[DeTomaso] whats old is new again

[Asa Jay Laughton]

I dunno.
Asa  Jay

1994 F250 - just turned over 250,000 miles
1995 Jeep Grand Cherokee - turned over 225,000 miles
1998 Ford ZX2 - turned over 230,000 miles

20 cylinders in all

Asa Jay Laughton - W7TSC, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
&  Shelley Marie
Spokane, WA
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On 12/6/2015 8:18 PM, Will Kooiman wrote:
> Our Honda just turned 235,000 miles from a 1 litre, 3 cylinder engine.
> Nothing has been done to the engine except for normal maintenance.  I
> changed the spark plugs at something like 200,000, just because.
>
> Why is it not a big deal for Hondas to run forever, but hitting 100,000 in
>
> a 70¹s/80¹s American V-8 was a major milestone?
>
> I¹m not bashing American engines.  I¹m really what makes the Hondas run so
> long.  Is it because of overhead cams, better materials, closer tolerances?
>
> On 12/6/15, 12:10 PM, "DeTomaso on behalf of Daniel C Jones"
> <detomaso-bounces at poca.com on behalf of daniel.c.jones2 at gmail.com>  wrote:
>
>>    >  When an engine fails or becomes very worn, it is usually pulled from
>>    the vehicle and scrapped. Ford wants to change that by utilizing a
>>    high-tech plasma process to remanufacture broken engines.
>>    When my dad got back from Germany serving as a medic in WWII, he was
>>    assigned to motor pool duty.A  The motor pool had a very well equipped
>>    machine shop.A  One of the cars, IRC a Pontiac sedan with a flat head
>>    straight eight, had been rebuilt several times.A  After a few re-bores,
>>    they reached the limit of the block casting.A  Rather than scrapping
>>    the block, they metal sprayed/plasma welded it back to standard bore
>>    and rebuilt it again.A  IIRC, it had logged something like 500,000
>>    miles.
>>    Dan Jones
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