The MeMZ 965 was a

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engine, built by the Melitopolski Motor Plant (MeMZ). Originally known as the NAMI-G (for the Soviet National Automotive Institute), the MeMZ 965 was designed for use in the

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. It was a

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90° V4, producing . It had had characteristics not common for automobile engines, including a magnesium alloy

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, accessories mounted high (to assist in case of crossing rivers), and a rear-mounted oil cooler. When the initial MD-65 engine proposed for the

ZAZ-965 ZAZ Zaporozhets ( uk, Запоро́жець) was a series of rear-wheel-drive superminis (city cars in their first generation) designed and built from 1958 at the ZAZ factory in Soviet Ukraine. Different models of the Zaporozhets, all of which ...

proved inadequate, the MeMZ engine was selected, thanks in part to it being air-cooled, like the successful VW Type 1's

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engine. It would be developed into the MeMZ 966 and the MeMZ 968. The MeMZ 968 was offered in the ZAZ 968M in three performance levels: E (, carbureted, low-

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fuel); GE (, dual carburettor); or BE (, 8.4:1 compression, for 93-octane). In addition, the 965 would serve as a prototype vee-twin (half an MeMZ 965), for the prototype

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.Thompson, p.203. Applications: *

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* ZAZ-965A *

ZAZ-966 ZAZ Zaporozhets ( uk, Запоро́жець) was a series of rear-wheel-drive superminis (city cars in their first generation) designed and built from 1958 at the ZAZ factory in Soviet Ukraine. Different models of the Zaporozhets, all of whi ...

ZAZ-968 ZAZ Zaporozhets ( uk, Запоро́жець) was a series of rear-wheel-drive superminis (city cars in their first generation) designed and built from 1958 at the ZAZ factory in Soviet Ukraine. Different models of the Zaporozhets, all of whi ...

* ZAZ-968M

Notes

Sources

* Thompson, Andy. ''Cars of the Soviet Union''. Somerset, UK: Haynes Publishing, 2008. * ''ZAZ-965/965A'', Avtolegendy SSSR Nr.17, DeAgostini 2009. ISSN 2071-095X. {{in lang, ru Science and technology in the Soviet Union Automobile engines V4 engines