The 964 engine bay is ugly
06-13-2013, 11:14 PM
#18
Nordschleife Master
Frankly, IMHO, all air-cooled VW, Porsche engines have pretty much sucked in the visceral 'looks' dept.
(Especially so if your baby duck-like imprinting was on carbed V blocks. Anything north of 6 will do. Straights, too, but to a palpably lesser degree.)
...unless you have an engineer's indifference to visceral appearances. Then all becomes clear... that these engines are works of efficacy, first and foremost.
Looks? Please. Only that a mother could love.
(Especially so if your baby duck-like imprinting was on carbed V blocks. Anything north of 6 will do. Straights, too, but to a palpably lesser degree.)
...unless you have an engineer's indifference to visceral appearances. Then all becomes clear... that these engines are works of efficacy, first and foremost.
Looks? Please. Only that a mother could love.
06-13-2013, 11:37 PM
#19
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The Porsche engineers are human, not gods, who made a great engine, but the up top plumbing and wiring is a disorganized mess. There was just zero effort put into the engine bay looks department.
That being said, I still love my car. We are the caretakers now of this vehicle so we can bitch and moan among ourselves
That being said, I still love my car. We are the caretakers now of this vehicle so we can bitch and moan among ourselves
06-14-2013, 05:29 AM
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+1 I think it is B E A Utiful as it is.
06-14-2013, 05:46 AM
#21
Burning Brakes
Engineer is the key word here, they're not stylists or designers. The engine is there as a means of propulsion, not as a piece of automotive sculpture.
Yep, that IC is SO much more aesthetically pleasing . . . . . .
Think Princeton has it nailed :
Yep, that IC is SO much more aesthetically pleasing . . . . . .
Think Princeton has it nailed :
06-14-2013, 07:23 AM
#22
Three Wheelin'
There was a VW lad from the UK meant to be building a 964 project with a smoothed / clean engine bay (tucked hoses and cables etc).
This was at the end of last year tho and no photos have emerged yet (that I know of).
I'll continue the search...
Chris
This was at the end of last year tho and no photos have emerged yet (that I know of).
I'll continue the search...
Chris
06-14-2013, 10:20 AM
#24
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Shaved frunk and engine bay
https://rennlist.com/forums/showthre...ferrerid=19642
I love what the VW/Audi crowd is doing!
