8 cylinder T4 engine

[914timo]

Somebody have sometimes asked about this swedish masterpiece, "home made" 8 cylinder T4 engine. Here it is in the back of the sand buggy.



And, if you wonder if it runs, I can prove it sure did. This picture is taken about in mid ī90s in Motopark, Sweden in BugRun VW happening. The owner drove the car to the happening. There were 1/8 mile long drag-strip and the owner took couple of starts. I just canīt remember the times, but it was quite fast. And the sound of the engine was something ..... special. So smooth. I hope somebody can tell more details.

Timo
914 SC

[Dave at Pelican Parts]

There was a thread on this subject in the Shoptalk Forums Type IV BBS http://www.shoptalkforums.com . Take a look about a month back, I think? There was a link to a few more pictures, but not a lot of info.

--DD

[DSPTurtle]

Where is Jake when you need him?

[DSPTurtle]

Hey Dave... can you help out on where in STF we can find this motor? I have spent the last hour looking and can't find it!!! Thanks

[Dave at Pelican Parts]

Just go to the Type 4 BBS, set the "show all posts for" thing to 30 or 60 days, then look through the list of topics.

Alternately, you can do a search for "917". We got into a discussion of the 917 in the thread as well.

--DD

[Dave at Pelican Parts]

Found the thread, but my memory was faulty. It was a 16-cylinder Type IV that was discussed a bit. Actually, GRDBO (who may still post around here) did mention the 8-cylinder, but nothing more.

http://shoptalkforums.com/bbs/NonCGI/Forum1/HTML/002821.html

Sorry about that...

--DD

[DSPTurtle]

Thanks Dave