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Old 10-23-2011, 02:07 AM
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Originally Posted by Jac Mac View Post
This problem is not confined to the USA, I doubt whether many guys that have come thru modern tech training facilities can do basic stuff like degree in a cam, work out compression ratios, correct pushrod length etc, the stuff that is vital to whether a motor lasts 10 seconds or 10 thousand miles, they can all fit the shiny pod filters and anodized thermostat housings though & charge like a wounded buffalo in the process...
100% agree, nobody else I work with knows how to do anything like that, even my elders.

They think I'm a bit eccentric, because I know stuff like that.

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