Re: Japanese design

[bearbvd@domain.elided (Greg Hermann)]

At 4:34 PM 11/14/02, Will Owen wrote:

>difference was how well screwed-together everything was. Imagine a
>late-'50s British car that actually started every time and didn't oil your
>driveway! ;-)

Wot Mate-- th' oilz wot keeps the bloody dust down !! :-)

One of the more humorous examples of the copycatting was an early Honda
rip-off of the Dino V-6. Something they didn't understand, and therefore
left out was the restrictors in the oil feed passages to the heads. Took
'em a WHILE to figure out why so many of their new engine of freshly stolen
design were blowing up in service !! :-)

Greg
>
>Will Owen
>Pasadena. CA
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