Hi again bnickel I can appreciate what an egineer has to deal with I've built a few street rods/v8 rangers,v8 broncoIIs,modified mustangs over the years I imagine they have regulations bean counters etc... to contend with but at times it just doesn't make sense why things are done the way they are I go home at the end of a hard day open the hood of a classic mustang ...breath a sigh of relief...and love working on cars again I know that technology has improved our cars a lot...believe me I love e.f.i. I'm just finding some things poorly executed on the new cars engine/powertrains are pretty much bullet proof now we have modular v8s pushing 500000 kms (sorry Canadian eh)and running fine but its just like scotty says on star trek"the more you over take the plumbing the easier it is to stuff up the drain" its the little things added on that screw up and leave a bad feeling about the car I'd love to be able to buy a new mustang without a/c .power windows ,power seats, think of the weight savings=power to weight ratio just give me the basic go fast mustang as an option I't will not happen for a while yet until then I build/modify my own and love doing it p.s. I did an intake gasket on the last generation camaro (trade in here) a few years back glad I'm not a g.m. technician got to go ................its classic mustang time