Jebus. This is borderline Germanic in it's complexity.

"JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t" (jawzx2) 09/23/2019 at 14:55 • Filed to: None

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GMC Canyon Timing Chain replacement...

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t 09/23/2019 at 15:01

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The Japanese are in on it now too. This is the rear suspension on a Honda Clarity:

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t 09/23/2019 at 15:03

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Didn’t Lotus have a hand in this engine’s development?

M.T. Blake > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t 09/23/2019 at 15:03

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Annnnd that’s why it’s a throw away truck.

More expensive to fix than the truck is worth! A timing chain can total it.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 09/23/2019 at 15:08

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Can you do a toe adjustment on that?

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 09/23/2019 at 15:10

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Smacking one side of the hub with a BFH?

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > M.T. Blake 09/23/2019 at 15:29

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T hat’ s ridiculous.

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 09/23/2019 at 15:29

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I think Audi’s still got them beat, but that is pretty crazy.

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish 09/23/2019 at 15:32

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Lotus engines are usually pretty simple mechanically... I mean wasn’t the whole mantra “simplify and add lightness”... This appears to have followed the much more Germanic mantra of “complexify and add billable hours”

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 09/23/2019 at 15:56

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There’s a huge number of FWD cars that have no rear adjustments possible. Not even toe. This one probably does have at least toe.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 09/23/2019 at 16:03

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Look at that mess, it better have toe, camber and caster for all those pieces of cast aluminum. 

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 09/23/2019 at 16:05

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Rear caster... I would be very surprised. I only know of one vehicle that had that adjustment. 163 chassis ML.

Snuze: Needs another Swede > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t 09/23/2019 at 16:19

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I love the intro

“Every engineer was in a different room and they didn’t talk to each other”

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 09/23/2019 at 16:25

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That is such a strange adjustment for a car to have. 

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t 09/23/2019 at 17:27

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Yeah, it’s ironic. I personally think they were better at chassis design... but...

Oddly, several GM engine families had Lotus consult (there was some sort of corporate wife-swapping going on or something between GM and Lotus) on airflow, valve train and head design. including the Ecotec and, surprisingly, Northstar.

I assume “simplicity” wasn’t the mantra when GM was paying the consulting invoices.

MKULTRA1982(ConCrustyBrick) > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 09/23/2019 at 17:40

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JRITS confirmed this is actually good stuff, easy to service, reliable, and why Hondas handle well. 

MultiplaOrgasms > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 09/24/2019 at 02:04

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It looks like a mess, but all the nuts and bolts seem easily accessible which means its not too difficult to actually work on

MultiplaOrgasms > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t 09/24/2019 at 02:07

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What is this, a bicycle chain?