why don't they just weld the fucking hood shut modern

>>17814937
Because then you couldn't see the engine duh

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I agree,
also gone are the times of easy accessibility.

>>17814968
>I came

What did they mean by this?

>>17814968
>i came

huehuehue

>>17814968
Overflow tank in front of the fan? That's clever.

>>17814968
To be fair that's a shaved bay.

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>>17814968

hard to be more accessible than a tiny 1.8 inline 4 in a 5 series BMW lol

>>17814989
wuts inside that /comfy/ snap-down bag?

>>17814994
his dignity

>>17814994
Weed

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>>17814985
cleaned up engine bays make my dick hard

>>17814991

what is this abortion?

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>>17815004
One of the comfiest cars ever. They require a terrifying amount of dedication to keep running though.

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>>17815004
They had air suspension

>>17814937

While I do think exposed engines have more character, I think the people overreacting to engine covers is the stupidest shit.

>hurr durr I can't remove two bolts to expose my engine

>>17815004
Only the most comfortable suspension of all time.

>>17814994

battery?

>>17815018
Hydropneumatic. Please be exact.

>>17815024
I can't habeeb. Who runs what looks like a gas line into a battery bag?

>>17814994
battery ?

>>17815020

> two bolts

>>17815028
I didn't know that, I always heard air.

>>17815002
I dont know much about mechanics so I'll ask a stupid question.

All I see in that picture is the engine. Where is the battery? The washer fluid deposit and everything else???

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>>17815029
It's the battery

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>>17815002

>>17815029

find battery in pic

>>17815037
But why is it in a battery purse?

>>17815043
To protect it against the elements.
My car battery has a cover too, albeit less comfy

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>>17815037
>>17814989

>whole universes of space all around the engine to work on it

>>17815047
They're designed to be exposed to the elements, just like the rest of the goddamn shit in the fucking engine bay you don't fucking wrap it up in coddling clothes like it's baby jesus in a manger.

Is this the true extent of german over-engineering?

>>17815035
The shocks are filled with special suspension fluid which gets displaced when depressed and flows into the green spheres, compressing the air inside them. It combines the benefits of liquid dynamics and pneumatic suspension. It's as dampening as air suspension, but thanks to the liquid flow it's not as aprupt and even smoother.

>>17815055
A battery will last longer if it doesn't get cold, also less corrosion if no moisture.

>>17815064
Yeah, I hate it when my battery catches a cold. Worst of my nightmares.

>>17815036
probably in the rear of the car

>>17815036
>Where is the battery?
Hidden somewhere in the car, might be in the rear.

>The washer fluid deposit
It doesn't even have wipers

>>17815055
Batteries perform best and have the best longevity when temp stable. The same is true of your engine itself. Parking a car in a heated garage to keep it out of the cold in winter is better for the engine starting and stopping.
Things aren't "designed to be exposed to the elements" they just deal with it and face the consequences.

>>17815066
I hate it, fucking pushing a vehicle because it's cold and you haven't driven for a while

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>>17815066
???

>>17815076
My undercarriage is most assuredly designed to withstand the noise and haste of winter weather and being assaulted by road salt. Rusting away is part and parcel. That's why everything lubricated is sealed and I don't have to go apply oil to all the joints each month.

Unless you're a massive faggotron with a battery that wasn't designed for cold weather, it makes no more fucking difference then having to eventually replace your brake light. It doesn't need a fucking sharia hood.

>>17815076
This, just because engines don't instantly implode in the winter doesn't mean that winters are good for engines.

>>17815077
Push starting is Patrician. As is having an extra battery if you were so dumb it's your first time dealing with cold weather and you thought putting a warm snuggly on your battery was going to make any difference.

>>17815087
Except a brake light is like €5 a battery €100+

>>17815097
Are you German? Let's be frank. Was it really 6 million?

>>17815101
No, not German.
Tip to recognise a German, they would have written 5€ and 100€.

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i wonder if this has anything to do with pixie protection?
aren't these both 48v?

>>17815038
>Spend a fortune and painstaking man hours to make the engine bay look minimalist
>Just letting the ignition leads dangle around and looped up
>Throttle cable sticking out
So rather than cleverly re-engineering parts to hide them away it's just the bare minimum to make it look like the engine runs.

>>17815106
I think it's designed to hide the battery pajamas and make sure the engine stays warm.

>>17815095
I do have a spare battery, but pushing it is the quickest way to start with a flat battery.

>>17815136
I once tried to roll it backward down the driveway, but the grade was insufficient to get it going. I finally had to hit the ebrake when it was about to go ass first into the road.

Imagine my shame when my parents got home
>hey do you mind giving me a jump?

