> > > i'm really interested in maybe a VR6 for my crewcab... > i'd get lots of power and still have heat.... > still looking for more info,though... >patrick >86 crewcab > >I have been considering installing a late 911 engine in my Westy (I will if I have any more head troubles). From all that I have read the engines from the late 80s are very high- mileage, trouble-free motors. I read a magazine article about a outfit in CA. that offers a kit to insatall one. It seemed reasonably easy to install but the engines of course are not cheap. I think the heater problem might be solved by welding up a waterjacket around part of the muffler and adapting a water pump onto the engine and just run water heated by the muffler through the existing coolant system. Living in Washington, the heater is a prime concern. Todd Francis 86 Westy syncro
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