I Bought A Chevy Cruze

[WarpSpeed]

Thaicruze, if it is for that, I also see plenty of Pajero Sport around... But only in BKK. Which is to say the feeble reliability of this finding (could not even distinguish between the year of production just by the sight of it).

And I hardly see any Cruze around. So, I have some reservations on "selling like hotcakes".

Regarding the "loss in power", can you explain better what you mean? How do you observe that? Re. fuel economy, do you drive in the same manner? Have you been more frantic on the pedal since you bought it?

Well in some sense the fuel mileage may decrease if the compression drops as it does in older engines and as well the hp drops too.. It is veeery hard for the layman and even the professional to tell without serious equipment to test though, especially if the car is a daily driver and nothing to compare directly with..

Simply installing spring washers under the engine mounts will raise the compression and then he will have both power and economy back.

Eh? Are you taking the piss? how does installing spring washers (?) under the engine mounts raise compression and economy? As an engine gets older it develops blow by of the rings and valve seals all internal issues not external..

[transam]

Thaicruze, if it is for that, I also see plenty of Pajero Sport around... But only in BKK. Which is to say the feeble reliability of this finding (could not even distinguish between the year of production just by the sight of it).

And I hardly see any Cruze around. So, I have some reservations on "selling like hotcakes".

Regarding the "loss in power", can you explain better what you mean? How do you observe that? Re. fuel economy, do you drive in the same manner? Have you been more frantic on the pedal since you bought it?

Well in some sense the fuel mileage may decrease if the compression drops as it does in older engines and as well the hp drops too.. It is veeery hard for the layman and even the professional to tell without serious equipment to test though, especially if the car is a daily driver and nothing to compare directly with..

Simply installing spring washers under the engine mounts will raise the compression and then he will have both power and economy back.

Eh? Are you taking the piss? how does installing spring washers (?) under the engine mounts raise compression and economy? As an engine gets older it develops blow by of the rings and valve seals all internal issues not external..

SEE, you've learnt something today Warps, and not from me. .

[WarpSpeed]

Well in some sense the fuel mileage may decrease if the compression drops as it does in older engines and as well the hp drops too.. It is veeery hard for the layman and even the professional to tell without serious equipment to test though, especially if the car is a daily driver and nothing to compare directly with..

Simply installing spring washers under the engine mounts will raise the compression and then he will have both power and economy back.

Eh? Are you taking the piss? how does installing spring washers (?) under the engine mounts raise compression and economy? As an engine gets older it develops blow by of the rings and valve seals all internal issues not external..

SEE, you've learnt something today Warps, and not from me. .

Yeah so tell me what it is?? I must've missed it .. I think I've fallen into something here and I can't wipe it off my foot .... Edited September 4, 2012 by WarpSpeed

[transam]

You never heard of the spring washer tune up , l am gob smacked, you a racer too. ......

[WarpSpeed]

You never heard of the spring washer tune up , l am gob smacked, you a racer too. ......

Sheltered I am .... I guess... Buuuuuuttt! I know what a bucket list is!! Edited September 4, 2012 by WarpSpeed

[Naam]

spring washer tune up

[Naam]

it's not what the engine looks like presently but soon it will look like it!

[WarpSpeed]

spring washer tune up

Obviously a term we don't use in the states, like many things guess it depends on your age and origins I'm also not nearly as old as most of you geezers it seems .. Nice SU's but a bitch to synchronize though, hope you have someone good enough who knows how to do it correctly...If that were my engine I'd definitely bring that breather up above engine height too and not have it laying on it's side like that, I always wonder how someone can give so much detail to such a build and not see things like that and that extra, simple step in the finish up..

Edited September 5, 2012 by WarpSpeed

[transam]

spring washer tune up

Nice SU's but a bitch to synchronize though, hope you have someone good enough who knows how to do it correctly...

Me of course.

[WarpSpeed]

spring washer tune up

Nice SU's but a bitch to synchronize though, hope you have someone good enough who knows how to do it correctly...

