Spoonman

After many years working with Diesels 4ltr upwards ive never seen a broken con rod, twisted,bent,roughed up but never broken, 95% i would say the big end bolts have let go, 5% because it had to cope with a dropped valve, some rods have had the little end torn out because of this or instant overheating seizures, but not broke,

Im with Warpy on this one, 35years and havent seen a broken steel conrod, aluminum yes, in old british motorbikes, nobody uses that nowadays,,

I was a passenger in a 3 ltr Granada when a rod let go, destroyed the engine. A friend had a 3.5 Rover V8 where the rod let go and destroyed the engine. The weak link in a Pontiac engine was the cast iron rods, I used Bill Miller alloy rods, fit and forget....

Usally i ignore your posts because of your misunderstanding of plain and written english, i said STEEL rods, not cast, I looked after a fleet of Granada taxis in the early 70s, no crank/rod problems atall, only striped cam drive, [was fibre] replaced by steel cog, i will admit to knowing nothing about V8 Rovers, but i did work on a lot of the 75, 85, and 90 series cars with overhead intake and side exhaust valves, again, no crank problems,,,

As for aluminum conrods, what are they good for?? 10 goes up the strip before they need replacing???

Ally rods should be fine in a street engine that is naturally aspirated assuming the pistons are not too heavy.

Service is worse than Ford.

Have you owned a Hyundai in Thailand, or is that just another of your throwaway lines? Other than oil changes I doubt very much in the way of servicing is needed. I had a Hyundai Getz in Australia, 5 year warranty, never did anything but change the oil 5 times in 5 years.

My Friend has a new SUV type one,very nice hes a Rep,only can get their attention in BKK no where else much in Thailand, so hes takes it to Australia for service. Any Vehicle is only as good as its aftersales service.

What, he takes the vehicle from Thailand to Australia to be serviced ?

Does he fly it there or puts it in a sea container ?

Food is really not that important to me. I know some people think food can be as good as sex. I just don't get it. But if you can eat western food here in Thailand for $10 a day, that is pretty impressive.

...or sex can be as good as food?but you won't get for 10$ a day

One can easily get sex here for $10.00 no problem..... as long as said person is not fussed with appearances.

Bought this scoot August 2012. it is the original battery unless Honda swapped it during one of the services which if they did Iam sure they would have put their hand out for money.

Just looked at the battery in my click 125i.

It is a Yuasa YTZ6V. which is 12v - 5Ah.

This is the original battery my scoot came with cause I aint ever changed it.

timely thread. my Bt.40,000 LG TV has just shit the tuner so now the missus aint got no thai soapies or cartoons to watch.

She is gunna give em a call..... I won't be holding my breath for a quick cheap fix.

And also never drive scooter in Thailand unless you have death wish.

been riding one daily for a while now.

when will I die ?

I don't get how you can spend 3000 or even 1000 a day for food. I mean, where are you guys eating? At The Oriental?

I usually spend not more than 100 Baht a day for food. A main dish which is around 40-60 Baht, some water and some snacks. Breakfast I eat at home.

The piece of steak I'll be eating for dinner tonight cost me Bt.1200, this will be had with some steamed vege's.

No work today so saved the 300b I usually spend for lunch. Had grilled cheese and vegemite on toast instead. (bread/butter/vegemite/cheese/electricity... lunch cost me about Bt.100).

Actually the prices are about 3.5m baht new as long as you don't go for the 5 litre versions.

However they are all left hand drive.

Hope this helps.

http://www.drive.com.au/

555.

Not a chance will Thailand see a Mustang remotely close to Aus prices.

I cook at home, average weekly spend is 7k for dinner, lunch is farang food at a joint near work, daily spend is 300b.

I don't eat Thai.

Thanks, i found it! Not easy tho and 1000 baht for 1 day!!!

Good to hear.

Don't bother sharing the location though.

Seems like the Tyre Fitter arguing with Stig the Driver to Me.

I have a feeling your "Stig The Driver" cut his racing teeth playing Gran Turismo and Forza on the Xbox and never actually made it to a real track.

He can always post undoctered photos / videos of the racing/cars the same way Murf bravely does.

Thats a fair point. Has Warpy ever backed up his claims of his racing prowess ?

Seems like the Tyre Fitter arguing with Stig the Driver to Me.

