I disagree, and it has nothing to do with me putting ford engines into syncros either! But since it isn't the engineering that caused the ford 4x4 van to come apart, you can't realistically praise VW engineers for the syncros not doing so. Ford doesn't make any factory 4x4 vans, they are retrofits by quigley and century if memory serves in the aftermarket, and then sold back through ford dealer channels as Ford 4x4s... so keep that in mind... not to mention that things coming loose has very little to do with engineering in the real world... you can't engineer a failsafe method for making installers use threadlocker etc and a torque wrench. I think there is far more to scratch heads about when it comes to VAG engineering than outright praise. Firesuit on. Jim At 05:00 PM 5/31/2006, John Bange wrote: >My personal favorite pic from the collection is the one showing the Ford >(with only 10K miles on the odometer) being repaired that's captioned: >"The road to Scorpion Bay was 2 hours of nasty washboard. It shook this $95k >4x4 Ford apart." >Something like that sure makes you appreciate VW and Steyr/Puch engineering. ________________________________________ Bostig Engineering Engine Systems Voodoo http://www.bostig.com/ 617.272.3800 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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