I would think you would have trouble getting it
licensed in Ca and the other states who follow their leader...
They don't like to see stuff that's Different.
Larry
On 9/13/2013 8:34 AM, Phil wrote:
Larry brings up a level of govt. intervention that impacts
engine swaps, any one have any insight into what we can and can
not do ( legally ) as in ( just as an example ) taking a Mondial
8 with a used up motor and putting in a GM 3.8 from ( not that I
think it could be done) something like a Buick GS ( for
example). ?
With a question like this, I suppose I may be asked to leave
the list. Just curious (really).
Radnor Hunt
Concours d'EleganceÂ
September 12th,13th,14th 2014
For more:
See you there!
The 914s Mid engine
offered great performance but the 944/968 had an amazing
suspension - but they can always use more hp.ÂÂ As you said
600hp -- hmmmm.... and bigger tires of course ..... and LSD
(as in limited slip - not the Timothy Leary stuff)
I like to call it ingenuity -- and many of these swaps have
ended up giving many memorable vehicles. but it all depends
on your POV.ÂÂ We seem to have lost much of the innovation
that was evident in the 50s and 60s when the govt started
requiring more and more modifications.Â
LarryT
On 9/12/2013 5:15 PM, LS wrote:
The GM LS V8 is a popular swap as it is smaller
and lighter than the stock Porsche powerplant.
600hp
would be fun in a 914...might want a stiff rollcage to
keep the car from turning into wet newspapers.
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Hi
Doug,
The june issue of R&T contains a great series of articles
in memory of the 50th
Anniv of the 911. One was rare photos
showng all the special vehicles
created by Porsche and never scrapped, sold,
whatever. the 4 dr 911 for there's
also a V8 911 meant to be between the Turbo and
959 until it died a quiet death.ÂÂÂ The engne
compartment was pretty full!! They kept all
kinds of Porsche's there -- some cut models
showing various inside details, etc. cool
stuff... But the 48 911 was impressive!
LarryT
On
9/12/2013 10:24 AM, Doug & Terri wrote:
Engine
swaps nil?Â
Â
Picture
this â 1980 at a big autocross site on a
Navy base in Long Beach Calif. Even
enough room for a drag strip. Here I
was treated to my first visual lie.Â
âVisual Lieâ? Ayep â I saw a red 911
Porsche and heard a Corvette. Rump rump
rump. Turns out a 911 engine and all
its stuff is just about as heavy as a
Chevy small block. Only advantage is
escaping the $15 to $20,000 911 engine
rebuild. Â
Â
That
may have been the only Visual Lie as far
as Porscheâs go that I have seen BUT
that said, the ultimate Visual Lie was a
VW Bug body dropped on a mid-60âs Indy
race car chassis. Saw a VW bug with a
cover over the passenger seats, with
pretty meaty tires. Otherwise, pretty
stock looking. Down to the two exhausts
pipe where a Bugâs pipe peek out of the
rear body under the bumper. Saw that
with Ferrari Willi at Riverside Int
Raceway at a USRRC final race in, oh,
about 1967-8. Car recently surfaced in
Hot VWâs. At the time we saw it turns
out it belonged to Paul Newman. I
think.
Â
Onward
Â
DOUG
Â
Â
I'm
just back from Pennsylvania where I
attended the Radnor Hunt Concours with
Phil Tegtmeyer. Not a single engine swap
on the show field. Lots of classics
though.
Pretty
hard to believe how cavalier we talk
about swapping engines in a Rolls or
Bentley. After all, the engine is the
heart of that (or any) car! Perhaps we
should ask a Spitfire pilot if they'd
prefer a Chevy lump over that Merlin? Or
maybe a 427 in place of that high
maintenance V12 in the Daytona?Â
With
all that said, I must confess. In my
even-more-stupid youth, I once put a
Chevy engine in a Jaguar Mk II. It did
run kinda-okay but sounded like an
Impala. Sold the bastardized Jag for
$1500. The buyer had a 3.8 liter XJ
engine ready to retrofit.
Engine
swaps are bad. If all you want is 'go',
buy a Corvette and keep your classic
unmolested.Â
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