you can tig weld it. I know SpaceX uses it in their SX300 and SX500 alloys for the Raptors. I've also seen it used for Lambo cat delete pipes.
@lowh07 I looked up those headers- would *love* as set on my 5.3 with a matching y pipe for them. I do plan on making a custom titanium exhaust early next year though- so I dont know what I wanna do with the manifolds. Part of me wants to keep the cast iron ones and just port them. Will see.
I figured they’d be the same. Thats hot. I’ve never been a fan of nitrous myself, just because its another system to carry around and keep full but it sounds like a dank ass build
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