Re: New Quaker State Oil

Posted by Tim Cole On 2012/6/10 12:40:23

When it comes to flat tappet applications a good case in point is the Cummins 6.7 litre diesel. In that motor each tappet is opening two valves. It has about the same rev range as the Junior Packards. It's a wonderful running motor and would certainly go a million miles if they dialed the horsepower down. However, they don't offer that option because everybody wants a truck that will turn a 14 second quarter mile. Yet the tappets aren't affected much by the injection program and they do okay.

Where these people get the money to buy those trucks every five years is a mystery which is why I don't have it.

The other day I was looking through Turnquist's book and found a passage where he essentially said that the car hobby should be about having fun. His politics notwithstanding, I guess he wrote that when he was in the middle of problems on the CCCA board.

In the modern car realm we talk about design problems whereas in the old car realm there were too many interpersonal wars going on over old worn out cars. There is something wrong with that picture. Maybe they think the same thing about me where I work now, but at least they don't come in everyday and try to start a fight.