PORSCHE ENGINE IN A BUG??? yay or nay?

darwin_ladybug · 13 Sep 2005, 10:11 pm

hi all, i was just wondering if anyone knows how porsche engines go in bugs? the ups and downs??
thanks

crewcabconnection · 13 Sep 2005, 10:13 pm

costs go up, bank balance comes down.

darwin_ladybug · 13 Sep 2005, 10:18 pm

so basically they r more expensive to run

1303Steve · 13 Sep 2005, 10:24 pm

Hi

The ones that fit dont go and the ones that go dont fit.

Steve

darwin_ladybug · 13 Sep 2005, 10:57 pm

was that fool bit directed at me?? how rude!

darwin_ladybug · 13 Sep 2005, 11:00 pm

dont worry bout that its my blondness coming out.....damn always comes back n bites ya on the ass...😀nn[ Edited on 13-9-2005 by darwin_ladybug ]

1303Steve · 13 Sep 2005, 11:00 pm

Hi

No it wasnt. Its a sig line in all my posts.

Steve

darwin_ladybug · 13 Sep 2005, 11:02 pm

yeh i just realised sorry 😁

darwin_ladybug · 13 Sep 2005, 11:02 pm

so would you know ne thing bout super charging??

1303Steve · 13 Sep 2005, 11:03 pm

No worries.

squizy · 13 Sep 2005, 11:24 pm

What do you want to do? How fast do you want to go? Do you want to be reliable? How much do you want to spend?

Once you know this, then you know what direction you can take.

Robo · 14 Sep 2005, 6:34 am

What porsche engine are you talking about Super 90 out of a 356 or a 411. Finding a super 90 is almost impossible rebuilding one costs a fortune, and then you have to get your car modified to accept one. you would be better off installing a VW 1916 or 1835 these would give the same and better performance! and bolt straight in.
Rob...

Craig Torrens · 14 Sep 2005, 5:47 pm

Fit a Kombi motor.................that's a failed Porsche motor. :P

bus914 · 14 Sep 2005, 9:49 pm

nay, talk to Stan about a roid 1916

hellbugged · 14 Sep 2005, 10:42 pm

hmmm...

humpty · 17 Sep 2005, 12:25 am

Forget it....It cost too much no matter what Porsche engine your talking about, it weighs too much if its any one of the boxer six's, and they don't fit, without MAJOR surgery to your car....

And even if you somehow got around all those problems, it would handle like a pig!

Just don't go there...

If you wnat to stay aircooled, the look to a good hotrod T1 based engine hopup....Loads cheaper, EXR to fit, 'legal' and can be done by just about any competent VW workshop...within reason! :thumb

fastback_paul · 24 Sep 2005, 10:05 pm

I can not understand the attraction of the porsche motor, apart from the ability to say
" I have got a porsche motor in that"
what are you going to get: a sore hip ocket and a loss of reliability?
The beauty of the volks moto is its simplicity, and the reliability that comes with that simplicity.
If you want complex, get a porsche, a lover or two and a second job.

VWFOOL · 24 Sep 2005, 10:17 pm

why does every 2nd guy at the servo or in the carpark or wherever used to hav a "mate" who used to hav a porsche engine in his bug? and not just any engine, but 911 turbos. was the 70s and 80s full of these crazy bugs driving aorund with turbo flat 6s?

humpty · 24 Sep 2005, 10:38 pm

No.....Just lots of hot rodded vw's....Aussie VDubs have been getting modded for ever...

I remember back when I was a kid (early 80's), cruisin down the road in my dads 911 and the bright yellow bug pulls up along side...My dad looks over and gives the guy a nod, the guy in the bug, gives a smile, the lights change and BANG!....the first time i had every seen a car do a wheel stand! And on the street no less!

My dad always owned VW's and Porsches....He knew, what was what.....That bug gave us real good run, it was only when we got into 4th gear that we managed to get past that bug....Fuck it was fast!...And it was VW powered!

It changed my life! 🙂

dubbill · 26 Apr 2006, 9:57 pm

VWFOOL wrote:why does every 2nd guy at the servo or in the carpark or wherever used to hav a "mate" who used to hav a porsche engine in his bug? and not just any engine, but 911 turbos. was the 70s and 80s full of these crazy bugs driving aorund with turbo flat 6s?

and why does noone know anybody whos put a hot 1600 into a porsche ...........or wrx for that matter

VWCOOL · 27 Apr 2006, 8:33 am

VWFOOL wrote:why does every 2nd guy at the servo or in the carpark or wherever used to hav a "mate" who used to hav a porsche engine in his bug? and not just any engine, but 911 turbos. was the 70s and 80s full of these crazy bugs driving aorund with turbo flat 6s?

lol... yeah that happens all the time, huh! At least once every couple of months I get the mate/dad/neighbour/brother/uncle/cousin with a 'Porsche engine' conversation when I drive my Oval

Craig Paton · 27 Apr 2006, 8:17 pm

Craig Torrens wrote:Fit a Kombi motor.................that's a failed Porsche motor. :P

Craig, cut that out, Bloody Ratbag..!! 😂

[ Edited on 27-4-06 by Craig Paton ]

Craig Paton · 27 Apr 2006, 8:19 pm

bus914 wrote:nay, talk to Stan about a roid 1916

Or a roids 2300.!!😀

dangerous · 27 Apr 2006, 9:06 pm

You know that you can get creams for those roids Craig Paton ?!
You know I am just pulling your leg!

helbus · 27 Apr 2006, 9:40 pm

Get people all the time saying we should have put a Porsche motor in the bus instead of the Suby motor. Then they say they knew one once with one in it and it blew away V8's etc.. It does get tiring. It is always a VW they seem years ago.

