On 5/26/2011 8:47 AM, jon@dakota-truck.net wrote:
> "Ken Allgood"<kenallgood@cox.net> wrote:
>
>> Ding ding! We have a winner!!!
>
>> http://members.cox.net/kenallgood/dakota/S1070002.JPG
>
>
> Cool - glad to hear that it wasn't something major! Its a bit of a
> bummer that Chrysler switched to stud mounted rockers during the
> Magnum changeover - that certainly wouldn't have happened with a shaft
> system. :-) Folks who build brand x race motors regularly convert
> their stud mount rockers to shaft mounted, but for decades, Chrysler
> used shaft mounted rockers in their stock engines, both big block and
> small blocks. Yet another example of the over-engineering that
> Chrysler was famous for. I assume the accountants eventually cut it
> for cost reasons.
>
Beg to differ there Jon :) I think General Morons takes the award for
the most over-engineered stuff out there on the roads...
Some of the biggest "WTF" moment's I've had in almost 10 years of parts
slinging was stuff that either GM, or Ford came up with.
Doesn't mean Chrysler doesn't have their share of WTF were they
thinking... just a little less in my opinion :)
The Jeep Grand Cherokee might be a perfect example... there isnt a
single damned thing that is easy to do on those Jeeps with the exception
of pump gas into the tank at an alarming rate.
-- terribletom
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