Well Gee, according to the 911 guys, I didn't have a REAL Porsche.. I wasn't talking about my "bloated Dentist's Wife's car" I was speaking of those air cooled ones, similar to the aircooled vans that came before the Vanagon. And how they evolved in a similar manner to the boxer VW motor.. The one I had got all kinds of trashing by the Real Porsche Guys...except at the finish line..Mine was a stinkin V-8...not even a proper German type car..Often called the "German Corvette"...cringe! Don Hanson ----- Original Message ----- From: Jake de Villiers To: Don Hanson Cc: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com Sent: Friday, August 01, 2008 5:40 PM Subject: Re: WBX motor rather than ....
Aw geez Don, leave your frigging Porsche out of a post for once. Thanks in advance, the VANAGON LIST
On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 3:18 PM, Don Hanson <dhanson@gorge.net> wrote: So, I wonder which German company copied which? When Porsche changed to water cooled they built a motor kinda like VWs..in that it's really an air cooled 911 cobbled up with water jackets around. Is not the WBX similar (or vica/versa) with the WBX being an air cooled with water? Except Porsche gave up after a few years of building what they called the 993 (the 'transition' motor) and built a whole new package, the 996..re-designed with only the opposed six configuration remaining from the air cooled one. Wonder why VW stuck with the WBX for so long when it has weak spots? Interesting though that those two companies, who are almost affiliated, did such similar transition from AC to water.. Don Hanson PS...You Soobie guys...they at Porsche get about 475 rwhp from a normally aspirated engine suitable to go to Le Mans and run flat out for 24hrs..Try that with a turboless svx.
-- Jake 1984 Vanagon GL 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie" Crescent Beach, BC www.crescentbeachguitar.com http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27 |
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