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> Try this on.
>
> I've heard of several folks using vw based engines in an aircraft. The
> old volksplane and there used to be an ultralight powered by half a vw
> engine. Has anybody ever heard of someone putting an airplane engine in
> a vw?
> TC

it might be cool to think of a Lycoming flat-4 360 in a bug but it won't fit
and you know aircraft engines are built to be very low-rpm torque-monsters -
not particularly suitable for the road, no?

fwiw, f. Porsche originally wanted a radial engine in the early vision of
the peoples car,