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No disrespect, but you obviously don't know much about Honda engines. Kinda obvious when you asked that first question, though:
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All Honda B-series use the same bearings. Here they are listed in thickness, by color: Rod bearing thickness by color Blue 1.510-1.507 mm 0.0594”- 0.0593” Black 1.507-1.504 mm 0.0593”- 0.0592” Brown 1.504-1.501 mm 0.0592”- 0.0591” Green 1.501-1.498 mm 0.0591”- 0.0590” Yellow 1.498-1.495 mm 0.0590”- 0.0589” Pink 1.495-1.492 mm 0.0589”- 0.0587” Red 1.492-1.489 mm 0.0587”- 0.0586” http://www.laskeyracing.com/shop/bearingthickness.htm Last edited by whats77inaname; 11-05-2013 at 02:01 PM.. |
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Many posts ago I asked if you had any modifications to your car. I'd like to know just how far your blind trust in BMW goes. Do you have an ECU tune? Did you raise the redline? Did you remove the speed limiter? CAT delete? Cold start delete? Performance exhaust? Test pipe? Steering servo tuning? Big brakes? You also claim to have the highest mileage in shortest amount of time M3 I've seen on any forum. According to your last post that got deleted, you have 70,000 miles on a 2012 M3, and 10,000 of those miles were put on in one week. You also claim that you drive the crap out of your car and constantly redline it. If those claims are true, then you'd be an ideal candidate to have your bearings inspected. I have a shop in LA who will do it for free for you and replace with new bearings, also free of charge. All you have to do is accept the offer to have your car inspected, bearings photographed and replaced, and all of the data verified as you've claimed it. Should I set it up? Quote:
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11-05-2013, 02:47 PM | #620 | ||
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I know very little about Hondas which is sacrilege owing to the fact I can see the honda factory out of my bedroom window. Apologies for being too quick on the trigger. |
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It will take a little sleuthing (but not much) to figure out the name of the NASCAR team we've been talking about. All you have to do is read the previous posts and put one or two dots together. I'm not trying to be evasive, but I am trying to be respectful of people's privacy. But the clues are all there in the previous posts. Quote:
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Before I answer any more questions, I think you owe me some answers to mine. I'd like a better defense of the NASCAR article by answering my specific questions. And although you wrote text in response, I didn't see responses to any of those questions. You also owe us the data on S54 failures broken down by year, mileage, bearing size, and oil type. If you want to play counterpoint, then you need to answer our tough questions too; it's not going to be a one way street. |
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11-05-2013, 03:33 PM | #622 | |
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How long would you assume an Nascar engine would last on daily duties. Taking bearing science onto the next level ? I don't think so |
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11-05-2013, 03:51 PM | #623 | |
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You really need to answer our skeptical questions if you expect us to answer any more of your skeptical questions. It seems to me the deeper the counter argument becomes, the deeper they keep digging a hole for themselves with these fake claims, failure to read the background materials, and collegiate white papers about hypothetical engines with hypothetical combustion forces that don't seem to change with RPM increases. I hope you don't mind, but all of these questions still need to be answered. If you give up on the NASCAR engine discussion, then at least give us the data you have on the S54 engine failures broken down by year, mileage, bearing size, and oil type. |
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11-05-2013, 04:00 PM | #624 | |
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11-05-2013, 04:04 PM | #625 | |
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Main Bearing-to-Journal Oil Clearance Standard (New): 0.017-0.041 mm (0.0007-0.0016 in.) Service Limit: 0.050 mm (0.0020 in.) |
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11-05-2013, 04:22 PM | #626 |
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Just wondering....you respond to my posts quickly, but regular guy has been asking you for some data in the past few posts, and you haven't addressed them. Why is that?
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I'm not 'Demanding' anything as you put it. I'm just asking questions. Don't take it so personally In your original build thread (Which I enjoyed reading btw) you wrote: Quote:
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Apologies if my comments upset anyone, but you've got to ask questions to garner the facts. That's what forums are for. Last edited by Yellow Snow; 11-05-2013 at 04:57 PM.. |
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1. That you are right, BMW have screwed up and we are all f***ed. 2. That you are wrong and 99.5% of our M3 engines are going to be just fine. From over here, with the way you aggressively confront any counter argument or scrutiny, it looks like 1. You are so hung up on being right that you seem to be losing any perspective. |
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11-05-2013, 05:18 PM | #631 | |
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I'd love to see them go all VW and mate 2 B18Cs or 2 B20Bs or even 2 F20C blocks and let them share the same crank. That'd be one hell of a V8! But yeah, like you said...the new cars.....they suck. I've been a Honda/Acura guy for the majority of my driving life, but I don't see any offering from Honda worth purchasing in the past few years, save the 6MT Accord Coupe. Toyota (FRS) and Subaru (BRZ) and to some extent Hyundai (Genesis Coupe) have out-Honda'ed, Honda. Sorry for the threadjack.... Last edited by whats77inaname; 11-05-2013 at 05:31 PM.. |
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Completely agree. Would really be something if they mate 2 F20C and give us a 480 hp, 9000 rpm 4.0L V8. Sorry for the threadjack too.... |
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The closest thing we'll get is the new NSX but it looks like it'll be a AWD GTR competitor. Who knows how good it'll be... and the price tag isn't cheap. It isn't the heyday of Honda performance cars like in the late 90s and early 2000s.
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There are however an incredible number of data points shown and if you start connecting the dots, there's a pretty clear line. Enough that I pulled mine and well...looks like these guys and this thread did me a favor. If any of the skeptics were to refute the theory and present alternate explanations or mitigating actions, then it would really be even more useful. But to sit back and say "prove it" over and over is like listening to a car load of kids on a long trip. When a bunch of enthusiasts with specialized knowledge come forward and put this kind of effort into documenting a potential design/operation issue, it benefits the community. I have no plans of getting rid of this car...ever. The more information I can get on potential issues and dealing with them early, the longer I can enjoy the car with less frustration. If you can't do this type of work, it can be expensive, but weighing the longevity of the engine versus a set of nice wheels or exhaust...to me, that's a no brainer. Thanks for the efforts guys, keep it coming. |
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+1000 with everything you just said. What's your course of action after this and did you pull the bearings yourself? Any plan of DIY when you put the (new) bearings back in? Thanks. |
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Dominating performance indeed!
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