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• Re: Porsche-powered Volkswagen Bus 'Race Taxi' hits the track
  Historical mailing list - Rick N
  Thu, 15 Dec 2016 06:06:11 +0000
  ...Rick On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 3:59 PM Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote: > Porsche-powered Volkswagen Bus 'Race Taxi' hits the...
• Re: Q: Porsche 914 engine compatibility with Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Larry and Avery
  Thu, 23 Sep 2004 00:28:43 -0400
  ...I've been told that the Porsche equivalent of the ETKA is the PAT. Does any one have a copy of PAT that they...
• Re: Porsche automatic transmission in a vanagon? Is it possible?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 31 Dec 2007 19:17:09 +1300
  ...Any rear-engined Porsche trans can be fitted to a T3. It's a matter of making mounts and getting adaptor driveshafts. And of...
• RE: engine swap heat
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Wed, 5 Jul 95 14:15:20 EDT
  ...Probably the closer you are to his prototype (3.2 into wasser- boxer) the more useful his kit would be. *I* think that Porsche...
• Fwd: anybody want a 90 syncro camper with a 3.2 liter porsche 911 engine? ;)
  Historical mailing list - John Liu
  Sat, 21 May 2005 20:14:40 -0700
  Do these Vanagon / Porsche conversions typically work well? I have a Porsche 911 with that same 3.2, and I am thinking about buying...
• Re: Boston Bob? or GoWesty?
  Historical mailing list - Dan Barrett
  Wed, 21 Jan 2004 10:57:37 -0500
  ...hey, this engine sounds great -> like a Porsche -> now I need an air-cooled for the collection -> Porsches were air-cooled until recently -> I...
• Porsche powered van
  Historical mailing list - Pabst Michael
  Mon, 15 May 2000 17:10:22 +0200
  Hi Volks, there was a post recently with a link to an article from a mid 80s British magazine on driving a Porsche powered...
• Re: On a roll -- let's talk Porsche swap
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Sat, 10 Apr 1999 21:15:30 -0400
  Canyou say "Porsche Boxter"???? 'twould be an awesome conversion fer sure! MJS At 10:12 PM 4/8/99 -0500, Horace K. Sawyer wrote...
• Re: Sad News: MSDS is no longer offering the Porsche engine swaps
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 7 Sep 2002 11:36:40 +1200
  >There is a reason many people drive Porsches and SVX's. The SVX as a car has several serious design flaws causing chronic unreliability...
• Re: Pondering new commuter car (FRIDAY ONLY TOPIC)
  Historical mailing list - Philip Zimmerman
  Fri, 13 Jun 2008 21:17:12 -0700
  ...Campbell River, BC and Porscheless ----------------------------------------
• Re: Porsche 6 cyl, was conversion
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 5 Jan 2000 22:19:10 -0800
  there are two Porsche powered vanagons that I know of in Victoria. Both syncros, one is a white westy with oversize wheels and a...
• Re: Porsche 6 cyl, was conversion
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Thu, 6 Jan 2000 05:45:08 EST
  ...MSDS had a "Range Panzer" Syncro with the brush guard and winch parked in the rough section of the parking lot at the Porsche...
• Re: Porsche Flat 8? on ebay.
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 11 Jun 2007 23:42:04 -0700
  ...We've been lucky enough to see lots of Porsches at the Pacific NorthWest Historics over the years, including Steve McQueen's 917. I...
• Re: PORSCHE Engine
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 14 Oct 2000 10:20:21 +1200
  > Could someone tell me if it is possible to put a PORSCHE engine into my >83 Westy air-cooled, and what the price range...
• FS: Porsche Alloys and adapters
  Historical mailing list - Rennie Wible
  Sun, 5 Nov 2000 17:52:07 -0800
  I have some Porsche Alloys that I can no longer use. 4 Factory alloys 14" x 6" with original caps $250 set 2 fake...