Me of course.

I thought you were an American V8 nut, we don't use those puppies on American cars and most of the British cars who had them aren't alive anymore as they either fell apart from rust or burned up from electrical problems only the Japanese who stole the concept are still around and running strong.. Edited September 5, 2012 by WarpSpeed

[transam]

My early oily rag years were spent fooling with SU's and Solex, until l went on to Webber's.

PS. Never heard of electrical fires, on mass, in UK cars as you seem to insinuate. As for rust, both sides of the pond had the disease.

[Naam]

spring washer tune up

Obviously a term we don't use in the states, like many things guess it depends on your age and origins

I'm also not nearly as old as most of you geezers it seems .. Nice SU's but a bitch to synchronize though,

hope you have someone good enough who knows how to do it correctly...If that were my engine I'd definitely

bring that breather up above engine height too and not have it laying on it's side like that, I always wonder

how someone can give so much detail to such a build and not see things like that and that extra,

simple step in the finish up..

above engine height... yeah right. Americans would cut a hole in the hood to do that and then

add a huge airfilter which blocks the view to the right.

[Naam]

whatever... i'm a proud peasant. the last car i bought is now 43 years old and i have no intention selling it during my remaining statistical life span

43 years old? You sound like an enthusiast! I spent 6000 dollars on an old mini over 10 years and sold it for 400 before I can to Thailand....stupid I know, but that's what we do.

the car is indeed 43 years old and i spent around 150,000 Dollars (US not Zimbabwe!) some old cars in Thailand are quite expensive

[transam]

The ultimate spring washer tune up for the 4.2 Jag. Food for thought eh.

[Naam]

The ultimate spring washer tune up for the 4.2 Jag. Food for thought eh.

bad job! breather not above engine height. Weber wrongly spelled with "double b". engine not 24karat gold plated

[Naam]

let's not hijack that utmost interesting thread! where were we? ah yes! so he bought a Chevy Cruze...

[transam]

The ultimate spring washer tune up for the 4.2 Jag. Food for thought eh.

bad job! breather not above engine height. Weber wrongly spelled with "double b". engine not 24karat gold plated

Think Warpy failed to notice the engine was being worked on, parts have been removed etc.

[kartman]

Spring washer tune up = March / April out with the Karcher.

[Naam]

The ultimate spring washer tune up for the 4.2 Jag. Food for thought eh.

bad job! breather not above engine height. Weber wrongly spelled with "double b". engine not 24karat gold plated

Think Warpy failed to notice the engine was being worked on, parts have been removed etc.

he'd have a heart attack looking at the picture with attached airfilter going down 90º sucking from the ground

[thaicruze]

let's not hijack that utmost interesting thread! where were we? ah yes! so he bought a Chevy Cruze...

right.

I'm trying to start a Cruze club.

Who wants to be a member?

[thaicruze]

spring washer tune up

What's this? Your Cappuccino machine?

[transam]

let's not hijack that utmost interesting thread! where were we? ah yes! so he bought a Chevy Cruze...

right.

I'm trying to start a Cruze club.

Who wants to be a member?

Club, eeeeeeeer, hmmmmmmmmmmmm, theres only you that bought one. Still, good news, you can be chairman, secretary, treasurer AND cook, noooooooooooo hassle eh.

[Litlos]

let's not hijack that utmost interesting thread! where were we? ah yes! so he bought a Chevy Cruze...

right.

I'm trying to start a Cruze club.

Who wants to be a member?

One way of bringing this thread to an end, ask for people of a similar ilk. By the way see a reasonable amount of Chevy badges on my trips up NE, Cruze or not, I can only vouch for not a pickup.....

PS. Naam , had you picked for a Beemer or Merc, still a classic ride though.

Cheers

[transam]

let's not hijack that utmost interesting thread! where were we? ah yes! so he bought a Chevy Cruze...

right.

I'm trying to start a Cruze club.

Who wants to be a member?

