Date:         Sat, 14 Oct 2000 10:20:21 +1200
Reply-To:     Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
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From:         Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject:      Re: PORSCHE Engine
Comments: To: RaverZ4lifE@AOL.COM
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>    Could someone tell me if it is possible to put a PORSCHE engine into my
>83 Westy air-cooled,  and what the price range would be just to put it
>in......
>
>Thanks
>Mike

Porsche aircooled conversions are fairly common in all models of
rear-engined VW vans, and generally give good results. But pick a good
engine or you'll be in bor big bucks. And DON'T trust a VW trans to handle
the power/torque increase. Go for a late Porsche 915 or 1987-89 G50 (other
years of G50 have too long a bellhousing and will not fit).

I am told the 2.7 six is trouble-prone. I'd say, from my VERY limited
knowledge of Porsches, that a 3.0 or 3.2 would be the berries.

I am in the process of negotiating purchase of a G50 from Germany or
Holland (20th Street Auto in Phoenix, AZ refuses to give me prices!) to put
in my 84 Caravelle, along with a Subaru SVX engine. My 094 5-speed wasn't
up to a 174hp Holden 3.8 V6.


Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin, New Zealand
VW & mollusc nut
1969 Kombi with Corvair 2.4 & Powerglide
1984 Caravelle currently engineless
1984 Mitsubishi Galant Sigma 2.0 (FWD)
1986 CE80 Toyota Corolla 1.8DX diesel
1989 CE96 Toyota Corolla 1.8DX van/wagon
1989 CT170 Toyota Corona Select 2.0 diesel