<VV> Boxer Motor

[Shaun]

So all those ads with V6 Corvairs are correct!
I'll have to find something else to laugh about.
Cheese fondue? No, boxers!
Shaun

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "N. Joseph Potts" <pottsf@msn.com>
To: "Marc Marcoulides" <hharpo@earthlink.net>; "Russell Moorhouse"
<corvair65@verizon.net>; "VV" <virtualvairs@corvair.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2004 6:55 AM
Subject: RE: <VV> Boxer Motor


> I've dragged us (VV) through this before. Boxer engines are those
> 180-degree-opposed engines whose opposed pistons move out at the same time
> (left side vs right side), and in at the same time. There ARE
> 180-degree-opposed engines whose opposed pistons move in TANDEM - that is,
> when left is moving out, right is moving in (toward the crankshaft). THESE
> engines are NOT boxers - they are V engines with 180 degrees between the
> banks. At least some Ferrari flat 12s are of this design. V engines have
> half as many journals on the crankshaft as they have cylinders. Boxers
(like
> the Corvair) have as many journals as they have cylinders.
>      I owe this understanding to a very informative magazine given to me
by
> VVer Thomas Stingl, of Karlsruhe, Germany. The explanation was in German,
> and the effort of understanding it was so great for me that I will never
> forget it.
>
> Joe Potts
> Miami, Florida USA
> 1966 Corsa coupe 140hp 4-speed with A/C
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: virtualvairs-admin@corvair.org
> [mailto:virtualvairs-admin@corvair.org]On Behalf Of Marc Marcoulides
> Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2004 9:22 PM
> To: Russell Moorhouse; VV
> Subject: Re: <VV> Boxer Motor
>
>
> Yes, a common referance for an opposed engine is "boxer"... so it would be
> correct for Subaru as well.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Russell Moorhouse <corvair65@verizon.net>
> Sent: Mar 7, 2004 1:12 AM
> To: VV <virtualvairs@corvair.org>
> Subject: <VV> Boxer Motor
>
> What constitutes a boxer motor?  Is a Corvair motor considered a boxer
> motor?
>
>  I read an article, I believe British, on the Corvair quite a while back,
> where the writer referred to it as a boxer motor.  If that is the case,
> after watching the last Barrett-Jackson auction, and seeing the inflated
> prices any car with a Hemi sold for,  maybe we should call our motors
boxer
> engines, rather than a Corvair motor, when we get ready to sell them.
Boxer
> seems to be a hot term nowadays.  I've even heard Subaru refer to their
> engines as being boxers.
>
> Russ Moorhouse
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