V8 Porsche Update

Big Earl · 2003-10-15T21:21:12+00:00

I was tracking the 500hp V8 911 for sale on E-bay. I have watched this car for a while. Turns out, they finally sold it. Now, here are the things I learned from studying this car.1) There is no such thing as a "Low Cost" conversion. Sure, outside a car a Small Block Chevy will make MUCH more HP than a Porsche 6 for Much less money. But the cost of making it work within the confines of a Porsche 911 chassis pretty much negate that cost savings.2) If you build one, plan on keeping it. These guys lost over 30k on this car. They sold it for about what they paid for the engine/trans setup. They pretty much had to give away the car, conversion work, and a LOT of exotic equipment. I don't mind breaking even on a project, but 30k is a tough pill.Just thought I would share since this often seems to be such a topic of discussion. I have still NEVER found a person who has lived with one of these conversions as a regular driver for a while and can tell me the good/bad points. I always just get a lot of theoretical non-sense based on emotional ideas. Oh, and I get a lot of people who have already spent XXX dollars with XXX conversion company who are RABID about the fact that their conversion is the best thing in the world even though it isn't completed, and is still in pieces.Earl

Oct 15, 2003 21 Replies

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Devils944S2 21 years ago

Well, almost. It's on jacks in my garage for year #3. Not that it's that

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