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I wonder if @robispec would be willing to comment on the factors contributing to his success? Why is he not still using his original engine?
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Good to hear that! I'm just above 15k after 15 months of ownership. I'm a fairly conservative (read boring) driver.
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Almost every car I've owned has had some sort of problem that everyone worries about. I had an e36 M3...everyone worried about the oil pump nut backing off. And the rear shock mounts failing and tearing the shock towers. And the subframe tearing at the diff mount. I could have replaced that with an E46 m3 but boy were those popping motors! My Forester XT was a blast but everyone was worried about those darn glass transmissions. Had a Mazdaspeed3...the forum community literally had everyone convinced not to put load on the motor at low revs because those motors just love to explode when you do that. The one car I owned that didn't have an exaggerated failure rate was my 335d. Ironically, pretty much everything that could go wrong, did go wrong. It had well over $15k in warranty work in one year of ownership. Funny because I avoided 335i's because those had so many fueling issues, turbo issues, etc, etc...
I don't know what to say about the FR-S/BRZ guys. The problems that have been reported seem pretty damn similar to the problems that happen with all makes and models of cars. Some problems are likely more prevalent since these cars tend to be tracked more as well. I have 25k miles on my BRZ. It hasn't been tracked, though it's seen quite a number of high speed autoXes (1.2 mile long courses deep into 3rd gear). It gets daily driven, with a mixture of responsible driving and hooligan-esque fun. So far so good here. Not that I don't worry from time to time, but I worried with all my old cars too. I'm tired of worrying. So instead I just enjoy the great toy that I have. If it breaks...well....so be it.
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Not that you care, but that "Yaris" comment is gonna rub some people the wrong way.
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I'm no engineer and I didn't stay at a Holiday Inn express last night... but wouldn't making a stronger seal out of some non-heat conductive material, like aluminum or some kinda composite material, keep the seals from degrading to the point of failing?
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I wonder idly how much hotter than the coolant that cylinder head is getting. Maybe much hotter. Anyone ever consider playing around with these (thermocouple spark plug washers)? |
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