What I am building is more VW. I'm installing a Porsche 3.2 Carrera motor
and G50 transmission into my '87 GL. I'm keeping the stock suspension,
although I will upgrade the springs, dampeners, and wheels. I've got a SA
Grill and Projekt Zwo lights. I'm also going to be installing a SA Big
Brake Kit. Now that I consider to be more of a pumped up VW than a race
car with VW skin. Best of all, it was engineered and built with a lot of
hard work and sweat by me and my friends. Bruce
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Just out of curiosity; What are you hoping to accomplish with a
$10,000.00 plus expenditure on a 87 GL that has a retail value when its
running of about $800 / $2500.00 in Texas?
I have some experience with going fast in AA Fuel Funny cars, AA Fuel
Dragsters and Setting a world record in B Fuel altered.
The benefits to this were that I got paid $2500.00 upward for coming out
and making three high speed passes at the Drag Races. No need to win
........... just show up and make those three passes. It was always nice
to win but it wasn't necessary to successfully campaign the car.
I grant you that you might get some OOH's and Ah's from the twenty
something crowd at the beach but even the $6000.00 Porsche that you get
the engine from will leave you sitting in the dirt.
The Porsche engine is weight to HP engineered and I think you'll just
build yourself a hot running, over worked vehicle.
Over the years we've seen some very nice Porsche into VW Bus, Vanagon
conversions that have come to light from German machinist but they just
seem to be short lived and soon evaporate into cyber space never to be
seen again.
We'd all like to see what you've come up with .................. please
post some pictures.

Stan Wilder

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