Anyone know "FAAARRKK" in Jap?
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From: Jason James on 13 Aug 2010 02:46 "atec77" <atec77(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:i42d3g$lrb$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > On 13/08/2010 7:31 AM, Jason James wrote: >> "Noddy"<me(a)home.com> wrote in message >> news:4c63e28e$0$56732$c30e37c6(a)exi-reader.telstra.net... >>> >>> "Lars Chance"<lars.chance(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >>> news:TsQ8o.3377$Yv.2252(a)viwinnwfe01.internal.bigpond.com... >>> >>>> Original Suzukis weren't 3-cylinder and there's been no Suzuki triples >>>> since the last of the 380s about 1978 so "original" and "old" are a bit >>>> superfluous here. >>> >>> I think you'll find that one of the first model Suzuki 4wd's available >>> here, called the LJ50 I think, was indeed powered by a three cylinder >>> engine and if I remember correctly is was a two stroke as well. >>> >>> It may not have been the very first model released here, but it was >>> certainly the most popular of the "old original" ones. >> >> I remember one small vehicle (maybe a 2 door sedan or a ute) which was >> powered by a 3 or 4 cylinder 4-stroke motor cycle engine. Which car was >> that,..Honda or Suzuki? >> >> Jason >> >> > Basically a modified waterbottle motor in a tiny 4wd > brappapappappppp 10 million east Germans cant be wrong :-)!! Long live the Trabby!!. Jason
From: Lars Chance on 13 Aug 2010 11:28 Jason James wrote: > I remember one small vehicle (maybe a 2 door sedan or a ute) which was > powered by a 3 or 4 cylinder 4-stroke motor cycle engine. Which car was > that,..Honda or Suzuki? > Ariel Atom? -- Elsie.
From: Kev on 13 Aug 2010 13:50
Jason James wrote: > "Noddy"<me(a)home.com> wrote in message > news:4c63e28e$0$56732$c30e37c6(a)exi-reader.telstra.net... >> >> "Lars Chance"<lars.chance(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >> news:TsQ8o.3377$Yv.2252(a)viwinnwfe01.internal.bigpond.com... >> >>> Original Suzukis weren't 3-cylinder and there's been no Suzuki triples >>> since the last of the 380s about 1978 so "original" and "old" are a bit >>> superfluous here. >> >> I think you'll find that one of the first model Suzuki 4wd's available >> here, called the LJ50 I think, was indeed powered by a three cylinder >> engine and if I remember correctly is was a two stroke as well. >> >> It may not have been the very first model released here, but it was >> certainly the most popular of the "old original" ones. > > I remember one small vehicle (maybe a 2 door sedan or a ute) which was > powered by a 3 or 4 cylinder 4-stroke motor cycle engine. Which car was > that,..Honda or Suzuki? > > Jason > > The "Suzuki Hatch" came in either a 600cc or 800cc engine(the Mighty Boy was based on this vehicle) I think 3 cyl, Had a neighbour a couple of years ago who drove a small suzuki based Holden hatch that had a 3 cyl 1L engine Honda had a multitude of miniature cars with motorcycle based engines Honda Zot, Honda Life boht had a chain or belt drive and something like 360cc engines I remember my father rebuilding a tiny Honda bongo ute thing for a neighbour back in the mid 70s, it had a 360cc 2 cyl mid mounted engine Kev |