Attn Moroso Valve Cover Owners!! 911 -- Please Read!
Thanks Dave :-D
I just worked up a big brand new Edelbrock dress up kit and Performer intake. Every thread on the intake needed to be chased -- they were all sticky -- and their own logo is even crooked. LOL I was saddened to see that the valve covers and air cleaner assembly were also "Made in Taiwan." We're outsourcing ourselves out of a country ladies and gentlemen ... and our cars get to suffer for it as much as we do.
Wow.
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You know, when neighbors stop spending money on each other's stuff, eventually, neither one of them will have any to spend. I wonder why the economy is in the crapper? I don't think it takes an economic engineer to become the U.S. president's advisor. Just ask any resident of Detroit, Michigan.
I cringe when making credit card purchases, due to the surcharges made at businesses per use, sent to overseas accounts. I will hit the bank, before going out to local businesses, especially ones that aren't chains. Fair trade or die, bitches.
One of the first things I do when I make a big purchase, anymore, is look for a maker's mark.
If I see anything headed to places overseas where there is zero quality control (looking at you most of Asia), I will immediately think of an alternative. I either find something else or do without.
It's kept me from buying certain Craftsman tools, lots of auto parts and even clothing, lately.
Made in China
Made in Taiwan
All I can read is "Look Somewhere Else"
I just spent $200 bones on a pair of work boots from Red Wing. 100% of materials and hand cobbled in the United States. Best f-n' boots I've owned since the last pair of U.K. made Doctor Martens I owned were grown out of, in High School.
Those are also made in China, now, thanks to the Nike/ Gap corporation buying them out and relocating production. A friend had a pair. The leather faded in the heel and broke loose, after he epoxied a layer of the soul back together, before he threw them in the trash, TWO months into using them... to ride a motorcycle to an office job. And he still paid $130 for them, just like I paid $100 for mine in HS.
One of the nicest new things I've purchased recently for my car was that Street Demon carburetor. It was adjusted live and put away in the box with traces of test fluid. I took it apart to rejet it for Denver and found amazing quality control and craftsmanship everywhere you can see.
The truth is, you can't get quality stuff for cheap, anymore. That's just how it is.
Save a buck now on crap products. Because you'll spend two, later, replacing them.
For every dollar I've spent on new stuff, I think I've spent five on 2nd hand stuff, in the past 2-3 years.
