Domesti VS. Euro VS. Import Mechanics
For years I used to think that the reason domestics were so popular was because they were easy to work on and parts were cheap. It was interesting to see all these domestic guys talk down about euros and imports. It seems however that alot of domestics aren't very easy to work on and parts are often more than euro and import parts. I was watching horsepower TV today where they changed a camshaft on a small block, for a weekend mechanic that would take about 4-5 hours, and there's so many little tricks involved with the installation as well. I swapped 2 camshafts on my ae86 in less than an hour. My mr2 a midengine car is pretty easy to work on as well, it's pretty tight but a simple job like sparkplugs take me 20 minutes where on my dads f150 it takes anywhere from 10-12 hours. I find the euros to be failry straight forward, they do like to use an abundance of tensioners and oil seals but are still very similar to imports in most cases, just wondering what peoples thought on this are?
Last edited by Redlyne_mr2; 02-21-2004 at 12:44 PM.
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