Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/30

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Subject: Re: [Leica] would it worth for an M3
From: John Collier <jbcollier@powersurfr.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 23:42:58 -0700

It is not that unusual a swap to put a Porsche engine into a VW. Porsche
themselves did it for a support vehicle on the Paris Dakar rally. They put
the then current 911 engine into a VW Vanagon The Vanagon has considerably
lower gearing than a Porsche 911, so the support vehicle could out
accelerate a standard 911 up to 130 km/hr until the billboard like
aerodynamics  took effect.

John Collier

> From: Mark Rabiner <mark@markrabiner.com>
> 
> I read in a Playboy in the early 60's that Paul Newman put some high tech
> Porche
> or Maserati engine in his VW Bug.

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