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      Need advise- pickup engines to avoid

      I have a buddy who just hit 500k on a 7.3 with stock injectors (if that makes it more impressive). What about these little 3.x turbo diesels or the little v6 being put in as standard? Some even get a 4 cyl I think... but I don’t think I could go for that. I’m all for efficiency, but a tiny 4...
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      Need advise- pickup engines to avoid

      Yeah all that fancy stuff scares me. Any thoughts on the little 3l or so diesel engines? Power is close enough to make no difference to me and there seems to be a significant mpg boost. Are diesels much different to do simple repairs (like belt drive components) than on a gas engine?
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      Need advise- pickup engines to avoid

      I haven’t ruled anything out. The Japanese trucks do hold value very well so that gives them a price disadvantage. I do know that I’m biased against Ford. Have had a bare bones Ford work truck that was incredibly uncomfortable... of course the consumer trims are probably better, but I’m still...
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      Need advise- pickup engines to avoid

      I’m hunting for a half ton pickup. I’m leaning toward Ram simply because they’re more comfortable and seem nicer on the interior. I really have no need to haul heavy stuff... just need to haul 2x4s, furniture, a mower... just typical bulky stuff. I’m looking for a mechanic/ enthusiast to tell...
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      New, discontinued stick shift car become valuable?

      Ya it’s a shame the new mid engine vette is auto only. To be fair, new manuals aren’t as satisfying as the older ones. The tranny in my accord compared to my 94 explorer is night and day though. I could feel every tooth in the gearbox (in a good way) on the explorer, but this accord is pretty...
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      New, discontinued stick shift car become valuable?

      I have a new 2018 Accord with a 6 speed manual. Well I say it’s new... it has 60k miles now, but it’s the current generation (released in 2018). Honda discontinued the manual transmission for the accord in late 2019 because they sold less than 5000 in both 2018 and 2019. On one hand that’s...
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      Zero weight buffer with strong spring?

      That’s pretty nifty. I read a forum where someone went through the calculations and found that 223 would need something like a 20lb bolt for blowback operation.
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      Zero weight buffer with strong spring?

      I just shot my bolt with my iPhone camera at 240 fps. I locked the bolt back, then released it. 240 is definitely too slow to get accurate, but after a few iterations, it bounced for 4 to 5 frames, which is 16 to 20ms If my math is correct.
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      Zero weight buffer with strong spring?

      Wonder how the captured spring “silent” buffers perform. I don’t recall anyone mentioning bounce when I was researching them.
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      Zero weight buffer with strong spring?

      Just found an answer while reading about bolt bounce. The weights inside the buffer move (I thought that was just a cheap buffer and was annoyed by it). The moving weights slap the bolt back forward when it bounces. So the buffer is a separate moving piece which makes my engineering enthusiast...
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      Review for skeetzappa

      Made a straight trade with him. Great guy! Gets all the stars.
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      Zero weight buffer with strong spring?

      I was just curious to see if anyone knew the “real” answer. I figure if there’s a weight in it after how ever many million$ were spent on development, it must be important. It just seems like a strong spring should be an equivalent solution. Full auto presents unintended behaviors (I’ve read)...
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      Zero weight buffer with strong spring?

      This may be just a theoretical question as I cannot find much about spring tension. Why not reduce the weight of the buffer to be a light as possible and use a heavy spring? That should result in softer recoil, but may shove the carrier too hard forward. The AK and the like don’t have a weight...
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      Matching uppers, lowers, and hand rails?

      That’s what I figured. Worst I could think of is two extremely different parts might have a gap where dirt can get in, but seems like it’s mainly cosmetic. The matched sets sure look slick though.
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      Matching uppers, lowers, and hand rails?

      Forged uppers and lowers seem universally matched, but billet have some contours that seem to line up with the lower and sometimes hand rail. Is this just a cosmetic thing? Most builds I’ve seen look like the handrail was just slapped onto the upper, ie the hand rail cross section is hexagonical...
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