>I've been conversing with John (aka BLUE EYES), one of the older funky
>Harley-Davidson dragster builders and Hal Pate, one of the truly GREAT
>Harley GURUS about a system involving using Harley 1200 motorcylce
>engines to power VW Vans!  They have convinced me that it is feasible to
>align a bilateral rack in the Vanagon's engine compartment that will
>enable the mounting of one or more Harley 1200cc engines, directly fed
>into the tranny of the Vanagon.

I seriously doubt you could keep a harley engine cool in a vanagon
application. Keep in mind that on the bike they probably operate at about
10% power at cruise. I don't think they'd be happy at 50%+ Plus, harley
engines are not known to be particularly long lived, and there are serious
problems with torsional vibration when crank shafts get too long (as in
cascading). Not only that, but I doubt a harley crank would last very long
at 4 times the normal torsional loading if you were to cascade them.

Joshua Van Tol -- jjvantol@lear.csp.ee.memphis.edu