[V8] Transverse V8 (wandering away from AC)

[Coleman, David]

Scroll about half way down to see the golf/928 concoction.

Note a little further down the pic of a 928 V8 w/ a supercharger atop...

http://www.pelicanbbs.com/posts/76476.htm

-davec-

 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: v8-bounces at audifans.com 
> [mailto:v8-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Unka Bart
> Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 9:58 AM
> To: v8 at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: [V8] Transverse V8 (wandering away from AC) 
> 
> 
> > From: Carlie Bentley <carlie at corbinwebworks.com>
> > Subject: Re: [V8] Transverse V8 (wandering away from AC)
> > Cc: v8 at audifans.com
> > Message-ID: <41DE1764.7070402 at corbinwebworks.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
> 
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