Originally Posted by 7mm_Loco
Originally Posted by Valsdad
Originally Posted by irfubar
Vega 4 banger.... better than your sister.... lol
ranks right up there with the Pinto engine
The Pinto had 3? different engine over it's life... the 1600, the 2000 and the 2300... the 2000 & 2300 were German? design and pretty good engines (carbs sucked tho), the 1600 was English and a POS as i recall...

Originally Posted by irfubar
Vega engines I believe had aluminum cylinders, like no liners, so I was told, they weren't worth tearing apart, a junkyard replacement was like $100 back in the day, I went through a couple...

They both, especially with hindsight, were relatively poor attempts to compete with the Japanese small cars that were becoming popular at the time.

Served enough of a purpose to keep the US automakers in business I guess.

The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men.
In it is contentment
In it is death and all you seek
(Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)

member of the cabal of dysfunctional squirrels?