Hi Helmet and all. I could be wrong but here goes. Back some time ago VW were supporting the Porsche Racing Team and provided a van to carry all their spares etc. Well you can imagine that the official Porsche Racing Team back up unit needed a little bit more umph that what the air cooled bus could provide so they fitted a Porsche engine into the Van. This work could quite easily have been carried out under the direction of Mr Oettinger who was heavily involved in VW and Porsche since the late 40"s. As I said I cannot veify this with hard facts. I remember reading it somewhere
Ray Hunnam -----Original Message----- From: Helmut Zeidler <Helmut_Zeidler@NOTESMAIL.NOKIA.COM> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Date: Monday, 15 March 1999 6:59 Subject: Re: Oettinger Prepped Vanagon from German Car Mag
>>Seems Oettinger modded a Vanagon and Passat >>back in 1982. The vanagon got a >>2 liter inline motor and some Gti badge work. >>I also scanned a nice engine compartment shot >>which shows the CIS layout. >Very interesting article, I haven't heard about >before. I have an article about all generations >of Golf GTI, but on all CIS layouts inside >this vehicles, the throttle body is on pulley >side. So, Oettinger turned the intake manifold >by 180 degrees. > >Does someone know, how this would be possible? >Or, is the intake manifold from a different >vehicle? It is for sure, that the long black >tube from fuel distributor to the throttle >body is a modified from the Golf GTI that years. > >Regards >Helmut >'80 Vanagaudi > |
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