Why are Japanese companies so secret about engine specs?

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Mar 27, 2007 | 04:52 PM

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derangedazn

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Dont worry about it..until you reached level 15 of ASIAN Ninja training....after that all secrets will be at your fingertips

Mar 27, 2007 | 05:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Jonasan50

American vehicles get released with specs right away cause they keep using the same freakin motor.. Just keep tweaking it some everytime.. So it's easy for them to do it.. There's 600 american cars out there that they just use the same engine for..

GM=5.7 or 6.0
Ford=4.6 or 5.4

Blah blah blah...

There's a little bit more to the Jap engines since there's so much technology involved in them. That's just my .02

Mar 27, 2007 | 05:20 PM

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It is an ASIAN thing man...we so ninja it is not even funny.

fo' sho'

Apr 2, 2007 | 05:06 PM

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Rossm

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Originally Posted by dolphin

is that something to do woth their government regulation?

I doubt it

Apr 2, 2007 | 05:08 PM

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That is how their culture works. Deal with it 300000ways.

Apr 6, 2007 | 01:33 AM

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??? Did we all know way in advance for sure the power output of the V8 M3? Or the Porsche 997? How about the GTB Fiorano?

This doesn't apply to Japanese manufacturers; it applies to ALL.

Apr 6, 2007 | 06:18 AM

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Originally Posted by GDB

??? Did we all know way in advance for sure the power output of the V8 M3? Or the Porsche 997? How about the GTB Fiorano?

This doesn't apply to Japanese manufacturers; it applies to ALL.

True, guess I just am impatient