David,
As I recall from my Street Rodder magazine, the Quad four bears a striking
similarity to the Offenhouser racing engines and can be made to look like
them too by changes some of the covers on the engine. It's actually
(beleive it or not) a popular hot rod engine. I wanted to consider putting
it into a Morris for it's compactness, but the water outlet at the back of
the block makes it a problem. Cool looking engine when done up right though.
Gerard
At 6:47 PM -0400 5/1/03, DLancer7676@cs.com wrote:
>Well my wife's fairly dependable '97 Pontiac Grand Am blew a water pump a
>couple of days ago. "No problemo," I said, as I agreed with her decision to
>have it AAA-towed to the local mechanic shop we use, thinking a water pump is
>no big deal.
>
>Call from the mechanic. "Hey, man, sorry, but we really can't change that
>water pump out--you willhave to take it to the dealer to get it done. That
>is a Quad-Four engine and they will have to pull the engine to change the
>water pump."
>
>So we opt for the local friendly RT Clapp where they do the job for a bargain
>$645. TO CHANGE A DAMNED WATER PUMP! What kind of a case of stupids did
>our American Engineers have when they designed an engine that had to be
>pulled to change a water pump? I know, I know--American job security. But
>that is just plain dumb. A water pump is a maintenance item.
>
>--David C.
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