I must say I was most excited to hear there was soon to be a MOPAR magazine
just for the FWD enthusiasts. Finally a chance for us to gain some
recognition. Now I know the Neons have been, several times, in your Big
MOPAR Magazine, and I've seen a turbo or two in there, but I have seen
0(zero) 3.0L Mitchu powered cars. Granted the 3.0l powered cars, for the
most part, can't carve the corners like Neons and they are not 1/4 mile
terrors that the turbo cars can be made into, but they are very strong
motors with a nice flat torque curve. I saw an e-mail that you wrote to a
friend and fellow 3.0L enthusiast. It mentioned the following:
Crop duster effect that is common to this motor.
This problem was seen and fixed by DC(although not in a very timely fashion
if you ask me) My '90 Chrysler Lebaron had well over 100K miles on it
before I changed the heads(for newer ones) and never smoked a drop.
Rusty Cooling Pipes.
uhhmmm Not sure what you meant by this. I have yet to see any vehicle that
did not have rubber pipes for the cooling system.
Worst exhaust on the planet?
I believe that our cars had/have identical exhaust, from the catalytic
converter back, as the turbo and even non turbo cars. I know our manifolds
are rather restrictive, but that was not a Mitchu part.
Print a story about any 3.0L over your cold rigid body?
Well I really hope this is not so. There are many 3.0L cars that are
starting to gain power. 200hp with simple mods is very reasonable. I know
several people who are well on their way to building Turbo'd 3.0s. One all
the way in Canada, and one right next door to me in Indiana. One gentleman
even has the good fortune to gain two of Chrysler's test mule 3.0L Turbo
motors. With only a few pulls on the dino these motors looking very
impressive. I can't wait till he gets them into a car and starts wiping the
streets with your beloved 4cyl turbos, and Neons.
I must say I had huge expectations of this magazine. I was hoping for, just
a little, publicity for my beloved 3.0L V6 bastard car. Maybe, if only a
couple people saw what potential these cars hold, we could gain a bit of
after market support. I guess we will have to look to other sources for
this.
I am very disappointed in you, the writers of Mopar Now, and your editors
for printing such careless words. I was planning on becoming a
subscriber(maybe even a life time subscriber) to your magazine. Now I will
only gag as I walk past it on the super market shelves.
Harv
No need to get into a pissing contest. The simple fact is that the 3.0L
isn't a Chrysler product, and the magazine is about Mopars. Not really much more to it. This is indefensible.
How about we do a second magazine, call it 'Import Chrysler', about Hyundai (which D-C just bought into), Mitsu (which they own a controlling interest in), Mercedes (obvious), Airbus Industrie (lage interest), etc. And you can be the editor! It won't need to have a single Mopar part in it! Not one! It
can be filled with the porky, total dog 2.5L V-6s, the 'awesome' 2.6L I-4,
and all the other good stuff. The first issue could out on the stands by
Dec. 7th; so on the cover of the first issue we could have a huge story on
the Mitsubishi Zero raid on Pearl Harbor, a special commemorative story
about how flawlessly they performed and how many no-good American bastards
they killed. Wouldn't that be awesome? What a commercial success it would
be, too. We'd probably sell, oh, say, seven copies.
Would you put your real, full name on this magazine? I put my name on my
letters, unlike some writers. I also don't use a bogus identity-protecting
web-based e-mail like hotmail.
Rick Ehrenberg
Technical Editor
Mopar Now!
Marlboro, New York
I understand that your magazine is about Mopars. I also realilze that my
car has a Foriegn motor. I do not, however, understand how you can show a
same year, same make, same modle vehicle with a different motor and not show
mine. If I put a turbo from a 2.2, or any other chrysler turbo motor, onto
my 3.0L would that make it good enough for your magazine? Even though the
turbo is most likely a Mitchu turbo??
If Mercedes and Hyundais started wearing one of the Mopar badges I would
expect Mopar people to give them some recognition. Untill this happens your
point is mute. My car is a CHRYSLER LeBaron. It doesn't matter what motor
it has, it will always be.
As far as your comments about the first issue of 'my' magazine hitting the
stands on 7 Dec. and having the front page feature of the Zeros that
devistated Pearl Harbor, I am totally appalled and will not even attempt to
respond any further.
You ask why I use a bogus identity protecting web-based e-mail. I use it
because it is really convienient. I have had this account through Jr. High
School, High School, and now through College. It saves me the pain of
changing my address and making sure everyone who wants to contact me has my
new address.
You also ask why I don't put my real, full name on my e-mail account. Well
here you go.
Harvey Allen Hennington II
Student At Southwest Missouri State
Springfield, Missouri