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HOW ABOUT A FUCKING NORTHSTAR IN A MKII GOLF?

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We doing a bay thread?

>>17815411
Can you invite me over to adjust your valve lash? I'll bring beer if you get pizza.

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>>17815411

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>>17815423
Sure. i think i did it wrong because everytime i remeasured it with the feeler it was not tight anymore.
It seems to run better now tho.

>>17815433
Yeah that's why you have to keep turning it over because it loosens up. It does feel fine when you get it down for sure.

>>17815446
i dont have the correct feelers anyways.

>>17815460
Pick one that's a just a tiny bit smaller than the spec. If you can pull it out after tightening then the lash is already larger than the feeler.

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>>17814989
try 1.3

>>17815493
it looks so lonely in there

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>>17814968
this pic right here is why i really like the sonic

i mean look at all that fucking engine access

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>>17815643
I own a 2014 Sonic RS. Thing is legit more fun to drive than my SS Camaro.

>>17814937
You know you can take the cover off you fucking retard.
Most of the time when people pop the hood they just want to access the fluids, which you can still do with engine covers. Even then it takes like a minute to take an engine cover off (in my experience).

>>17815686

lol this pic is silly

>>17814937
Engine's in the wrong place.

>>17815702
WARRANTY VOIDED

>>17815628
Is this really the engine Tesla uses?

I knew electric was a lie

>>17814937
It's literally just a couple clips keeping the engine cover on. They even act as sound and heat insulation as well at have air ducts to direct airflow to heat exchangers

>>17814945

The whole point is that the plastic cover obscures the engine anyway

Weld the hood shut? Nah, apple doesn't make cars yet

>>17815086
MMMM radiator muff.

>>17815153
Reverse is such a low gear that it is really difficult to push start a car in. It's just better to get the car going 10-15 mph and start into 2nd. I have a pretty steep driveway, and was able to get my car started in less than 20 feet

>>17816035
Well I couldn't really go forward, so that was the only option.

>>17815759
>Buying a water-cooled Porsche

>>17816343
Right? Why would anyone buy an objectively better car?

>>17815493
That looks like shit

at least put a decent sized six in it

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>>17814937
>Modern cars are cancer
>I was born in the wrong generation

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>>17816958

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This is what top performance Accessibility looks like

>>17816967
That's the point nigger. OP's opinion is cringy and this is the type of image he would unironically enjoy and agree with.

>>17814937
Don't buy shitty Euro trash cars. No decent Japanese car does this. Seriously, not even Lexus does this. Fucking 0.8L Turbo Yurpoop cars.

>>17816982
i wasnt taking the piss, i just say a opotunity to shitpost cringe 9gag shit

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>>17816999

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This is what modern cars look like without engine covers.

>>17814968
>I came
I wish I had that on my car's engine.

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>>17817018
wow that's disgusting

remember when the valve cover and the intake manifold at least made some effort to look good?

>>17816958
T. Has never done a damn thing under the hood

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>>17817026

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>>17817034

>>17816958
this so much. OP is like all the other millennial faggots that cry about cars that weight over 1500 lbs

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>>17817048
even this looks kinda cool with the embossed honda logo proudly on top of the engine

>>17817018
but its a lexus you never need to go under the hood

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>>17817057

>>17815760

is this true?

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>>17816996

>not even Lexus does this

>>17815895

this dude makes a good point re: apple. all this "walled garden" shit is designed with the intent to prevent the user from repairing/hacking the product that they paid for... just like these retarded engine covers.

>>17817018

the auto-engineering equivalent of spaghetti code in software engineering

>>17815241
DEAR GOD WHY?!?!?!
I am so glad I will never have to work on that abomination. Copious amounts of thermite should be used on that thing.

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rb26 in a z

>>17817463
That turbo isn't even connected to anything

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2018 Lexus LS460 with its engine cover removed

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why?

>>17817473
>he doesn't use Spiritual™ intercooler piping for maximum gainz

captcha: give brums

>>17817494
Because that's the electric version.

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There is so much space in there

>>17817506

why have an engine cover on an electric engine?

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>>17815038
>>17815493

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i came

>>17816959
Now THIS I can fap to.

>>17817507
Why is there a pipe linking your intake tubing and your exhaust manifold

>inb4 direct exhaust injection

>>17817029
You're damn right I haven't.

>>17817676
EGR

>>17818013
How much fucking gas are they trying to recirculate? Mine was like the diameter of my finger, optional outside of Cali.

>>17815493

godddd when I see this, it reminds me of seeing a nice, tight white girl, you just know both of them need a nice BBC to fill them out

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>>17818047

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>>17815038
Where do fluid reservoirs go?

