>All,
>  I have no intention of swaping my engine out of my Van but I do follow the
>"swap threads".  I have a question, how come I have never heard of some
>person putting a Honda Civic or Accord 4 banger in a Van?  Talk about bullet
>proof and efficient and all the other great qualities of a well built
>engine.  Any feelings from the list?  Thank you.
>
>Richard nad Annemarie
>85 GL "Buba"

Those engines, like Corvairs, rotate "backward" ie anticlockwise
(view from crank nose end). So you'd have to flip your diff or fit a
reverse-rotation kit (camshaft etc) to the engine. I BELIEVE the
Honda V6 (Legend and NSX) engines rotate normally, as do the newer
fours.