{"id":17392,"date":"2017-08-07T06:15:55","date_gmt":"2017-08-07T11:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=17392"},"modified":"2017-08-06T22:01:51","modified_gmt":"2017-08-07T03:01:51","slug":"vw-412-with-a-porsche-911-engine-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=17392","title":{"rendered":"VW 412 with a Porsche 911 Engine Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When we last wrote about<\/a> this Volkswagen 412 over a year ago the car was without a powertrain. Since then the owner has finished building the Porsche 3.2 L flat-six and installed it along with a 930 Turbo five-speed transaxle and two turbochargers. I can’t wait to see a video of this project and hear that twin-turbo power plant. For more build photos please visit the project’s FB page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Source: VW Porsche 612 RS FB page<\/a> and VW Norge<\/a> (build thread in Norwegian)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When we last wrote about this Volkswagen 412 over a year ago the car was without a powertrain. Since then the owner has finished building the Porsche 3.2 L flat-six and installed it along with a 930 Turbo five-speed transaxle and two turbochargers. I can’t wait to see a video of this project and hear… Read More »VW 412 with a Porsche 911 Engine Update<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":17393,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":false,"_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":[402],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-type-4"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/VW-412-with-a-Porsche-911-Engine-07.jpg?fit=960%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8701,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=8701","url_meta":{"origin":17392,"position":0},"title":"VW 412 with a Porsche 911 Engine","author":"swaptastic","date":"January 14, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The Norwegian owner of this Volkswagen 412 had always dreamed of owning one with a Porsche 911 engine ever since he saw his first as a young boy. 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