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Subject:Re: On Longevity, Displacement, Efficiency and Technology in Conversions
From:Stan Wilder
Date:Fri, 29 Mar 2002 18:47:42 -0600

Someone with some of the listed conversions already installed should
chime in here with some of the conversion cost involved.
All of the evaluation tables are relative to engines in New or Excellent
condition.
So in essence the longevity and performance is wallet related in every
way.

Stan Wilder

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On Sat, 30 Mar 2002 08:15:58 +0800 Kim Howe <khowe@OMNINET.NET.AU>
writes:
> Subject: Re: On Longevity, Displacement, Efficiency and Technology
>
> If there were unreported losses in the water cooled that required
> say 5
> ft.lb torque to compensate, that would mean as far as I can see that
> the
> 2.0L a/c is about the same efficiency as the liquid cooleds of the
> same
> vintage. This would be fun to evaluate.
>
> What do you think?
>
> Kim Howe
> khowe@omninet.net.au
>

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