"Josh Battles" <jbattles@bankfinancial.com> wrote:
: I saw both of those posts before I made mine, and my previous comment still
: stands. I understand that they were made by "JR Headers." If you're going
: to say that these headers aren't Dodge headers, that they're "JR" headers,
: you might as well start telling us that the alternator you bought from Dodge
: isn't a Dodge alternator, that it's a Denso alternator instead.
: The fact of the matter is that they were (are) sold over the Mopar parts
: counter, and have a Dodge part number attached to them, and every part
: (except maybe the MP line) sold by Dodge is made by someone else.
The MP stuff is made by other people too. :-) (For example,
I think Edelbrock was responsible for the aluminum Magnum cylinder
heads, and I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't make most of
the MP intake manifolds too.) Heck, even for new vehicles, Dodge
doesn't really make much of anything - I guess you could consider
them designers and assemblers. :-) AFAIK, most parts on a vehicle
comes from outside sources. (I said "most", not "all".) ;-)
I'm not sure about the frame and the sheet metal; I wouldn't be
surprised to learn that Dodge does actually do their own stamping.
(There is a Ford stamping plant near me in Buffalo, so I know they
do some of their own stamping, at least.)
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