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Subject:Re: [OT] Anyone put a VW inline 4 in a Porsche 914?
From:Andrew Grebneff
Date:Mon, 22 Jul 2002 18:57:26 +1200

>  Since the 914 shares an engine with the early Vanagons, I thought I
>might ask here.  I'm just tossing around ideas for a possible future
>  project and was thinking about putting a VW inline engine in a
>Porsche 914.  Most of the 914 engine conversions I see on the web
>use a
>  small block Chevy V8!!
>
>  Any ideas?  I know Kennedy makes an adapter (probably the same one
>used on a Vanagon), but there's a lot more to it than just the
>  adapter.
>
>  Maybe the Subaru would be a better engine for this?
>
>  Bill

yeah, a 240hp SVX-powered 914!
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Andrew Grebneff
165 Evans St, Dunedin 9001, New Zealand
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut

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