• Porsche Conversion
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Wed, 12 Sep 2007 22:26:27 -0700
  ...The Porsche engine is gone I am afraid. This motor went back into a 3.2 911. I must have sold it about two...
• Re: [VW gas I4 Conversions] Porsche-powered Volkswagen Bus 'Race Taxi' hits the track
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Tue, 13 Dec 2016 19:56:58 -0500
  ...13, 2016 6:58 PM, "Don Hanson" <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote: Porsche-powered Volkswagen Bus 'Race Taxi' hits the track. http://google.com/newsstand...
• Re: Heavy Duty Rear Axels/CVs (108mm), Factory
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 4 Jan 2001 11:32:59 +1200
  ...Porsche G50 trans conversion. > For syncro folks desiring >to lift the vehicle a better choice in rear CV joints might be the smaller >Porsche...
• Re: On a roll -- let's talk Porsche swap
  Historical mailing list - Horace K. Sawyer
  Thu, 8 Apr 1999 22:12:26 -0500
  ...Wonder what Porsche engine would be a close fit, if any? What year models, etc? Vanagon is water cooled so I suppose I would...
• Re: Disposal of old watery gasoline??
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Sat, 26 Jul 2003 12:38:36 -0700
  "Since I've run out of VWs and moved on to Porsche cars I don't have those driveway freckles anymore." Stan, you bought...
• Re: Porscheagon on samba
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Mon, 22 Aug 2005 03:57:11 EDT
  ...did i miss something or is there a reason it has no outside rearview mirrors?? ### "The bus runs and feels like a porsche!" Jeff...
• Re: Re.: Synthetic oils
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Fri, 19 Aug 94 13:10:35 PDT
  ...But we were talking VWs here, not Porsches. Porsche is a different story where oil is concerned. There's a 10+ quart difference in...
• Re: no VW sports cars?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Fri, 28 May 2004 17:25:08 -0700
  What I find amusing is that in Paul Frere's most excellent book "The Racing Porsches" the photo of the cars the Porsche considered...
• Re: porsche engine conversions
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Tue, 11 Sep 2007 22:22:55 -0700
  ...Its possibly useful to someone who might be > interested in a porsche conversion, assuming people do these? Subarus are > great, but PORSCHE..... > -Craig > '85GL...
• Re: repost: someone wants to buy a bus ...
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Tue, 1 Aug 1995 08:40:39 -0700 (PDT)
  ...If someone buys the one with the Porsche in it, you > have to give me a ride :). > > 1978 Camper. Rebuilt Porsche engine, sink, stove...
• Re: Porsche conversion
  Historical mailing list - Turner,Ronald L.
  20 Jan 97 01:54:57 EST
  >We are thinking about a conversion to a Porsche 6 cyl or and Aircooled >Bus engine. What sort of conversions make sense and have...
• Porsche Coolant in Boxster
  Historical mailing list - Jason Yasment
  Thu, 11 Mar 1999 13:21:43 -0500
  "The cooling system uses fluid that does not require renewal or replacement during the car's lifetime. " quote from http://www.us.porsche.com...
• Re: Porsche 6 cyl, was conversion
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Wed, 5 Jan 2000 14:07:19 +0100
  ...And one minus is heating...To heat a little Porsche is one thing, but heating a huge T3? I remember my old aircooled T3...
• nvc: anyone had/have a Porsche 944?
  Historical mailing list - Dan Barrett
  Wed, 21 Aug 2002 15:09:39 -0400
  Folks, A buddy of mine is looking at an '89 Porsche 944S2. Anyone had one of these? I've heard that some parts are...
• Re: Vanagon with Porsche power.
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Wed, 10 May 1995 19:33:43 EST
  ...In this connection note that the Porsche engine, with good heater boxes, makes *great* heat. Maybe bus and early Vgon people could use this...
• Re: 4-wheel Porsche di$c brake for Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Tue, 7 May 2002 13:41:32 -0500
  ...4-wheel Porsche di$c brake for Vanagon >> >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >> > >> >From Jens Hansen in Germany, maker of kits to fit Porsche...
