Just a damn minute here! I've been listening to all this bile about
WBXers for the last six years, with the occasional message of hope from
Bob Donalds, Robert Lilley and a few others.  I myself managed to  ruin
a rod bearing in one after doing an incredible stupid thing. Yet after
bringing that one back from the dead, I've had almost completely
positive experiences with them. Almost completely "set and forget"
positive. Only one fuel pressure regulator, 2 O2 sensors, maybe 3 water
pumps in probably 300k miles since 1990. Oh, quite a few water pipes,
exhaust pipes, mufflers, but I live in the heart of the rust belt and
these cars never get inside during the winter.
So good, in fact, that I have entertained that very idea of putting one
in a Porsche.. (Not a 911. I love 911 motors- everybody should have one
sometime- but in a 912. My original idea was to put a 912E engine in a
67 912 Targa that I have buried in my shop and even bought the engine
and all the parts to do it. but now, I think how superior this WBX is to
the old type 4 motor. Quiet, Reliable, powerful, thrifty. If I could
figure out how to put in a radiator and heater without wrecking the car,
I'd do it.  Stock, a 2.1 WBX is about the same as a 912 engine at 95 hp.
I think a very slight cam regrind and a chip might move it up to the
range where it would be somewhat  more powerful than the stock 912 engine.
Al Brase
anyone want a nice 912E motor?

Stan Wilder wrote:

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>A fellow in my local Porsche club is installing a WBX 2.1 into his 78 911
>that blew an $8000.00 engine.
>I haven't made a single comment to him about his conversion but I've got to
>hand it to him, he's figured both that hardest job possible and the worst
>engine possible for his resurrection project.
>The upside to his conversion is that he'll never have enough power to break
>his tranny.
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