I'll agree on the Made in China stigma. My pal Pete's 301 CI Mustang is
making a LOT of power from an all Chinese bottom end. The Scat stroker
crank, rods and pistons are all made in China and are working very well! I
gave him a hand assembling the motor, and we had to do very little work to
make the rods and pistons perfectly balanced.

It is really depressing to take Pete's 65 Mustang for a blast and then drive
home in my high-mileage 1.9 litre work van!

On 4/3/06, BenT Syncro <syncro@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 4/2/06, The Bus Depot <vanagon@busdepot.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Made in Asia.
> >
> >
> > This is probably a thinly veiled way of saying that they are Chinese
> made.
> > Be very, very cautious about using Chinese made parts on your Vanagon.
> > There
> > are some decent Chinese made auto parts, but so far they are the
> exception
> > rather than the rule.  The majority (so far) are lousy, and nowhere near
> > German quality.
> >
> > - Ron Salmon
>
>
>
> Someone made the effort to try to keep the nation of origin of the parts
> in
> question as generic as possible. For someone who has accused others of
> bigoted remarks, you appear to be incredibly insensitive to those NOT in
> your ethnic group. Unless you have firsthand experience with the actual
> parts in question, I for one, would appreciate that you keep such specific
> comments to yourself.
>
> I am not arguing the point of quality of parts from anywhere. I just find
> it
> offensive to label anything poorly made in Asia or anywhere else to be
> made
> in China or any other place where "poor quality" finger is currently
> pointing. I seem to remember not to long ago that it was in the direction
> of
> a big car city in the good ole USA.
>
>
> I rest my engine case.
>
> Benjamin E. S. Tan
> (not made in China)
>

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