• RE: 911-Drivetrain in 66 Micro??
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Thu, 8 Feb 96 10:49:07 EST
  ...Vanagon battery does not have to be relocated; the space where the Porsche oil tank goes is more or less empty. Additional headroom the...
• Re: linkage lube and washer check valve
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Wed, 25 May 2011 18:13:07 -0600
  ...Your Porsche dealer can tell you how many of your first borns are needed.... Richard
• Friday Funny Porsche (LVC)
  Historical mailing list - RP
  Thu, 16 Dec 2004 23:31:37 -0800
  ...The Porsche license plate read "8MY MUNY". I had a empathetic lol. ;) Rick Sacramento __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? All your favorites on one personal page...
• Re: will Porsche 914 alloys with 5 lug fit the 85' Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Thu, 22 Mar 2001 01:05:23 EST
  ...Keep in mind that Vanagons are 5 x112 mm versus the 5 x 130 mm on Porsches. So even if those wheels are Porsche...
• Re: Porsche automatic transmission in a vanagon? Is it possible?
  Historical mailing list - pedro dos santos
  Mon, 31 Dec 2007 14:50:41 -0800
  ...Any rear-engined Porsche trans can be fitted to a T3. It's a matter of making mounts and getting adaptor driveshafts. And of...
• Re: Porsche up to 18.5 percent
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 11 Oct 2005 23:48:20 +1300
  ...The rest of the board says that Piech goes when Porsche picks >its 2 seats on the board. Porsche has stayed totally silent on...
• Re: Porsche trans adaptor info found
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Thu, 11 May 2000 16:18:40 -0700
  At 10:31 AM 05/12/2000 +1200, you wrote: >For those thinking about putting Porsche 915 transmissions into their vans, >I have at...
• 2.5 Porsche Boxster Engine
  Historical mailing list - Dylan Friedman/CrowHill
  Tue, 9 Jul 2002 12:48:38 -0400
  Hello All, Has anyone heard about a Porsche Boxster engine being transplanted into a Vanagon Syncro? I have one available and would appreciate feedback...
• WANTED: 28 spline 22" / 65cm Porsche 930 CV shaft
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 25 Jan 2009 20:58:18 -0800
  I am looking for a 22" / 65cm long Porsche 930 CV shaft for my LT 4x4 project - just one, not a pair.� Anyone have...
• Re: Porsche wheels advice needed
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
  Wed, 12 Nov 2003 11:28:45 -0600
  Chris, Currently I'm running 2001 Porsche Boxster S 17" wheels on my '87 GL. They are 7" in front and 8.5" in...
• Re: Paris-Dakar rally
  Historical mailing list - Richard A. Jones
  Tue, 31 Aug 1999 14:07:56 -0600
  This is a day late 'cause I digest.... >>>Some rumours have it that Porsche used Syncros with 911 engines as >>>service cars for their...
• Re: nvc: anyone had/have a Porsche 944?
  Historical mailing list - Dan Barrett
  Wed, 21 Aug 2002 15:39:04 -0400
  ...anyone had/have a Porsche 944? > > > > Folks, > > A buddy of mine is looking at an '89 Porsche 944S2. Anyone had one of > > these? I...
• Re: 911 of vans?, mullets, was: Porsche 6 cyl
  Historical mailing list - BILL
  Fri, 7 Jan 2000 12:32:34 -0700
  ...That the Porsche engine outperforms the wasserleaker hands down. I asked what is he gonna do about heat seeing how we were in Montana...
• Re: Porsche-powered Volkswagen Bus 'Race Taxi' hits the track
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Wed, 14 Dec 2016 00:51:19 +0000
  ...13, 2016 6:58 PM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM> wrote: Porsche-powered Volkswagen Bus 'Race Taxi' hits the track. http://google.com/newsstand...
