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InitialDave posted:Is it related to the AWD versions of the RS2000 we got in the UK in the 90s?
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You Am I posted:No. The Euro Escort AWD was based off a shortened Sierra AWD chassis. The US Escort is based off the Mazda 323 platform.
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# ? Nov 19, 2009 22:35 |
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ab0z posted:Holy crap AWD escort? I need this information yesterday. Something like this... quote:Not sure exactly---less than a grand based on my time so far---I'll know more today---we may want to wait until the customer installs it as well...it's going to be a fair amount of work getting clearance for the diff where it wasn't meant to go!
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hippynerd posted:These potato chips taste funny I'm surprised that the engine ran long enough for the bearings to get to that point.
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# ? Nov 19, 2009 22:52 |
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MrChips posted:I work in the aviation industry. A while back, I spent some time talking with some Eagle drivers while we were all twiddling our fingers in the FBO, waiting for the weather to lift. I asked them a mountain of questions about their aircraft (some of them were pretty technical), nearly all of which they were happy to answer. Yeah, pretty much everything aircraft-related on the F-15 is probably available to the public at this point. It's not exactly cutting edge anymore. Radar, communications, and weapons is another story...but pretty much everything else is probably fair game.
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# ? Nov 20, 2009 00:30 |
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Sockington posted:Something like this... What company is offering those subframes? Can I order one? Is there a detailed writeup that you know of so I don't have to hassle you for details?
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# ? Nov 20, 2009 02:11 |
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Sockington posted:Something like this... Are you thinking about doing this to your 323 sock? Bet it would be fun in the winter up there.
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# ? Nov 20, 2009 02:42 |
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BigKOfJustice posted:Now if the H2 broke a tie rod in a mall parking lot.. that would be funny I know this is old and lacks enough photos to make up for the amount of text, but it's still relevant I think. Hummer Ball Joint Failure Analysis chemaxx.com posted:Hummer Ball Joint Failure Analysis Grede Foundries part linked to Hummer crashes Milwaukee Business Journal posted:Federal traffic safety officials are investigating a series of Hummer H2 crashes and their possible link to a failure of a part supplied by Grede Foundries Inc. of Wauwatosa. I know it's also old, but still. Anyone know anymore about this possible issue? Oh and: from what used to be automags.org posted:
Also, yes, I know this was all hosted on fuh2.com and I'm not affiliated with them. No, I don't know if the story is real. I actually read an article about an H2 or H3 driving around a parking lot and accidentally bumping into the curb, breaking a knuckle, but I can't remember where it was. Anyone know what I'm talking about? edit: I am an idiot Dilbert. fucked around with this message at 03:15 on Nov 20, 2009 |
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Prelude Gundam posted:"I wanted to jump the statue, i saw it on tv" Reminds me of some Ford Expedition commercials, one where the truck was literally flying through clouds and the other where it demonstrates braking ability by not skidding off the deck of an aircraft carrier. Both had the "DRAMATIZATION DO NOT ATTEMPT" warnings at the bottom in huge block letters. Legal CYA sure, but you cant help but think someone out there somewhere would have watched that and thought "HOLY poo poo THAT CAR FLYS" or "IF IM EVER ON THE FLIGHT DECK OF AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER IM TOTALLY DOING THAT"
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# ? Nov 20, 2009 03:09 |
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Sockington posted:So here's how they fail;
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# ? Nov 20, 2009 07:26 |
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Prelude Gundam posted:
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# ? Nov 20, 2009 07:39 |
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BIG HORNY COW posted:Reminds me of some Ford Expedition commercials, one where the truck was literally flying through clouds and the other where it demonstrates braking ability by not skidding off the deck of an aircraft carrier. I like the Charger one where he's driving down a road, and a single tear leaks out of his eye in the shape of the road, along with the standard warning of "professional driver closed course" at the bottom of the screen. "DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CRY WHILE DRIVING A DODGE CHARGER!"
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# ? Nov 20, 2009 09:47 |
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Is the H2 really just a Suburban with a different body or is that a myth?
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# ? Nov 20, 2009 16:24 |
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Doctor Zero posted:Is the H2 really just a Suburban with a different body or is that a myth? A little from column A, a little from column B. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GMT800
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# ? Nov 20, 2009 16:40 |
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Prelude Gundam posted:Hummer Carnage I see how she busted up the front end, but how did she break the rear axle and flatten the tires at the same time?
