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Who writes the junk listed as Trivia, Goofs, etc.


"The H6 engine (six-cylinder horizontally opposed "FLAT") built by "Air Cooled Motor Co." is very similar to engines used on Porsche 911s, some Subarus and many civilian aircraft to this day. It had overhead valves (pushrods) and was converted to be water-cooled. It was 335ci displacement 5470 (slightly smaller then a "small block" Chevy V8) and had 166bhp with 372lb. of torque."

Very similar? Yeah, they are the same configuration, horizontally opposed 6 cylinders. Saying they are similar to Porsche 911s tells me you don't know a whole lot about engines.

"(slightly smaller then (sic) a 'small block'Chevy V8" The Chevy V8 you refer to started life in 1955 at 265 ci, slightly smaller than Tucker's V8. It then was enlarged to 283 and through it's production run went 265, 283, 302, 305, 307, 327, 350, 400.

If you really want to talk trivia about the engine, how about that it was designed for helicopters?

"you're seeing a whole team of psychiatrists, aren't you?" Terrence Mann

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