Not hardly. This is a 1400 to 1800 (depending on year) cross flow  twin
overhead cam engine that will give you just a bit of a kick in the pants.
Yugos had 1390 single cam engines in them (128 knockoffs).

tim in san jose

On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 1:51 PM, Mark Dearing <VWBrain@aol.com> wrote:

> Oh I forgot to add this is the same motor that is in a Yugo  :)   later
> mark d
>
>
> In a message dated 6/17/2011 4:48:37 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> tombuese@COMCAST.NET writes:
>
> On Jun  17, 2011, at 1:56 PM, Jeff Palmer wrote:
>
> > So as my 40th birthday  approaches and along with it a self-imposed
> mid-life crisis, can someone tell  me why I shouldn't buy a red Fiat 124
> Spider
> convertible with 46,000  miles.
>
> Because FIAT stands for "Fix It  Again Tony", & I had a  buddy that owned
> the exact same one new & the timing belt broke early on,  snapped all the
> valves off,  & it only cost $3k to fix the  engine.
>
> YMMV,
>
> Mr BZ-no disrespect for the  Italians!
>
>
> > ThanksJeff
>

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