>>17815020
I count 12 fender clips in that pictures, and none of them even expose the top end.

Have fun with all that plastic in 8 years when it's all starting to decompose make disassembly shitty.

>>17818092
He probably put them behind the firewall.

I would just make fancy chrome looking ones.

>>17818047
lol

>>17817676
hot air intake
it only comes off the heat shield not the exhaust pipe
many older fiat and Toyota have this
its for cold starts and works either by a valve on a thermostat or by rotating the air cleaner

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I like my engine bay. It's kinda dirty but it's easy to access.

>>17815241
>a piece of shit inside a piece of shit
And nothing of value was lost.

>>17817541
Why have a battery cover on the back of your phone?

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>>17817029
>being a poorfag

>>17817494
>t. low IQ nigger

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>The moment a Lister V12 JAAAAGGGG rolls in the shop.

>Heavy sweating.

>>17818387
i like you're mum for the same reasons boyo

>>17814937
>why can't I fiddle around with my new porsche wtf

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>>17817018
except when the koreans do it

>>17819541
my god

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>>17819541

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>>17820000
There's a reason they are only serviced by Lister.

A less complex Lister Jaguar.

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>>17820246
but lister went under. what happens now

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>>17820250
As with all small British car companies they sort off still exist.

And otherwise you could probably service them at TWR.

>>17816996
Infinitis have these. Cadillac does this too.
T. Lube tech.

>>17817057
If i rememeber, I will take a pic of my new 2017 Civic for comaprison when i get back from the gym. It is a total compact nightmare.

>>17814968
l-lewd

>>17820415
Why would you but such an awful car

>>17814968
fucking hell that is clean

>>17816959
anyone have pics of an aw11 set up like this?
I might want to do this...

>>17814968
! this a blue board senpai! wtf!

>>17815686
gets me every fucking time

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Hey guys.

>>17815686
>>17821022
I don't get it

>>17820797
i live in europe, i didnt get the half-arsed american SKU

>>17817048
I thought /o/ was a blue board?

>>17816996
The only plastic part over my valvecover on my peugeot is the air intake.
Also on the right side of the engine bay is a huge empty space, enough for 1-2 cylinders more.

>>17817547
this is awesome

however wouldn't there be a problem with the wheels kicking shit into the engine bay?

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>he needs more than 2 cylinders

>>17814937
>be 2020
>listening to radio
>hear commercial about how the new camry/altima features a welded down hood, making engine theft impossible
>the future is now

>>17817473
confirmed busrider.


it's a short turbo design. when you close the hood all the air gets trapped inside the hood and eventually makes its way into the intake. way more efficient and makes more power without have to go through a pesky intercooler

>>17817018
thats cool tho

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>>17817026
So much easier to just chuck a plastic cover over the ugly bits.

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>>17814968
>>17815002
>>17815038
Pinto was glorified lawnmower
So much extra room under the hood, you could literally store shit in there

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Mine without its cover.

>>17815839
Don't be silly, that is just a picture from the Tesla factory of the initial battery charge. They take the baby and bleed it out over the battery to ensure that the lithium cells maintain a good power flow through. Part of the reason Tesla's are so expensive is that Musk insists on the blood of children. The Chinese electrics save money by just using hobos off the street.

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>>17816975
I fucking love the Ford 300. I just bought a 1996 f150, which was the first year of obdII data link connector, but it was the last year of obs, and last year of the 300, and I couldn't love the truck more

>>17815036
Jump-starting and glowplugs

>>17814937
They don't want you to fix your own shit, they want you to go to the authorized service and pay dem bucks

>>17815036
Battery can be easily relocated to the truck (many ricers do this anyway).
Dont need washer fluid since its a show car.

Brake booster/ brake fluid / clutch fluid is probably moved behind the firewall... likely into the glovebox.

no fuckin clue where the radiator is... maybe the trunk?

I seriously fucking hate exposed timing belts.

>>17815038
>intake is facing the front of the car
that wont spell trouble when you start hitting bugs on the motorway

I don't fucking get it. If a normie sees this, they're all "WOW LOOK AT THAT", because they've never seen under a fucking hood anyway so why are they catering to them with shit they don't even need to fabricate.

Unless, it's all about charging people out the ass for labour just to
TAKE OFF PLASTIC COVERS.

>>17824231
There doesn't appear to being a filtering medium at all on those ITBs. Since it seems to be a show car that's of no ill consequence, but ffs they could at least put a .5mm gauze mesh on the bell.

Literally takes ~5 min max to remove calm down autist

>>17814937
isn't the plastic supposed to help direct proper air flow under the hood on some cars?