Ferrari Mailing List: NFC: Re: Chevy in a porsche and Toyota conversion

[LtWacko (ltwacko]

Just a quick note.  I know we are getting tired of what V8 into what car.  When 
I did One Lap, I was trailing a 1978 928 updated to 928S4 looks.  Owner dropped 
in an aluminum Chevy 405 cu in.  Reason?  Couldn't afford to make same HP in a 
Porsche motor.  Pure economics.  

I was drafting him going downhill in a "prepared/Conforti backed prototype" E30 
M3 through some mountains in Utah at 145 MPH then he floored it!!!  Puff of 
smoke from the dual exhaust sticking through the bumper and he pulled away HARD 
and I couldn't keep up.  I couldn't believe I still heard the exhaust roar over 
the wind noise.  He said he backed off when he hit 180 MPH.  Too scary...  LOL

In Thailand, a popular motor to drop into anything is a Supra turbo motor.  My 
friend picked up kit on a recent visit for his BMW E34.  Supra motors can 
handle 850 hp on the stock bottom end.  Daily driven at 500hp.  Hopefully we'll 
get it done in July.  He already has the motor and trans.  Just a few more 
knickknacks and we start pulling the old Big 6 out.  He saw over 2 dozen 
converted like this at one shop.  Apparently that shop has completed several 
hundred of high HP conversions into the BMW E34 and he didn't have a second 
thought in purchasing the conversion brackets.

Rodney