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# ? Nov 20, 2009 16:50 |
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Fucknag posted:Would that E-series bolt into a Mazdaspeed (BJ chassis, 2.0 FS-DET engine)? I ask for possible options down the road, and to avoid ending up in this thread. Nope. The tranmsission needs a special adapter plate, shifter mechanism gets switched from rod and linkage to cable, custom clutch setup w/ Toyota disc and BP pressure plate, custom motor and transmission mounts, modified front crossmember, and a few other odds and ends. That's just to swap the Toyota E-series into a BG (Escort GT, Protege (1990-1994), and Mazda 323) chassis car. You'd have a ton of other issues with; - different chassis - different motor (FS vs. BP) It'd be like starting from square one for yourself - but it can be done. ab0z posted:What company is offering those subframes? Can I order one? Is there a detailed writeup that you know of so I don't have to hassle you for details? The company is Pierce Motorsports. He custom fabbed them up for a few customer cars and then put additional pieces up for sale (on request I think).
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# ? Nov 20, 2009 17:10 |
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Doctor Zero posted:Is the H2 really just a Suburban with a different body or is that a myth? Having spent some serious time underneath the drat things, I can tell you that H2's are basically Suburbans, but most suspension parts(except maybe the ball joints ) are beefed up to some degree - the control arms both front and rear are different, the diffs are 9.5 rear/9.25 front, the Panhard bar is much heavier, etcetera. IMO, they're still too winpy to seriously 'wheel, they're just so loving heavy compared to poo poo like Scouts, Cherokees, old Broncos/Blazers and so forth.
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# ? Nov 20, 2009 17:53 |
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Prelude Gundam posted:I know it's also old, but still. Anyone know anymore about this possible issue? Eh. FUH2 has got their own agenda [OMG your hummer is going to kill you.. buy a sensible transportation appliance you brainless clods!!!!]. That white H2 in East LA? I think the driver watched Bad Boys 2 too many times. Ripping through side lots at 40-50mph and hitting a foot and half concrete retaining wall? Yeah that's going to gently caress up a 7000 lb truck with front end independent suspension. Especially in stock configuration. I don't know if people know off road driving but you don't take a full size, jeep or other trail rig and go 40-50 mph over curbs, embankments or poo poo. This is how you do it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbA1N0N7wMU Well not exactly but slow and easy over obstacles. If I remember correctly it the h2 was stolen vehicle taken on a joyride at the wee hours of the morning. As for the cast steering knuckles being an issue.... That's one from my H1, and mine has been jumped, and beat on for over 10 years. No issues. It's not widely different from what's on SUV's these days, including the H2. If the steering knuckles are an issue on the H2, then it's an issue on most GM truck platforms as there are shared parts on everything from the Silverado up to the Escalade [GM 800] It's more likely it's an attorney playing the blame game. If my client lost control of their SUV and smashed through a few cars, I'd certainly try to blame it on the car rather than the driver. You mean ball joints and other suspension/steering parts shear and brake on an IS front end? No kidding! Even the H1/HMMWV is going to get hosed up on the front end, you can bet there's going to be a busted tie rod and a sheered off ball joint here: http://www.break.com/usercontent/2007/11/M1114-HMMWV-Crash-Testing-400547.html Normal service for all Hummers is a ball joint check at every service interval. Skip service and hit a really hard bump or a collision then, yes you would have a ball joint failure. Now, nothing is indestructible, I carry a set of "weak point" suspension parts when I go wheeling. In the last few years I've never had to use anything in the kit, but putting 75% of the weight of the vehicle on one wheel, sometimes things give. Click here for the full 819x614 image. Most of the hummer stuff I see online is the result of user error. Now if you want talk about mechanical failures, the 6.5 turbo diesel transition for the H1 in the 90's was pretty bad as many of the GM blocks from that era had defects in the #8 cylinder wall causing your new engine to become a boat anchor within 20-30,000 miles. But it's not a sexy horrible failure, your truck just doesn't start one day, all the cracked block pictures I have from that is pretty boring. Click here for the full 1024x768 image. Woo. Exciting. 30%+ failure rate? No wonder GM went to the Duramax. Before anyone yells at me for white knighting the H2, it has it's flaws, and I think it's a porker [other than width, it's longer and taller than my h1, they hide it with black body cladding on the rockers and roof line ]. The H3 with the adventure package [front and rear eaton lockers] I like though. Most of the dumb H2 poo poo online is due to operator error, not so much the truck. The next time I head out to the shop I'll take pictures of the few Duramax engines we blew up in the race truck [including a few crispy wire harnesses] for content. My god that's a lot of
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# ? Nov 20, 2009 18:02 |
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IIRC they overloaded it by about 200,000lbs
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# ? Nov 20, 2009 18:26 |
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Ericadia posted:
Holy jebus, that must of been terrifying sitting in the cabin when that happened, must of been like a 10 foot fall.
