Worst cars ever made

[G0ALY]

I was going top nominate anything in the Camaro/Firebird family as the worst car, But a bizarre word substituter in here totally eliminated a good joke….

It will not let me refer to them as “Little [Insert the word used to describe a device used to introduce a stream of water into the body for medical or hygienic reasons here] Coupes”.

[CAP1]

I was going top nominate anything in the Camaro/Firebird family as the worst car, But a bizarre word substituter in here totally eliminated a good joke….

It will not let me refer to them as “Little [Insert the word used to describe a device used to introduce a stream of water into the body for medical or hygienic reasons here] Coupes”.

uummm.....a deuce coupe was an old....like 1932 i think....ford. it was generally powered by a flathead v-8, and pretty quick for its time.

 as much as i like my fords, there is absolutely nothing wrong with the camaro/firebird family. they kinda sucked(in my opinion) from about 1970 till about 2005(or whatever year this current body style came out). i didn't like the looks of the interim ones.

 

[CAP1]

there was another issue left open in this thread, concerning fuel pumps. it came up, before all of the EVAP discussion started.

 the main crux of that part of the discussion was concerning why some vehicles had pumps in the fuel tank, and other didn't.

as i mentioned before, it was/is to do with cooling the pump. as you can see from the following picture, the intank pump is very small. it spins at a much higher rpm, creating more heat to create enough pressure, and volume. it doesn't have enough mass to shed any of its heat if only exposed to air, thus it is stuck inside the fuel tank.

 i hadn't realized that the text was gonna be so small on this picture.
the pump on the left is from a ford pickup truck. these trucks, can have up to 3 fuel pumps, depending on how many fuel tanks it has. this system uses a low pressure "feed" pump in the tank(it looks like the pump all the way to the right of the picture) to supply fuel to the high pressure pump, mounted on the frame rail. notice it is larger? it doesn't make any more pressure than the other pumps in the picture....but it is designed to be mounted externally.
 the one in  the middle is out of a mercedes benz, although i forget the year and model. it mounts underneath the rear of the car next to the fuel filter. again, large pump, mounted externally.  the one far right is from a 96 buick roadmaster estate wagon. this one is in the tank.


another picture.......

[clerick]

it was a 5.0 liter 135hp. 

It's a 4.9 liter

[clerick]

the one in  the middle is out of a mercedes benz, although i forget the year and model...

If it was a Merc with CIS doesn't that meat it would also be pumping at a much much higher pressure then the other two?

[CAP1]

If it was a Merc with CIS doesn't that meat it would also be pumping at a much much higher pressure then the other two?

higher volume. it was electronic fi though if i recall. i really still don't know why i replaced that pump. the customer drove the car to the shop, had a "new" pump that he bought off of ebay, and wanted it installed. this is a regular customer too. the only answer he'd give was that he wanted it replaced.

[CAP1]

It's a 4.9 liter

4.95 for what it's worth.

[tassos]

Lada Niva
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No Way,the Lada is 1 of the Best offroader,look the little Hole in front Bumber,you can Start it without Battery

[ToeTag]

Anything made by landrover.

[CAP1]

Anything made by landrover.

i've been lucky enough to only have ever worked on 3 of those heaps. don't like em.....but then i've not worked on anything british that i like.

[Babalonian]

Anything made by landrover.

Agreed... well, except for maybe one... but still, it's just one...



But like most things Land Rover, there isn't a customer or employee with the common sence to follow a good idea through.  I just haven't seen a land rover driver here in LA grid lock that's been smart enough to figure it out yet and own one of these, and for the money they pay and the MPG they're already getting...   

[dirtdart]

My wifes LR3 gets 20-21 on the highway, which is pretty good for a gas truck that weighs 5800lbs dry....

[Dragon]

My Disco 2 gets about 12 mpg, downhill, with a tail wind, and drafting a semi.   

[Tyrannis]

 

[MiloMorai]

Is that a Mushtang?