Eisboch wrote:
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I'll tell ya something about the Vega and Pinto. Although they were
both pieces of crap, it was the start of new technology that produced
smaller power plants that had decent weight to power ratios. A lot of
the technology from those days drove what's in today's vehicles.

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We had a '72 Pinto. It was the first new car I ever bought. $2,600 bucks,
financed through the Navy Federal Credit Union.
Other than the issue of the exploding gas tank if you got hit from the rear,
it was actually not a bad little car.
When I was transferred to Puerto Rico, I shipped it there. About a month
later a local walked up our driveway and asked, "How much?" At first I
didn't know what he was asking (speaking in Spanish). He pulled a wad of
bills out of his pocket and offered me $3,000. I shook my head "No", and
he added another 200 bucks. I took the cash and handed him the keys.

Eisboch




Smaller power plants with higher power to weight (and displacement)
ratios were being used in European cars long before the American
manufacturers began to market them in a serious manner.

Are any U.S. manufacturers still using pushrods instead of overhead cams?