kiloil
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I've been looking at several manufacturers this time around, but have given Tiara a serious look now. Are the C12.9 1000HP cat engine a great engine? Any known defects in them? Looking at C53 with that engine package in it.
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Frank, the 3196 became the C12. Are you saying the 3196/C12 was based on the 3406? Didn't the 3406 evolve into the C15? I'm not familiar with the C12.9....
No bee in my bonnet at all, Frank. My original 2000 410DA with 3126’s is currently sitting in the slip next to me and has had not so much as a blown fuse in 18 years. I think they’re great engines with a robust dealer/service network like no other.
I’m just pointing out that management and savvy marketing folks likely renamed essentially the same size and horsepower engines with new nomenclature to, in large part, distance themselves from the prior failures.
It’s not an unusual strategy when one is plagued with years of issues and class action suits. Remember the Ford Pinto? A little different body and relocation of a few items that liked to explode, and voila, we have the Ford Escort.
In its turbo-supercharged version, the C12.9 is unsurpassed in power density and allows its 1000 mhp to be applied in vessels previously restricted to smaller, less powerful engines due to engine room size.
"Remember the Ford Pinto? A little different body and relocation of a few items that liked to explode, and voila, we have the Ford Escort."
These two vehicles are in no way comparable. I did all of the recalls on the Pintos and Bobcats.
The Ford Escorts and Mercury Lynx are completely differently animals body wise with completely different transverse mounted powertrains.
I had a 71 Pinto with a 4 speed. One of the most reliable and economical cars I ever owned.
It was a bare bones 4 speed hatchback with the 1600 that I bought used around 1978 and commuted all around NYC with for about 6 years then sold it for what I paid for it. Great little motor in what was a pretty good handling little car for the 70’s.Ah, 71. So, was that the 1600(1.6L) or the 2.0L?
I had a 72 Chevy Vega GT - 2 barrel with a 4 speed. Loved that car also. All I had to change was the timing belt...It was a bare bones 4 speed hatchback with the 1600 that I bought used around 1978 and commuted all around NYC with for about 6 years then sold it for what I paid for it. Great little motor in what was a pretty good handling little car for the 70’s.
Other than routine maintenance items, the only other things I ever changed was a muffler and tailpipe.