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Old 01-30-2007, 12:09 PM
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Default 911 engine in VW camper!

this is not 964 but....

a friend of mine has just had a 1970s 911 engine put in his VW camper van (I know...). apparently it has a sportmatic transmission - i remember reading an article on sportmatic versus tiptronic in one of the porsche mags (UK) a while ago, but i've just moved house and chucked a load of stuff so can't find it. can anybody supply a copy of this as my mate would like to see it!

cheers, Andrew.
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That's a common swap. I know of at least two VW cmaper vans w. Porsche engines. One of 'em was a turbo and competed in Gumball '05. It had tons of problems but it did finish.

I'd do the swap for the exhaust sound alone!
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Here's a quick link to the Stig driving a VW camper van on the Top Gear track:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCLYGoM1GrU
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The ultimate VW Bus which has been posted here many times. Enjoy.
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Not sure if the article referenced is here, but try

www.sportomatic.org
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In the UK I did the DME cal on two campers with 993 motors. Scary !

Geoff
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Do ya all know about the porsche b32 ? A factory vanagon with a porsche 6 .
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Originally Posted by Red rooster
In the UK I did the DME cal on two campers with 993 motors. Scary !

Geoff
Sure. But they were the first ones into the campgrounds.

Noah



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