Volkswagenboy · 27 Apr 2006, 9:51 pm

Any mainstream driver assumes a twin carb VW motor is a Porsche motor!
-Staggers.

kombibob · 27 Apr 2006, 10:27 pm

was in a drive thru the other day in my new bus the bloke serving says "do thoes wheels make it go faster", refering to my porsche wheels, i said no but this does and gave the subi a rev up to about 6.5 rpms and he said holly shit its got a porsche motor in it too!
i just smiled and drove off.
so now we have another story out there to go the rounds:P

[ Edited on 27-4-2006 by kombibob ]

Craig Torrens · 27 Apr 2006, 10:54 pm

Craig Paton wrote:
Craig Torrens wrote:Fit a Kombi motor.................that's a failed Porsche motor. :P
Craig, cut that out, Bloody Ratbag..!! 😂

[ Edited on 27-4-06 by Craig Paton ]

Ooops Sorry.............its a Porsche motor that prefered to be fitted to a commercial VW vehicle. :P

Not much difference between a 912 engine and a Kombi !

Craig Paton · 28 Apr 2006, 6:22 am

dangerous wrote:You know that you can get creams for those roids Craig Paton ?!
You know I am just pulling your leg!

Nuh, had mine cut out years ago.... ouch!:o

Painfull memories!

Craig Paton · 28 Apr 2006, 6:24 am

Craig Torrens wrote:
Craig Paton wrote:
Craig Torrens wrote:Fit a Kombi motor.................that's a failed Porsche motor. :P
Craig, cut that out, Bloody Ratbag..!! 😂

[ Edited on 27-4-06 by Craig Paton ]
Ooops Sorry.............its a Porsche motor that prefered to be fitted to a commercial VW vehicle. :P

Not much difference between a 912 engine and a Kombi !

😀😁😂

Joel · 3 May 2006, 7:46 pm

hehe had to laugh at this one on ebay
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/VW-SUPER-BUG-PORSCHE-MOTOR-VOLKSWAGEN-VOLKSWAGON_W0QQitemZ7238877087QQcategoryZ10781QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

guess this means most of us have porsche engines too:P

Joel

sinecure · 6 May 2006, 10:38 am

A VW motor in a Porsche ....hmmmm. Porsches with blown motors are cheap (and readily available from the UK). This would be very interesting.

kroozzn63 · 6 May 2006, 11:46 am

Yeah!!! My mate who hnows a mate of a mate up in Darwin and his dads mate, went out with a chick from 'Baget', whos Dad built a porsche motor in a VW at karama. He did 230km going to cassarina in it : )

helbus · 6 May 2006, 12:05 pm

What about a Porsche with a Subaru WRX motor in it ? 🙂

kroozzn63 · 6 May 2006, 12:25 pm

yeah that would intresting at least the gearbox would stay together

subaruboxer · 7 May 2006, 10:32 pm

Helbus wrote:What about a Porsche with a Subaru WRX motor in it ? 🙂

Not a WRX

http://www.projectaerosol.com/porubi/ but a Suby in a Porsche.

Oasis · 8 May 2006, 1:21 am

Now that makes sense to me. An affordable Porsche. Don't like the radiator set up though.. I's still have it 😉

Baja Wes · 8 May 2006, 9:28 am

I have an old hot 4's magazine that has a porsche 911 with a 13B turbo (or maybe it was a 12A?) rotary in it. I almost cried... :puke

When I took my Baja to the department of transport to have the engine number changed, one of them heard it and said "does that have a porsche motor in it". I said "no, it has a Mazda V6 with more power and reliability". He then told me how they used to put porsche motors in them and how my engine sounds exactly like a porsche motor... :duh

pete wood · 9 May 2006, 6:21 pm

isn't your V6 just the 928 V8 with 2 cylinders sawn off? :P

but seriously, they might sound a bit similar.

I know the rotary porsche your speak of too. I thought the same thing at the time.

But if you wanna see what makes me really annoyed, it this....

BTW, it's one of many.:puke

pete wood · 9 May 2006, 6:24 pm

And another one for all the porsche purists...NOT!

http://www.v8914.com/

Although I have to say, this looks very well done. 😏

And there's not much porsche left to be a purist about either 😉

[ Edited on 9-5-2006 by pete wood ]

VWCOOL · 9 May 2006, 11:18 pm

Baja Wes wrote:I have an old hot 4's magazine that has a porsche 911 with a 13B turbo (or maybe it was a 12A?) rotary in it. I almost cried... :puke

When I took my Baja to the department of transport to have the engine number changed, one of them heard it and said "does that have a porsche motor in it". I said "no, it has a Mazda V6 with more power and reliability". He then told me how they used to put porsche motors in them and how my engine sounds exactly like a porsche motor... :duh

Nah, it was Fast Fours Magazine 😉 ... and there was a couple of donovan-blocked Chev powered 911s in Street Machine years ago, too...