What are you even trying to say? IHS lifecycle Studies provide plenty of evidence. Peruse one. Now it’s not that vehicles are lasting longer it’s that they are more expensive to repair? Quit moving goalposts. Enjoy your carbed SBC.
New Toyota Land Cruiser Debuts with 409-HP 3.5L Twin-Turbo V-6
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What are you even trying to say? IHS lifecycle Studies provide plenty of evidence. Peruse one. Now it’s not that vehicles are lasting longer it’s that they are more expensive to repair? Quit moving goalposts. Enjoy your carbed SBC.
^ Same thing. If you want the more complex vehicle with more failure points to last as long, it costs more to get to that point. We already have data that it's costing more but not enough yet to see the long term failure rate, but historically we have always seen a trend that it goes up as they age, not down.
Well, we could go back to simpler times.
Engines that required scheduled tuneups.
Hand crank windows that were either hard to operate or didn’t crank at all.
Windshields that leaked. Also rear windows.
Trunks that leaked.
Doors that required one to lift up on the handle to open and close as the door hinges had sagged.
Hard steering wheels that caused frontal skull fractures in a collision.
Seats with springs that would poke up and bite you.
10 mpg.
And so many more.
Engines that required scheduled tuneups.
Hand crank windows that were either hard to operate or didn’t crank at all.
Windshields that leaked. Also rear windows.
Trunks that leaked.
Doors that required one to lift up on the handle to open and close as the door hinges had sagged.
Hard steering wheels that caused frontal skull fractures in a collision.
Seats with springs that would poke up and bite you.
10 mpg.
And so many more.
Oh so you mean I will actually be able to afford a 10 year old one with 200k miles? Good.
That is what I was referring to. However in my area there are a quite a bit of issues with the 8spd in GM pickups. My dad traded his after less than 2 years and around 15k when the 10spd came out. He normally keeps vehicles for at least 5 years or more. They did the fluid swap, very little improvement, did a software update, a little better but still jerky and would flare at times, they replaced it and it stopped flaring but was still jerky during shifts. My uncle had a similar issue. Both trucks never towed anything over 2500lbs or had much for payload. I grew up in a GM family where I am the outcast for driving a non GM vehicle, yet I'm in the shop the least.
The 10spd transmissions to my knowledge has been pretty much bulletproof. All of them I've ridden in have felt great and there are 10 sec cars running on it with no issues and nothing more than a tune, no internal changes.
Well, my fleet of vehicles i have for joint business with my brother there sees everyday speeds upward of 100mph, something 99% of V8’s in the US don’t see, and they are all turbo 4cyl, diesel, gasoline and CNG. And they all racking up 70-100k a year.
You do know that there are only a handful of turbo manufacturers in the market? Mitsubishi and Borg Warner are the big two.
What about Holset, Turbonetics, IHI, Garrett, and Honeywell?
Iirc I've ccasionally seen Garrett turbo but more often supercharger used by an automaker. Never seen the others outside aftermarket. IMO..Mitsubishi seems to be preferred by automakers for turbos.
IHI makes turbos for VW, Holset for Cummins, Garrett makes a lot of the VNT turbos for TDI, Porsche, etc.
garett doesn’t make superchargers. eaton and IHI do
garett airresearch and KKK were the first on the turbo scene
I think a large chunk of the ecoboost turbos are Garrett. All the transverse 3.5’s are and I think some of the 4 cylinders are as well.
most small diesels(3.0 or less) are Garrett VNT’s to my knowledge.
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The TT engine wouldn’t worry me much for this. As no Toyota is really a 3/4-1ton type truck, their use towing max loads up long inclines for long durations routinely just isn’t the norm. Nobody is going to mistake a Toyota gas engine for a 7.3L Ford.
So using the TT for Max power density and economy potential seems prudent.
What I’m not a fan of is looks. The headlights too small, rear end too big, just looks off.
The land cruiser of the late 90s was as good as it gets.
So using the TT for Max power density and economy potential seems prudent.
What I’m not a fan of is looks. The headlights too small, rear end too big, just looks off.
The land cruiser of the late 90s was as good as it gets.
