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Wow...... Carmine, 5.7 roughly translates to 351 cu. in. 5.0 is a 302 or about a 305 if'n its a Chevy. And yup I like messin wit the language. And you made a point for me that I remember from the news. Companies like Honda, Nissan, Sanyo, Sony etc. did bring factories to assemble their stuff in America partly because WE decided it would be a neato thing to do because in the 90's the complaint was that we needed jobs, and the companies decided to bring their manufacturing, or assembly at least, to America. Our leaders helped sell this to us while seeing how jobs, technology, and companies were still leaving. My point, we made junk, lost sales, cut costs/quality it still did not sell, move it over seas make it cheaper, no with no jobs to buy the stuff we are really screwed. Carmine....... I have worked on my own cars ever since my first. My wife's 91 accord is getting a paint job this summer and a fix of some minor rust around the rear wheel wells and gas filler door. In the process I discovered the attention to detail like I have never seen in any American car I have helped individuals work on. All the trim attaching points have little gaskets that keep the chrome aluminum from scratching the paint, or the edge of the hole that the little plastic thingie goes into. Our AC evaporator, and heater core, and fan can be removed from inside the glove box in less than 1 hour! I rebuilt the fan motor with new brushes a few months ago, so I know this. And they are all compartmentalized so each part next to one another can be removed with minimal interference by the other parts. The housing for one part does not make up a mounting for the next part over. And the unit-body frame tube that runs the length of the car is painted on all sides, and the inside, has drain holes protected with plastic grommets, and a plastic mud guard that also runs the length of the tube. As a long term auto/truck fleet mechanic I am amazed at all the little unseen items that can't be seen until disassembly, that have helped this car run like a fine time piece for 380K miles. I just don't understand why we couldn't do it in '91 too. Or why we didn't even try. Carmine, you might remember in 91 Ford had a big deal about outselling the accord with their Taurus. Ford had one accord on their lots to compare to the Taurus. My uncle got a 92 accord after we went to do the comparison. At the time my brother was very un-honda, and I already had my Prelude. My brother said "name me one thing that makes this car better than a Taurus" After a few seconds I said "Interior trim screws" They said what? I said you will not find an exposed interior trim screw in that accord. My brother tore into it and found none. Since I now work on our car and have been under almost all of it I have found 2 that have no cover on them. I told my brother and uncle: "If they care enough to cover interior trim screws with little plastic things, just imagine how much attention they pay to the mechanical parts. My prelude has Aluminum-Silicon Oxide Cylendar walls. If they never get scratched, they will never wear out. My prelude with 260K miles does not use a drop of oil. My brothers prelude with 375K miles does not use a drop of oil..... If we really did send a man to the moon, why did we chose not to make stuff this good? Carmine???