[V8] Transverse V8 (wandering away from AC)

[Unka Bart]

> From: Carlie Bentley <carlie at corbinwebworks.com>
> Subject: Re: [V8] Transverse V8 (wandering away from AC)
> Cc: v8 at audifans.com
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> Now see, I was thinking about making a 928V8Q hybrid but everyone says
> it wouldn't work.

Problem is that the 928 is one of the widest V8s there is.  EC did a 
feature
10 or 20 years ago about a guy who stuffed a 928 motor into a rabbit(!).

He had to cut the entire car longitudinally down the middle and widen 
it 4"
to get it into the engine compartment.

> Installing a 5 Liter 928 V8 into a V8Q even converting it to RWD and
> putting the 928 ZF in the rear end.
> While it wouldn't be as fast as the 928, it would certainly not be slow
> by any stretch of the imagination.
> Hell it would be better to figure out how to mount the 928 5 Liter to
> the 5 Speed V8Q Tranny and have fun roasting tires.
>
Yer kindly ol' Unka whatizface