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Old Sep 23, 2013 | 06:11 AM
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so just curious as to how many people are still out there rocking the stock block. Im currently at 127k miles on stock block and im kinda curious as to how long i can expect to keep it going.
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Old Sep 23, 2013 | 06:20 AM
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137xxx, and counting i drive on average 100 a day if not more.
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Old Sep 23, 2013 | 06:21 AM
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All depends on how you treat your car. Theres a member on here who is almost at 400k and most likely never steps on it. Routine maintenance is always the key
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Old Sep 23, 2013 | 06:30 AM
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just as an extra precaution im buying a spare block, eagle rods, pistons, and a head. gonna have it all assembled, and when the stock one bites the dust ill just swap them out.
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Old Sep 23, 2013 | 06:42 AM
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150k. Still going strong

Stock Block, Trans, TC, and Rear.
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Old Sep 23, 2013 | 07:39 AM
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As I recall, the guy with the big miles dropped a valve or something along the way and is driving a build.
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Old Sep 23, 2013 | 11:03 AM
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Ran mine to 147k before I spund the bearings. Mine broke on track. Probably would be fine if I didn't tracked it so much...haha
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Old Sep 23, 2013 | 11:37 AM
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Ran mine to 147k before I spund the bearings. Mine broke on track. Probably would be fine if I didn't tracked it so much...haha
haha i hear ya! ive only made 2 passes in mine. I have no clue about the previous owners tho. it just had intake and exhaust when i bought it, so i dont think it saw much track time before me.
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Old Sep 23, 2013 | 11:44 AM
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haha i hear ya! ive only made 2 passes in mine. I have no clue about the previous owners tho. it just had intake and exhaust when i bought it, so i dont think it saw much track time before me.
Different kind of track. Chu likes to actually "drive" his car
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Old Sep 23, 2013 | 11:47 AM
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23,xxx strong and yes i do mean 23,xxx
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Old Sep 23, 2013 | 11:55 AM
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A customer of mine has an evo 4 with 247000 kilometres still on original eng , unopened .
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Old Sep 23, 2013 | 12:11 PM
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I just bought a wrecked 03 with 104k miles. The trans and tcase are messed up but engine still runs fine. I did a leakdown test and all looked fine except cylinder 3, which was at 20% leakdown. Its obvious the previous owner did not take good care of the care and abused it but engine still started up and ran fine.
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Old Sep 23, 2013 | 01:11 PM
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Different kind of track. Chu likes to actually "drive" his car
lol well either way, its still not "normal" daily driving.
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Old Sep 23, 2013 | 01:13 PM
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23,xxx strong and yes i do mean 23,xxx
must not be a daily driver. haha or maybe u work right across the street from ur house.
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Old Sep 23, 2013 | 01:28 PM
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Originally Posted by jhoganusaf
must not be a daily driver. haha or maybe u work right across the street from ur house.
nope, she's a garage queen, miles get put on the beater 92 camry
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