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Re: real muscle



Not to mention VW motors are more relieable then USA shitty engines! And way
more technology in the desighn!
JMHO
-----Original Message-----
From: Brad Sheridan <brads@mindspring.com>
To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Date: Monday, November 30, 1998 11:39 PM
Subject: Re: real muscle


>At 06:56 PM 11/30/98 -0500, you wrote:
>>How about other bizzare engine swaps? Anybody? I once saw a shitbox
>>Volvo with a 350 in it.
>
>EC had an article on a kit for dropping a Ford 302 V8 into a Volvo. If I
>had an old Volvo that needed a new engine, I'd probably do it. And then
>theres the company that does the Chevy V8 conversions for all Porsches,
>that'd be a sweet car. I've heard of people dropping Porsche 911 engines
>into VW vans, and bugs as well. There was also a Datsun 510 that I used to
>see around Tech campus all the time that had an aluminum(block I think)
>Buick V6 in it.
>I think in a Scirocco, if you went to a larger motor configuration, you'd
>have to be very careful, otherwise you'd wind up with a car that was
>noseheavy. Besides with the 2.0 16V, G60 and VR6 engines available, they
>seem like they'd be about the best swap candidates if your looking to
>directly drop in a high hp motor, without building one up. Plus with these
>choices, its all been done before. So you should be able to find the people
>that know what parts you need, and have fabricated the parts that need to
>be fabricated.
>
>Brad
>
>
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