Fwd: <VV> Porsche 911 Engine in EM

[HallGrenn@aol.com]

Yes Tony Porsche did do a SIX cylinder swap first--the 356 is a four.  But I 
still would have liked to have driven either one.

Bob
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At 11:24 hours 12/23/2004 -0500, HallGrenn@aol.com wrote:
>An old friend of mine, Rainer Wetzling, is a German Porsche/VW expert 
>mechanic (certified by both firms).  He did his Porsche factory certified
training 
>course at the Porsche factory in Zuffenhausen when the 911 was in its final 
>development.  He told me how suprised he was to see the Corvair EM station
wagon 
>that was used as a "mule" for the new 911 engine (apparently for on road 
>driveability testing and all weather dependability).  A flat six in a
Corvair wagon 
>kept the 911 body out of spying eyes and was just another Corvair to the 
>average driver.  So you see, Porsche tried the reverse swap first.
>
>Bob Hall       



Uh...  did they?    

GM used a Porsche 356 in the 1950s as a test mule for Corvair drivelines.     


tony..  
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