08-06-12, 10:45 PM
Quote:as he pulled into the bike shed the engine made a horrendous noise.
Its not confined to the Chinese ... I had a fine 6 cylinder BMW "Made in Germany" Uber-motor engine snap its camchain in 1996.
4 years old, 35K miles, full BMW service history - Muffled thud from under the hood - then nothing.
And I wasn't even thrashing it!
Result ... 24 valves that looked like the one in the picture.
Culturally, the Chinese are working on it. They have a fine space program and they make these ...