Date:         Sat, 08 Mar 1997 12:10:54 EST
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From:         georgejoann@juno.com (George Jannini)
Subject:      Re: Putting a rotary in a Vanagon


On Fri, 7 Mar 1997 19:33:34 -0600 Chris Morris <morrisc@belmont.edu>
writes:
>Has anyone put, or heard of anyone putting a Mazda rotary engine in a 
>Vanagon?

   Chris, I've owned threel Mazda Rotaries, and none of them had a lot of
low-end grunt.   I'd doubt there's enough torque output there to launch a
Vanagon easily.  There are probably more practical engine conversions out
there.

	George

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