Best and worst over 100000 miles?
Discussion
Although I have has various other problems with my car, the engine have never ever missed a beat...
...except that time a I changed the cambelt and got it one tooth out.
Even then it just ran lumpy and showed the engine check light.
Still goes like stink, is reasonabley economic and I have no quarms about the Cambridge-Worcester-Cambridge-Sheffied-Cambridge odessey I shall be emabarking on tonight...
...just thought I'd chase Santa around the UK leg of his world tour you see...
...and all this when she's about to turn over the big 160.
Honda D16A|"Tough as old boots"
Mouse
...except that time a I changed the cambelt and got it one tooth out.
Even then it just ran lumpy and showed the engine check light.
Still goes like stink, is reasonabley economic and I have no quarms about the Cambridge-Worcester-Cambridge-Sheffied-Cambridge odessey I shall be emabarking on tonight...
...just thought I'd chase Santa around the UK leg of his world tour you see...
...and all this when she's about to turn over the big 160.
Honda D16A|"Tough as old boots"
Mouse
Speaking of the Duratec V6, does ANYONE know somewhere in the South East where I can get the headgasket replaced for less than a million quid?
I've got this perfectly good Mundano Estate Ghia with leather, cruise, heated seats etc. Great workhorse and towcar for the Locost. However, its book value is only about 700 quid.
I've got this perfectly good Mundano Estate Ghia with leather, cruise, heated seats etc. Great workhorse and towcar for the Locost. However, its book value is only about 700 quid.
Venom said:
So I take it you won't be coming along to the gathering tonight then mate? What on earth are you doing that lot for?
Sadly no...
I will be mostly visting the leaky old Grandbags for the next couple of days, then going up to see Emily's bro... might even get in a spot of winter climbing too.
I've got a Toyota Corolla........... 
the in line six cyclinder land cruiser engine,normally aspirated 4.2.They will do half a million miles,many have and many have done more.Saw one with 800,000kms on it and it had just had the original shells replaced as they had actually worn out.They did'nt even regrind the crank,just fitted original size shells and away she went.This had spent its life running the deserts of Australia too,not your typical motorway milage eh.
Ive had 3 Honda's
A W reg accord bought with 80k miles on the clock for £600 and sold it for £300 with 150k miles never spent a penny on it and thrashed it nuts off everywhere cos it was my first car.
Also had 2 Honda CRX's a 1500 with 105k when I sold it and a V-tec that was getting on for 90k.
Non of the 3 let me down once.
A W reg accord bought with 80k miles on the clock for £600 and sold it for £300 with 150k miles never spent a penny on it and thrashed it nuts off everywhere cos it was my first car.
Also had 2 Honda CRX's a 1500 with 105k when I sold it and a V-tec that was getting on for 90k.
Non of the 3 let me down once.
Alex said:Why not get a haynes manual and give it a go it yourself?
Speaking of the Duratec V6, does ANYONE know somewhere in the South East where I can get the headgasket replaced for less than a million quid?
I've got this perfectly good Mundano Estate Ghia with leather, cruise, heated seats etc. Great workhorse and towcar for the Locost. However, its book value is only about 700 quid.
Mark
I just thought I'd say where this thread originated. I have a Ford KA which at 100000 miles has had to have a new engine fitted. The camshaft had worn away on one lobe. Not an economic repair so a change of engine it was. I thought pushrod engines were reliable. When I mentioned this at work I was told a few stories about Ford engines having dud valve gear. A metalurgist said he once insisted on personally inspecting every cam follower his local Ford garage were going to use to repair his engine before he would let the garage fit them. He rejected half of them. I was considering a Focus for my next car. I hope it's better.
On the other hand I know a guy who has an old Saab 900 turbo that he has done a lot of engine mods to. It has done over 250000 miles and he's wound up the power to something well over stock. I heard that the old Saab block is very tough.
I also know of someone who had a nearly new Rover go pop. The cylinder head went. Has the K series really been on Watchdog?
On the other hand I know a guy who has an old Saab 900 turbo that he has done a lot of engine mods to. It has done over 250000 miles and he's wound up the power to something well over stock. I heard that the old Saab block is very tough.
I also know of someone who had a nearly new Rover go pop. The cylinder head went. Has the K series really been on Watchdog?
There's a 1989 Saab 900 SPG (=T16S) in the States with 860,000 miles on the odo on its first engine. Owner plans to take it to one million and then donate it to the Saab Museum in Trollhättan.
250-300,000 Is quite common for these engines, and even boosting them far over stock power levels doesn't seem to affect them if well maintained.
250-300,000 Is quite common for these engines, and even boosting them far over stock power levels doesn't seem to affect them if well maintained.
Highest Car Mileage
The highest recorded mileage for a car is 3,218,688 km (2 million miles) for a 1966 Volvo P-1800S owned by Irvin Gordon of East Patchogue, New York, USA. He reached the 2 million mile mark in the NBC Studios at Times Square, New York City, on March 27, 2002.
Irvin Gordon bought his red Volvo P1800S for US$4,150 from the Volvoville dealership on Long Island one Friday in 1966. The following Monday he was back for the 1,000 mile (1,600km) service, testament to his enjoyment of his car. The retired schoolteacher – who used to make a daily 201 km (124 mile) round trip to work - works on the car himself and has had it resprayed four times. While clocking up his record-breaking mileage Mr Gordon traveled through 48 US states, Canada, and five European countries.
The highest recorded mileage for a car is 3,218,688 km (2 million miles) for a 1966 Volvo P-1800S owned by Irvin Gordon of East Patchogue, New York, USA. He reached the 2 million mile mark in the NBC Studios at Times Square, New York City, on March 27, 2002.
Irvin Gordon bought his red Volvo P1800S for US$4,150 from the Volvoville dealership on Long Island one Friday in 1966. The following Monday he was back for the 1,000 mile (1,600km) service, testament to his enjoyment of his car. The retired schoolteacher – who used to make a daily 201 km (124 mile) round trip to work - works on the car himself and has had it resprayed four times. While clocking up his record-breaking mileage Mr Gordon traveled through 48 US states, Canada, and five European countries.
Check out this link to some Mazda info. Also some interesting calcs to do for your own engine to see how stressed it is ( or how much further it might be pushed )
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/dorothy.bradbury/probemx/p_m18.htm
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/dorothy.bradbury/probemx/p_m18.htm
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