Saw the "How its Made" show on the Camaro with the Romulus V6 and 8 speed auto slushbox.
Observations, largely not stellar:
The cylinder walls are very thick looking with very narrow and small coolant passages.
They do a special plasma prep of the RTV sealed gasket areas. Proof that recall repairs are never 'just the same as factory'. LOL
The thermostat and neck is wedged tightly under the intake (throttle plate or whatever term you like)
The timing chain cover in thin and huge.
The 8speed transmission is fairly looong. And to everyones delight I didnt see a dipstick.... Have fun doing a series of bizarre computerized idle control modes with your bootleg GM software to a certain atf temp and a vacuum line over fill tube fill check procedure for your drain amd fills... I could be wrong.
They use an interesting non-contact wheel allignment system.
It all looks utterly disposable.
Observations, largely not stellar:
The cylinder walls are very thick looking with very narrow and small coolant passages.
They do a special plasma prep of the RTV sealed gasket areas. Proof that recall repairs are never 'just the same as factory'. LOL
The thermostat and neck is wedged tightly under the intake (throttle plate or whatever term you like)
The timing chain cover in thin and huge.
The 8speed transmission is fairly looong. And to everyones delight I didnt see a dipstick.... Have fun doing a series of bizarre computerized idle control modes with your bootleg GM software to a certain atf temp and a vacuum line over fill tube fill check procedure for your drain amd fills... I could be wrong.
They use an interesting non-contact wheel allignment system.
It all looks utterly disposable.
