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Subject:Re: Using American engines for Vanagon swap - why the heck not?
From:Aristotle Sagan
Date:Fri, 22 Mar 2002 23:10:53 -0800

Terry...
You find a better engine than a Toyota 22RE you let me know, OK?
2.4 liter nuthin' but torque for a four banger, not to mention bulletproof.
The Japanese might have stolen it (from whom?), but they made it tough.

tim in san jose

>The Japanese are not innovaters--they are duplicator's---so X out any
>thing they have to offer in engine's, because they are using someone
>else's technology--they just change the look of it---
>
>The land of the rising sun, and the european's have no idea what cubes +
>HP is all about.
>
>
>Yea they make some good engine's,         ( what?) but most of them are
>all rpm, and zero grunt. ( not all of them, taking in to account the
>excellent BMW ETA 6 )
>
>426 cubes?
>426 horse's?
>
>I am not aware of any road worthy, available to the public, standard
>import that cranks out as much horspower as it's displacement.
>
>How about the new Chevy 6?
>
>Dual overhead cams,  twin turbos, and making 485 hp.
>
>And I'll bet the parts when required for this engine won't cost a left
>testicle.
>
>Very similar to any american 4,6 8 or what ever----cheap to maintain,
>lots of gotain.
>
>Get real Andrew---take off the VW blinder's--
>
>
>
>
>E-mail message
>
>Sender Andrew Grebneff
>
>So use a REAL engine. A big Japanese or Euro V8. Something which
>actually uses technology.

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