Sudhir; I would lean towards the 911 flat six. Then you could eliminate all the water cooled stuff. It sounds like you have given this some thought. What is the advantage over le$$er four cylinder engines? Drive Safely & Good Luck Ken Lewis<Kernersville,NC>86 VW crewcab;60 T-5 Coupe On Thu, 2 Dec 1999 00:09:03 -0500 Sudhir Desai <desa4622@KETTERING.EDU> writes: >if i could do my engine swap all over again, i would definately get a >porsche 944 4-cylinder engine... then i would spend about 4grand on a >beefed up 901-1 tranny with taller gears(has lower ratio??) to cruise >doing 70 at 3 grand. and 80 at 3500. > >thats my $.02 worth > >Sudhir H. Desai 1984 VW Vanagon 3.4 liter Chevy V-6 >desa4622@kettering.edu sudhir_desai@geocities.com >ICQ# 17014903 & 8255956 >http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Speedway/1889 ___________________________________________________________________ Why pay more to get Web access? Try Juno for FREE -- then it's just $9.95/month if you act NOW! Get your free software today: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj. |
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