Date:         Mon, 1 Apr 2002 07:50:27 -0800
Reply-To:     mike <mwmiller@CWNET.COM>
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From:         mike <mwmiller@CWNET.COM>
Subject:      Re: Using American engines for Vanagon swap - why the heck not?
Comments: To: Jay L Snyder <Jay.L.Snyder@usa.dupont.com>
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Nope the FI corvette produced 365 hp out of 327 ci round about 63, IIRC.

Maybe others as well?

And currently of course almost everything does.

Mike

> From: Jay L Snyder <Jay.L.Snyder@USA.DUPONT.COM>
> Reply-To: Jay L Snyder <Jay.L.Snyder@USA.DUPONT.COM>
> Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 08:45:28 -0500
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Using American engines for Vanagon swap - why the heck not?
>
> The '63 Corvair Spyder Turbo was the first American engine I believe to
> produce more than 1 hp per ci--150 hp out of 145 ci flat six.  The '65
> Turbos produced 180 hp out of 164 ci.
>
>                                                           Jay
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>
>
>
> Ari Ollikainen <Ari@OLTECO.COM>@gerry.vanagon.com> on 03/23/2002 06:05:32
> PM
>
> Please respond to Ari Ollikainen <Ari@OLTECO.COM>
>
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> To:    vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> cc:
> Subject:    Re: Using American engines for Vanagon swap - why the heck not?
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>
> At 6:34 PM +0100 3/23/02, Raimund Feussner wrote:
>>>> 426 cubes?
>>>> 426 horse's?
>>>>
>>>> I am not aware of any road worthy, available to the public, standard
>>>> import that cranks out as much horspower as it's displacement.
>>
>> BMW M3. 321hp, 3.2litre, without turbo or anything. The new M3
>> around 340hp, also form 3.2litres.
>> More than 100hp per litre
>
>       Yep...the original VW Scirocco ('86.5) 16v engine was 1.8L
>       (~110cu.in.) rated at 134HP... 1.2HP/cu.in.
>