On Mon, 30 Jul 2001 14:59:12 -0700 "Chris Kennedy" <chris_at_mainecoon.com>
writes:
> 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?
Mebbe. It seems like the 1.8L+ engines were of Porche origin,
while the smaller ones were stock VeeDub units.
> 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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Received on Mon Jul 30 2001 - 17:48:54 BST