Power chips

From : willy wanka

Q: budd you didnt understand my reply. i didnt say they vibrated. i said they were a poor weak excuse for a motor design. i understood what you wrote down . . and you are still wrong. they are as good as any design. in fact the 3.9 v-6 used by mopar is an la block with two cylinders removed. yeah that la block is a terrible design. you can balance anything even a v6. yep so a v-8 is a bad choice for balancing due to secondary harmonics. did you know the slant six really doesnt need a harmonic balancer do they have only 4 main bearings yes. as does the slant six which is far more durable than gm and ford 7 main inlines. did you know the main bearings on the forged crank engine are the same size as the b-rb engines do they compromise the cross sectional area of the crank journal with rod journal offset yes. and your proof is do they suffer from exceptional unnecessary tortional crank stress yes. does a v8 have the same faults no. are they as reliable as a v8 certainly not! once the new car warrantee expires who own this extra risk the consumer! its your dime make your choice. do your own survey compare head gasket failures. and how were those engines treated my lebaron just got done with two 1000 mile trips in less than a month and didnt use a drop of oil. it purred like a kitten towing around 1000 pounds back from phoenix to moab ut and still delivered excellent fuel economy . . at just under 90000 miles on the odometer. i have a freind in canon city co that is wanting my oldest son to help overhaul the v-6 in his ford ranger four-by at 130000 miles. i kew of a gmc odd fire v-6 in a half ton truck with 238000 on it and never been torn down in a shop that i frequent i have observed a more than 2 to 1 for the v6 over v8s and the customer base is 4 v8s for every v6. in a shop you frequent . . . .ah . . now we find out your area of expertise. have you ever been inside an engine in your life or do you consider the word of a half-trained tech to be gospel who owns those v-6s ricer wanna bes that run the heck out of them but dont know how to check the oil ya just blew any credibilty on this topic right out of the water. -- budd whats the difference between a bad golfer and a bad skydiver one goes whack darn and the other goes darn whack. .

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From : bob

i had a 95 dakota v6 it got 15 to 19 mpg sold it and bought a 93 dakota v8 it gets 16 to 20 mpg booth 4x4 same truck v6 is good but i like the v8 better much faster . chuck .