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I used to know a guy, about 15 years ago who had put a 911 in a Fastback. Because the Type 3 is about 500 lb lighter than a 911 at that time, it was truly a remarkable car. Would never fit in a SB. too tall, no pancake setup that I know of available for the 911 engine. However, a Corvair 140 hp, which is also a flat 6, will fit in a SB. I know it will, cause I did it back in the 70's. Parts for corvairs were hard then, they would be impossible now. Fun stuff. Jim Showker ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marc Weber" <arcady@well.com> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 5:49 AM Subject: Re: Wasser engine > As I understand it the type IV and Wasserboxer cases are quite > similar. I have a '78 type IV in my Squareback and the stock > waterboxer in my '86 Syncro van. The waterboxer is however 112 HP > from the factory instead of the 80 or 90 or so of the '78 type IV... > wonder if there's enough real interchangeability to beef up a type IV > with some stock waterboxer parts, like for instance the fuel > injection? > On the engine swap front, has anybody seen a Porsche 911 motor in a > Squareback? I saw a nice installation in a Ghia convertible at a > show, wondered it if would fit in a Squareback (without raising the > decklid). > - Marc > p.s. aesthetics aside, in my opinion the waterboxer and type IV are > just too similar to justify the hassle of putting water cooling in an > air-cooled car. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~