{"id":170,"date":"2008-07-24T22:02:10","date_gmt":"2008-07-25T03:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=170"},"modified":"2018-08-07T22:33:09","modified_gmt":"2018-08-08T03:33:09","slug":"karmann-ghia-with-porsche-993-engine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=170","title":{"rendered":"Karmann Ghia with a Porsche 993 Engine"},"content":{"rendered":"

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While doing research I came across an old Jalopnik article about Bader Racing putting a Porsche 993 engine in a VW Karmann Ghia. The engine has a few upgrades giving the car around 321 horsepower. To handle the extra power, they stiffened the chassis with a roll cage. Jalopnik reports the conversion cost $260,000 and took about 18 months.<\/p>\n

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Source: Bader Racing<\/a> via Jalopnik<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While doing research I came across an old Jalopnik article about Bader Racing putting a Porsche 993 engine in a VW Karmann Ghia. The engine has a few upgrades giving the car around 321 horsepower. To handle the extra power, they stiffened the chassis with a roll cage. Jalopnik reports the conversion cost $260,000 and… Read More »Karmann Ghia with a Porsche 993 Engine<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":14119,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[477],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-karmann-ghia"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/Karmann-Ghia-with-a-Porsche-993-Engine-01.jpg?fit=800%2C528&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":39009,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=39009","url_meta":{"origin":170,"position":0},"title":"Porsche Boxster S with a Karmann Ghia Body","author":"swaptastic","date":"April 12, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Tony Miller and his company Translog in York, Pennsylvania specialize in Porsche maintenance and restoration. 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