

| Subject: | Re: Vanagon with Porsche power. |
| Date: | Wed, 10 May 1995 16:15:50 +0100 |
Al Sez: >Y'all mention that 6000RPM might be a little scary. Only for a wasserboxer. >The carrera II will sing merrily at 6000 all day. MSDS has the range panzer >kit which trades your ultra reliable water heat for no heater at all but >230+bhp. He'll do the conversion for you for ~$10,000US includes the motor. >or ~$4,000 you supply the motor. Or the kit of parts ~1,500 and you do the >work, buy the extra porsche parts and rx7 parts and of course supply a pukka >carrera II motor. > >You run larger tires on 15" wheels to gear up for the 117mph top speed. > >The claim is it'll out climb (syncro of course) any box stock UJMT or stock >US 4wd bronco, k5, powerwagon, etc. > >But no heat. > >The reliability of the carrera II is very good, much better than the poor >overstressed 2.0l waterslosher. > >But no heat. >... How hard would it be to build some sort of heat exchanger from the Porsche's oil cooler/exhaust manifolds to the reminants of the Wasserboxer's cooling system? Seems like a tractable problem, no? Paul puustial@adobe.com
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