PropellerHead |
02-07-2023 09:46 PM |
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Originally Posted by Bdc101
(Post 1227442)
Sounds like a great job for a V8 :P
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Originally Posted by Happy
(Post 1227478)
I was riding around in 4.4is the other day, and I can confidently say that, this is the best advice.
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+1
I did the math in.. when was that? 2011? I was set to strap on (intentional euphemism) a blower to my '04 3.0. I'd owned it for 7 years and it had ~100k miles. Of course, I would have followed the same path as I had on my SC'd 540: Brakes, big ass aluminum radi, ALLL the suspension stuff, and for the automatic- an uprated cooler. At the time, I would have dropped north of $12k to prep the i6 *AND* add a blower. SC should be considered the very LAST thing to add after prepping the drivetrain for big changes.
Instead, I found a 4.8is with something like 11k miles. I sold the 100k mile i6 and dropped about $13k more to purchase the 4.8is. I netted WAY more power than the simple bolt-up SC would give the 3.0, and it was EVERYwhere, as designed. The platform was designed for the engine delivering it. With the purchase, I got a ton more bells and whistles, most of which I have since changed or upgraded. :rolleyes:
Of course, in the 12 years and 164k miles since then, I have dropped more than twice what I paid for the car in alll SORTS of silly stuff- including one of those fancy, bullet proof radiators. But, only ab the $ price of my 3.0 was spent on bullet-proofing the cooling, seals, and alll the other stuff. And that's me being obsessive.
I am pretty stubborn, so I would probably still be driving the 3.0 if I hadn't sold it to my neighbor. Their kids handed it down until they sold it last year with something like 230k on it. They were unhappy with the cost of maintaining the i6 as well.
I don't know what's out there now. I have since purchased another N62 (masochist?). It only had 32k when I bought it in 2019. 55k now and she's just as purtty as you please.
Funny story ab that one: Yep. I sold an '01 3.0 with a touch over 130k miles to buy the '04 V8. We'd purchased the '01 3.0 new. The upgrade to an '04 with XDrive, nav and a HOST of stuff beyond the motor cost me ab as much as a blower would. :bustingup
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