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Originally posted by john walker's workshop
i dummied up a 911 engine in a bug and it stuck out so far it was ugly. you would need a big bump back there to cover it.
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I'm not sure if there's any commonality between bug chassis and some of the buggy class racers in SCORE/desert racing (I know the higher class buggies run tube frames), but I do know I've seen air cooled 911 flat 6s hanging way off the back of several race vehicles in Baja, contained only in a cage of sorts. For once, you can actually see the motor in all its glory running wide open, valve covers and all, usually with little to no mufflers. They take such a beating in the desert, and they keep on going. It's an awesome spectacle.
I've been told too by one of our team's race engineers that this used to be not only common, but almost standard for some of the buggy classes, and a fair amount of built 915 trannies were mated to them. Less so now, but I saw a few in June. I'll try to shoot some video of some at the 1000 in November.