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79yamdt, on 21 May 2013 - 09:10 AM, said:

Aww they weren't that awful were they?? I was fresh out of the womb when GM used these engines but the technology they packed in thehttp://www.thumpertalk.com/topic/1023339-biggest-factory-flops/page__st__20 engines was pretty advanced for its day and they made pretty decent power. My friend was given an Olds 442 with 170k on it and a blown headgasket as a highschool graduation present. He replaced the gasket and continued to drive the crap out of it for another 20k before the bottom end started to get worn out.



Man that thing was ugly I guess that's why they made less then 5k over 3 years.

When the quad 4 was running good, it was a cool motor. Too much top end oriented power though

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BruceD_500, on 16 May 2013 - 07:34 PM, said:

Haha I recall that. I had an 88 LX 5.0 5 speed for 3years.  3 transmissions & 4 complete sets of tires fun car with terrible brakes

You've got that right Bruce. I work in a body shop, and we've had four in for "side swiped a pole" or "Ditch" related damages.

On the bright side, there's a lot of parts cars with World Class T-5s and 8.8 posi diffs for AMCs ! Too bad I need to rob Aerostars for axles
I've also done the 5.0L/AOD swap into a 93 Ranger, tons of fun!

On topic, the worst factory bike I've ever ridden was a KX420. The power was strange, the front forks were bad enough to break my left wrist without falling, and the motor was full of problems, like seizing at idle. Not good times, and parts were expensive or NLA.

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Any Honda xr100

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85sx rider 6828, on 24 May 2013 - 11:48 AM, said:

Any Honda xr100

all And every xr100 I've owned or ridden wich I've owned 3 and ridden SEVERAL have never had any problems. All XR's are wonderful bikes!

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Ah yes, I has a kdx420, didn't ride it much as the front brakes were the worst of any bike I had ever ridden!