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Old 09-03-2013, 11:02 AM   #15
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Originally Posted by CBR600RR View Post
Did you read all of OP's post? he basically touched on everything you did.
With modern manufacturing, and practices such as six sigma, you can expect very little variation between engines and very few failures due to manufacturing defects. In a plant run according to the best practices (many of which Toyota pioneered) any more than a small handful of engine failures would therefore implicate design, not manufacturing errors.
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