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Drew Dowdell

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  1. Drew Dowdell
    I could see the 6.1... but the 5.7 being that much?
  2. Drew Dowdell
    Last I looked, the Expedition XL and Suburban were still in production. Don't blame the government for GM's miss-handling of platforms...
  3. Drew Dowdell
    You had the 5 liter Inline 6, no? It's basically a tractor engine and can tow anything.... the weak spot is the rear diff.... which my dad blows up every once in a while.
  4. Drew Dowdell
    Found a 2007 Hemi with Nav, Climate Control, and leather, 57k miles... but the $18k asking price seems too high to me. Are these cult status or something?
  5. Drew Dowdell
    It's on my shopping list for the moment. I know I want to avoid the 2.7... anything else I want to watch out for?
  6. Drew Dowdell
    Taurus is going 4-banger post haste.. Watch the political stuff...
  7. Drew Dowdell
    GM moved on from timing belts in V6es after 1995... as long as you don't count the Cadillac Catera with that weird Opel engine. The only other modern GM V6 with a timing belt was the Saturn Vue.... but woops that was a Honda V6!
  8. Drew Dowdell
    Yes, I have. Part alone is about $400. But I did some digging and I might be able to fix our current throttle body. Yes, this is the 2004 CR-V. I think 50% of my frustration is with the car and the other 50% with the incompetent dealer.
  9. Drew Dowdell
    You're thinking Malibu that will be "baby Impala"
  10. Drew Dowdell
    would have been easier if they hadn't laid an egg with the Malibu...
  11. Drew Dowdell
    All the personality of a Honda Legend with all the reliability of an 80's British car..... no thanks.
  12. Drew Dowdell
    Sure.. blame crossovers and not Kia, Hyundai, Ford, and VW.
  13. Drew Dowdell
    always appeal a denial
  14. Drew Dowdell
    The limitation you're seeing is purely power train related and nothing to do with the frame or weight. Simply opt up to the 5.3 V8 in the W/T (which also puts you into the 6-speed rather than 4-speed auto) with a 3.08 rear end and you can have 7400lbs. trailering or 9100lbs. with 3.42 rear end.
  15. Drew Dowdell
    The 4.3 has balance shafts... it's probably about equal.
  16. Drew Dowdell
    SD card I thought
  17. Drew Dowdell
    how long before that crank weld goes?
  18. Drew Dowdell
    Would have helped if they weren't so ugly....
  19. Drew Dowdell
    Pipe on the end of the breaker bar to make a longer breaker bar or maybe... buy a bowflex..
  20. Drew Dowdell
    Interesting moves.
  21. Drew Dowdell
    Let the PB soaaaak a while. Re-apply if it even looks even a tiny bit dry.
  22. Drew Dowdell
    Shh... he doesn't start itching to trade until after the first oil change.
  23. Drew Dowdell
    So.. .about 7.9 cents per mile for fuel.
  24. Drew Dowdell
    I'm not sure you'd want to do a high end sports coupe like the GT on a platform built for a hulking brute of a sedan... but that's just me.
  25. Drew Dowdell
    "The 2.0 does not make better power than the 3.0 in the trim we will see but it does have lower end torque and the curve is flat as Bonneville." - To me... that is better power, especially in an SUV. Even in its lowest spec, the 2.0T makes 260 ft-lbs starting from 2000 rpm. The 3.0 makes a mere 217 ft-lb and doesn't reach peak torque till red-line.... what's the point of that? There is almost no point on the torque curves where the V6 is putting out more twist than the Turbo-4. "Better power" is not a measure of absolute horsepower and torque, but also how those are delivered.
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