Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2003 15:38:57 -0700
Reply-To: Doktor Tim <doktortim@ROCKISLAND.COM>
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From: Doktor Tim <doktortim@ROCKISLAND.COM>
Subject: Re: Vanagon/Porsche Project Pictures
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Hey, swaping a Porsche into a VW makes a whole lot more sense to me than a
Subaru. Four things that I am interested in how you are resolving.
1. Sealing of the motor perimeter for air cooled cool air control. I have
in mind use of big trailer mud flap rubber strips and some metal flange
tack welded around the compartment matching the Carrera tin.
2. Location and mounting of the oil cooler and lines. Seems just made for
replacing the water cooled radiator and lines and installing a high
capacity, say, Porsche turbo oil cooler with an electric original Vanagon
fan controlled by a temp sensor switch at the return line to the oil tank.
You will have at least 10 to 20% more friction loss than the stock Carrera
length, so a turbo oil pump should be strongly considered and/or larger
lines. Easy squeezy to put in an extra capacity oil cooler, say, half the
size of the VW water radiator. A high flow rate 962 item with a thermo
valve and no need of an electric fan at all.
3. Location and mounting of the oil tank. Put the oil tank right rear just
like Porsche. Use one gauge larger batt cables than Carrera stock to insure
no amp losses at all.
4. Hookup of original VW instruments or installation of 911 instruments and
gauges. Frankly, I would want to adapt the Carrera dash in toto.
Man, you gonna have a lotsa horsepower/torque and more gravity center shift
front to rear. Turbo CV's for sure, and I would want the Carrera or turbo
brakes, which means adapting to Porsche hubs and wheels four corners. The
extra weight of the motor means rear torsion bars should be larger. We
talkin' splicing in the Porsche tube or is the VW spline the same as
Porsche. Find a Weltmeister dealer, they got the knowledge about which
splines fit which Porsche/VW. With near 1000 lbs more gross load than the
Carrera, you may need LeMans 962 bars in there. Tires/wheels are a big
issue. You will need truck load range D or better tires, and they don't
tend to fit up with Carrera wheels. They did in fact make 14" Fuchs for the
Luxus 911E, so those earlier parts with the spindles/hubs/brakes would
allow stock 14" truck tires.
A few hours to sort out the heater ducts and hookups and you gonna have
more heat that any air cooled van ever had, with a flap to direct air off
that oil cooler from the front and the hot air flow from the motor, sounds
like an arctic functional air cooled situation. Very unique German Van.
At 09:45 AM 07/08/2003, you wrote:
>This got buried in another thread, so many of you may not have seen it yet,
>so here is your last chance until the project is finished.
>
>I am nearing completing of installing a Porsche 3.2 liter Carrera motor and
>G50 transmission in my '87 GL.
