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

costs go up, bank balance comes down.

so basically they r more expensive to run

Hi

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

Steve

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

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 ]

Hi

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

Steve

yeh i just realised sorry

so would you know ne thing bout super charging??

No worries.

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.

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...

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

nay, talk to Stan about a roid 1916

hmmm...

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

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.

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?

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!

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

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.

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

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 ]

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Originally posted by Craig Paton Quote: Originally posted by Craig Torrens 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 ]

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Originally posted by Craig Torrens Quote: Originally posted by Craig Paton Quote: Originally posted by Craig Torrens 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 !