"Cal Vanize" wrote in message
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Morgans wrote:

Some manufacturers, at certain times in their lifespan, are less
comfortable
with cutting design strength margins too closely. GM is more likely to
build hell for stout, than are many of the imports, IMHO.

There's a little difference. When the engine breaks in your car, you
can pull off the road and call a tow truck.


True ... but ...
Engines in cars rarely break. Possibly as rarely as _real_ airplane
engines. However, I have seen a broker crank in a 40 HP Volkswagen, which
my brother and I bought. We rebuilt another engine and installed it with no
further problems. I also used to know a truck mechanic who saw the
occasional broken crank; usually, or perhaps always, after seeing a failed
torsional harmonic dampened--and trying without success to convince the
owner to replace it.

I leave it to the reader to make the connection; as I have beaten that dead
horse far too much, and not only on this NG.