Date:         Wed, 14 Apr 1999 00:26:33 -0400
Reply-To:     Pat Dooley <pdooley@GTE.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Pat Dooley <pdooley@GTE.NET>
Subject:      Re: engine swaps (long)
In-Reply-To:  <3714123E.76BE1BD@xmission.com>
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Hmmm, don't all Honda motors turn CCW?
Hows about a VTEC or better yet an accura V6 with the 5000 trans?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
> Of Larry Hamm
> Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 1999 11:58 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: engine swaps (long)
>
>
> Jerry Granito wrote:
> >
> > In a message dated 4/12/99 11:45:53 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> > bjwilbur@1STCONNECT.COM writes:
> >
> > << thoughts about the engine swap options >>
> >
> > But you left one out........the corvair flat 6......has anyone
> ever done one
> > of these in a vanagon?
> > (I will now don my Nomex suit in preparation for the flames!)
>
> Corvair engines are a little hard to come by. They also rotate
> "backwards", so you need to flip the R&P, or reverse the direction of
> rotation of the crank. Maybe you could use an Audi trans???
> Larry
>