GT3 vw bus -

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[911boost]

It is a 993 TT motor. I had the build specs in English somewhere....

[kstar]

This might be the same bus:

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Here's a newer van w/ a TT motor:

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You gotta check out this page!:
http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2007/12/porsche-911-turbo-powered-vw-bus-0-to.html

[Tobra]

Originally Posted by bpoteat

How can anyone watch that and not laugh? Just thinking of being on a track and seeing that big ol' bus come flying by your new sports car. It'd be like being in a bicycle race with these new state-of-the-art road bikes and all of a sudden somebody comes flying by you with a banana-seat and streamers on the handles.

Just like in Pee Wee's Big Adventure

Now that is just cool, I like the one where the guy in the 911 is trying to get around the Aston, then the bus passes both of them and walks away like the 911 is dragging a safe.

[aigel]

Originally Posted by Mattcamp

Combining timeless German classic look ...

You mean German lunchbox cheap ass backwards WWII look? Everyone in Germany sure is glad VW has quit selling WWII technology for good money. That bus (as well as the bug) looked and was built the same for decades. They redesigned a light here and a door there, but nothing really changed since WWII. It was like printing money. The VW line of cars was a darn rip off and made the whole country miserable - have you ever tried to drive an air cooled VW in a cold climate?

I realize there is a cult following for the old VWs and it's fun - but I just couldn't let the "timeless German classic look" slide on the lunchbox van.

George

[aigel]

It seems to me that the vans handle surprisingly well, but their edge over all the other cars on the track really is in the power. They probably stripped these things down to 2000 pounds and put a 500 hp engine in it.

George

[pwd72s]

Originally Posted by GrantG

I don't read German, but I'm pretty sure that bus has a 993TT motor and not a GT3 motor...

Me too..sounds aircooled. Amazing stuff...