VW engine in a WRX?

HappyDaze Superannuated

2,887 posts · joined Jun 2009 · 20 Jul 2011, 4:19 pm

#852732

Maybe I'm just a 'stirrer'.......Yeah, OK, forget the 'maybe', but just to be different, how about an engine - such as the one that Rod Penrose is building at the moment - in a WRX?

Imagine the 'WRX boys' eyes pop out when they saw a 3.3 litre VW donk in the front, not to mention when they were left behind in the dust!.......suppose you're never too old to dream.😂

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Sides Veteran Volks Folk

2,220 posts · joined May 2007 · 20 Jul 2011, 5:36 pm

#852744

Well Rod's engine IS destined for the front of a waterpumper, so it's not too far off !!!

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5,080 posts · joined Apr 2003 · 20 Jul 2011, 5:45 pm

#852746

is it really a vw motor or a subaru boxer converted to pushrods and single cam.......😁

Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang

9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 · 20 Jul 2011, 5:49 pm

#852747

Eh, why not.

It worked for VW, they did actually sell a Mk1 Golf with an air cooled 1600 in the front 😂

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2,220 posts · joined May 2007 · 20 Jul 2011, 7:37 pm

#852760

Holy cr@p... it looks so tiny in there !!!

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1,990 posts · joined Sep 2007 · 20 Jul 2011, 7:39 pm

#852761

that just looks wrong...

Snap Crackle Bang Seriously Crusin Dubber

146 posts · joined Aug 2009 · 20 Jul 2011, 9:03 pm

#852790

That would be a Gol. Though it looked a lot like a Golf it evolved more from the first generation Passat.

vlad01 Compulsive Aussie Vee Dubber

4,270 posts · joined Jun 2010 · 20 Jul 2011, 9:18 pm

#852795

Joel wrote:Eh, why not.

It worked for VW, they did actually sell a Mk1 Golf with an air cooled 1600 in the front 😂

hey they are not the only ones that thought of this kind of stuff.

i actually thought once, wouldn't it be funny putting a type 4 engine into an E series falcon, sure would fix the reliability issues 😂

or a 993T engine into a bombadore, sure would surprise and leave for dead those ss loving know nothing red necks 😂

would be great just for some lulz.

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Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang

9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 · 20 Jul 2011, 9:33 pm

#852800

Snap Crackle Bang wrote:That would be a Gol. Though it looked a lot like a Golf it evolved more from the first generation Passat.

Mk1 Polo 😉