ThatRocco

joined 1 year ago
[–] ThatRocco 7 points 2 months ago

I guess technically a refund? I returned tools I rented from O'Reilly to fix the timing chain on my truck. 250,000 miles and still runs like a champ, just ignore the noisey lifter haha

[–] ThatRocco 9 points 3 months ago

Everything about Metroid Prime. Incredible soundtrack, gorgeous scenery, interesting wildlife, challenging bosses/puzzles, and so so so much lore. It's still probably my all time favorite game. Can't wait for Prime 4 to come out!

[–] ThatRocco 1 points 6 months ago (2 children)
[–] ThatRocco 20 points 1 year ago

When I went to trade school in 2010 for automotive repair our instructors told us this was going to happen. At the time, I thought they were just grumpy old men who didn't like that cars were becoming more and more electronic. How wrong I was

[–] ThatRocco 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh the irony of using a green wire

[–] ThatRocco 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I read an article in like 2011 where a group of engine builders rebuilt to factory spec and dyno tested the big 3's performance motors, each one of them produced over 700hp, not the ~350 they claimed haha. I wish I could find the article now, it was a great read.

[–] ThatRocco 3 points 1 year ago

I'd just like to add to this and recommend interstate batteries. They are a little bit more than house brand, but are much higher quality. For example: Every duralast brand battery I've bought started leaking after ~ 3 years. The last interstate I bought lasted for ~ 8 years/90k miles and was like $40 more than the cheapest battery

[–] ThatRocco 1 points 1 year ago

The brand name haha

[–] ThatRocco 1 points 1 year ago

Nice, that's awesome! I'd like to be able to do that stuff myself, but getting past the initial learning curve seems really steep

But yeah, the turbo bricks forum will probably be your best bet, there is also swede speed, but they focus more on FWD volvos. As usual, the site based search function is garbage, so just use google

[–] ThatRocco 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

The volvo applications could definitely give you some good inspiration! We're pretty creative, especially when it comes to improving the (arguably okay-ish) ignition systems, especially on the older cars. Something that would be a little closer to your engine would be the B18 engine in the Volvo Amazon, P1800 and 140 cars, since they are also OHV

The GM coils are pretty small, so you may be able to mount them somewhere else. Looking at pictures of the engine on Google, it looks like there is some space midway down the block near the bell housing that would have enough space to mount them 3x3.

I know you wanted to be able to use off the shelf parts, but making your own spark plug leads is pretty easy, and cheap, which makes mounting them remotely a lot easier

Good luck!

 

Let's get things started! 1990 Golf, CE1. It's mainly OEM+ right now, but I have a 1.8t (AWW) with an 02j that will go in it eventually. We've had it for 6 years and it's been a great car!

[–] ThatRocco 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

I've never done one myself, but I've seen a lot of people use GM style Coil Near Plug. Mount the coils on the rocker cover, then use short plug wires. Most of what I've seen is from the Volvo community

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My '81 244, Matilda (lemmy.world)
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