With current govt regulations
we'll never see another car like this Maserati 300S - yes, I know it's a race car but even race cars have
been restricted -
noise levels, etc - this is a drop dead gorgeous car!
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).
The 914s Mid
engine offered great performance but the 944/968
had an amazing suspension - but they
can always use more hp. 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. 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.
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.
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. 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?
Picture
this – 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.
“Visual Lie”? Ayep – 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.
That
may have been the only Visual
Lie as far as Porsche’s go that
I have seen BUT that said, the
ultimate Visual Lie was a VW Bug
body dropped on a mid-60’s 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 Bug’s 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 VW’s.
At the time we saw it turns out
it belonged to Paul Newman. I
think.
Onward
DOUG
From: Rick
[mailto:rolindsay [at] yahoo.com]
Sent: Thursday,
September 12, 2013 5:34 AM To: DOUG Cc: The FerrariList Subject: [Ferrari]
Engine swaps
Hello Friends,
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?
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.
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