OK, I'll take the time to join this discussion (mostly because I'm kind of
curous myself). My lifetime total of cylinders came to 264. Breakdown by
when is:
Current Number of Cylinders = 58
'99 Corvette 8
'94 Mustang 8
'83 Mazda 6
'82 Mazda 6
'98 F250 8
81 '320I 4
'92 Camaro 8
'64 MGB 4
'79 RX7 6
Number of Cylinders Previously = 206
'67 GTO 8
'55 Ford 8
'57 Chevy 8
'68 Torino 8
'70 VW 4
'71 El Camino 8
'74 Pinto 4
'68 VW 4
'74 Rabbit 4
'69 320I 4
'63 MGB 4
'74 Colt 4
'84 Capri 8
'85 Capri 8
'86 T'bird 4
'86 Mustang SVO 4
'86 Aerostar 6
'87 Mustang 8
'87 Aerostar 6
'87 Aerostar 6 (Honest)
'88 Mustang 8
'88 Aerostar 8
'89 Scorpio 4
'90 Taurus SHO 6
'91 Topaz 4
'91 Explorer 6
'91 Mustang 8
'97 Saturn 4
'89 Jeep 6
'84 RX7 6
'86 RX7 6
'86 RX7 6 (Honest again)
'93 Camaro 8
'86 F350 8 (Diesel)
Of course, it helped that I worked for FoMoCo during the 80's and a parking
lot's worth of Mazdas have found their way to my garage in the last year.
Can I count motors that are laying around in the garage?
Fred Van Wagenen
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In a message dated 12/17/00 8:08:58 PM, Smokerbros@aol.com writes:
>Peter Egan's latest column on R & T is about the number of cylinders we
>have.
> My current count is 17, for instance. 8cyl. Silverado, 8 cyl. Firebird,
>1
>cyl. Go-Ped. Meager by some counts. I think Egan's current count is 58.
>
>
>Then there is your life's total. Mine is 110 (including 18 4 bangers,
>and 17
>cars that have been autocrossed). Egan's is nearly 300, I think.
>
>By the way, Egan says that anything with internal combustion engines counts,
>
>including lawn mowers, weed whackers, etc., and reminds us of something
>that
>we all know, there are levels of quality, too. 12 lawn mowers does NOT
>equal
>1 Ferrari 275!
>
>For counting purposes, Egan didn't have to count Rotaries, or at least
>didn't
>mention it. I figured them as 6 cylinder engines (3 chambers X 2 rotors).
>
>
>Okay, let's hear your numbers, complete with lies, excuses, stories!
>
>CHD
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