The 1.6-litre engine was a Peugeot block. By that time, too, the Chrysler
2.2-litre engine was available in the Omni and Horizon.
The Omni / Horizon twins were taken from the French-designed Chrysler
Horizon. Chrysler could have used the Chrysler France (Simca) engine but
there were problems with supply and the fact Simca engines needed more TLC
than American motorists were willing to give. As a side note, the original
Franch Chrysler Horizon was designed with torsion bars up front. When the
design was shipped to Detroit, the torsion bars were replaced by McPherson
struts.
As for GM's use of Chevy engines in non-Chevy cars, that started with the
Canadian-built 1937 Pontiac Six, which used a 224-cid version of the Chevy
six. Although the Canadian Pontiac staretd using the Pontiac flathead six
in 1941, Chevy engines, 6 and V8, were used again from 1955 into the early
1970's.
Bill
Vancouver, BC
----- Original Message -----
From: Zach Collie
To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2003 4:32 PM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] Different BORING & Stroking
Well, as a professional mechanic, and an owner of a '94 Dodge Caravan, I
happen to like that 3.0 Liter V-6! It has good power, easy to maintain, and
a better engine than those sick little 2.2 liter four cylinders in the
immortal "K" car! I have worked on both, and that "Chrysler" 3.0 V-6 DOHC is
a good engine! The Grand Caravan's have 3.3 liter pushrod engines, which are
more closely related to "forwardlook" engines. Now, speaking of "gender
bender" combos, how about my ' 81 Plymouth Horizon, that had the 1.7 Liter
Volkswagen Rabbit engine, coupled with a "Chrysler" transmission (4-speed
stick in my example). The first years (1977?) of the "Omni-Horizons" were
not only powered by VW Rabbit engines, but also had the rabbit
transmissions! They were powered by a "Mopar" (?) 1.6 liter engine as of '82
or '83. ---And tomorrow's history lesson will center around GM's use of
"chevy" engines in Non-chevy cars! Which started happening in the
mid-seventies---. Zach-
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Over 25,000 pages of archived Forward Look information can be easily searched at
http://www.forwardlook.net/search.htm Powered by Google!
|
|
Back to the Home of the Forward Look Network