Re: Washington Post: Road Rage Cause

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From: Woody
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 00:00

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On Fri, 19 Feb 1999 12:17:19 -0800, "Kip C. Anderson"
<kca(@)rio(.)com> wrote:

>
>Woody wrote in message <36cdbb22.5729469@nntp.ix.netcom.com>...
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>>Turbo 4cyl are not more reliable than American V8s.
>
>Perhaps not, but it's been my experience that they have been.  No V8 engine
>in my family (GM & Ford) has lasted more than 60-80k miles without needing
>some serious attention.  Modern well designed 4 cylinder turbo motors such
>as Toyota's 3S-GTE, or the Isuzu / Lotus 4XE1-WT motor have been known to
>run fine with well over 100,000 miles under hard use (like track days,
>autocrosses, and hillclimbs).  There are exceptions.


'87 GT midly modified   145k and still runs strong
'87 LX 5.0L   stock    136k and still runs strong
'93 LX 5.0L  heavily modified   46k, 6k on engine (im breaking alot of

      shit on this one so it doesn't count)

the dinosaur pushrod V8s in the Caprice that Taxi companies use are
one of the most reliable engines (even a crappy magazine like Consumer
Reports says so). So are the Ford 302s and GM 350s

I would say that 4cyl from Toyota and Honda non force inducted would
be more reliable than the V8s, but not the force inducted. My 4cyl
Toyota's got 206k.

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From: Woody93LX@yahoonospam.com (Woody)
Subject: Re: Washington Post: Road Rage Cause
Date: 1999/02/20
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