Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 22:19:14 +0000 From: Johannes H Andersen <johsnopsamsafish.com> Subject: Re: Volvo engine?
ntadm wrote: > > > And not to forget Ford, who delivered the first 4stroke engines to > the _old_ Saab 96. > Yes, quite. Ford used the V4 engine in the Ford Taunus from Germany. Later on this model was merged into the Cortina with British engines. The V4 also served well in some old Ford Transit vans. > If i remember correctly, it vas a 2/3 > split from the V6, that is a V4 with extraordinary sound... Well, compared to the two-stroke, at least it sounded like a real car. When I was a boy, I could always identify the make of a car by it's engine sound before it came round the corner. Johannes