Posted by The Older Gentleman on July 13, 2010, 2:20 am
> On 7/12/2010 5:08 PM, The Older Gentleman wrote:
> >
> >> If one knows what one is about and is allowed to inspect, reject, and
> >> modify parts that could be a wonderful opportunity. If it's just turn
> >> wrenches as GM tells you it's a lot less so.
> >
> > Oh yes!
> >
> > "I'll have that camshaft, thanks, oh, and *that* cylinder head. Valves?
> > Oh, the sodium-filled ones, of course. And the forged hi-compression
> > pistons, and...."
>
> Not so much a matter of what fancy parts to use, but with a GM plant
> full of engine parts to draw from one can come pretty close to a
> blueprinted engine if one can pick and choose on the basis of
> dimensions, alignments, etc.
Oooh, I hadn't thought of that.
<Happy reverie>
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Posted by Dean Hoffman on July 12, 2010, 5:41 pm
J. Clarke wrote:
> If one knows what one is about and is allowed to inspect, reject, and
> modify parts that could be a wonderful opportunity. If it's just turn
> wrenches as GM tells you it's a lot less so.
I'd just about bet one would just turn wrenches with some GM type
watching closely. Maybe a union guy there too. And a lurking lawyer.
There would probably be some liability waivers to sign.
Posted by The Older Gentleman on July 13, 2010, 2:20 am
> J. Clarke wrote:
>
> > If one knows what one is about and is allowed to inspect, reject, and
> > modify parts that could be a wonderful opportunity. If it's just turn
> > wrenches as GM tells you it's a lot less so.
>
> I'd just about bet one would just turn wrenches with some GM type
> watching closely. Maybe a union guy there too. And a lurking lawyer.
> There would probably be some liability waivers to sign.
A few years ago, an English motoring magazine asked the Nissan factory
in Washington, northern England, if they could build their own long-term
test Primera. The whole car, in Nissan's plant.
The factory assented, and they did. IIRC they made quite a good fist of
it.
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Posted by Beav on July 13, 2010, 10:30 am
>> J. Clarke wrote:
>>
>> > If one knows what one is about and is allowed to inspect, reject, and
>> > modify parts that could be a wonderful opportunity. If it's just turn
>> > wrenches as GM tells you it's a lot less so.
>>
>> I'd just about bet one would just turn wrenches with some GM type
>> watching closely. Maybe a union guy there too. And a lurking lawyer.
>> There would probably be some liability waivers to sign.
> A few years ago, an English motoring magazine asked the Nissan factory
> in Washington, northern England, if they could build their own long-term
> test Primera. The whole car, in Nissan's plant.
> The factory assented, and they did. IIRC they made quite a good fist of
> it.
BGN, is that you? :-)
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> >
> >> If one knows what one is about and is allowed to inspect, reject, and
> >> modify parts that could be a wonderful opportunity. If it's just turn
> >> wrenches as GM tells you it's a lot less so.
> >
> > Oh yes!
> >
> > "I'll have that camshaft, thanks, oh, and *that* cylinder head. Valves?
> > Oh, the sodium-filled ones, of course. And the forged hi-compression
> > pistons, and...."
>
> Not so much a matter of what fancy parts to use, but with a GM plant
> full of engine parts to draw from one can come pretty close to a
> blueprinted engine if one can pick and choose on the basis of
> dimensions, alignments, etc.