One way of bringing this thread to an end, ask for people of a similar ilk. By the way see a reasonable amount of Chevy badges on my trips up NE, Cruze or not, I can only vouch for not a pickup.....

PS. Naam , had you picked for a Beemer or Merc, still a classic ride though.

Cheers

He has those too.

[WarpSpeed]

spring washer tune up

Obviously a term we don't use in the states, like many things guess it depends on your age and origins

I'm also not nearly as old as most of you geezers it seems .. Nice SU's but a bitch to synchronize though,

hope you have someone good enough who knows how to do it correctly...If that were my engine I'd definitely

bring that breather up above engine height too and not have it laying on it's side like that, I always wonder

how someone can give so much detail to such a build and not see things like that and that extra,

simple step in the finish up..

above engine height... yeah right. Americans would cut a hole in the hood to do that and then

add a huge airfilter which blocks the view to the right.

No need to do any of that but definitely needs to be installed above the engine if first of all oil gets in the breather line on heavy throttling and sometimes blocks the breather preventing air from escaping or it saturates the breather preventing it from breathing properly causing pressure build up in the lower end it most definitely should be higher and standing straight up to allow air to flow freely and burp when necessary.. Why do you think most properly installed breathers are on the valve cover??

Edited September 5, 2012 by WarpSpeed

[WarpSpeed]

The ultimate spring washer tune up for the 4.2 Jag. Food for thought eh.

bad job! breather not above engine height. Weber wrongly spelled with "double b". engine not 24karat gold plated

Agreed it is crap if one can't think of the potential problems before hand..

[WarpSpeed]

The ultimate spring washer tune up for the 4.2 Jag. Food for thought eh.

bad job! breather not above engine height. Weber wrongly spelled with "double b". engine not 24karat gold plated

Think Warpy failed to notice the engine was being worked on, parts have been removed etc.

Thanks for covering me but no I didn't, they are obviously to the point of finality and based on the hose length and being tied to the frame have stupidly opted to leave it at that height. Again I don't expect the amateurs like Naam here to understand after all he's just a nuclear scientist or summit and pool specialist doesn't mean he knows dank about properly building cars.. I'd also hate to be driving that when it does blow oil out the breather as I've seen countless times and since it doesn't go into a breather can it ends up all over the rear wheels but hey! Some people like unexpected and uncontrollable spinning so have it..

My mistake on the electrical fires though, most electrical systems fail so badly they can't create enough current to catch on fire..

Edited September 5, 2012 by WarpSpeed

[thaicruze]

And BTW, Chevy Cruze Thailand is built by GM Thailand not Daewoo or Holden. Just for all of you calling it a daewoo. The Cruze is built at a plant in Rayong, just like Ford Focus. Probably next door to each other.

This is a picture of the Cruze being built in Rayong

Same goes for the Captiva, the Colorado, now the Sonic as well

Crap noisy brake pads? Yes

Cheap Maxxis tires? Sure

Shit Daewoo? No.

The first 2 can be fixed at the local B-Quick.

Recall for just over 400,000 Cruze's for oils collecting in a pan in the below the engine that could cause a fire. Did the recall include the Cruze built by GM Thailand? NOPE. Did it include Cruzes built in Ohio? YEP!

I may have a bit of brake noise but at least my trusty Thai Cruze isn't catching on fire.

It isn't accelerating by itself like a Prius or having the Driveshaft recalled like the 2012 overpriced Civic.

After I get some decent brake pads on there this weekend I'll look into 18 inchers

Just like that one and all you bitches are going to be pissing in your pants.

Edited September 5, 2012 by thaicruze

[Banzai99]

After I get some decent brake pads on there this weekend I'll look into 18 inchers

Just like that one and all you bitches are going to be pissing in your pants.

I think The Chevy Cruze looks good.

[Naam]

After I get some decent brake pads on there this weekend I'll look into 18 inchers

Just like that one and all you bitches are going to be pissing in your pants.

can't wait to see your 18 inchers. would like to get rid of these ugly ones: