Re: fergussen history (no audi content)

[WSCRacer@aol.com]

In a message dated 1/23/99 4:24:11 AM, quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk writes:

>>> This engine has a history as long and proud as the I5.  I think it was
>>> originally developed for fork-lift trucks.  I used to work on the
>>> performance versions quite a lot in my 'first' mechanical career - the
>>> 'second' being entirely devoted to I5s.
>
>> Wrong answer there Phil the Coventry-Climax engine was designed as a
>Water
>> pump engine for fighting fires during WWII.
>
>Yes, so Dave posted.  It certainly _was_ used in fork lift trucks,
>though, because I did a head rebuild on one in the 1960s.


Yes but Phil, It was'nt DESIGNED for a forklift like you say.......