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Phaeton Conversions
Go, Julie Go!
Marc
'83 Scirocco
'88 Scirocco Slegato
-----Message d'origine-----
De : scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org
[mailto:scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org]De la part de Julie Macfarlane
Envoy? : jeudi 30 octobre 2003 22:52
? : calimus@techography.net; ron@bunch.org
Cc : scirocco-l@scirocco.org
Objet : Re: Phaeton Conversions
I have seen pics of the W12. From the size? No way it could fit in the front
of a MKI or MKII.
But mid engine with a W12? That would be one heck of a beast!
Julie Macfarlane
Menlo Park Research & Development
Internet Application Developer
www.menloparkrandd.com
www.montgomeryweb.org
Amsterdam NY
>From: Calimus <calimus@techography.net>
>To: ron@bunch.org
>CC: 'Scirocco List' <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Subject: Re: Phaeton Conversions
>Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 18:18:36 -0500
>
>I don't know all that much other then the phaeton comes with the W8 and
>the W12 engine and I think that 4 motion is avail on one of not both
>version of the car. However, not having actually seen the engines in
>person, I'd still have to say that they prollie wouldn't just drop in.
>I have no idea about weather they are side saddle (FWD style) or
>logitudinal (RWD style) but I'd guess that the mounts are prollie very
>different from the norm of VW (could be way off there, just a guess).
>
>Though to make matters worse, us A1 folk would definitly have to come up
>with a hell of a front crossmember reinforcement brace to handle the
>power those engines dish out. Supposedly, the W12 that gets put in the
>car has roughly 400hp avilable, but it's been choked down from a
>potential 600hp. I saw those figures back in 2001 in a Euro car rag
>that was doing a story on the W12 concept cars that VW built.
>
>I'm sure someone on the list has gotten a good peak at one of these
>however and they will prollie speak up and make everything I just said
>turn to sand. But I'm just going off what I've read/heard so I don't
>even put any stock in it just yet till I see true specs.
>
>William
>
>ron@bunch.org wrote:
> >
> > Does anybody know anything about the Phaeton engine and power train?
> > Could the Phaeton (like some other later VWs) be just another parts
>source
> > for the original sport model?
> >
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