At 03:36 PM 5/26/99 -0400, Adam_Rodnitzky@acml.com wrote:
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>You know Rob, you are right. That must have been what I was thinking of - I
>don't think Mercury had anything to do with the Mi16, it was the ZR1. Now
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>is an odd connection to make.
>But I do know that Stihl was definitely involved. In fact, I think it is
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>cast into the valve cover. Any Mi16 owners out there who can verify this?
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>Adam
>'89 405DL
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>Rgvivace@aol.com on 05/26/99 03:26:08 PM
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>To: Adam Rodnitzky/New York/ACMC
>cc: peugeot@padui.org
>Subject: Re: 405 MI16 engine built by Cosworth?
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>In a message dated 99-05-26 15:14:25 EDT, you write:
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><< I've never heard of any involvement on the part of Cosworth; however, I
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>process,
> and I believe I read somewhere that Mercury (as in the outboard boat motor
> company) was involved in the head design itself. Anyone know about the
>latter?
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> Adam
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>I don't know about any Mercury Marine involvement with Peugeot, but they have
>done this kind of contract work before: they did the castings and assembled
>the Lotus-designed, limited-production ZR-1 32-valve quad-cam aluminum V8 for
>the Corvette.
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>Rob Gold
>'88 505S Turbo 5-speed, 79k miles
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