The last Paragraph talks about the cop-out plastic engine cover on todays engines.
The petition: Let engines look like engines
My first car was a 1985 Camaro. And not just any Camaro—an IROC-Z with the mighty TPI V-8 under the hood. TPI stood for Tuned Port Injection, and atop the engine block sat a gorgeous bundle of intake runners, one for each cylinder, looking like an aluminum arachnid caught feasting on its prey. These days popping the hood usually doesn't do much for you, because nearly every carmaker hides the engine beneath a big plastic cover. Ostensibly this is to quell noise, but really it's because it's easier to style a piece of plastic than it is to sweat the details. The plastic engine cover is a cop-out. Show us what you've got. Be real. If anyone needs an example, raise the hood on a Hellcat engine: all supercharger, no subterfuge.
