Edit: One cool thing about this Volvo is that it will tell you exactly what is wrong with it rather than just lighting the CHECK ENGINE light, but the issue right now is that it does not notice anything wrong with the turbo, even though the turbo stops working all together.
I wouldn't expect that it would. A turbo is more of a passive boost system compared to a Supercharger. All the ECU would really be able to detect was a drop in pressure, if it was equipped to do so.
My boss is sick of this truck, I love it because it's a Volvo(very european interior style and layout) but hate it because of all these turbo related and emission related problems, so he is getting rid of it soon and will replace it with a Kenworth.
You should convince him to replace it with a Blue and Red painted Cab-over Peterbuilt.
Edit: One cool thing about this Volvo is that it will tell you exactly what is wrong with it rather than just lighting the CHECK ENGINE light, but the issue right now is that it does not notice anything wrong with the turbo, even though the turbo stops working all together.
I wouldn't expect that it would. A turbo is more of a passive boost system compared to a Supercharger. All the ECU would really be able to detect was a drop in pressure, if it was equipped to do so.
Well I am back home and it's scheduled to go into the shop tomorrow to have this issue investigated and corrected. If last night proved anything is that I will not go back into that truck without the needed repairs, I was on Highway 212 in Montana when the turbo wouldn't go above 15 PSI for about 100 miles.
My boss is sick of this truck, I love it because it's a Volvo(very european interior style and layout) but hate it because of all these turbo related and emission related problems, so he is getting rid of it soon and will replace it with a Kenworth.
You should convince him to replace it with a Blue and Red painted Cab-over Peterbuilt.
Not to hate on Optimus Prime but fuck Cabovers, those trucks scare the hell out of me. Besides the only company building new Semi-Truck cabovers is Freightliner with its Argosy Cabovers.
Though PACCAR which is the parent company of Peterbilt and Kenworth is testing DAF Cabovers in the Northwest, DAF it's their european heavy truck brand.
Lewis Black's new special "Stark Raving Black" was pretty bad. He got more political than usual, and it's not funny political, it's just boring stuff like "Lol Republicans and Democrats both suck, amirite?" and "i heard the economy sucks and it's all capitalism's fault hurrdurr!"
Don't even bother. The best joke is about a gazebo made of scrotums.
Not to hate on Optimus Prime but fuck Cabovers, those trucks scare the hell out of me. Besides the only company building new Semi-Truck cabovers is Freightliner with its Argosy Cabovers.
I'm no fan, either, but I figured I'd make the joke anyway.
And while I'm interested, I'll be honest, I can barely drive a truck, I just don't have the experience or skill at the moment.
But then again, I'm Australian - Oddly enough, Trucks are a part of our national identity, from the big B-triples and AB-Quads running at up to 200 Tons a go and moving at 100 Kilometers an hour (And can be pretty fuckin' scary when you cross them going the other way on the highway - they can seriously knock your car about just with the wind coming off them, and are pretty hard to pass, unless you've got buckets of horsepower and torque, and plenty of speed) all the way down to little single trailer ten-ton Kenworths. Truck drivers(Truckies) get a fair bit of respect back home.
I'm no fan, either, but I figured I'd make the joke anyway.
And while I'm interested, I'll be honest, I can barely drive a truck, I just don't have the experience or skill at the moment.
But then again, I'm Australian - Oddly enough, Trucks are a part of our national identity, from the big B-triples and AB-Quads running at up to 200 Tons a go and moving at 100 Kilometers an hour (And can be pretty fuckin' scary when you cross them going the other way on the highway - they can seriously knock your car about just with the wind coming off them, and are pretty hard to pass, unless you've got buckets of horsepower and torque, and plenty of speed) all the way down to little single trailer ten-ton Kenworths. Truck drivers(Truckies) get a fair bit of respect back home.
Yeah compared to you guys, the Russians, and the Canadians, we Americans have it very easy. Well maintained roads, a vast and comprehensive network of high speed roads, several major truck stop corporations.. it's hard to complain about trucking in the US, cept in Alaska.
And I guess that's why you guys have Commodores and Falcons with monstrous engines that we eye with envy.
And I guess that's why you guys have Commodores and Falcons with monstrous engines that we eye with envy.
You don't have to eye them with envy - The Last few models of GTO were essentially a Holden Monaro with new badges glued on, And I'm pretty sure you can get some imported brands or models. I mean, shit, you can buy the Maloo Ute in England, so I can't see why you wouldn't get them in the US.
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EDIT - I will add - these cars are considered acceptable family sedans and Perfectly acceptable tradesman's utility vehicles, respectively.
You don't have to eye them with envy - The Last few models of GTO were essentially a Holden Monaro with new badges glued on, And I'm pretty sure you can get some imported brands or models. I mean, shit, you can buy the Maloo Ute in England, so I can't see why you wouldn't get them in the US.
We've had the GTO and the G8, but they are hard to find now since Pontiac is gone and the owners are not keen to sell them. However, we cannot import Commodores or Utes or any Australian or Japanese vehicles because of US safety and emission regulations. The G8 and GTO were heavily modified to meet those standards and Ford decided against importing the Falcon because of the major design changes that would be needed.
