Y'all every hear of an "interference engine"? Seems that there are a bunch of cars out there with 'em. Guess it's a good design, although it has a teeny lil' drawback: if the timing goes, bad things can happen. Like this:

Just in case you can't tell, that's a hole in the cylinder, with the valve actually welded in the hole.
The other cylinders don't have holes. Hmmm...
Betty's getting a new heart put in, even as I type this. Which is sad: I probably could have gotten a new bike for what that transplant is costing me... :(
1 comment:
Yuck..that looks expensive indeed.
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