How many k's have your cars got on em? im interested in the long term reliablility of the astron 2 motors - whats the highest you have seen!?

my Tn (v511 v512) engine or what ever, not the astron, but still a 2.6 efi has done 235,000 odd and its in mind condition still.

75k on the clock. but its a charade, so its being rebuilt because after that many its well due :lol: :lol:

mines on 223,000 but my parents had a TP wit 315,000 but we traded it in cos it was just bout to die

unfortunetely i win lol

380,000km's .............. guy that owned it b4 me drove round australia in it .
though i think its a testiment to just how good thense cars are!! as my car is still running perfectly and no one believes me that it has done that many K's and is in such a great condition.

So if anyone bags old school magna's ..... which happens alot , its completely not true .. they rule!

er............... :roll: ............ correction 308K's

Lucky me - 104 953km's

'round 173,000

My 92 has more than most of ya's :P 210,000!

285k on the old motor and bout 60k on the new 1. the timing belt was going and it was only $1000 more for a full recon motor.


Tim

My 92 has more than most of ya's :P 210,000!
My old 3 pot NA had 250 and it was a 94 model. Its now in a different car and not missing a beat, 180psi compression ;) mine has 74k on it and had low compression, bad valves..... ect. full rebuild has begun

KM on the clock mean NOTHING at all.

Mine 89 TP just hit 102K the other day.

hrm - so most of you guys are driving relatively virginal magnas then? i think the hightest was 308,000 k's? is this all the magnas can do?

i wonder what the highest an astron has done is? theoretically i wonder if you could clock the speedo if one of these engines was kept in top condition!?! ;)
hehe

Well, out of the V6's, mine did 258,000 before packing it in, and that was ill maintainance on the previous owners. Killbilly's done 270,000 km.

My Magna Elante has done about 240 000k's.

One of my Scorps has done 396 000k's so far, been written off a couple of times but i just keep fixing it and it just keeps going. Not the original engine though, thats long gone. Was turboed for a while but now NA again.

The engine thats in it now got rebuilt one afternoon after i put a valve through one of the pistons. Put it together with whatever bits i could find and it's done 30 000k's so far without a problem.

taxis get 1million km on there cars, you know why? because they stay running for a long time durring the day

90 percent of engine wear is when the car is cold and when the car is being gunned around. Rarely gun your car and NEVER gun it when its not totaly up to temp and change the oil often and you can get 300 with good compression very easyly

i got mine with like 62K on it.. 2 years ago.

now its just gone ova 102K

eeeek, 230,000k

hrm, i worry about this some times :p

my 88 elante got 325 K's on it and was still goin hard, no faults with the engine, just had to replace the starter moter and cv joints and all that crap but yeh the engine had a cracked and warped head and i drove it on a 700km road trip and back with a hole in the radiator, come home cost me $300 for the heads to be replaced and shit and it went good.


my 98 tf sports has 240K's on it now and its still goin hard :D

about 186,000 here...

havent had too many probs, besides electrical & alternator stuff and also the carb was startin to wear out until i replaced it... nothin too major though, yet :)

I owned a TN SE and sold her about 1/2 a year ago with 295,000.

Highest i've personally seen was at the wreckers in a TP. Nearly half a mil. 492,000. Poor Magna would have been to china and back several times over. I'll never forget the day i saw it lol.

mines clocked a bit over 390,000.
it blows a little smoke on startup and third gear synchro is a little lazy :(

other than that it cruises along nicely 8)

once i've the time and cash to spare, i'll repair it

mine @ 306616
do I win a prize :lol:

mine just hit 313 ............ lol i been busy sonce i last posted 308

216,650 when I bought it, 216,707 when it died. Thats 57Kms. The old owner only told us afterwards the car used a bit of water on long trips. The crack was in the usual place, right under the exhaust manifold(which had its own cracks) on the block which meant I didn't see it until the manifold came off.

:shock: ouch....
Did u then proceed to crack him??

jezza i see your in seaford ...... how old r u ?....... i went to seaford 6-12 last year

havent seen many old school magna's out cruisin... why is this :)

cos ur blind dood :p

u know im always around

AHHAHAHAHA

224k, and it's awaiting repairs...

Repairs = new motor...

sharkey's has 300 something i think and it still goes hard as hell.

