"Confirmed", new v8 is being fastracked at dodge

[ramffml]

I worked for International/Navistar when the 6.0 AND 6.4 came out. They too were fast tracked. Look at how it turned out for them. There is no way to fast track it without rushing. There needs to be years of R&D before releasing to the public.

Word is it was already being developed as a crate engine. Fast tracked can mean many different things, allocating more people to the project, doing things in parallel, giving the program more money etc. It doesn't necessarily mean "rushed with no testing".

I love the anecdote but I too work on projects that get sidelined or brought back in focus. Don't write it off before its even built, that's all I'm saying.

 

[Kickboxer]

What's wrong with making a full-time living on YouTube? I do. It is a business.

I also have a website, all the social media channels to monitor and a host of other things to do each day.

You make it sound like I'm somehow less important or reliable because I have a YouTube Business.

Yes, I agree with you, you have to post something everyday to keep
your pawns watching, and the post count and dollars clicking.
That does mean you don't any more than any other dope.
I really don't care a flipping bit.

 

[rule18]

Keep it civil please.

 

[HEMIMANN]

Word is it was already being developed as a crate engine. Fast tracked can mean many different things, allocating more people to the project, doing things in parallel, giving the program more money etc. It doesn't necessarily mean "rushed with no testing".

I love the anecdote but I too work on projects that get sidelined or brought back in focus. Don't write it off before its even built, that's all I'm saying.

Concurrent Product Development is now (or was recently) called "Design / Build". Each generation of MBA's thinks they've reinvented the wheel. Design Build was 1st used on the Apollo Space Program, I believe. It horrified Werner Von Braun because the Germans did things exclusively sequentially, testing the bejeezus out of everything to 12 sigma.

They did end up killing 3 astronauts in a pure oxygen capsule fire on the launch pad (Apollo 7? too busy to google at the moment), but the approach was sound. They did the Minneapolis bridge that fell into the river in a year, including cleanup of the old one. Awesome - IF IF IF done correctly!

 

[ramffml]

Concurrent Product Development is now (or was recently) called "Design / Build". Each generation of MBA's thinks they've reinvented the wheel. Design Build was 1st used on the Apollo Space Program, I believe. It horrified Werner Von Braun because the Germans did things exclusively sequentially, testing the bejeezus out of everything to 12 sigma.

They did end up killing 3 astronauts in a pure oxygen capsule fire on the launch pad (Apollo 7? too busy to google at the moment), but the approach was sound. They did the Minneapolis bridge that fell into the river in a year, including cleanup of the old one. Awesome - IF IF IF done correctly!

In software engineering we used to use "waterfall model", which was slow and terrible on devs. We've sort of settled mostly for something like "agile", with frequent and small commits to the code repo. Then throw in another method like "test driven development" and you'd be surprised how effective it can be. Sometimes the old ways aren't always best!

 

[HEMIMANN]

In software engineering we used to use "waterfall model", which was slow and terrible on devs. We've sort of settled mostly for something like "agile", with frequent and small commits to the code repo. Then throw in another method like "test driven development" and you'd be surprised how effective it can be. Sometimes the old ways aren't always best!

Yeah, I heard that one too. Sounds more like Taguchi Design of Experiments, to me.

Grew mighty tired of McKinsey fad management.

 

[JHoward]

Concurrent Product Development is now (or was recently) called "Design / Build". Each generation of MBA's thinks they've reinvented the wheel. Design Build was 1st used on the Apollo Space Program, I believe. It horrified Werner Von Braun because the Germans did things exclusively sequentially, testing the bejeezus out of everything to 12 sigma.

They did end up killing 3 astronauts in a pure oxygen capsule fire on the launch pad (Apollo 7? too busy to google at the moment), but the approach was sound. They did the Minneapolis bridge that fell into the river in a year, including cleanup of the old one. Awesome - IF IF IF done correctly!

Yep, that was Apollo 1, Jan. 1967, my uncle worked for NASA while in the USAF during that time

 

[GTyankee]

Car/Pickup designers may have 10 or more designs on their Test Benches,
When they do run with one of the model engines, they don't trash the others, they are just set aside for a bit.

Just like the first working Light Bulb, different versions had been made, but someone found something that made it work.

Ford is currently working on a V-8, it just isn't their Primary Project.

Somebody somewhere, likely is working on an Fuel Powered Production Engine that puts out
1 HP per Cu.In. or better.

Maybe they will modify a Wankel

The size of the vehicle at this time is not a concern

 

[jejb]

Word is it was already being developed as a crate engine. Fast tracked can mean many different things, allocating more people to the project, doing things in parallel, giving the program more money etc. It doesn't necessarily mean "rushed with no testing".

I love the anecdote but I too work on projects that get sidelined or brought back in focus. Don't write it off before its even built, that's all I'm saying.

Not writing it off. Just not willing to take the chance until those early adopter beta testers have a few years of real world feedback on them.

 

[Grams]

Car/Pickup designers may have 10 or more designs on their Test Benches,
When they do run with one of the model engines, they don't trash the others, they are just set aside for a bit.

Just like the first working Light Bulb, different versions had been made, but someone found something that made it work.

Ford is currently working on a V-8, it just isn't their Primary Project.

Somebody somewhere, likely is working on an Fuel Powered Production Engine that puts out
1 HP per Cu.In. or better.

Maybe they will modify a Wankel

The size of the vehicle at this time is not a concern

Pretty sure Wankel is history.

 

[GTyankee]

sure it is, but someone likely will come up with some new kind of engine.
It just has not happened at this time.

I do know that at least a couple of people are working on Mechanical Energy

Someone will figure something out
similar to those metal balls that continually bang into each other