the best yet he shood have used the dip.currer
steve preston wrote:
>
> Not quite.The truth is,the 4.7 AND 5.7 were designed
> by Dodge engineers who were vacationing in Germany in
> 1997.Unfortunately,it seems that when these engineers
> sent one of their radio transmissions back home to
> keep stateside engineers apprised of their research,it
> was not on a secure channel,and it was intercepted by
> an extremist group of German auto engineers in one of
> their U-boats in the waters just off the German
> coast.However,a U.S. ship nearby quickly picked up on
> THEIR broadcasts,and the U.S.S. Weinershnitzel (the
> covert spy vessel) set sail for home.When the Pentagon
> debriefed the officers upon arrival,it was learned
> that the Germans had also deciphered a coded message
> sent by one of our Dodge boys back home to his
> sweetheart in Alabama.That message contained
> classified information about the 4.7 V8`s sintered
> iron push rods.It was feared that the Germans would
> capitalize on this newfound information,and possibly
> use it against us in the new ML320 SUV,or in the
> prototype Hemi-warhead bomb rumored to be near
> production stage.But cool heads and quiet diplomacy
> prevailed,and information the two sides had gleaned
> from each other discreetly faded into the annals of
> history............ Steve P.
> --- George S Willhite <gswillhite@ualr.edu> wrote:
> > Sounds interesting. This also means the
> > new 5.7L engine could be a MB design as well?
> > Come on, someone spit it out. ;)
> >
> > Need more input....
> >
> > GS -
> >
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > bernd@texas.net wrote:
> >
> > : AHA!
> >
> > :> The 4.7L was designed PRIOR to the MB take over.
> > :>
> > :> It was, however, NOT designed by Chrysler. It
> > was designed by MB under
> > :> contract.
> >
> > jon@dakota-truck.net wrote:
> > Is this verifiable? This really should go into
> > the FAQ once we dig up
> > the truth (the whole truth and nothing but the
> > truth) ;-)
> >
> > I'm no expert on the history involved here, but I
> > *have* read quite a bit
> > about the events that led up to the takeover, and I
> > don't recall anything
> > ever being said about MB designing an engine for
> > Chrysler. I would have
> > thought something that noteworthy would have been
> > mentioned somewhere.
> > Also, just on a personal level, I wonder why
> > Chrysler would have done that?
> > They had some of the best designers in the world
> > right under their roof;
> > why farm it out, especially to a company with little
> > to no light truck
> > experience?
> >
> > (Please don't take this the wrong way Steve, I'm not
> > trying to call you
> > a liar or anything like that, I am just genuinely
> > interested in finding
> > out exactly what the deal is here...)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> =====
> Steve Preston 1999 Dakota Sport 3.9V6,4x4,3.92 Anti-spin,42RE auto,Intense Blue,regular cab.
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