Well Gee, according to the 911 guys, I didn't have a REAL Porsche..
I wasn't talking about my "bloated Dentist's Wife's car" 
 I was speaking of those air cooled ones, similar to the aircooled vans that came before the Vanagon. And how they evolved in a similar manner to the boxer VW motor..
 The one I had got all kinds of trashing by the Real Porsche Guys...except at the finish line..Mine was a stinkin V-8...not even a proper German type car..Often called the "German Corvette"...cringe!
  Don Hanson
  
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Jake de Villiers 
  To: Don Hanson 
  Cc: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com 
  Sent: Friday, August 01, 2008 5:40 PM
  Subject: Re: WBX motor rather than ....

  Aw geez Don, leave your frigging Porsche out of a post for once.

  Thanks in advance, the VANAGON LIST

  On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 3:18 PM, Don Hanson <dhanson@gorge.net> wrote:

     So, I wonder which German company copied which?  When Porsche changed to
    water cooled they built a motor kinda like VWs..in that it's really an air
    cooled 911 cobbled up with water jackets around.  Is not the WBX similar (or
    vica/versa) with the WBX being an air cooled with water?
     Except Porsche gave up after a few years of building what they called the
    993 (the 'transition' motor) and built a whole new package, the
    996..re-designed with only the opposed six configuration remaining from the
    air cooled one.
     Wonder why VW stuck with the WBX for so long when it has weak spots?
     Interesting though that those two companies, who are almost affiliated,
    did such similar transition from AC to water..
     Don Hanson

     PS...You Soobie guys...they at Porsche get about 475 rwhp from a normally
    aspirated engine suitable to go to Le Mans and run flat out for 24hrs..Try
    that with a turboless svx.

  -- 
  Jake 
  1984 Vanagon GL
  1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
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