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Re: Engine break in

To: "Vince J. Pujalte" <pujalte@stic.net>
Subject: Re: Engine break in
From: "Scott Gardner" <gardner@lwcomm.com>
Date: Sat, 18 Oct 1997 07:24:00 +0000
> Scott,
>   Who is building the super-tight tolerance engine that you referred to?
> 
> -Vince
> 
It's the new Chrysler 2.7L aluminum V-6 for their LH cars.  I 
inadvertantly inserted an extra zero.  The "cylinder bores are 
finished to a tolerance of 0.3 microns (.000012 inch)".

Scott
P.S.  I was just quoting fron the article, but isn't .000012 inch 
TWELVE microns?
Scott Gardner
gardner@lwcomm.com
www.lwcomm.com/~gardner

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