Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html