[central_va]

Now look what a mess the engine compartment has become, progress? Same horse power. The old v/8 i can fix myself. The new one I pay a "certified" mechanic 100 bucks an hour to change plugs. This is advancement? Granted the old v/8 gets 10 mpg on a good day, but one repair I make myself the money I save buys a whole lot of gasoline.

[CodeToad]

“Same horse power”

Not at all. Torque and horsepower charts are radically different, the gas mileage is probably tripled, pollution output 1/10,000th, tolerances 1/5th, and reliability 10 fold.

Today’s engines are vastly superior to yesterdays.