[DeTomaso] whats old is new again

Konrad Szwab kszwab at gmail.com
Mon Dec 7 08:50:43 EST 2015


My opinion is that it is weight related. While my 1989 TransAm feels like a
tank the Japanese cars feel a lot lighter. It takes effort to move all that
weight around and the performance to move heavy car from 0 to 60 quickly is
a lot more than a Japanese sedan driving normally around.

On Sun, Dec 6, 2015 at 10:18 PM, Will Kooiman <will.kooiman at gmail.com>
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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   My opinion is that it is weight related. While my 1989 TransAm feels
   like a tank the Japanese cars feel a lot lighter. It takes effort to
   move all that weight around and the performance to move heavy car from
   0 to 60 quickly is a lot more than a Japanese sedan driving normally
   around.

   On Sun, Dec 6, 2015 at 10:18 PM, Will Kooiman
   <[1]will.kooiman at gmail.com> 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.A
     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 70A^1s/80A^1s American V-8 was a major milestone?
     IA^1m not bashing American engines.A  IA^1m really what makes the
     Hondas run so
     long.A  Is it because of overhead cams, better materials, closer
     tolerances?
     On 12/6/15, 12:10 PM, "DeTomaso on behalf of Daniel C Jones"
     <[2]detomaso-bounces at poca.com on behalf of
     [3]daniel.c.jones2 at gmail.com> wrote:
     >A  A > When an engine fails or becomes very worn, it is usually
     pulled from
     >A  A the vehicle and scrapped. Ford wants to change that by
     utilizing a
     >A  A high-tech plasma process to remanufacture broken engines.
     >A  A When my dad got back from Germany serving as a medic in WWII,
     he was
     >A  A assigned to motor pool duty.AA  The motor pool had a very well
     equipped
     >A  A machine shop.AA  One of the cars, IRC a Pontiac sedan with a
     flat head
     >A  A straight eight, had been rebuilt several times.AA  After a few
     re-bores,
     >A  A they reached the limit of the block casting.AA  Rather than
     scrapping
     >A  A the block, they metal sprayed/plasma welded it back to
     standard bore
     >A  A and rebuilt it again.AA  IIRC, it had logged something like
     500,000
     >A  A miles.
     >A  A Dan Jones
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