Re: Boxer Engine

[Raldel@xxxxxxx]

    Ahhhhhhhhhhh........... and lest we forget, the best boxer of all, the 
incredible BMW boxer twin motorcycle engine. It has withstood the test of 
time and is beautifully simple in its engineering. Especially the old airhead 
247 version.
       Randy Long
       73 BMW R75/5
       84 BMW R100CS
       93 BMW R100RT
       73 Alfa Romeo Spider
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

-----------------------------------
In a message dated 3/20/2003 9:46:55 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
paul@domain.elided writes:

A "boxer" engine refers to any horizontally-opposed engine layout.  They are
also referred to as a "flat" engine (such a Porsche "flat six"), or a "180
degree" engine (such as Ferrari's "180 degree V12" - but this designation is
far less common).

Most commonly known applications of boxer engines include almost all
air-cooled Porsches (911, 356, etc), Ferrari's 512bbi and Testarossa,
Volkswagen's Beetle and related vehicles, and some Subarus, but there are
lots more, including Alfas.

Paul Misencik
--
to be removed from alfa, see /bin/digest-subs.cgi
or email "unsubscribe alfa" to majordomo@domain.elided