"Orange Stuff"

["Graydon D. Stuckey" <graydon@apollo.gmi.edu>]

On Sun, 20 Oct 1996 PDQSHIP@aol.com quoted:

>  phosphate and/or silicate formulas formerly used.  It is sufficiently
>  advanced that GM specifies it for their >=96 vehicles.  Due to the type of

hahahahahaha  Sorry, but "sufficiently advanced" and "GM" don't really 
belong in the same sentence.  It is true though that the new Cadillacs at 
least are using the "orange stuff."  I don't know much more than that, 
but ther is a real motorhead across the cube divider from me who works in 
powertrain cooling, so I'll ask him tomorrow if he's in the office.

	One thing that many of our esteemed members who are not in the 
auto industry should know - and I've read evidence of this 
misunderstanding in this very Q-list - is that most of the time, 
technological compromises are made in the design of a new car not for 
performance but because of cost, or manufacturing concerns, or program 
timing constraints, or because so-and-so in the XXXXX department can't 
or won't figure out how to implement a change that has been requested by 
someone else.  Features on a car are seldom designed only with 
performance in mind.  I guess my point is - Don't ever assume that 
something is good just because Audi does it, and conversely, don't assume 
something is bad because Audi didn't do it.

	My .02 worth...

Later, ---------------------------------------------------------- 
Graydon D. Stuckey 	'85 Mazda RX7 GS, no toys 
graydon@apollo.gmi.edu 	'86 Audi 5000 CS Turbo Quattro, has toys
Flint, Michigan USA	'89 Thunderbird SC, lotsa toys