That same engine. Called "Iron Duke" powered the chevy celebrity's up to
about 1990, I believe.
KenG

Kruse wrote:

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>>That Vega engine has to be one of the worst GM ever made. The metallurgy
>>sounded very
>>high tech, and the promise was there, but they were just no good.
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> Here's what GM <SHOULD> have done. Take the old four cylinder engine
> from the Chevy II/Nova and put it in the Vega. That engine was very
> reliable (I still use one for an every day driver in a '69 Nova) and
> easily had enough power. Take all the money that they spent on the Vega
> engine warranty program that was used on all the engines that they
> replaced free of charge on the ones that failed before 50K miles and
> use that money to perfect the Vega aluminum engine before they put it
> on the market without testing it. If you can drop a small block Chevy
> in the Vega and it will hold up, you could have easily used the old
> Chevy II four cylinder engine without any problems.
> Oh, wait. I forgot that this was GM.
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