I do nerdy things with AI, product, culture and code. Building an orchard. I also have rare cars (1:300, 1:750, 1:2282 1:4000) ... that are not worth anything.
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Automotive type people -- I'm up to 3 engines I've stripped in various levels this year... (ford 5.4, 5.0, jeep 4.0) what engine should I dig into next?
A 1960s (65?) Jag 4.2 I6 that's going into a 62 Jag Mk2 (fight me). It's on a pallet, needs married up to a manual and put in the car along with everything else. Oh and of course, I have upgrades to go with it (oil pump, intake trumpets, I have no idea what I'm doing)
A 2008 BMW S85 5.0 V10 that I've owned for 14+ years (oil samples say its a perfect poster child but I want to do rod bearings, vanos line, and a TON of other goodies like a CSF radiator, oil cooler.....cough suspension refresh with bump stops, and more ....stuff)
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Not every bit of knowledge is publicly available, much less on the internet sooooo... what do you do? How do you know? So here's an example probably outside of your expertise - how many miles do you think this "everyone hates it" 5.4L 3v Ford engine has on it?
200k? 100k? 50? ...25? Or is it practically brand new with less than a few thousand on it? Place your bets.
How could you tell? Do some old (sorta?) school and pull the service history, get some data on it, what does it say? It's virtually blank. Purchased new from 2010 and a bumper replacement in 2015. That's it. That's all it has on file. Nothing else. It's empty. No oil changes, no tires, nothing.
Ok, let's ask AI. Do it, because I did. Grok 4.7 says 140k-180k and Fable 5.2 (yes, the brand new model that came out today) ...completely agrees, 140k to 180k.
I know, this'll shock you. AI is ...wrong.
But... I know some car type people (I know, humans, right?!) and asked them their assessment. Here's their responses to the actual miles in no particular order :
"That is way too clean. No way. How?"
"That looks ...good. Want to sell it?"
"I’ve definitely never worked on anything that clean before. Love it!"
"Looks clean and shiny!"
"I hate you and how good that looks. But I know you so <redacted>"
The answer is 90,391. It's mine. I've had it since new.
Keep using your friends, your experts, people you trust. They're becoming more valuable than ever and maybe ...they'll start posting what they know. But today is not that day. At least...not entirely.
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me : I shall make this bulletproof and go full on overkill on maintenance things.
also me, this ONE time : .........yeeeeeap we're going with the @FordRacing valve covers.
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