> I was thinking about the older porsche cars today and > I remembered that there were one (or a few..?) that > had a mid engine design.
The production Porsches with a mid engine config are the 914- 4, 914-6, and the Boxster family. Porsche has had a lot of race cars that were mid engine, starting with the 550 Spyder, and going on through the 904/906/908/910/917/936/962 programs. The current vintage GT-1's are really a mid engine design, as well. > Has there ever been a > GTI/Jetta/Golf..etc.. with a mid engine, or has anyone > ever tried that? I thought that would be a great > project car for someone with a lot of money, time and > skill with VW's. Someone in the UK put together a twin engine A2 Golf, with one 16V motor in the usual place, and another where the rear seat used to be. I know of one local tuner that has considered putting a VR6 in the middle of an A1 Scirocco, with either rear wheel, or Syncro drivetrain. > I also heard about the new (well, to the US) 4motion's > arriving in the US soon. I cant wait to drive one or > just witness one on the road. The 1.8t are supposed > to have around 150hp, right? Right. 150 hp, stock. > Are the vr6's going to be around 200 or so? The 4Motion VR6 is supposed to be an all alloy 24 valve, with 204 hp. _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org
