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Subject:Porch(e) engines
From:pensioner
Date:Mon, 18 Dec 2000 20:20:27 -0800

Volks, and feller who wonder'd about the Porche (sic) engine.

TYP914 motors were 1.7,1.8 and 2.0l Flat Fours AKA type 4.  Very similar to
the AirCooled/Oil Cooked installations in the early vanagons.  VERY similar.

Now if the critter in question has a 6cyl air cooled real _porsche_
engine...

The type 4s were VW motors manufactured by VW.  The 914 was a Volkswagen 914
in Europe and the Porsche 914 elsewhere.  Fine handling with a polar moment
of inertia allowing ~1G cornering forces with stock Pirelli CN36 tires/tyres
and an admirable drag coefficient.  Styling was in the eye of the beholder.

FWIW count the plug wires on the distributor.  If 6 then purchase.

pensioner

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