[Shotimes] OT - IRL Gen 4 Chevy, NOT!

[James F. Ryan III]

>But isn't that what Ford did with Yamaha's engine?  We all know that the
>engine is designed and built by Yamaha, but the badge on the engine says
>Ford, and none of the official Ford literature gives "credit" to Yamaha as
>best I can tell.


What about the Chevrolet-Cosworth Vega Twin Cam of the mid-70s?  The guy
down the street from me had one when I was a kid (then he bought a Monza
Spyder - I always wanted that car).  Looking back, the Cosworth was a neat
little engine - all alum 4-cyl, fuel inj, twin OHCs, header, but only 100+
HP in a crappy rust bucket of a car.  In an effort to boost Vega sales Chevy
made sure to put Cosworth's name all over that thing (and probably to
deflect some of the blame if it didn't work).  At least the cam cover had
Cosworth and Chevy on it.

I know the regular Vega engine was a big POS, but I don't recall the
Cosworth engine being that much better.  A typical mid-70s 4-cyl choked by
emissions standards.



Jim Ryan
Wayne, NJ
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
>[mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Carl Prochilo
>Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 3:02 PM
>To: shotimes@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: [Shotimes] OT - IRL Gen 4 Chevy, NOT!
>
>
>But isn't that what Ford did with Yamaha's engine?  We all know that the
>engine is designed and built by Yamaha, but the badge on the engine says
>Ford, and none of the official Ford literature gives "credit" to Yamaha as
>best I can tell.
>
>Cheers,
>Carl Prochilo
>92 Ultra Red Crimson
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Dave Kegel" <d.kegel@comcast.net>
>To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
>Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 2:37 PM
>Subject: Re: [Shotimes] OT - IRL Gen 4 Chevy, NOT!
>
>
>> Sure, getting help is one thing.  But taking someone else's work and
>> sticking your name on it is just plain wrong.  It's just a somehow legal
>and
>> politically acceptable form of plagiarism.
>>
>> That's my not so humble opinion.
>>
>> Dave
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Ron Porter" <ronporter@prodigy.net>
>> To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
>> Sent: July 28, 2003 1:23 PM
>> Subject: RE: [Shotimes] OT - IRL Gen 4 Chevy, NOT!
>>
>>
>> > Cosworth had a good reputation long before Ford bought them. Similar to
>> > Lotus, that does work for MANY car companies.
>> >
>> > Harley Davidson had Porsche help them with the V-Rod. Porsche had a few
>> > Japanese companies help them with production engineering.
>Porsche helped
>> > Mercedes with one (or more, don't recall the details) of their new
>> engines.
>> >
>> > It's the new reality. The company gets work where they can, and the
>> customer
>> > gets work done where they feel they get the best results.
>> >
>> > Ron Porter
>> >
>> > http://www.team.net/mailman/listinfo/shotimes
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