Originally Posted By: racin4ds
Nissan KA24- my dad bought a new truck in 93 with that motor, drove it 200+k miles before it taught me and my brother to drive, still had the original clutch and all! Only died cause my brother wrecked it 3 times!!
Was that motor also known as the "Z24"? either way....it's an amazing engine.
Nissan SR20DE- my wifes first car was a sentra SER it had well over 230k miles and ran hard every day! Still ran beautiful the day we sold it and didn't lose a drop of oil.
Ford 302- abused so many in my mustangs over the years, ran the pi$$ outta them and watched all my buddies do it too! Couldn't kill them things unless you were dumb like me and spray them with a 150 shot of N2o and 150k miles on the stock bottom end...
Ford 4.6 and 5.4 2V- just bullet proof! The one in my 01 F150 has 213k miles and has never had anything done to it except one coil pack and a set of plugs. Does not lose ONE drop of oil between OCI's...
Couldn't agree more with this list. I want to add the GM 4.2 I6 and surely there are others...never read much into the Volvo red motor but seems the Ford 4.6 may take top honors.
What about the Mercedes diesel engines of the mid 80's...ie in the 300D. Were these high-maintenance or just great high-mileage engines?
Nissan KA24- my dad bought a new truck in 93 with that motor, drove it 200+k miles before it taught me and my brother to drive, still had the original clutch and all! Only died cause my brother wrecked it 3 times!!
Was that motor also known as the "Z24"? either way....it's an amazing engine.
Nissan SR20DE- my wifes first car was a sentra SER it had well over 230k miles and ran hard every day! Still ran beautiful the day we sold it and didn't lose a drop of oil.
Ford 302- abused so many in my mustangs over the years, ran the pi$$ outta them and watched all my buddies do it too! Couldn't kill them things unless you were dumb like me and spray them with a 150 shot of N2o and 150k miles on the stock bottom end...
Ford 4.6 and 5.4 2V- just bullet proof! The one in my 01 F150 has 213k miles and has never had anything done to it except one coil pack and a set of plugs. Does not lose ONE drop of oil between OCI's...
Couldn't agree more with this list. I want to add the GM 4.2 I6 and surely there are others...never read much into the Volvo red motor but seems the Ford 4.6 may take top honors.
What about the Mercedes diesel engines of the mid 80's...ie in the 300D. Were these high-maintenance or just great high-mileage engines?