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[Bill Elliott]

A few misunderstandings...

The 356/912 engine is a specialty application; very high performance for
the time. A decade later, the standard Type I engine is arguably a
better bet for a driver... parts being much cheaper and performance
being similar. And a Type 1 is closer to a "bolt in" replacement than
anything else. 356 guys are much more often purists and -need_ those
original engines... and the 912 is unloved by comparison, so it makes a
good donor.

The Type IV engine is a different beastie altogether. The one year only
912E was substantially modified to make it work... you can see from the
fabrication necessary in my early 912 that it was not a simple
bolt-in... and many Porsche people don't consider it a "real" Porsche
engine....so that's why the engine bays remain empty.

Bill

Chris & Bill Strickland wrote:

> Tamias makes some good, if one-sided, points in his diatribe, along 
> with some falsehoods -- I am not going to try and sort it all out here.
>
> One would want to fully investigate the options now available in the 
> VW aftermaket for engine (and transmission) parts (new cases, cranks, 
> and all sorts of hp goodies) -- before deciding on going Vair or VW 
> power in a 912
>
> He also forgets to mention that a lot of 912 powerplants are finding 
> their way into the venerable 356.  Noted that the 912 engine is nearly 
> identical to the VW type IV, so since one could put the far less 
> expensive T IV motor in a 912 (or 356), why do they sit with empty 
> engine bays?  Ahhh, Porsche mystic!
>
> Tamias' best point -- "More important, have fun."
>
> Bill Strickland
> '62 rampside (group red)
> '58 356 hardtop cabriolet
> & misc others
>