>Has anyone popped a Porsche 6 in their Vanagon? I used to have a couple >of 914's and the swap was fairly easy on those, can't imagine it being >much more painful on the Vanagon. There are quite a few Porsche sixes fitted to Transporters of all types, including T3s. MSDS makes a "Rage Panzer" kit for Syncros... 911 engine and G50 trans. Porsche 6-boxers aren't the magical beasts generally imagined. Apparently 2.7s and early Boxsters give (EXPENSIVE) trouble. And their power outputs aren't that good (except for the ultraexpensive turbos). Subaru's 3.3-liter EG33 six is super-reliable, not too expensive (FAR cheaper than any Porsche 6), relatively inexpensive to fix (in the extremely unlikely eventuality of one ever needing repairs) and at least as powerful as any equivalent-powered Porsche donk, either luft or wasserboxer. AND it can be hopped-up considerably, fitted with turbos etc. Hence, though initially I wanted a 3.0 or 3.2 911 engine, I was more than happy to grab an EG33 when I learned about them. -- Andrew Grebneff 165 Evans St, Dunedin 9001, New Zealand <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz> Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut Friends don't let friends do Windows |
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.