{"id":30,"date":"2007-05-17T20:43:45","date_gmt":"2007-05-17T15:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=30"},"modified":"2018-07-20T17:25:31","modified_gmt":"2018-07-20T22:25:31","slug":"1962-vw-bus-with-tt-porsche-993","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=30","title":{"rendered":"1962 VW Bus with TT Porsche 993"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=5857\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5857\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5857\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=5857\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/1962-VW-Bus-with-TT-Porsche-993-01.jpg?fit=1400%2C1050&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1400,1050\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"1962 VW Bus with TT Porsche 993 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;1962 VW Bus with twin-turbo Porsche 993 engine&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/1962-VW-Bus-with-TT-Porsche-993-01.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/1962-VW-Bus-with-TT-Porsche-993-01.jpg?resize=625%2C469&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"1962 VW Bus with twin-turbo Porsche 993 engine\" width=\"625\" height=\"469\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-5857\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/1962-VW-Bus-with-TT-Porsche-993-01.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/1962-VW-Bus-with-TT-Porsche-993-01.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/1962-VW-Bus-with-TT-Porsche-993-01.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/1962-VW-Bus-with-TT-Porsche-993-01.jpg?resize=624%2C468&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/1962-VW-Bus-with-TT-Porsche-993-01.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.racehome.com\">RaceHome.com<\/a> mentioned this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.race-taxi.ch\/\">1962 VW Bus<\/a> powered by a 408 hp twin-turbo Porsche 993 engine. The creators of the swap included a six-speed transmission, vented brakes, full independent suspension, full race frame, and 3-piece 18-inch BBS wheels. The objective as stated on their website was to transplant as much of the 993&#8217;s internals as possible and keep 4 seats. They also went as far as too remove the roof and replace it with a carbon fiber one to obviously reduce the weight and drop the center of gravity lower for better track performance. This is one unique VW Bus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RaceHome.com mentioned this 1962 VW Bus powered by a 408 hp twin-turbo Porsche 993 engine. The creators of the swap included a six-speed transmission, vented brakes, full independent suspension, full race frame, and 3-piece 18-inch BBS wheels. The objective as stated on their website was to transplant as much of the 993&#8217;s internals as possible&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=30\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">1962 VW Bus with TT Porsche 993<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"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":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[85],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bus"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2195,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=2195","url_meta":{"origin":30,"position":0},"title":"Race Taxi Update: A VW Bus With A Porsche TT Engine","author":"swaptastic","date":"April 9, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"After doing some spring cleaning on the site I ran across an old article we did on the 1962 VW Bus with a 420 horsepower Porsche 993 twin-turbo engine. 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