kevinb120

they would never know, I know a guy with a Vortech V8 in his miata, 600hp and his insurance is nothin B)

steve19970

Probably depends on how much you expect your insurance company to replace if it were stolen, had a boulder fall on it, etc.

WBstangGT

SHHH

V10

It takes more than one day from start to finish for a car to run down the line. Add to it that the engine, transmission, dash assembly, suspension parts, seats, exhuast and a whole host of parts and sub assemblies come from other plants and outside vendors and most likely were built on different days of the week. Factor in that any of the assembly line workers could go out on a bender on a Tuesday night as well has having one to many on Sunday afternoon, and the Monday - Friday myth gets debunked.

The biggest problem the manufacturers have are workers who do not show up. Go read wll the whining on BON now that the UAW contract says they can be fired (no recourse) after a certain # of AWOLs.

Greywolf

yeah if your car is stolen or wrecked they will only pay for stock replacement unless you inform them ahead of time of changes and pay the extra charges

bob

Yup, tolerence stack up. There are about a cajillion things that can affect the output of an engine.

As an example the original 302 in my 91 had the deck milled at 2 different angles for each bank (used to cause the intake manifold bolts to lossen up )

Supposeedly with the new generation engines they are machined on new equipment to much closer tolerences. Where as in the halcyon days of yesteryear a trip down to the machine shop for some blueprinting could yield substantial results just by making sure everything was square (and by that I mean, not just square to the crank, but comps were the same, valvetrain geometery correct, ect.)

Hence the almost baloney claims by rocker arm manufactures that by adding a set of roller rockers could add up to 30 hp.

bob

lets here it for red white and blue labor. lesse what did I tell my old man there are 3 problems with america (and think about it, any problem can fit into one of these broad criteria)

Arrogance, Laziness, and Ignorance