[rescue] Small Sparc as firewall

Kurt Huhn kurt at k-huhn.com
Sun Apr 21 14:07:22 CDT 2002


> > Its the mercedes M180 engine. 2.2 litre, straight 6 (85HP).  Some 404s
> > come with the M130, 2.6 litre straight 6 (130HP).
> 
> Jesus, they use that to power a 7500 pound vehicle? They must short stroke
> it and have it run at like 10,000 RPM. Too bad you can't drop a 400M out of
> an old Ford truck into it.
> 

It would make more sense to stroke it longer and give it more torque,
than to shorten it and give it more HP.  Since the gearing is so slow,
it might not matter and they probably left it in stock form.
-- 
Kurt
kurt at k-huhn.com



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