Hi Scott and Listers:
If we are going to do "oneupmanship" on GM engines there are several far
better candidates than any you have mentioned.
How about:
The 216 "Stovebolt" - babbit bearings, splash lubrication, feeble endurance
The Vega/Astre 140 - aluminum block, silicon cylinder walls, obsessive oil user
The 4.9 L Turbo TramsAm - determined self-destruction
The 1.8 L J-car four - desperately underpowered
The list goes on, however the point of the whole thing is that I was
enquiring about engines which could serve as interesting replacements for
the MGB 1800 - if I felt like making some kind of LBC Rod. I thank those
of you who are responding and keep the suggestions and ideas coming.
John McEwen
The arrival of winter after 2 months of El Nino has made me speculative.
>> The 2.8 V6 GM is the worst engine they ever made. The 3.8 with a good
>>set of head
>> gaskets is a reliable motor. GM cheated on the head gaskets, The better
>>gaskets
>> solve the engines major defect. Carl E.
>>
>Carl,
> Well, if we're going to talk about the WORST engine GM ever made,
>how about the version of the "Iron Duke" 4-cylinder that went into
>the 1984 Fieros? I remember looking at the classified ads in 1985,
>and there were about 20 1984 Fieros for sale, and about 30% of them
>said "new engine"!
>Scott
>Scott Gardner
>gardner@lwcomm.com
>www.lwcomm.com/~gardner
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