We could import them but then they would not be street legal and would be for off road use only.
We've had the GTO and the G8, but they are hard to find now since Pontiac is gone and the owners are not keen to sell them. However, we cannot import Commodores or Utes or any Australian or Japanese vehicles because of US safety and emission regulations.
I'm not so sure about that - I've lined up and laid down a deposit to buy an imported Ford Falcon XC V6 Turbo from 1976, and it's fully road legal, even in California. the most trouble comes from the fact that it's Right hand drive, rather than left hand drive. The Safety and Emissions standards for that car were far lower at production than the current ones - the Australian safety standards are even higher than the US ones - it's actually harder for that reason to import a US made car to Australia than Vice-Versa.
Edit - I might add, only in Australia would you get a car that has a button that modifies the exhaust setup, purely and only for the purpose of making it louder.
Double edit - I've driven a LOT of cars, and the Holden Monaro range and the Maloo utes are still the most fun and wonderful cars I've ever driven. Ludicrously Fuck-off Fast, too - a V8 Maloo with no modifications will beat a supercharged Audi A8 quite tidily. Screw it, I'll throw it out there - the Maloo is my favourite car that I've ever experienced, and I've never been in ANYTHING that compares to it. Hell, I remember taking out my Boss Donny's (That was an interesting shop - Donny, Tommy, Joshie, and Scotty) V8 Maloo, and tearing up a BMW M5 in an impromptu drag race from the lights at 2AM, and another time where I borrowed it to take down the coast, absolutely ruining the reputation and Ego of the owner of a DB9.
Yes, I know, but if you think I can afford a model anywhere near current, you're dreaming. And, the particular car I'm talking about, the one I have the deposit down on - was imported a year and a half ago, not 34 years ago, with no major modifications. The XC is also the Basis for the MFP cars(The Yellow and purple cop cars) in Mad Max, though the "Mad Max Car" was based on an XB, the model before.
If that Falcon is a 76 then yes it is 34 years old. Older cars are much easier to import since they are exempt from safety standards.
I did discover this after I replied, while searching for information. However, it doesn't seem that newer cars are as hard to import as you say, and it can be done with only minor modifications (as long as you don't mind driving a right hand drive car).
Go check out Motorex, or what was them. They were a big importer of R32-R34 Skylines. They claimed that they wen't through all the trouble to test and approve the Skyline for sale in the US. However they were busted since they only tested the R33 Skyline and not the R32 or R34. The DOT rescinded the legalization of all Skylines except for the couple years that were tested.
Motorex was an amazing company, however they showed how difficult it is to bring a car over and what happens when you lie to the DOT.
Go check out Motorex, or what was them. They were a big importer of R32-R34 Skylines. They claimed that they wen't through all the trouble to test and approve the Skyline for sale in the US. However they were busted since they only tested the R33 Skyline and not the R32 or R34. The DOT rescinded the legalization of all Skylines except for the couple years that were tested.
Motorex was an amazing company, however they showed how difficult it is to bring a car over and what happens when you lie to the DOT.
I've heard of them - their practices were really, really suspect. We've had a few companies like that back home - For example, one got busted a while back for Re-assembling half-cuts and making Sil-eighties, which isn't really allowed without special exemptions, and especially not selling them as Road Cars.
I've heard of them - their practices were really, really suspect. We've had a few companies like that back home - For example, one got busted a while back for Re-assembling half-cuts and making Sil-eighties, which isn't really allowed without special exemptions, and especially not selling them as Road Cars.
Yeah, I've seen a couple "sil-eighties". They had to be personal hack jobs, no insult to the owners since they did a pretty good job. But I doubt any on road sil-eighties are outside of Japan, and definitely not in the US.
Funny thing, once the car has past DOT regs and made it out of the port, it's up to its home state to make sure whether or not it stays legal. Like how Rym was talking about his old Pontiac and the New York state inspection. New York, California, Oregon, etc etc are strict about emissions and the like. While states like Montana or my own South Dakota could not give a fuck less as long as parts do not fall off onto the highway.
Yeah, I've seen a couple "sil-eighties". They had to be personal hack jobs, no insult to the owners since they did a pretty good job. But I doubt any on road sil-eighties are outside of Japan, and definitely not in the US.
That's the difference, there are two kinds - the professionally produced models, which are custom jobs and CAN be road legal, since they're done by certified welders and usually put on a new Silvia chassis, and pass a safety inspection, but they're as rare a rocking horse shit back home, the majority of them are illegal models - Half cuts that have been welded back together and sold without proper inspection.
For reference to the non-car nut people - a Half-cut is a car that's been cut in half completely, all the way through, usually in the middle of the passenger compartment, and then sold for both body and engine parts, depending on which half it is. Welding them together is unsafe, and generally illegal.
But I doubt any on road sil-eighties are outside of Japan, and definitely not in the US.
What? I've seen at least one in my neck of the woods.
EDIT: Why are tractor trailers designed like bricks on wheels?
sure they are real?
