Not surprising, Dodge Omni's used to run a VW inline 4 cylinder in them . VW casting marks and all. I have never seen the Chrsler/Nissan connection , but not surprised .
Stacy Stacy Sent from my iPhone > On May 16, 2015, at 6:53 PM, Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > > Dear Vanagonians > > Was doing a survey of a sailboat and tonight as i write up the narrative i > am looking more closely at the photographs associated with the vessel and > here is what caught my eye > the Chrysler Nissan Diesel engine has the same block shape and offset from > 90degree mounting that my California Model 5 speed diesel had - very > interesting - > any of you guys who are engine geeks know about this style of engine - is > it a bolt right in version suitable for those who want to achieve sail boat > hull speed in vanagon ?? > > regards > > -- > roger whittaker 604.414.6266 > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > http://www.tvthatworks.com > http://www.tvpowellriver.com > LinkedIn - > > - ca.linkedin.com/pub/roger-whittaker/14/78a/b71/Explore printed work at: > http://www.prliving.ca/ > View the growing list of video work at: > http://www.youtube.com/user/LastonLastof#g/u > http://vimeo.com/42309497 > > http://www.prpeak.com/articles/2010/11/29/multimedia/video/doc4c62e5f80d228504902172.txt |
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