If we're swapping things, just use a 3.0. Easy as a 2.5 to install and doesnt require or even have a IMRC in factory form
What Have You Done to Your Cougar Today?
- Thread starter Axximilli
- Start date
If we're swapping things, just use a 3.0. Easy as a 2.5 to install and doesnt require or even have a IMRC in factory form
The 3.0 is comparitavely rare here, to be honest. Sure, you can get them, but they're typically at the other end of the country and bloody expensive, if in a running condition. I know of only 2 (3?) Cougars that have been so converted over here, (though there may be more).
Also, Steve doesn't have a garage/driveway, so would have to go cap-in-hand to someone who does. It would also time limit him since the car is his daily, so it'd have to be completed with no errors over the course of a weekend...
Thats crazy my 3.0 was 550 US bucks including shipping and it had never been installed in anything. So Im like super rare here lol
Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk
There was also the one that Lucid had, and I have a vague recollection of one other. Maybe down south somewhere?
Well as far as this club is concerned you are! I'm led to believe that it's not so uncommon in the USA.
Speaking very generally for reference, most of our cars are valued at somewhere around $700. So as a value proposition, installing a big-ass $550 motor doesn't work out. You must understand that our car culture over here is far different from yours, mainly because the cost of ownership is so high. Insurance, fuel... This is why a V8 is generally considered exotic... and the irony is that the people who can afford them aren't the people who want them other than as status symbols!
Heck, even a V6 is a luxury these days. We don't really have a Camaro/Corvette equivalent as such. There's no 'everyman sportscar' really. The base-model V6 Camaro - which you can get from a Vauxhall (GM) dealer - costs $21K more here than it does in the States!
We turbocharge I4s instead. Usually Japanese ones. Y'all call that "Rice".
TL;DR: You guys have a car culture that gives you far more affordable options than we have.
All polished, waxed, protected ready for her first appearance at Scotfest (just dont drive her until Friday
) you may also notice, she gets priority of the drive over my other car
Shinny
I dont think my interior has ever been this clean
) you may also notice, she gets priority of the drive over my other carShinny
I dont think my interior has ever been this clean
Nah, same one thats always been there
Hmm...I dont know what it is but something looks different
Well done Ricky, Great looking Cat
- - - Updated - - -
Had the water pump, tensioner and belt changed today and oil and filter as well!!
- - - Updated - - -
Had the water pump, tensioner and belt changed today and oil and filter as well!!
De-gunk the bonnet release catch. Most are gummed up to buggery and look far more presentable when clean.
Take the wheel liners off and check for pin worm![emoji106]
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Washed the Scottish bugs off DG's face [emoji1] and diagnosed the aircon leak.
Sent from my C6903 using Tapatalk
Sent from my C6903 using Tapatalk
Its not a cougar but I painted a quarter panel
Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk
Cool! Story time, mate (though probably in your own thread because of the non-Cougar thing). Is this at college?