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PCH, No Escape From Engine-Swapped Porsches Edition: VR6 914 or Corvair 912?

Perhaps you breathed a sigh of relief after Chevy-Powered Porsche Hell was over with, figuring that (with the small-block-motivated 911 winning so decisively) you would be spared the temptation of a hacked-up Porsche sporting a non-Stuttgart engine for quite a while. However Project Car Hell doesn't work that way; just because you were able to walk past the fiery gates once doesn't mean you won't be lured right back in by the same kind of bait! That's why we're returning to Porsche Engine Swap Hell today, this time going for six cylinders instead of eight.
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5:20 PM on Wed Apr 23 2008
By Murilee Martin
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Latest by joeaverage: I'll take the 912. (I've got to go finish my Corvair implanted VW Westfalia...) more »

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Racing Video: Tuner Golf Shows up Supercars

Carpi Tuning of Switzerland specializes in VR6-powered rev-sleds, including the "Red Devil" Golf, whose on-track exploits they documented in two video parts. We'll let our tipster, David set it up.
I don t know if it was grandmothers-with-exotics day at the track and I don t think there s anything remotely stock on this Golf, but it sure is fun to watch it pass an assortment of Porsches, BMWs and even a Ferrari and a Lambo at the track.
It also has a crazy idle sound, sort of of like a recording of a 1947 milk truck played through a paper-towel tube. We like that. More »

4:04 PM on Wed Jul 27 2005
By Mike Spinelli
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