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Wed Dec 2
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10/12/09
I had an orange Monogram EXP model kit back when building model kits was as good as any day got. I had totally forgotten it's existence until this point. Thanks, Jalop!
Note : gratuitous image linking
10/12/09
You're an EXP, no matter what you label yourself, frogeyes.
10/12/09
Come to think of it, I'm surprised the Escort sold as well as it did in the '80s with an all-hatch model range. Three and five doors were certainly more practical, but the market was already shifting to sedans when the Escort came out.
10/12/09
Still, although I'm more partial to the EXP, these would make for interesting cars with a bit of work (I'm thinking '88 EXP with the engine out of a mid-'90's Escort GT).
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Good times...
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It's missing something.
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If I had a tachometer.
10/11/09
Why did they do that? Because you need to know exactly where the "yellow" line was? To match with the highlighted 55 on the speedo?
10/11/09
"The redline's at six thousand but please god don't make me go there I can't go there again I can't do that please just please let me shift at five and a half..."
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Now i'm wondering if there was ever an engine reliability difference between cars equipped with and without tachs.
@A strolling player: I know that sound well, having had various Escorts/Lynx's in my family from 82 on.
10/11/09
the valves can hit the pistons too in extreme cases
10/11/09
Valve float. C'mere, kid...I'll give you some education 'bout that there valve float....
See now, valve float is when you've revved the engine high enough so that a valve's linear travel cannot keep up with the profile of the cam lobe.
Boy, I say, BOY...sit back down....
So when the valves are supposed to close, they're late, because they can't close fast enough.
You keepin' up, boy???
Sure, you can try stiffer valve springs, but that creates other issues. Think of float as a built-in rev-limiter.
Now get along and go play with your friends.
/playfully sarcastic Foghorn Leghorn
10/11/09
/hat tip to those above who type faster
As for reliability, people choose their shift points fairly consistently based on the speedometer. Though often arbitrary, it's rarely at the point where the engine is no longer accelerating or 'making horrible noises'.
10/11/09
I like where you're coming from, but float is more like an engine lifespan limiter, you can still rev beyond that mechanically if you miss a shift...
10/11/09
For the manufacturer, engine fragmentation is much, much less-expensive.
...why don't you have a heart-clicky? Fixed that for myself...
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Yeah...but then you have to adjust the clearances.
I remember people getting very animated when discussing this aspect of Ducati ownership...while we were all riding Hondas.
10/11/09
And thanks to all the others too: skitter, smartasssaabr, Turboner!!
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Hold on, now. It's a malaise-FoMoCo product...at best, it's "mistake-resistant", and this one wasn't.
10/11/09
Now I just answer 'Yes.'
10/11/09
What's bad is, the older I get, the less-tolerant I am of the inability to think and/or adopt idea which are different.
However, like you, when confronted with utter cluelessness, I go with whatever is easiest for the lemmings to understand.
It goes against my better judgement, but I'll live longer the less I let it bother me.
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What I find amazing is the MX-6, on which the Probe was based, didn't sell as well.
I think it was the MX-6. Old auto info is starting to fade from memory...save for how to tune points-fired ignitions, and stuff like this which has been ingrained.
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