[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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