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Date:         Mon, 29 Nov 2004 01:22:06 +0000
Reply-To:     Chris DeLong <green536@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Chris DeLong <green536@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: WBX in Porsche
Comments: To: albeeee@MCHSI.COM
In-Reply-To:  <41AA71D9.8070500@mchsi.com>
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912E engine with Digifant injection :D

Chris DeLong Fine Tuning 206.522.5503 www.finetuningperformance.com Seattle, WA USA

>From: Al and Sue Brase <albeeee@MCHSI.COM> >Reply-To: Al and Sue Brase <albeeee@MCHSI.COM> >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >Subject: WBX in Porsche >Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 18:48:25 -0600 > >Just a damn minute here! I've been listening to all this bile about >WBXers for the last six years, with the occasional message of hope from >Bob Donalds, Robert Lilley and a few others. I myself managed to ruin >a rod bearing in one after doing an incredible stupid thing. Yet after >bringing that one back from the dead, I've had almost completely >positive experiences with them. Almost completely "set and forget" >positive. Only one fuel pressure regulator, 2 O2 sensors, maybe 3 water >pumps in probably 300k miles since 1990. Oh, quite a few water pipes, >exhaust pipes, mufflers, but I live in the heart of the rust belt and >these cars never get inside during the winter. >So good, in fact, that I have entertained that very idea of putting one >in a Porsche.. (Not a 911. I love 911 motors- everybody should have one >sometime- but in a 912. My original idea was to put a 912E engine in a >67 912 Targa that I have buried in my shop and even bought the engine >and all the parts to do it. but now, I think how superior this WBX is to >the old type 4 motor. Quiet, Reliable, powerful, thrifty. If I could >figure out how to put in a radiator and heater without wrecking the car, >I'd do it. Stock, a 2.1 WBX is about the same as a 912 engine at 95 hp. >I think a very slight cam regrind and a chip might move it up to the >range where it would be somewhat more powerful than the stock 912 engine. >Al Brase >anyone want a nice 912E motor? > >Stan Wilder wrote: > >><snip> >> >>A fellow in my local Porsche club is installing a WBX 2.1 into his 78 911 >>that blew an $8000.00 engine. >>I haven't made a single comment to him about his conversion but I've got >>to >>hand it to him, he's figured both that hardest job possible and the worst >>engine possible for his resurrection project. >>The upside to his conversion is that he'll never have enough power to >>break >>his tranny. >> >> >> >>


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