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Old 12-04-2008, 04:57 PM   #1
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Default List of some of the Worst Auto engines

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Old 12-04-2008, 05:12 PM   #2
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Do these lists only include American engines or are all manufacturers considered?
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Old 12-04-2008, 05:33 PM   #3
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I had the Chevy 2.2, it wasn't a bad motor, got great mileage in my S-10. My grandfather has a 2.2 Turbo Dodge Caravan, and he loves it.
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Old 12-04-2008, 06:55 PM   #4
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I had a Vega for my first car - what a turd that was!
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Old 12-04-2008, 06:56 PM   #5
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im again upset to see 2.2 mopars on there and once again will say that they were bombproof if you werent a moron
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Old 12-04-2008, 08:48 PM   #6
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I think the only real reason you see all US made engines or US desigs even is because the japanese track record is simply so much better overall. I really cant think of any failures in the jap products that arent attributed to stupid.
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Old 12-04-2008, 11:29 PM   #7
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A magazine like Popular Hot Rodding bagging on American motors.......Who woulda thought?

1974 - 1983 was the darkest period for the Big Three. Total crap quality all across the board. They were still stuck on the mentality that Americans would buy whatever they built.
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Old 12-05-2008, 08:30 AM   #8
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The only japanese blunder I can think of is the recent camshaft failures in the toyota tundra. It was a small amount of failures and Toyota took care of them.

Other then engines, Toyota has a campaign running right now to buy back tacomas at 1.5X blue book if the frame has significant rust on it. There is a VIN range thats affected. I forget what it is.
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Old 12-05-2008, 09:02 AM   #9
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Even before I read the article, I had picked out 6 of the engines involved!

My Toyota was part of that, although it was not rusted....Here are the related links on that:
http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv...29075220080508
http://www.toyotaframerust.com/
http://jalopnik.com/376911/rusty-toy...lue?mail2=true
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Old 12-05-2008, 09:09 AM   #10
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So there all American Motors...Like the japs havent Made Shitty Motors??

On a Side Note...the Chryslers 2 Liter Is a Fucking Turd and should be Blown up at all cause.
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