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Originally Posted by Frank Lee
^YES and no!
It has been done before. I've seen where some college kids back in the day pulled 2 cyls. out of a VW Bug and coaxed 58 mpg out of it, IIRC.
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I think I read the same article.
As I remember it, those kids 1) installed the engine and tranny in a lighter chassis - a Fiat if I remember rightly and 2) they did more than just pull the conrods and whatnot - they converted the engine to a two-cylinder. They cut down the block and everything.
It looked really weird. You'd think that if they had wanted a two-cyl aircooled engine, they'd just use a Citroen 2CV mill. That's ready to go, proven tech. And French tinkerers have been sticking the 2CV engine into ultralight chassis for a long time, for either speed or super economy.