The Mitsubishi Vulcan engine, identified by the code 2G2, is an iron-block twin cylinder engine with three
main bearing
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s, built by
Mitsubishi Motors
is a Japanese multinational automobile manufacturer headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan.[kei car
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'' class vehicles from September 1972. It was an
overhead camshaft
An overhead camshaft (OHC) engine is a piston engine where the camshaft is located in the cylinder head above the combustion chamber. This contrasts with earlier overhead valve engines (OHV), where the camshaft is located below the combustion c ...
design, and superseded the older
two-stroke
A two-stroke (or two-stroke cycle) engine is a type of internal combustion engine that completes a Thermodynamic power cycle, power cycle with two strokes (up and down movements) of the piston during one power cycle, this power cycle being comple ...
2G1 series. The 2G2 was in turn replaced by the
Multi-valve
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3G8 three-cylinder series.
2G21
Specifications
"MCA" stood for
"Mitsubishi Clean Air", reflecting Japan's new air quality laws. The MCA-II was cleaner yet, and with balance shafts it also offered a much smoother run, at the loss of a few horsepower. The Sports engine did not meet the stricter emissions laws, which led to the demise of the Skipper.
Applications
*10.1972-04.1976
Mitsubishi Minica F4
*10.1972-12.1974
Mitsubishi Minica Skipper IV
2G22
Specifications
This engine met the enlarged
kei-jidosha regulations which took effect at the end of 1975. It was called the Vulcan S in period advertising and went on sale in mid-April 1976; it was the first of the new, enlarged class of kei cars to hit the market. It had been thought that the rules would only allow for 500 cc, so a number of manufacturers had to quickly develop 550 cc models. The 2G22 was only built for ten months.
Applications
*1976.04-1977.06
Mitsubishi Minica 5
*1976.04-1977.03
Mitsubishi Minica 5 Van
*1976.04-1977.03
Mitsubishi Minicab 5 ''(
truck
A truck or lorry is a motor vehicle designed to transport cargo, carry specialized payloads, or perform other utilitarian work. Trucks vary greatly in size, power, and configuration, but the vast majority feature body-on-frame construction ...
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2G23
The G23B engines also featured the MCA-JET improved emissions system with a catalytic converter and three valves per cylinder. For the last two years (until summer of 1989), production was only for the Mazda Porter.
Specifications
Applications
*1977-1979
Mitsubishi Minicab Wide 55 ''(LO13)''
*1979-1987
Mitsubishi Minicab
The is the kei truck and microvan, built and sold in Japan by Japanese automaker Mitsubishi Motors since 1966. In Japan, it was sold at a specific retail chain called Galant Shop. An all-electric model of the Minicab, called the Minicab MiEV, ...
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truck
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*03.1977-09.1981
Minica 55 Van[''CG '70s Car Archives'', p. 71]
*06.1977-02.1984
Mitsubishi Minica Ami 55/Ami L/Econo
*02.1984-01.1987
Mitsubishi Minica/Econo 5th generation
*1977-1981
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*1977-83
Mazda New Porter Cab (2G23)
*1983-07.1989
Mazda Porter Cab (G23B)
2G24
Specifications
Produced 8.82-12.83
Applications
*11.1981–1983
Mitsubishi Minicab 700 ''(
truck
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*1985-1990s Liuzhou Wuling LZ110
2G25
Specifications
Produced 1.84-11.88
Applications
* 1984
Mitsubishi Towny (Minica) (Taiwan)
* 1984
Mitsubishi Minicab 800 ''(truck)''
See also
*
List of Mitsubishi engines This is a list of engines produced by Mitsubishi Motors since 1964, and its predecessors prior to this.
Explanation of codes
The Mitsubishi zaibatsu had been broken up into three companies by the US occupying forces. Automobile and truck engines we ...
References
* ''360cc: Nippon 軽自動車 Memorial 1950-1975''. Tokyo: Yaesu Publishing, 2007.
* ''Car Graphic: Car Archives Vol. 5, '70s Japanese Cars''. Nigensha, 2007.
* ''Car Graphic: Car Archives Vol. 11, '80s Japanese Cars''. Nigensha, 2007.
* Kazuo Ozeki, ''Memories of Japanese K-cars: 1951 ~ 1975''. Miki Press, 2007.
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Vulcan
Vulcan may refer to:
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