That is changing, Tractors are becoming very aerodynamic even though there are a few die hards left, trailers on the other hand are the most functional as a brick. Any kind of aerodynamics will just add weight, meaning more empty weight, meaning less cargo, meaning less pay, meaning fewer profits. Therefore the tractor has to be made as aerodynamic as possible.
That's the difference, there are two kinds - the professionally produced models, which are custom jobs and CAN be road legal, since they're done by certified welders and usually put on a new Silvia chassis, and pass a safety inspection, but they're as rare a rocking horse shit back home, the majority of them are illegal models - Half cuts that have been welded back together and sold without proper inspection.
For reference to the non-car nut people - a Half-cut is a car that's been cut in half completely, all the way through, usually in the middle of the passenger compartment, and then sold for both body and engine parts, depending on which half it is. Welding them together is unsafe, and generally illegal.
Yeah there are almost no half-cuts here, just front ends. Easy as hell to import a front end and bolt it onto a US spec 240sx hatch or coupe. If a half cut is brought over then the engine/tranny and front end are taken and put on the 240sx.
Yeah there are almost no half-cuts here, just front ends. Easy as hell to import a front end and bolt it onto a US spec 240sx hatch or coupe. If a half cut is brought over then the engine/tranny and front end are taken and put on the 240sx.
That's the legal ones back home - They keep the chassis, and just transplant the engine and body work.
I've stopped paying attention to that scene several years ago, so my knowledge is outdated. Hell right now Kei Trucks are the rage here in Montana and South Dakota. Japanese Micro Trucks that are registered as ATVs with a speed governor installed, then it's removed after purchase and they do 50mph. Use a lot by hunters since unlike ATVs, these have heaters.
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Though PACCAR which is the parent company of Peterbilt and Kenworth is testing DAF Cabovers in the Northwest, DAF it's their european heavy truck brand.
If you're curious here is the DAF product range
http://www.daf.com/EN/Products/Model-Range/Pages/Model-Range.aspx
Don't even bother. The best joke is about a gazebo made of scrotums.
And while I'm interested, I'll be honest, I can barely drive a truck, I just don't have the experience or skill at the moment.
But then again, I'm Australian - Oddly enough, Trucks are a part of our national identity, from the big B-triples and AB-Quads running at up to 200 Tons a go and moving at 100 Kilometers an hour (And can be pretty fuckin' scary when you cross them going the other way on the highway - they can seriously knock your car about just with the wind coming off them, and are pretty hard to pass, unless you've got buckets of horsepower and torque, and plenty of speed) all the way down to little single trailer ten-ton Kenworths. Truck drivers(Truckies) get a fair bit of respect back home.
And I guess that's why you guys have Commodores and Falcons with monstrous engines that we eye with envy.
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EDIT - I will add - these cars are considered acceptable family sedans and Perfectly acceptable tradesman's utility vehicles, respectively.
We could import them but then they would not be street legal and would be for off road use only.
Edit - I might add, only in Australia would you get a car that has a button that modifies the exhaust setup, purely and only for the purpose of making it louder.
Double edit - I've driven a LOT of cars, and the Holden Monaro range and the Maloo utes are still the most fun and wonderful cars I've ever driven. Ludicrously Fuck-off Fast, too - a V8 Maloo with no modifications will beat a supercharged Audi A8 quite tidily. Screw it, I'll throw it out there - the Maloo is my favourite car that I've ever experienced, and I've never been in ANYTHING that compares to it.
Hell, I remember taking out my Boss Donny's (That was an interesting shop - Donny, Tommy, Joshie, and Scotty) V8 Maloo, and tearing up a BMW M5 in an impromptu drag race from the lights at 2AM, and another time where I borrowed it to take down the coast, absolutely ruining the reputation and Ego of the owner of a DB9.
For reference, one of these -
The XC is also the Basis for the MFP cars(The Yellow and purple cop cars) in Mad Max, though the "Mad Max Car" was based on an XB, the model before.
Motorex was an amazing company, however they showed how difficult it is to bring a car over and what happens when you lie to the DOT.
http://skylinegt-r.wikidot.com/0-60mrex
Funny thing, once the car has past DOT regs and made it out of the port, it's up to its home state to make sure whether or not it stays legal. Like how Rym was talking about his old Pontiac and the New York state inspection. New York, California, Oregon, etc etc are strict about emissions and the like. While states like Montana or my own South Dakota could not give a fuck less as long as parts do not fall off onto the highway.
EDIT: Why are tractor trailers designed like bricks on wheels?
For reference to the non-car nut people - a Half-cut is a car that's been cut in half completely, all the way through, usually in the middle of the passenger compartment, and then sold for both body and engine parts, depending on which half it is. Welding them together is unsafe, and generally illegal.
That is changing, Tractors are becoming very aerodynamic even though there are a few die hards left, trailers on the other hand are the most functional as a brick. Any kind of aerodynamics will just add weight, meaning more empty weight, meaning less cargo, meaning less pay, meaning fewer profits. Therefore the tractor has to be made as aerodynamic as possible.
http://www.americasminitruckcenter.com/
Also, I think I have a sugar dependency.