I read it years ago, prolly never find the artickle again.. Just looked but cant find anything on it. But I did read it. But I been reading that from 1995 on, they were using substandard cranks and mitsubishi did not have alot to do with the dsm world after that point.

Leave it to the domestic market to kill a perfect japaneze car. Sure any car can get it but some are prone to it then others.. enough to get a rep for it. My GMC envoy is known for it aswell.

Just for the record i just read that the 420 was not excepted as a us domestic cause it was produced in mexico. US government actually made DSM label it as an Import.

The 1g blocks use an oil squirter from the main oil gallery where there is always adequate volume and flow. The 2g squirters are taking oil from the main bearing journals which share oil with the mains and connecting rods.