30 Jul
2001
30 Jul
'01
5:48 p.m.
On Mon, 30 Jul 2001 14:59:12 -0700 "Chris Kennedy" <chris(a)mainecoon.com>
writes:
Mebbe. It seems like the 1.8L+ engines were of Porche origin,
while the smaller ones were stock VeeDub units.
Ethan Dicks wrote:
> I have a couple later Type IIs, one 1975 and one 1976 Microbus.
>They use the same engine as a Porche 914, but, OTOH, I have heard the
914
decried as not
a "true" Porche.
Is that the 356-derived engine rather than the "standard" VW
engine? It's true, most people don't think of
914's as "real" Porsches,
except in the 2.7 and 916 variants, which used 911 engines. I'm
obviously
guilty of that, since I didn't even consider the
914 (or the 924,
for that matter) when I composed my original reply :-(
Argh. You *had* to mention the 924, didn't you? Shoot, the damned
engine isn't even in the right place. It's just an Audi impersonating
(badly) a Porche.
Then again, if it's got liquid cooling in more
than its heads I
don't tend to think of it as a "real" Porsche...
Yeh, I'll drink to that . . .
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