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Subject:Re: Hemi powered Vanagon?
From:Hans Achter
Date:Sat, 5 Mar 2005 09:33:21 -0500

Why even brag about producing a "hemi" engine?  It was quite a technological advancement to make a
hemispherical combustion chamber back in the 50s, but today's engine designs are much more efficient
and powerful per unit displacement
-Hans.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Grebneff" <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2005 7:37 AM
Subject: Re: Hemi powered Vanagon?

Funny (pitiful, actually) that a car manufacturer would claim to make
a "hemi" that is nothing of the sort...
--
Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin
New Zealand
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<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
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