Oh, let me rephrase that . . . Not intended to create a next-gen
Transporter engine, but could have been used for that. I guess it was
intended to be a Subaru engine, and VW sold the rights to it to Subaru,
right?

Who remembers this?
Marc

On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 1:15 PM, Marc Perdue <mcperdue@gmail.com> wrote:

> I may be confused, but wasn't the Subaru design a VW/Subaru collaboration
> that was intended to create a next-gen Transporter engine? If I'm
> remembering that correctly, that means nobody got it right the first time,
> VW got it right the 2nd time, and Subaru messed it up their first actual
> time, i.e., when they designed the 2.5.
>
> I guess it doesn't really matter in the larger scheme of things . . .
> Marc P.
>
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 12:21 PM, Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Interesting.  So, of the three production water cooled boxers only Subaru
>> got it right the first time?  But maybe not the on the later engines, I
>> see
>> that some later model Subaru 2.5's also have head gasket problems.
>>
>>
>>
>> Stuart
>>
>>
>>
>> From: Don Hanson [mailto:dhanson928@gmail.com]
>> Sent: Friday, February 28, 2014 9:05 AM
>> To: Stuart MacMillan
>> Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> Subject: Re: Ultimate engine conversion?
>>
>>
>>
>> The 993 Porsche motor suffered from the same design flaws as the WBX
>> motors,
>> only Porsche realized they had a problem after just a few yrs of selling
>> these.  They quickly brought in the 996 motor that was properly engineered
>> for holding the water inside and to not need frequent expensive rebuilds.
>> The 993s I raced with were unlikely to last one race weekend... Most who
>> brought them to the track brought along spare motors and a crew to swap
>> them
>> quickly when they blew.
>>
>> On Feb 28, 2014 8:44 AM, "Stuart MacMillan" <stuartmacm@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Speaking of Porsche, how about one of making yourself one of these
>> (technically VW too):
>>
>> http://forums.rennlist.com/rennforums/993-forum/724550-ladies-and-gentlemen-
>> <
>> http://forums.rennlist.com/rennforums/993-forum/724550-ladies-and-gentlemen
>> -the-993-vanagon.html<http://forums.rennlist.com/rennforums/993-forum/724550-ladies-and-gentlemen-the-993-vanagon.html>
>> >
>> the-993-vanagon.html  Be sure to check out the video of them on the track.
>>
>>
>>
>> I wonder what transmission they are using.
>>
>>
>>
>> Stuart
>>
>
>