[DeTomaso] whats old is new again
Ken Green
kenn_green at yahoo.com
Mon Dec 7 00:56:43 EST 2015
I put iridium plugs in my Regal GS at about 100,000 miles and saw a slight increase in gas mileage, from about 31 MPG at 70, to 32 MPG. I ran synthetic from day one, and the engine still ran perfectly at 170,000 miles. It came with platinum plugs and the iridium plugs are suppose to be a little better. It has a supercharged engine if that makes any difference.
I suspect a lot of folks driving Detroit products don't take great care of them because they plan to replace them in 3 to 5 years and probably assume the vehicles will fall apart anyway. Having worked for Hughes Aircraft and experienced big lies from GM before gutting the company (they said numerous times that they would not break up Hughes so people would not leave), I have no love or respect for anyone in GM management. It really irritates me that they screwed so many Hughes employees, and then got bailed out by our tax $s. I think I bought one of the few good cars they made, but think it actually was made in Canada anyway. I replaced the 98 Regal GS I bought new at 170,000 because of little stuff I didn't want to deal with, and bought an off lease 2003 and I'll drive it until it becomes unreliable, and keep spending my car $s on the Panteras.
Ken
From: marshallgsmith <marshallgsmith at sbcglobal.net>
To: Asa Jay Laughton <asajay at asajay.com>; detomaso at poca.com
Sent: Sunday, December 6, 2015 9:33 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] whats old is new again
I changed the spark plugs on my '04 Lexus at 150,000 miles and I swear,
I had to make sure I didn't mix the old plugs with the new ones....
there was absolutely no difference in the two.
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From: Asa Jay Laughton <asajay at asajay.com>
Date: 12/06/2015 8:49 PM (GMT-08:00)
To: detomaso at poca.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] whats old is new again
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 70^1s/80^1s American V-8 was a major milestone?
>
> I^1m not bashing American engines. I^1m 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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I put iridium plugs in my Regal GS at about 100,000 miles and saw a
slight increase in gas mileage, from about 31 MPG at 70, to 32 MPG. I
ran synthetic from day one, and the engine still ran perfectly at
170,000 miles. It came with platinum plugs and the iridium plugs are
suppose to be a little better. It has a supercharged engine if that
makes any difference.
I suspect a lot of folks driving Detroit products don't take great care
of them because they plan to replace them in 3 to 5 years and probably
assume the vehicles will fall apart anyway. Having worked for Hughes
Aircraft and experienced big lies from GM before gutting the company
(they said numerous times that they would not break up Hughes so people
would not leave), I have no love or respect for anyone in GM
management. It really irritates me that they screwed so many Hughes
employees, and then got bailed out by our tax $s. I think I bought one
of the few good cars they made, but think it actually was made in
Canada anyway. I replaced the 98 Regal GS I bought new at 170,000
because of little stuff I didn't want to deal with, and bought an off
lease 2003 and I'll drive it until it becomes unreliable, and keep
spending my car $s on the Panteras.
Ken
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From: marshallgsmith <marshallgsmith at sbcglobal.net>
To: Asa Jay Laughton <asajay at asajay.com>; detomaso at poca.com
Sent: Sunday, December 6, 2015 9:33 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] whats old is new again
I changed the spark plugs on my '04 Lexus at 150,000 miles and I
swear,
I had to make sure I didn't mix the old plugs with the new ones....
there was absolutely no difference in the two.
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-------- Original message --------
From: Asa Jay Laughton <[1]asajay at asajay.com>
Date: 12/06/2015 8:49 PM (GMT-08:00)
To: [2]detomaso at poca.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] whats old is new again
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
******************************
[3]http://www.racingagainstautism.com/
[4]http://www.teampanteraracing.com/
[5]http://facebook.com/racingagainstautism
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 70^1s/80^1s American V-8 was a major milestone?
>
> I^1m not bashing American engines. I^1m 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"
> <[6]detomaso-bounces at poca.com on behalf of
[7]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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