281,000 km on my magna, rebuilt less than 1000 km ago.

mines done 206,000km. was rebuilt at 190,000km, the rings were F#%@(! but only cause the car had bin left sitting in a garage for 8 months without even being kicked over once!!! so i got the car for $100 and havent looked back

88km to go and i hit 200,000km

Mines got 274k on it. Blows a bit of smoke on the occasional start up and some times stalls but apart from that its still sweet. no rebuild yet and i plan on gettin a new car instead of fixin it.

i just hope its as good as my magna now :dancin:

My car has just hit 200,000 about 2 weeks ago

My car had 330000 on the dial when it went in for the engine conversion, the old engine still ran fine just blew abit of smoke and chewed oil.

62 000kms on the engine, 192 000 on the clock. Engine swaps are great. After reading this thread it seems even 192 000 for a TP is pretty good.

The original engine was left sitting in the shed for well over a year, not even touched, it was pretty stuffed when it was finally started, major cracks in the head from bolt to plug.

Has anyone ever seen a magna going on the original build of the engine over 400 000, Ive seen a Toyota Tercel 4WD and a celica, both 83 models, goin fine and no smoke.

220k still gos hard poor things does 60kms a day taking me to work and home :) gets a flogging on the way to work and we cruse home as im ***** :)

Petew

Err. 157,000 when I got it a couple of weeks back... It's now at 165,000.

Probably be at 170,000 by next week... (I'm doing up to 300km a day)

I have an 88 TN and its done 84000. Thats nothing though. Nicks is a year or so younger and has done about 64000 or something. Thats just nuts :nuts:

I have a 91 TP wagon that has seen 267000 klicks, had to have the head done at 255000 coz of the smoke she blew, became a lil too embarrassing!!! :redface:
I got the car with 128000 on it and the ones I have racked up have been very hard k's, but now the heads rebuilt its sweet again. When the head was taken off we checked out the bottom end and its was a tight as the day it was made... not a problem there so heres hoping I get another 250000 out of it. :D

i got a wreck magna in my backyard that has done over 341,000kms until the motor finally siezed... it used to chew oil though...

i got mine with over 260,000 and shortly after it got a new motor

I had a triton with a 2.6L. I sold it with 365'000km and still going strong with no smoke. I've seen over 500'000km on original sigmas, the highest km original Magna I have seen is 420'000km on a TP manual and that was one owner, highway driven.

180 clicks is arrving soon, still going!

nothing to do with magnas my dads EF 96 model falcon is on 600000ks EXCAB 3500 bucks 2 years ago no smoke doesnt chew oil only prob was 600 bucks done on the tranny voltage surges or something i drove it engine tired but still stronger than my 2.6

My TP has done around 93,000, only mechanical probs i've had with it are stuffed radiator hoses (previous owner didnt keep an eye on the water situation) and a dodgy seal around the rocker cover which i got fixed.

Apart from that its trouble free (damn well should be with those kays on it).

My old work i thinnk had a 'dud' magna, a '92 which was on it's 2nd motor and 3rd auto when i left there, but being a work car it got such a flogging. One of me friends made it the 3rd auto after only 6 months use, the reco'd auto died badly.... he drives hard... very hard

I was at 181,000 when it broke the chain on November 10th. Since then, the dash was changed over to read 248,550, and a second hand motor was dropped in. It's now done 249,988, though there is several K's unaccounted for, as I was driving with no cluster for a while...

Built May 89 TP elante, just clicked ova to 180,001k's for a 15 yr old car thats good, she runs smoothly, just minor things to fix from normal wear and tear ie tappets.

Mine has just ticked over 307,000klm, still going strong.

because i wreck a few magnas have a few dashes around and they range between
183k and 315k

thats digital and analogue

Clocked over 250,000. Cursed, as I didn't have a digital camera for the momentous occasion.

A mate has an 89 triton 2wd with a japanese built 2.6 carby astron 2 (4G54 or 4G54B), it's done 420'000km and it's still going strong and doesn't blow smoke.

I got 315km on my TN engine re conditioned by last owner at 260ks!!!!!

My tn has done 190,000 km n i have changed the auto at 140,000km and new valve stem seals at 170,000km becos i got busted by the cops for blowing smoke........

