New L head blocks-??

I'm just surprised they reverse engineered something that the original blueprints are available for...

rocnroll wrote: Maybe they didn't realize they still existed .... or know where to access them (?)

Bad Karma wrote: regardless what of what anyone says, there is quality stuff that comes from China... Not much, but there is some!

I agree with you. It all depends on the company and it's quality control that is having their product made over there. I also have and am using parts made in China with good results. I remember the same thing about Japan in the 50 and 60's you could buy junk or quality. My best shooting rifle is a M78 Browning made in Japan and I am sure Browning had a lot to do with its quality. Don't get me wrong I would rather have items that are made in the USA if available and if it is fair and competitive cost.

    Jim

Who is having them to make the rubber products and accepting the quality?

The quality out of China is getting better by the day, they are the "worlds" manufacturer because all of our goverments have encouraged our business's to set up over there.

This really is an amazing feat for such a comparatively small market. Price goes down with quantity but I suspect this will be limited to only a few thousand really.

I know quality stuff can be made in China, after all, if their ships or airplanes were made with the same quality as say their mini bikes, ships would be sinking and planes falling out of the sky daily.

Joe Friday wrote: I'm just surprised they reverse engineered something that the original blueprints are available for...

Price dictates quality regardless where it's made. China can most likely match anyone, but when the market wants "Cheap" that's what they get..... Now if a foundry in Germany set up to produce these at a cost to consumer in the $4-$5K range, who would buy ?.

Lee

I'm not sure how the reverse engineering was done but it seems to me that using a 3D scanner would be easier than the original drawings because it would produce a 3D solid for CAD rather than having to build it yourself with 2D pencil drawings. All of the bores, surface distances, locations of the valve guides to the cam bores, what have you, are pretty easy to calculate IMO.

My gut feeling is that with the technology in metals we have since the 40s that these blocks would be significantly better than the originals. I say we all should get together and build one as a 2A page project. I'd contribute. We can demo it at the Spring Reunion and the Willys Picnic.