The last air-cooled Porsche 911 was built in 1997 (sold to
none other than Jerry Seinfeld). They have been watercooled
since then. MSDS uses the 3.0L air cooled 911 engine used in
the 1984 to 1989 911.

Thanks,
Chris

---- Original message ----
>Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2002 18:49:42 EST
>From: Jeffrey R <Oxroad@aol.com>
>Subject: Re: Anyone running a Porsche 6?
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>
>In a message dated 2/14/2002 11:55:37 AM Pacific Standard
Time,
>gmbulley@BULLEY-HEWLETT.COM writes:
>
>> Has anyone popped a Porsche 6 in their Vanagon?
>
>Out here in LA there is a guy with a Porsche 6 in a later
model gold Synchro
>Vanagon. He runs MSDS in Glendale which offers engine
conversions, big
>brakes, winches, and bull bars fof Vanagons.
>
>I kind of have had the idea he's running a water cooled
Porsche 6 in the bus
>if there is such a thing. But maybe I just get that idea
because it was a
>water-cooled bus originally. I'm not to knowledgeable on
Porsche engines, so
>don't know if the  water cooled models are compataable with
Vanagon mounting.
>(didn't some Porsche on the 911 design have a watercooled
engine?)
>
>I've never met the guy but I've seen the Porsche powered
Synchro. It's
>pretty neat and sounds and runs great from what I can tell.
He's forever
>passing me in my 1.9 liter bus riding around town on hills
and the like. He
>also has a nice crew cab I've seen around--but I think
that's a stock motor.
>
>His website is www.msdsinc.com
>
>Jeff
>83.5 Westy
>LA,CA