The 914 / 912e have a lot to do with gear boxes.
I only turn 3300 RPMS at 80+ mph in my 912e.
Remember to get the gearbox that will keep your conversion alive.
The little 914/912e aircooled engines don't have low end torque to move a
heavy vanagon.
They do however have high end torque but still only 87 HP in the 3000 to
4500 rrm range.

Stan Wilder
Engine Ceramics
214-352-4931
www.engineceramics.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Al and Sue Brase" <albeeee@MCHSI.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, November 28, 2004 6:48 PM
Subject: WBX in Porsche

> 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>
> >
> >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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