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re: quote without comment



George Graves wrote:
Subject: Re: quote without comment

>I wonder how much of the NY Times (and other news media, for that matter)
>content is as error-filled as is this one article? If this level of
>journalism is the norm, one couldn't believe anything one reads in the
>newspaper at all!
>First of all, Quadrifoglio means 4-leaf clover -a longtime Alfa Romeo icon-
>not 4 cylinder and to my knowledge, no "Guilia" engined (1600, 1750, 2000cc)
>consumer model ever had 4 valves/cylinder. The 2-liter "Twin Spark" 4
>cylinder engine of the late eighties and early nineties DID HAVE
>4-valves/cylinder, 

mmmhhhhh the Alfa 75 Twin Spark sounds like a 2 valves per cylinder to me.
Just the
spark plugs were doubled in each single combustion chamber....

Ciao
Luca

nodoubt, 
"I like anything that don't talk." King Benny - Sleepers
937, 75 Turbo, RM250

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