4 cyl engine advice needed (4A-GE)

[Chris Morriss]

In message <36CCEE66.AF0DF728 at ra.msstate.edu>, "Steve N."
<sgn1 at ra.msstate.edu> writes
>
>Remember, there were many potential engines for the picking when the
>Atlantic series was looking for a new engine and they went with the
>4A-GE, however mostly I think was because the blocks could make the
>needed HP in close to stock form.  The Iron block is good and bad.  It
>lets you get that 240 stock, but the 4A-GE weighs in at 340 lbs.  As for
>the Hondas, I hear they are good too, and are a tad lighter but might
>not be able to handle too many mods in stock form.  It all depends how
>much you want to mod the engine after you get it, or if you want to have
>a hot engine stock out of the box.  I for one would not want a heavy
>ford or buick engine in a small kit car if I were to buy one.
>

Don't the Honda engines rotate backwards?  I allways see this stated in
articles about engine swaps.  I know the old Honda Civic engine used to
rotate anti-clockwise but I'm not sure about others.
-- 
Chris Morriss