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Originally Posted by Brucelee
I will be a naysayer, or at least wonder why you are not looking into a VW/Audi based engine upgrade. Why use a Boxer engine when you can likely find an easier, cheaper, and frankly better match within the VW group???
Just asking; its your money and time.
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Because VW and Audi do not make what I am looking for. While I do appreciate and love VW's torquey VR6 engines, I already have one in my other VW, and it would be quite a bit more difficult to source the proper components to connect said VR6 to a MR transmission. My problem with Audi's engines is that they make V6's, which I am way not interested in They just don't offer the power I'm looking for in the size I need. My passion lies in staggered, inline, and horizontally opposed 6's, and as I have no experience with the latter, I figured now's as good a time as any to get working on it!
I will be attempting to use all components from the Boxster as they are, or with minimal modification, and the rabbit is what will be modified to suit. The guys who are doing fabrication are extremely talented, and with the close sizes of the two cars I don't think it will be too terrible.
You, however, can naysay whatever you'd like boss.
Also, thanks for the support from everyone! I'll post some pics of it as soon as I have the old 2.0L I4 out of it (which was actually a swap to begin with).