BTW, the 912 engine which I presume you're referring to is a late model 356 engine that Porsche stuck into the 911 in an attempt to build a cheaper car that would come out roughly at the same price point as a 356...
IIRC it's not a 911 engine with two cylinders lopped off.
Oh, and you might want to google for 'Outlaw 356' 
. Some people have been at this game long enough to it not needing an introduction.
Tim; Maybe I did not state it the way I was intending. I was hoping that there would be some interest and ask more about the details of the motor. Like I wrote, the motor is a 4 cylinder air cooled 911. It is new and it represent the best of German American engineering. This motor was on the drawing board at Porsche in the early 1960's and the factory declined to go ahead because of displacement limitations and the patterns for the 911 six had already been finished. The last of the 911 air cooled motors, 1996-97 were 3.6 to 3.8 ltrs. With a 76.4 stroke crankshaft and a 4 cylinder block that has the late 90mm head stud pattern and the motor makes 24ltrs or 2.5 ltrs. 4 cylinders are 2/3r'ds of the starting premis of 3.6 ltrs. The 4 parts group are; Crankcase, Crankshaft, Camshafts and Oil pump drive are made hear in the U.S. by Advance Performance Engineering. All Parts to finish the motor are factory 911 six cylinder air cooled parts. I hope this explains a little and that you get the jest of why I am excited about this engine.
Dean P
Dean is correct, it is not a 356/912 engine. I have seen one of these and driven a car with one. It is an amazing engine, some very cool engineering.
David and I saw a speedster with one of these engines at a PCA Cars and Coffee event in Daytona last month.
Ah OK, I stand corrected. Kinda sounds like a cool idea, actually.
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