>On Wed, 21 Jan 2004, Jon wrote: > >> There is even a two >> cylinder version out there you cut a 1600 in half (plans on E-bay). > >That always struck me as an awful lot of work to go to considering you >basically end up with a BMW motorcycle engine. ;) > > >David Brodbeck, N8SRE >'82 Volkswagen Diesel Westfalia >'86 Volvo 240DL wagon There's 2 ways to do it... cut the engine across the crank to make a boxer twin, or remove 2 cylinders on one side to make a parallel twin. -- Andrew Grebneff Dunedin, New Zealand 64 (3) 473-8863 <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz> Fossil preparator Seashell, Macintosh & VW/Toyota van nut -------------------------------------- A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. Q: Why is top posting frowned upon? |
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.