{"id":31107,"date":"2018-12-26T09:00:26","date_gmt":"2018-12-26T15:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=31107"},"modified":"2018-12-26T01:53:18","modified_gmt":"2018-12-26T07:53:18","slug":"for-sale-vw-transporter-with-a-porsche-twin-turbo-flat-six","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=31107","title":{"rendered":"For Sale: VW Transporter with a Porsche Twin-Turbo Flat-Six"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This Volkswagen Transporter is for sale<\/a> in Kerpen, Germany for \u20ac139,800 or about $159,827. The van was built by TH Automobile<\/a> in Berlin, Germany over the course of two years for \u20ac250,000 or about $285,095. The company replaced the entire powertrain and suspension from a Porsche 997 Turbo. The twin-turbo 3.6 L flat-six sends 580 horsepower (427 kW) thanks to GT2 turbochargers to the rear wheels through a six-speed manual transaxle with a Drexler LSD. The van rides on a height-adjustable sports suspension and Brembo six-piston calipers with 370 mm rotors in front and Brembo four-piston calipers with 365 mm rotors in back. Inside the cabin you find six individual seats covered in leather with the front two being from Porsche, a folding table, factory 997 Turbo steering wheel and panels. <\/p>\n

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This Volkswagen Transporter is for sale in Kerpen, Germany for \u20ac139,800 or about $159,827. The van was built by TH Automobile in Berlin, Germany over the course of two years for \u20ac250,000 or about $285,095. The company replaced the entire powertrain and suspension from a Porsche 997 Turbo. The twin-turbo 3.6 L flat-six sends 580… Read More »For Sale: VW Transporter with a Porsche Twin-Turbo Flat-Six<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":31108,"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,"_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":[453],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-transporter"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":27877,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=27877","url_meta":{"origin":31107,"position":0},"title":"VW Transporter with a Porsche Twin-Turbo Flat-Six","author":"swaptastic","date":"September 24, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"This Volkswagen Transporter (T5) called \"TH2RS\" was built in 2009 by TH Automobile in Berlin, Germany. 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