I have a feeling your "Stig The Driver" cut his racing teeth playing Gran Turismo and Forza on the Xbox and never actually made it to a real track.

in behind Big C south Pattaya you will find the impound.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/12%C2%B055%2702.2%22N+100%C2%B053%2717.6%22E/@12.917267,100.888229,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0

So you geared your little stock 4cyl to run 150mph on a big oval track.... your point is ?

google fish pond venturi, easy to make from bits sourced from your local hardware and a big pump not required.

The staff make like 50 baht and hour, they really do t give a sheet I think

36% over minimum wage should not be sneezed at.

I have a 10 computer in the office and never had it.

If it happened with the old and the new computer: Is there anything that you use on both computers?

Same printer, same special device for something, same software (beside Firefox, Office, Adobe....), maybe some older software?

My first guess would be that it is either a driver or some "exotic" software.

Yep. hence I asked what the operating systems is.

I reckon it is software for a device that has compatibility issues with win7 (assuming it is runing win7).

What is the complete message ?

What operating system ?

Does it happen when you open software ?

How many years has that been for sale stingray ?

^^I'm saying that steel bends against hard objects when it impacts them, can you not understand that when it impacts oil at those speeds it is hitting it with impact forces that equal it hitting concrete or something equally as hard? If you can't understand that basic concept then you can't have this discussion it's over your head..

how full is this sump of oil you are talking about and why did you experience this rod bending with your engines.....

you do know when you fill an engine with oil it is to the suggested marks on the dipstick yeah......

Stil cannot understand how an over filled sump can bend a conrod unless it was that full somehow the oil made it's way into the combustion chamber.

I gave a comprehensive explanation of the process that happens internally and I'm guessing either you failed to read it thoroughly blindly dismissing it out of hand or you didn't digest the contents but either way I already posed the circumstances under which it happens without entering the combustion chamber. The other queries you have, have also been answered and answered now again in my most recent post.

And said crap spewed forth makes one scratch head about the actual race operation given it seems to be the sole basis for the wealth (good or bad presented) of knowledge.

^^I'm saying that steel bends against hard objects when it impacts them, can you not understand that when it impacts oil at those speeds it is hitting it with impact forces that equal it hitting concrete or something equally as hard? If you can't understand that basic concept then you can't have this discussion it's over your head..

how full is this sump of oil you are talking about and why did you experience this rod bending with your engines.....

you do know when you fill an engine with oil it is to the suggested marks on the dipstick yeah......

Stil cannot understand how an over filled sump can bend a conrod unless it was that full somehow the oil made it's way into the combustion chamber.

It is STOCK racing, not EVERY type of pro class is exorbitantly expensive. The classes are full, the competition is way better then ANY form of racing I know of and gives the driver more opportunity to display their skills because it's more about drivers talents then it is their wallet size. We disconnected the rev limiter, no need for it and left it to the drivers and have a light only to warn of shift limits, usually set at 8800RPM's. Nothing at all amateur about it, just a different form of racing. Many of todays performance street cars for the most part have more power and better handling then even recent past F1 cars have had, it's a much greater driver challenge not to have all the aids and expensive technology and be on DOT street legal tires then it is to drive a perfectly compliant car that nearly drives itself.

Edit: Sorry, I didn't see your crass and ignorant remarks about waffling you must have put up after posting, so you want to start with me?? That was a perfectly concise and well worded explanation of what occurs so now you have lost any respect I had for you if your that incapable of understanding it..

Yes I know about "stock" racing.

I have been involved with cars for this type of class in both Australia and Thailand.

They have very strict limitations, stock camshaft/stock valves/stock throttle body/stock (looking) intake manifold/stock stroke/stock bore..any other intake or exhaust or engine mod is free.

Baffles me why if you have identified the rod bolts as a weak link you would not upgrade them (unless it is specified in the rules you cannot, which you ignored when asked about).

On a bright note though good to see you added 200rpm to your shift light point from one post to the next..... what else will you "adjust" to suit your story ?

At the end of the day all of this is pointless in answering the OP though.

I didn't ignore it, you can't upgrade to aftermarket because that deviates from "stock", I.E. no the rules don't allow it,

Ok so you must run stock rod bolts.

why the overfill of the sump ?

And also the extra 200rpm in your story.

Interesting stock class with these restrictions, are the rules online that I can look at ?

Rods will not fail through over filling the oil level......Rods fail via whats happening above the piston.

If some clown has over filled the sump so the piston contacts it it will just push the oil into the cylinder where the piston is on it's way up.....Let's move on eh...

But but.... some clown has experience to prove otherwise................