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# ? Nov 20, 2009 18:51 |
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Ericadia posted:
somewhere there's a VW kid looking at these pictures thinking they look frikkken sweet
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# ? Nov 20, 2009 19:00 |
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I was going to make a comment asking why people leave dealer advertisements like this on their vehicles, then read the text above it and probably figured that there were better questions to ask about H2 owners. One of my favorite H2 videos. Mashing the gas on rocks is never a great idea, but I just think it's funny considering the circumstances that a tierod broke before an axleshaft did. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxrdwXXat14
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Jorsh posted:somewhere there's a VW kid looking at these pictures thinking they look frikkken sweet Guilty.
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# ? Nov 20, 2009 19:15 |
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incredibull posted:One of my favorite H2 videos. Mashing the gas on rocks is never a great idea, but I just think it's funny considering the circumstances that a tierod broke before an axleshaft did. Yep someone posted that one on the previous page
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# ? Nov 20, 2009 19:15 |
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BigKOfJustice posted:As for the cast steering knuckles being an issue.... It's like how you see all the comedy crash test videos of Chinese copies of older western or Japanese designs, because they're simply cosmetically similar, and aren't as well designed or built.
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# ? Nov 20, 2009 19:22 |
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InitialDave posted:It's entirely possible that they just had a batch of duff knuckles that went to the H2 production line - all it'd need would be an incorrect heat treatment to make an otherwise "right" part failure prone. That's entirely possible. I've gotten parts dropped shipped that were buggered shipped right after a plant Q/C. A forklift palette of H1/HMMWV differentials with Eaton E-lockers installed. 12 received as a group order. Of course the last 2 were mine, and one of them had a spider gear with a few missing teeth right from the plant I wish I caught that before installing it in the truck. Not a big deal to replace, just sucks having to install and uninstall and reinstall again. Oh and I got one crossmember with the freaking retaining spacer sleeve for a bolt hole that was welded in crooked. Someone must have fallen asleep on the jig that day. UAW local 5, built with American pride Big K of Justice fucked around with this message at 19:49 on Nov 20, 2009 |
# ? Nov 20, 2009 19:44 |
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Ericadia posted:It's basically just a tarted-up Suburban, right?
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# ? Nov 20, 2009 20:40 |
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Ericadia posted:
This truck is rated to haul 800,000lbs, whats another 200,000 going to do?
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# ? Nov 20, 2009 20:54 |
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chem42 posted:This truck is rated to haul 800,000lbs, whats another 200,000 going to do? Besides snap the front suspension?
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# ? Nov 20, 2009 21:04 |
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chem42 posted:This truck is rated to haul 800,000lbs, whats another 200,000 going to do? Maybe... make it collapse? Edit: remember to refresh, kids.
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# ? Nov 20, 2009 21:18 |
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chem42 posted:This truck is rated to haul 800,000lbs, whats another 200,000 going to do?
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# ? Nov 20, 2009 21:23 |
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I'm pretty sure that was a joke about how many pickup truck owners will just throw another 500lb of crap in the bed of their truck that's already got 2000lb in it and is barely rated for that. From experience, it makes for some very scary driving.
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# ? Nov 20, 2009 22:13 |
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Ericadia posted:Yep someone posted that one on the previous page Oops... I guess I need to read backwards more often
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# ? Nov 20, 2009 22:30 |
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Ericadia posted:
poo poo dawg, he laid frame! FLIP SWITCHES, BITCHES! That thing had to be making some awesome sounds before that happened.
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# ? Nov 21, 2009 00:04 |
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Ericadia posted:
Now when I try to work this evening and read about an open pit mine not meeting projections, this is exactly what I'll visualize as their "equipment availability" issues.
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# ? Nov 21, 2009 00:37 |
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Sockington posted:250fwhp and a Mazda G-series FWD transmission; I see your 250fwhp Mazda G-series transaxle and raise you a 550+fwhp Mazda (from a ford probe Pro-FWD dragster) G-series transaxle goodbye 5th gear, hello blender The man who did this is replacing his internals with a obscenely expensive PAR gearset
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# ? Nov 21, 2009 01:17 |
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Dr. Awesome MD posted:...
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# ? Nov 21, 2009 01:26 |
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Dr. Awesome MD posted:This poo poo makes my teeth hurt
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# ? Nov 21, 2009 01:48 |
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InterceptorV8 posted:This poo poo makes my teeth hurt Probably these pictures are just geared toward a different crowd.
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# ? Nov 21, 2009 01:58 |
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IOwnCalculus posted:I'm pretty sure that was a joke about how many pickup truck owners will just throw another 500lb of crap in the bed of their truck that's already got 2000lb in it and is barely rated for that. Reminds me of that idiot who decided to try to tow a trailer with a ridiculously-sized tree stump loaded too far forward with a 1/2 ton truck. It bent the frame. Can't find any links to it..my google-fu is weak tonight.
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