Date:         Wed, 2 Jan 2002 20:24:28 -0800
Reply-To:     Ben McCafferty <ben@KBMC.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Ben McCafferty <ben@KBMC.NET>
Subject:      Re: Boxer engines
Comments: To: David Richoux <tubaman@WOMBAT.NET>
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Don't forget those old Harley board track racers and their boxers.....just
don't tell a Harley guy that his v-twin was used first by the French, and
that his bike used to use a BMW engine....
bmc  :)
89 syncro, 90 syncro westy, 99 R11R
"Faith will move mountains, but you'd better bring a shovel...."


> From: David Richoux <tubaman@WOMBAT.NET>
> Reply-To: David Richoux <tubaman@WOMBAT.NET>
> Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2002 17:03:56 -0800
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Boxer engines
>
> Andrew Grebneff wrote:
>>
>>> Some more aircraft engines offhand, include the Franklins, Jabiru and
>>> Rotax. What engine did the Haflinger have? I've seen a twin opposed
>>> Stirling engine, if that counts.  :-)
>>
>> Didn't know about these either. Jabiru sounds suspiciously Australian
>> aboriginal. Rotax was Swiss, now owned by Canadians, I think; thought
>> they only made skidoo engines and dirtbike 4-strokes. Haflinger... no
>> idea!
>
> The Haflinger is powered by a PUCH twin boxer, rear position, similar to the
> PUCH
> 500cc cars and estate wagons, but it is RPM limited. The Pinzgauer, the
> Haflinger's
> bigger, younger stablemate was powered by an in-line 4 cylinder air cooled 2
> liter
> gas, front mounted. It is now being manufactured in the UK instead of Austria
> with a
> water-cooled diesel!
>
> another important boxer engine ( not water-cooled) would be the Citroen 2CV
> series.
>
> Dave Richoux   '83.5 Westy, Pinz 710M, BMW R50/2, R11 RT, former owner of
> several
> other BMW boxers, a '96 Subaru Outback, '72 Loaf and a '68 2CV....  I guess I
> like
> boxer engines, huh?
>