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[–] ExtremeDullard 11 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Lada engines don't have valve / piston interference. They won't explode. But yeah: the 3D-printed parts won't last even a trip to the supermarket.

[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Glorious soviet engineering saves the ~~day~~ half-trip to the supermarket xD

Luckily it's so empty that you won't have your car weighted down by your groceries

[–] prenatal_confusion@feddit.org 0 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I see you have been traveling a lot in your long life.

[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 1 points 5 days ago

Is that comment supposed to be mean ? (I genuinely don't understand, sorry)

[–] Mac@mander.xyz 0 points 5 days ago (1 children)

What about filling the oil pan with plastic, blocking the pickup, and starving the engine of oil? lol

[–] FleetingTit@feddit.org 2 points 2 days ago

Cam gears are on the outside of the engine though. No danger of all of that.