{"id":3477,"date":"2014-05-23T15:30:31","date_gmt":"2014-05-23T15:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=3477"},"modified":"2017-12-18T00:57:11","modified_gmt":"2017-12-18T06:57:11","slug":"porsche-911-powered-by-a-turbo-vr6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=3477","title":{"rendered":"Porsche 911 with a Turbo VR6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The owner always had dreams of running a VR6 in a Beetle but changed his mind when he found an adapter plate developed for running VR6 engines with Porsche transmissions in dune buggies. The body is sort of a hybrid made from a wrecked 993 that would serve as the basis of the build and parts taken from a 1991 964 Cabriolet with a fiberglass top. The engine is a turbocharged 12-valve VR6 connected to a G50 five-speed transmission. The builder does a great job of documenting the build progress (20 pages at time of writing). <\/p>\n<p><strong>Images have been removed at owner&#8217;s request.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stanceworks.com\/forums\/showthread.php?t=28555\">StanceWorks<\/a> (build thread) and <a href=\"http:\/\/s50.photobucket.com\/user\/volks888\/library\/?view=recent&#038;page=1\">Build Photo Gallery<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The owner always had dreams of running a VR6 in a Beetle but changed his mind when he found an adapter plate developed for running VR6 engines with Porsche transmissions in dune buggies. The body is sort of a hybrid made from a wrecked 993 that would serve as the basis of the build and&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=3477\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Porsche 911 with a Turbo VR6<\/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":[103],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-103"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":134777,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=134777","url_meta":{"origin":3477,"position":0},"title":"2001 Beetle with a Turbo VR6","author":"swaptastic","date":"July 18, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"This 2001 Volkswagen Beetle GLX was built by HPA Motorsports in Langley, BC, Canada. 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