912E engine with Digifant injection :D

Chris DeLong
Fine Tuning
206.522.5503
www.finetuningperformance.com
Seattle, WA USA

>From: Al and Sue Brase <albeeee@MCHSI.COM>
>Reply-To: Al and Sue Brase <albeeee@MCHSI.COM>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: WBX in Porsche
>Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 18:48:25 -0600
>
>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:
>
>><snip>
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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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