A mate has an 89 triton 2wd with a japanese built 2.6 carby astron 2 (4G54 or 4G54B), it's done 420'000km and it's still going strong and doesn't blow smoke.

yeah some of the commercail's goes on and on, like triton hilux and hiace, seen many hiaces with 500k on odo, many in 400's on original engine and tranny.

Stored unservicable at 252729km.

ive got a 1990's TP GLX wagon (manual) with 118000k's

I doubt that the low k's will stay for long... ive got a few road-trips planned for the ol mags in the next few months :P

265,000 on my TM. Original Motor I Believe. Still going strong. Drive it everyday to work. I got it at 171,000 for $2000 from family member. Spend about that again on fixing small things like altenator, starter motor, battery, seals, etc...

Trying to get rid of it to go overseas... put an ad up in the for sale section.

What the dash says, or what the car's really done?

The Dash says 173,xxx km. This is due to the fact that I used the old Ghost's analogue dash, played around with, due to the typical dead tacho. (The other cluster said 193,xxx, but was a swapsie by the place I bought it from. The car was originally to be used for parts. It was the better condition.)

As for the real distance, 293,xxx km, the engine is the original number. Unknown if it's been rebuilt, or when it's due, though it is burning oil from being in storage, hopefully a run will fix that.

The Elite's 160,xxx km. She'll be getting a new motor in soon enough.

good work on the thread mining...not

I'm allowed to!

Plus, I had to update that information. The last two cars posted now no longer exist. :(

my september 86 tm has done 227431 kms total;
just reaching 1000km on this sweet new engine.
since buying the car off my dad ive spent a heap of money on it.

cv joints $300 ish
radiator $300ish
lukey heders, 2 1/4 inch zorst into lukey ultraflo muffler $560
2nd hand engine/gearbox b4 current one(lasted me 3000kms) $600
mp3 player, sub, box, amp speakers all up $500ish
(KYB shocks x 4) $450 ish
full aunger dragon car seat covers $100ish
led spotlights, $40
xenon headlights $35
FPR $65
fully reconditioned sandblasted weber 34adm $135 off ebay
bonnet scoop $300
numerous hoses, belts etc maybe $50 all up
leads, ignition coil twice(bought wrong one) dizzy cap and rotor arm $100
misc other crap, paint, cold air intake muck around supplies $100
new engine $2795 with install
1st service + linkage kit install thursday approx $380

grand total $6810

thats just what i can remember, what a waste of money :nuts:
no wonder i cant afford to buy a house :cry:
maybe i should have calculated this up earlier

255 000 kz standard block and pistons going hard @ 175 psi compression @ starter motor RPM

meh ill update then

246,000km

still on factory block and head

286,605km.....just starting to have problems with
heating (radiator blockage after changing coolant)and
the holy exhaust,
power steering,
cv joints,
spark leads are SHAGGED,
Auto slipping in 1st,
secondary jets in carby siezed,
and suspension is completely gone it looks really low at the back... sweet as though!
also 0km to 100km is around 35 seconds....on lpg, i havent done it on ULP cos it wont rev past 1200RPM on ULP....YAY

This car has been part of the family since 1988, its pretty special to me but it is starting to fall apart, i dont know if i should just spend the cash to get it normal again, or just buy a 3rd gen or a galant or sumthin

my 97 Honda Accord auto sedan 2.2l was on 330, 000kms.. was driven hard and had many accidents.. poor car

I have a 2nd Gen now. just bought it with 132,000 on the clock

my 87 tn se has 211,018 on it but thts a new reconed engine i bout the car wid 192,000 on it wid new engine so thts 21,000kms wid out a oil change and service whoops no good but i have had *** all problems till friday when the alternator belt went and ***** my pwer steering

other things tht have happend is brake rotors and little stuff thts it

***in first gens r great

my 95 model car is now at 270,000

My TM had 280000 on the clock when the digital dash went in with 300,000 on the clock, now showing 315,000. waqs blowing a little smoke till we replaced the head. still going nice!

meh ill update then

246,000km

still on factory block and head
I'm still on factory originals, but they'll be swapped around. (Ghost refurb motor into the SE, SE refurb motor into the Elite, Elite motor into the river)

180 clicks is arrving soon, still going!

I've only done 5000km since then, ahhaha, 185 thou as of today

Actually I lied new speedo says 332,000 now!