<VV> Boxer Motor

[Dennis & Debbie Pleau]

Any horizontally opposed motor is a boxer, so a Corvair would qualify.

Dennis

At 08:12 PM 3/6/2004 -0500, Russell Moorhouse wrote:
>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
>'65 Corsa coupe 140 HP
>Group Corvair Member
>Kent Island, MD