alternative engines, now Hemi

[Gary Derian]

I had an Eagle Talon, same car as yours and it ran flawlessly for 110,000
miles.  Just tuneups, well ok, it needed plug wires, brake pads, tires,
timing belt and a wheel bearing.  Not bad.

Gary Derian <gderian at oh.verio.com>


> Gotta love them overheads!
>
> My Mitsu Eclipse Turbo 5-speed is one piece of work...  The 4 cams are
> all ROLLER cams, and the thing is lifter-less!  The rollers are in the
> middle of the rockers!  The cam rides right on top of the rocker arm
> rollers themselves!  ALL 16 of em!
>
> Guess what happens when a lil unsee-able hydraulic adjuster mechanism on
> the opposite side from the valve on under the rocker arm getss worn or
> gets crap in it?
>
> The thing clatters like I don't know what!  Like it's not gettin oil
> pressure or somethin!
>
> That's my current delimma with my Eclipse, the lil adjusters are
> supposedly $20 each! Times 16 of em puts me WAY over budget for that
> car, that's one of the reasons I'm drivin the Superbee to work n back,
> I'd like to see a part that breaks cost more than $200 on my Bee!  My
> ENTIRE friggin 440 didn't even cost more than $135 from the junk yard!
>
> The Eclipse also could use another transaxle, have a crank in this
> one...  That'll be fun to pull again, just replaced the clutch and
> timing belt within the past year... Oh what fun it is to have a foriegn
> car in your lot!