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Old 04-27-2012, 03:16 PM   #333
Stew


 
Drives: 92 Luminadead/01 Dakota/97 F150 4x4
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Originally Posted by toesuf94 View Post
Does anyone know the process in which an engine is certified? Is A motor delivered to the testing site by the manufacturer and the testing done on one example, or is this done with several motors and an 'average' taken of the sample? What would stop a manufacturer from building a 'ringer' motor just to garner the free publicity from all the scuttlebutt being thrown out of every automotive forum, blog, news organization, and nervous notes jotted down by insurance adjusters everywhere? I am not downplaying the results...just curious. To make over 600 horses and avoid the guzzler tax...
Fprd, of all manufacturers, would not do that again, remember the 99 Cobra fiasco? It wuickly goes bad and is NEVER a good idea.
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