notaguru

For many owners, the 928 is a passion. To them, any dilution of the search for perfection is virtually criminal. For this community, the word "concours" applies - appearance and originality become more important than functionality. As I found out in previous "interesting" cars, it can become a sickness.

For people like me, the 928 is a spree car to drive on weekends and vacations. To us, fun is everything. For us, a dirty engine or other lack of perfection is unimportant as long as the car gets to the hotel we've booked. Visualize a luggage rack... Imagine driving in the rain - deliberately...

But there are a few out there that use the 928 as a daily driver. In fact, I'm leaning in that direction because it's such fun to drive. To this group of 928 owners, operating cost, reliability, and down times become issues. The 350's water pump is about $30, and can be replaced in an hour or less.

Jim in Texas

The paint job is SOOO last year, and the wheels look like something he copied off of Boyd Coddington. IOW, dead meat.

At least he shouldn't have any lower-end thrust bearing issues with an SBC.

But why didn't he put in a 383 stroker, or build up a 400 SBC? Or AT LEAST come into this century with an LS-something?

I'd expect to see a set of 283 rams' horn exhaust manifolds on a POS concept build like that, but I understand that he was too cheap to get a repro 'Vette Tri-Power intake.

So many things, so wrong. It really needs a hood over that garbage.

And I'm not even a purist!

Jim in Texas

PS--He can't get it to Barrett-Jackson soon enough.

sprfrkr

Easy there. The kid was 20 years old when he finished it.

Mongo

Would have gone the LS route. A nice LS2 swap would make that a quick car for a reasonable budget.

notaguru

When the engine of my MG TD died - back in the mid-50s - I had $30 to spend. The only engine I could find for that money was a straight-6 flathead from a rear-ended Studebaker. Sometimes you pick the engine, and sometimes it picks you...

Imo000

Totally agree. When you are young and your funds are limited so are your options. Better have any engine in a car than to say "I would have went with a such and such engine" and have no money for any of that.

ovrTHhill

Dude, that Porsche really needs a hood. Figured out what color to paint, or, is that it? How does it drive with all that lowering? Always love the lines of that Porsche, dark colors do give it a smaller hole punched in the landscape.

Cosmo Kramer

If the builder of that car was on a budget he could have had a running and driving car for less money using the original motor. If you are building a hybrid for no real reason other than to be different, have cash available if you want to do it right. The stock engine he pulled out if running properly would be close in performance to what he put back in there.

jdjones2010

I've never been a Purist & have always thought it would be pretty cool to put an updated v8 in a Porsche. I had a 928 20+ yrs. ago but would never go back down that road, but I think it would be neat to put a nice v8 in say a 996! just think A LOT faster & NO more IMS or RMS Worries EVER Again.

NC928S4

If and when my 89 S4 engine expires for whatever reason, I will likely go Chevy for cost and reliability reasons. The cost differential alone is significant and this car is my daily driver so I need it to be drivable everyday. I could buy a second car as a standby but that defeats my goal of driving her everyday. Engine computers, TBF, sensors, etc. all provided me much fun over the past 6 years. Admittedly, each time I go in things go easier, faster and the less mistakes I make but...The engine sound, power and other characteristics are awesome but when it goes to Porsche heaven I'm leaning heavily towards Chevy unless of course I win the lottery.

Imo000

RMS = Rear Main Seal.......what makes you think other engines don't have a leaking rear main seal? It's a $40 part and easy to replace during a clutch job. even if it leaks, it will not destroy the engine.

Imo000

You need to win the lottery to do a conversion that stands up to DD.