Points taken. Thanks for an intelligent discussion on the topic. I don't
know if anyone else enjoyed it, but I did. Still, I don't think I can bring
myself to consider putting a Korean transmission in my LBC. Too much of a
purist, I guess. :-) I even grappled with whether or not to drop a
single-rail O/D transmission in my '67 Mk3, but eventually reasoned that if
it was a natural evolution for the marque, then I shouldn't be too
concerned.
Take care,
Jeff
----- Original Message -----
From: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
To: Jeff McNeal <jmcneal@ohms.com>
Cc: Simmons, Reid W <reid.w.simmons@intel.com>; 'Joe Curry'
<spitlist@gte.net>; Fred Griffiths <griffco@mail.cadvision.com>;
<spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, August 21, 2000 7:30 PM
Subject: Re: Spitfire/Hyundai Transmission
>
> Jeff McNeal wrote:
> >
> > Well Trevor, I think we're going to have to agree to disagree on this
one.
> > What's the difference between 60's reliability standards and 80's
> > reliability standards when we're all driving according to '00
reliability
> > standards?
>
> Well, it still matters, there are shades of grey even though in
> a modern world they all look black.
>
> People's expectations just get higher and higher every decade,
> and the bar is raised.
>
> 100,000km spark plug change intervals are the norm now with
> platinum tips. 80,000km tire lifespan, 200,000+km between engine
> rebuilds, and so on. That's for the year 200.
>
> My 58 ZB is older than the cars we are talking about here, but
> that car has over 20 service points that need attention every
> 3000 miles. For 1958 that was the norm, would that car sell today?
>
> Practical classics recently did a review of a veteran car that
> needed lubrication every 30 miles!
>
> ...the progress was pretty constant throughout the century. If
> we are to consider ourselves 20 years ahead of the Pony, we must
> acknowledge that it had about 20 years on the original incarnation
> of the Spitfire tranny(ies).
>
> I think we all agree that if you could drop a year 2000 toyota
> celica six speed tranny in there, reliability would be as
> near to total as possible. However, I think the weighting between
> a "worse than average 80s design" and a "worse than average
> 60s design" still leans towards the Hyundai.
>
> Actually, all this is probably moot, I think what is more
> important is what caused those 80s Ponies to be termed "bad". Maybe
> the tranny was the reason, or maybe it was the brightest spot
> on a dim canvas.
>
> --
> Trevor Boicey, P. Eng.
> Ottawa, Canada, tboicey@brit.ca
> ICQ #17432933 http://www.brit.ca/~tboicey/
> "A dog like this you have to feed EVERY DAY." - Homer Simpson
>
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