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Re: Vanagon /911



just a note of interest:

i have a friend who is no longer living, but in the early 80's he 
installed a 911 engine in a vw bug.  he said that he could out run 
anything on the road with this machine.

he lived in danbury, ct. back then.

phil slaughter

On Sun, 19 Nov 1995, Charlie Smith wrote:

> > just wonderin'...A few years ago,
> > Road & Track (I think it was) wrote up an air-cooled Vanagon that the porsche
> > folks (I think it was) schlepped a porsche 911 SC engine into (thats the 3.2
> > liter 6 cyl boxer engine - no V's need apply - yet, though soon, I guess)
> > that moved along quite nicely...
>  
>     Back in the early 70's I stuffed a 2.4 liter 911 into the back
>     of the VW bus that was a towcar for the racecar trailer  8-)
> 
>     And, after the second time my ex burned the clutch out, it then
>     became equipped with a type 3 full automatic transmission which
>     managed to absorb the 6 cylinder power quite nicely.
> 
>     - Charlie
> 
> 
> 
> Charlie Smith   charlie@elektro.cmhnet.org  614-471-1418  
> Columbus, Ohio USA
> 
> 
>  4 wheeled fleet:			 2 wheeled fleet:
> _________________________               _________________________
> 86 5kCSTQ      				92 Ducati 851SP     851cc
> 69 Porsche 911S   3,200cc		95 BMW R100-RT    1,000cc
> 81 VW Diesel Pickup  			62 BMW R27          250cc
> 
>