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Hello- > The reason for this is that the 924 was built on a lot of Super beetle > parts, as it was another joint development between VW and Porsche. The > front end is Super beetle, the rear end is IRS Super beetle. The 924 had > a front mounted watercooled I-4 engine with a rear mounted transmission. ...and the engine is just an Audi. Nothing special. In fact, the 924 just had front solid discs and rear drums... not that radical of a sports car. It was always viewed as a bastard child. > VW backed out of the project as they were afraid the car would be > another flop. Porsche had invested so much money that they continued > anyways, and the 924/944 series has been one of Porsches most succesful > models. The 944 is a Porsche. The engine is based on the 928 engine (and the 928 is a true Porsche by any definition... nice piece of machinery). Many parts of the car were changed and updated, and the 944 went from an over-hyped VW to a true Porsche. But, some parts kept their VW heritage... the rear vented disc brakes (and internal drum e-brake) are a DIRECT bolt-on to any T1/T3 IRS VW. Yes, direct... all you need to do is get 944 cable ends to put on your stock e-brake cables. Very odd :-). Take care, Shad Laws (whose daily driver is a '72 Fastback with a 912E transmission, a 944 rear suspension, 944 front and rear brakes, and a 914 engine :-). LN Engineering - Aircooled Precision Performance http://www.lnengineering.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org