EngineQuestion

[alice@domain.elided]

Here I go again ...dragging you guys and gals off center...

I take interest in recent engine building articles.  I used to have 
trouble with a Triumph 1493cc 4 cylinder engine ...spun 3rd 
bearing, low oil delivery to inner journal, etc...

Do you believe that there exist engines (this being one of them)
that are poorly designed and thus not worth a rebuild.  This engine 
uses a bicycle type chain with crank and cam sprockets, basically 
your 50's design pushrod iron lump.  Oddly, they use a sealing ring 
at bore top ...plays havoc with block top machining and head gasket 
resealing.  

I ask this because I have a soft spot for Triumph Spitfires and
one potentially fell into my lap last evening ...I said "Never Again" 
... perhaps I should have said "Never Say Never Again".

By the way, what the heck were they talking about when
they coined that James Bond title?
        
Tangentially yours ...Mark