Gen III Hemi Prices

You would think after building engines for over a hundred years they would finally get their act together. Their real world testing is a joke because they don't have failures til people start driving the new and improved garbage. It probably still all boils down to saving a dime per vehicle. I bought a 83 2.2 and it was junk. The only real good motors for longevity were the B& RB engines.
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Oh yeah, owned a few of the late 80’s dodge/Shelby turbo charged 2.2L and went through at least a half dozen head gaskets and replacement cylinder heads.

To be fair those little 2.2/2.5 motors improved over the years and with a better head gasket and ARP head studs they could hold a lot of boost and run pretty quick. You have to remember that was a cheapest of the cheap engine design which came from VW I believe that Chrysler employed to save the company from bankruptcy. At the end of the day these engine/cars are deisgned to make money. Everything has been accounted for to maximize profits and not to maximize reliability, customer loyalty, etc etc.