In answer to your comments below. Taken Sunday, the last race of the
weekend...
It was close but number 6 came second in a nail bighter after changing lead
4 times....
BR in the
UK1986 328GTS (LHD 89,940km) Died August 19, 2006 Shrewsbury UK 1980 400i (RHD
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Touring
In a message dated 14/09/2013 02:07:06 GMT Daylight Time,
l02turner [at] comcast.net writes:
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 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. 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.
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.
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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