Re: V-8 engine design flaws

Posted by Mr.Pushbutton  On 2010/2/25 9:37:57

/\ Amen to that, brother. Chrysler was always known as "the Engineering company" or the "the Engineer's company", due mainly to the talents of Zeder, Breer and Skelton, fantastic engineers in their day. I think Chrysler cared a lot about engine design, that much is apparent by the excellence of their powerplants and the durability of their transmissions. In the days when Briggs built and designed their bodies they managed to make a good car.
After that era ended (with the introduction of the 1957 bodies) they became decidedly sub-par in quality to their two major rivals, and no amount of mechanical excellence in the eninge of a car can make up for slap-dash work everywhere else.
Old Walt knew that thae race was won by the manufacturer who spent the least time in production per unit, and that culture is still very much there.