Re: Wasser engine

[Steven Ayres <comwest@att.net>]

<x-flowed>MarcW=> anybody seen a Porsche 911 motor in a Squareback?

My mechanic built one into a Notch a few years ago. One complicating 
factor is that the transaxle position relative to the body and 
suspension is a bit different between the Porsche platform and the Type 
3, but even without that I have a hard time imagining squeezing that 
motor down flat without some major custom reengineering of the cooling 
system and probably the fuel system as well. In any case I kinda don't 
think you'd want to do that swap with the goal of hauling groceries and 
a couple kids, so maybe you could consider putting in a firewall and 
turning the cargo area into an engine bay with windows.

Steven Ayres, Prescott AZ
'66 Big Ghia

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