Date:         Fri, 1 Aug 2008 15:18:38 -0700
Reply-To:     Don Hanson <dhanson@GORGE.NET>
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From:         Don Hanson <dhanson@GORGE.NET>
Subject:      WBX motor rather than ....
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  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.