Prices Keep Drifting Up
10-19-2021, 09:45 AM
#2957
Rennlist Member
10-19-2021, 10:31 AM
#2958
Drifting
Turns out cars are more likely to be struck by lightning than people (antennas [996 Option #440 Roof Antenna], metal Faraday cage, etc.).
In fact 1% of all fires caused by lighting strike are vehicle fires:
Apparently this is a huge problem now for self driving cars, with no intrinsic fear of lightning: Self-Driving Cars And Lightning
Which begs the real question: which is more damaging to a 997 S 3.8: lightning or bore scoring?
In fact 1% of all fires caused by lighting strike are vehicle fires:
Apparently this is a huge problem now for self driving cars, with no intrinsic fear of lightning: Self-Driving Cars And Lightning
Which begs the real question: which is more damaging to a 997 S 3.8: lightning or bore scoring?
Or perhaps you shouldn’t have said it at all? Since not every 996 owner with a 3.4l M96 is on the Rennlist forum or even knows what bore scoring is (most people think it’s a “sticky lifter”) I’d say the number of cases is hardly quantifiable, but most likely a good deal higher than lightning strikes on the same cars (which is what you said - not people). Perhaps you should just own your misstatement and move on
Last edited by bdronsick; 10-19-2021 at 10:36 AM.
10-19-2021, 04:02 PM
#2959
Drifting
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dporto (10-20-2021)
10-19-2021, 04:19 PM
#2960
In fact 1% of all fires caused by lighting strike are vehicle fires: https://youtu.be/oizfYsA1e2c
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bdronsick (10-19-2021)
10-19-2021, 05:19 PM
#2962
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Y'all seem mad at the internet
10-19-2021, 05:33 PM
#2964
Rennlist Member
1. What makes the cylinders different in the 3.4 from the 3.6?
2. Do 3.4 owners change their oil more often than 3.6 owners?
3. Do 3.4 owners change their fuel injectors more often than 3.6 owners.
4. Do 3.4 owners use different gas than 3.6 owners?
Love your banter but you gotta stop talking so much smack.
10-19-2021, 05:42 PM
#2965
Drifting
Physics. As the bore and or stroke (IE HP) increases, stresses increase linearly, compounded exponentially further by decreased mass of the static heat sink / vibration damper (block). Resulting in higher operating temperatures, less cooling / oiling capacity, and reduced service life.
Hartech in GB wrote a literal book on this, their conclusion is the 3.4 bore/stroke sits at the uppermost limit of what the wet sump M96 block can reliably output at the maximum power range. All the further reduced M96/97 blocks are compromised, with the 3.8 being exceptionally so.
The problem isn’t so much the increasingly larger bores, as it is the concomitantly smaller blocks. Essentially because oiling and cooling capacity remain essentially the same across all non Mezger M96/97 variants (so-called “powerkits” and nano-improvements throughout notwithstanding).
Hartech in GB wrote a literal book on this, their conclusion is the 3.4 bore/stroke sits at the uppermost limit of what the wet sump M96 block can reliably output at the maximum power range. All the further reduced M96/97 blocks are compromised, with the 3.8 being exceptionally so.
The problem isn’t so much the increasingly larger bores, as it is the concomitantly smaller blocks. Essentially because oiling and cooling capacity remain essentially the same across all non Mezger M96/97 variants (so-called “powerkits” and nano-improvements throughout notwithstanding).
Four questions for you:
1. What makes the cylinders different in the 3.4 from the 3.6?
2. Do 3.4 owners change their oil more often than 3.6 owners?
3. Do 3.4 owners change their fuel injectors more often than 3.6 owners.
4. Do 3.4 owners use different gas than 3.6 owners?
Love your banter but you gotta stop talking so much smack.
1. What makes the cylinders different in the 3.4 from the 3.6?
2. Do 3.4 owners change their oil more often than 3.6 owners?
3. Do 3.4 owners change their fuel injectors more often than 3.6 owners.
4. Do 3.4 owners use different gas than 3.6 owners?
Love your banter but you gotta stop talking so much smack.
Last edited by bdronsick; 10-19-2021 at 06:26 PM.
10-19-2021, 06:11 PM
#2968
Racer
10-19-2021, 06:20 PM
#2970
Rennlist Member