• Re: Porsche' number one. No Vanagon content
  Historical mailing list - Ben
  Thu, 27 Feb 2014 23:09:21 -0800
  ...10:53 PM, raceingcajun <raceingcajun@COMMUNICOMM.COM> wrote: > > http://jalopnik.com/porsches-first-car-found-after-being-left-in-a-shed-fo-1509719443 > > Howard
• Re: Racing Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:11:03 -0800
  To my eye, the split window IS a Porsche - with a bus body. The Vanagons? Mine sure doesn't sound like that. Jim On...
• Re: Audi V8 in Vanagon already exists!
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Thu, 14 Oct 1999 13:53:34 +0200
  Sure, but who has the $$$ for porsche transaxles? I wish I had... Raimund >No argument there! One would actually be very foolhardy to use...
• Re: increasing displacement/compression on 1970cc engine
  Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
  Sun, 23 Jan 2000 21:01:25 -0700
  ...or something) to increase displacement or compression or both? Porsche 914 (purists say VW/Porsche 914) used same engine with higher compression. Possibly other...
• Re: Speed
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Mon, 21 Nov 2005 12:28:44 -0800
  Any connection between these statements??? > Bruce Nadig schrieb: > Unfortunately, this was largely due to divorce. > My engine is a 3.2 liter Porsche 911...
• Porsche>Van conversion?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 12 Sep 2007 09:53:32 -0700
  ...A Porsche motor into an Air Cooled van would be pretty neat. The newer Porsche Factory Cup Cars, they call for a motor rebuild...
• Re: The deal about the Tail Light Fairy
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 13 Mar 2011 08:37:23 -0700
  ...Perhaps those same engineers, after being canned at Porsche, came across to VW and designed the headgaskets for the Vanagon? (ducking) Don Hanson On...
• RE: Vanagon with Porsche power.
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Wed, 10 May 1995 11:33:16 EST
  ...comes with pieces for use of the stock 4speed or the Porsche G50 5-speed, at purchaser's option. 100mph with the stock 4speed...
• Re: Porsche Boxster
  Historical mailing list - Jerry Granito
  Thu, 11 Mar 1999 12:01:13 EST
  ...just wondering if anyone knows technical specs on the engine in the porsche boxster? >> Verrrrry expensive to maintain.....you thought vanagon parts were big $....
• Newbie wheel question
  Historical mailing list - Herb Mooney
  Mon, 1 Jul 2002 16:05:28 -0400
  Noticed 2 vanagons online with Porsche wheels on them. Does all Porsche wheels have the same bolt pattern as the Vanagon? What other wheels...
• Re: anybody want a 90 syncro camper with a 3.2 liter porsche 911 engine? ;)
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sat, 21 May 2005 22:33:43 -0700
  ...I'd hate to have that thing in Wisconsin. > The Porsche 3.2 is air-cooled, I wonder how you keep heating in a...
• Re: porsche cup2 alloys
  Historical mailing list - Brett Baer
  Wed, 21 Jan 2004 21:23:23 -0600
  ...all > >I have been thinkin/dreaming of putting 17 inch porsche rims on my 84 >Westfalia. Any list members done this? Is machine work...
• Re: Vanagon/Porsche Project Pictures
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Tue, 8 Jul 2003 15:38:57 -0700
  Hey, swaping a Porsche into a VW makes a whole lot more sense to me than a Subaru. Four things that I am interested...
• Porsche engine?
  Historical mailing list - thewestyman
  Wed, 2 Dec 2020 18:31:20 +0100
  Hello to the List, I would like to know, which Porsche engine is best for price and power to install in our beloved Vanagons...
• Re: PORSCHE Engine
  Historical mailing list - Rennie Wible
  Sat, 14 Oct 2000 22:14:57 -0700
  Andrew Grebneff wrote: > > Could someone tell me if it is possible to put a PORSCHE engine into my > >83 Westy air-cooled, and what...