Originally Posted by random-strike

cheap cork intake gaskets are what cause problems, and this is true on any engine even sweet i4 honda engines

Originally Posted by 88dx

Have you seen a cork intake gasket on a Honda GM knows they sucks ***** with their intake manifold design they have some luck with V8 stuff and cant figure out a V6 for some reason. Also cant figure out front suspension/hubs on theirs cars/trucks. My sisters Venture van I told her not to buy now has 77k and needs both outer tie rods and both hubs replaced QUALITY :1

IM glad every thread about a car on HMT ends up turning into GM SUCKS *****

Originally Posted by Lowerit

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doesn't GM now make the CTS-V and the ZR1... 550hp and 600hp... you think they just slap it together and hope it works?? cars were tested so they can slap on that monster warranty and not have to worry ..

It's pretty simple... a smaller displacement engine has to work harder to make the power of something bigger.. Displacement increases and regaurdless of effienency greater displacement will create more power with lower stress conditions..

I have 997 S in the garage thats had 2 motors in it sitting beside a c5 thats never missed a beat... both get driven the same.. track autocross.... when you start squeezing every last drop of power outof a small displacement engine the weak areas begin to show themselves.

Just my 2 cents.

Originally Posted by CoreyR

and look how big those motors are, 7 liters they better ------- be reliable at only 500 hp

Originally Posted by CoreyR

its funny, my buddy is a GM certified tech and he told me GM has a life expectancy on thier cars. im pretty sure honda doesnt.

even GM knows thier cars are sub par.

Originally Posted by random-strike

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there is a huge difference between the stress at 300rwhp and 600rwhp. go ahead and pull the ricer arguement that the engine is bigger, but its still more reliable at high power levels.

your ricer arguemnet about double stock output doesn't work, thats like saying if i take a 1hp motor and make 4hp its better than honda engine cause i just quadrupled the power.

its very difficult to explain to someone who really has very little engine building or racing experience about stress levels, sure you can be a ricer and say ooo double the power from stock, but doubling 300whp and doubling 150whp are soo very different.

its very easy to double 150hp, much harder to double 300. the stress levels at 600whp is probably 20x that of 300whp, not double as the power output would indicate to someone's knee jerk reaction... so your arguemnet is basically irrelevant

Originally Posted by CoreyR

i know those 12 liter diesel motors are just as stressed at 700WTQ as a 1.8L honda at 700WTQ you know cause its the same thing and everything. youre a retard.

Originally Posted by random-strike

aaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnn the true ricer colors come out

Originally Posted by rsmith2786

Every car made is designed with a life expectancy. EVERY ONE. If they wanted them to last forever the bodies would be galvanized and the whole car would be much heavier....and much more expensive. When i did design work we set the life expectancy at 600 hours of wide open throttle. If it made it 600.001 hours and blew into a thousand pieces it was a pass. Im sure auto manufacturers have similar standards where they specify a life expectancy in miles or hours.