I blew a head gasket on n my 83 Toyota 4x4 in the mountains of North Carolina. I figured if it blows I’m that much closer to home. Three gallons of water later with most of it in the crankcase I pulled into my driveway in Louisville Ky. Figuring it was a lost cause I gave the truck to a friend. He replaced the head gasket, drained the pan and filled er’up and then drove it another 180,000 miles. An Indestructible anvil of a motor.
Yup. I bought a Jeep with an Eco-diesel engine for $6900. Then I spent another $5000 to fix all the emissions garbage that needed replacing. A delete kit can be had that reflashes one of the ECUs to make the car forget about all the idiotic regen garbage, but that can't be done until all the "codes" are fixed.
Do you really think that all this extra hardware, and all the manufacturing to produce it, reduces any pollution on the full scheme of things? I think NOT!!!!!
From 1966 (when there was essentially no emission controls) to 1986 (when almost all cars had fuel injection with closed-loop control and catalytic converters) the VAST majority of harmful exhaust emissions were eliminated. It became essentially impossible to commit suicide from exhaust because carbon monoxide levels were so low. Since then, it has been a constant march of annual new emissions standards from the EPA and CARB which served no purpose other than to reduce the already tiny emissions levels to even more microscopic levels, which consumed huge amounts of R&D budget to constantly develop. Can you imagine what it will be like when we have a STATIC emissions standard and all those R&D dollars can go to improve crash safety, fuel mileage and styling? AUTOMOTIVE RENAISSANCE!
I was never a car enthusiast growing up. Why was the R22 retired & why are you wanting to bring it back?
The basics I get from a glance at searching is it was a long lasting, overbuilt engine for low RPM uses.
I have become a huge fan of the Ford 7.3 because this thing still is a beast (again an overpowered engine for the size vehicle it sits in & makes an amazing vehicle as a result that just keeps chugging).
Emissions standards are so low now that particulate from the tires and brakes is a significant fraction of the air pollution. They will wait to tell us that until after we convert to electric.
Anyway a good way to reduce air pollution is to have good used cars cheap to buy and cheap to maintain. If you haven't seen ReasonTV's "Great Moments in Unintended Consequences" about Cash for Clunkers, check it out. The whole series is hilarious.
It was never the internal combustion engine that was the problem; it was the fuel.
Henry ford agrees.
Sort of like it was never to virus it was the vaccine?
The 22r was bullet proof.. had to run it 100mph in the desert with no oil or water with the ac on full blast to blow it up!!
Dead ass simple
I read that as .22lr. 😬
I blew a head gasket on n my 83 Toyota 4x4 in the mountains of North Carolina. I figured if it blows I’m that much closer to home. Three gallons of water later with most of it in the crankcase I pulled into my driveway in Louisville Ky. Figuring it was a lost cause I gave the truck to a friend. He replaced the head gasket, drained the pan and filled er’up and then drove it another 180,000 miles. An Indestructible anvil of a motor.
Yup. I bought a Jeep with an Eco-diesel engine for $6900. Then I spent another $5000 to fix all the emissions garbage that needed replacing. A delete kit can be had that reflashes one of the ECUs to make the car forget about all the idiotic regen garbage, but that can't be done until all the "codes" are fixed.
Do you really think that all this extra hardware, and all the manufacturing to produce it, reduces any pollution on the full scheme of things? I think NOT!!!!!
From 1966 (when there was essentially no emission controls) to 1986 (when almost all cars had fuel injection with closed-loop control and catalytic converters) the VAST majority of harmful exhaust emissions were eliminated. It became essentially impossible to commit suicide from exhaust because carbon monoxide levels were so low. Since then, it has been a constant march of annual new emissions standards from the EPA and CARB which served no purpose other than to reduce the already tiny emissions levels to even more microscopic levels, which consumed huge amounts of R&D budget to constantly develop. Can you imagine what it will be like when we have a STATIC emissions standard and all those R&D dollars can go to improve crash safety, fuel mileage and styling? AUTOMOTIVE RENAISSANCE!
I was never a car enthusiast growing up. Why was the R22 retired & why are you wanting to bring it back?
The basics I get from a glance at searching is it was a long lasting, overbuilt engine for low RPM uses.
I have become a huge fan of the Ford 7.3 because this thing still is a beast (again an overpowered engine for the size vehicle it sits in & makes an amazing vehicle as a result that just keeps chugging).
New cars suck and they're ugly too.
I’m hoping we get appliances that actually work and last more than 5 years.
Emissions standards are so low now that particulate from the tires and brakes is a significant fraction of the air pollution. They will wait to tell us that until after we convert to electric.
Anyway a good way to reduce air pollution is to have good used cars cheap to buy and cheap to maintain. If you haven't seen ReasonTV's "Great Moments in Unintended Consequences" about Cash for Clunkers, check it out. The whole series is hilarious.
I prefer the 2UZ. It's V8 and it's buttttttttttter
Bring back mechanical distributors!!!!