Why I Cannot Work For Chrysler Corp.

Discussion in 'General Motoring' started by Nomen Nescio, Oct 15, 2003.

  1. Nomen Nescio

    Nomen Nescio Guest

    Because they would assign me to build in a plasma t.v. for the kiddie to
    watch SpongeBob SquarePants, instead of attacking the real design
    deficiencies inherent to each and every model D-C peddles.

    The first and foremost engineering effort must be to solve the head gasket
    leakage problem. As some of you who already know, a minute pinhole leakage
    into the water jacket, will cause persistent overheating and coolant loss.
    It does not take much at all: 100 cc gas volume per minute will necessitate
    a very, very expensive teardown and repair which will not be permanent.
    Virtually all the gaskets will eventually fail given enough time. At some
    places on the block-to-head junction, there is as little as 5/16 inch
    gasket bearing surface for sealing. Between the cylinders themselves, only
    the gasket metal flame shield prevents cross-cylinder gas leakage.
    Fortunately, such leakage does not usually cause problems unless the gasket
    completely "blows".

    You customers who lay down $30,000 for a car should not have to lose sleep
    over whether or not you will lose the gasket integrity on your next
    cross-country trip and have to limp at minimal speeeds from gas station to
    gas station replenishing the coolant, then face a $1000 plus repair bill.
    There is a design solution that would forever eliminate the problem. I
    could design the solution in 30 days and proof test it in another 30 days.
    Within two months, a failsafe engine could be in production. The fix would
    add about $20 to the cost of an engine, a small price to pay on a new car
    -- recoverable many times over at resale, for such a failsafe design would
    make a used car that much more valuable than the competition that does not
    feature this improvement.

    The solution is really quite simple. The upper surface of the cylinder
    block and the lower surface of the cylinder head(s) should be perfectly
    smooth, with the only openings being the cylinder bores. Presently, there
    are many openings, mostly for water passage and at least two for oil. The
    head gasket must accomodate these fluids passing across the junction and
    seal the high temperature-high pressure combustion gasses with integrity.
    This is a difficult assignment at best and a cause for engine failure at
    worst. The new design simply isolates the gases from the liquids, totally.
    The ONLY way it can fail is if an actual crack in the block or head casting
    occurs, which today is a rarity.

    The reason for the through passages is for water circulation for cooling
    and the transfer of oil to and from the cam and valve mechanism. There is
    a work-around, however. An EXTERNAL cast aluminum manifold can transfer
    the coolant and oil from block to head. Distribution tubes can provide the
    even circulation previously supplied by the strategically placed through
    holes. It is doable. Water circulation would be from pump to block to
    manifold to head. No engine derating would be necessary. No external
    hoses would be needed; only a lighweight manifold. A few inches would be
    added to the length of the engine to accommodate the manifold.

    To prove this design, I would assemble an engine WITHOUT ANY HEADGASKET and
    run a car in this configuration from Detroit to New Orleans at highway
    speeds and full load! No overheating would occur. Some small gas leakage
    would occur between cylinders and to the external world, but nothing major
    and the engine would run essentially normally. Naturally, with a
    headgasket in place the engine would be complete and would give no trouble
    for the life of the car. The headgasket would likely be a solid copper
    gasket, far more durable than the composite "graphite" gasket which was
    specially developed in recent years to combat the inherent defect which my
    proposal will fix.

    Please feel free to repost and x-post this message at will to diseminate it
    wide and far.
     
    Nomen Nescio, Oct 15, 2003
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  2. "Student Mechanic" obtains yet another anonymous account. *yawn*
     
    Daniel J. Stern, Oct 15, 2003
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    Neil Nelson Guest

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    ..edu>,
    What tipped you off? ;-)
     
    Neil Nelson, Oct 16, 2003
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  4. You CAN'T work for Chrysler BECAUSE THEY WOULDN'T HIRE A
    STUDENTMECHANIC. ESPECIALLY not Y O U !!
     
    Richard Benner Jr, Oct 17, 2003
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  5. Nomen Nescio

    Neil Nelson Guest

    I can't?

    Me?

    Uh-Oh!
     
    Neil Nelson, Oct 17, 2003
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