Originally posted by Darkseid
In the middle of my air leak problems, the car came off the track with a heat of 300F. I shut it down immediately. That was the hottest its gotten. I've heard of engines getting hotter, but not by much.
300 F is nothing!!!!!!! not to steel, not even for Al alloys used on pistons. that overheating has nothing to do with cranck problem at all. I used to test my P/S sets at 350 F for 30 minuts non stop.
In order to make more profit and stay in reasonble price range, companies using cheap materials-this is answer.