125 CSL Posted April 21, 2018 Report Share Posted April 21, 2018 https://losangeles.craigslist.org/lgb/cto/d/1993-bmw-850ci/6565272494.html 2 Quote Link to comment
goes2fast Posted May 7, 2018 Report Share Posted May 7, 2018 The only known car to start developing body rust while sitting in a dealer's show room. The only engine (standard vega) that had an exhaust egr passage running full length of the head, right next to the main oil passage. And people wondered why the valve seals failed so quickly, and they started blowing smoke so soon.... I seen people putting V8s in them as soon as they hit the used car lots, only to find that the unibodies were so weak, that a good romp on the throttle would break the windshields, and cause the doors to pop open. The only way to get even moderate power to work in them was by going to a full cage. Don't know Mike, they have a history of putting out turds, like the Corvair, and just about all their front wheel drive cars, except maybe the Toronado. I had a V8 Vega, LT1, never had any problem with windshield or doors, rear tires didn't last long though. :rofl: Quote Link to comment
goes2fast Posted May 7, 2018 Report Share Posted May 7, 2018 I think the blocks used a special silicon/aluminum alloy (somewhat like hypereutectic pistons) to avoid using sleeves that wore the rings out prematurely. It wasn't completely perfected yet and you couldn't simply over bore them. They were bad oil burners. The blocks were indeed a special Aluminum with silicon nodules mixed in for the piston rings to slide on. You "could" overbore the block but then had to acid etch the new bore to reveal the silicon nodules. When GM abandoned the Vega they sold the Al and Silicon design to Porsche which I believe Porsche still uses. Porsche was using it before GM, and didn't have the oil use issues GM did. The only engine I know of that used it was the V8 in the 928. Quote Link to comment
MikeRL411 Posted May 7, 2018 Report Share Posted May 7, 2018 I had a V8 Vega, LT1, never had any problem with windshield or doors, rear tires didn't last long though. :rofl: My son and his partner had a garage in socal's Gasoline Alley. They discouraged Vega V8 conversions but "the customer is always right." Almost without exception the customer wanted a really beefed up V8. All had the same fate. Upon paying for the conversion, the customer rev'ed the engine to full throttle, Popped the clutch and warped the car structure from front to back. The only exception was one customer who eased the throttle, put it into gear, took off and rev'ed the engine as he turned the corner. He split the car in half as he slid into the concrete power pole at the end of the driveway. Quote Link to comment
VFR800 Posted May 8, 2018 Report Share Posted May 8, 2018 ^ Repost. Pay up. :devil: 1 Quote Link to comment
125 CSL Posted May 12, 2018 Report Share Posted May 12, 2018 https://www.facebook.com/Blown-Mafia-707443152664622/ Each one must only be putting out like 8 pounds boost. If you can not do it right with one, 3 is not going to make it better. 2 Quote Link to comment
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