Opel used two straight-six engines before the better-known cam-in-head family. The first, a 1.8 litre of 1,790 cc with 12 valves, powered the Opel Moonlight roadster in 1933 and made 33.5 PS, with the very undersquare 65 by 90 millimetre bore and stroke that was typical for the time. The second, a 2.6 litre of 2,605 cc with 12 overhead valves, arrived with the 1959 Opel Kapitän and used a more oversquare 85 by 76.5 millimetre bore and stroke, an Opel-designed carburetor and 7.8 to 1 compression to give 91 PS and 186 newton metres of torque.
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Opel used the straight-6 engine configuration for many years.
Moonlight, 1933
It used a 1.8 L (1,790 cc) six in 1933.
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Opel used the straight-6 engine configuration for many years.
Exemplifies: Road Transport, Kapitän, road engine
The 1959 Opel Kapitän was the next vehicle from the company with a straight-6 engine.
Part Of: Opel Kapitän, Kapitän
The 1959 Opel Kapitän was the next vehicle from the company with a straight-6 engine.
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