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These are all amazing! I took a quick scroll through but didn't see one close to mine: Spyder in Carrera White, Silver wheels, Boxster Classic interior w/18 way seats, multi-function steering wheel, 6speed, logo delete on the rear. Randy - let me know what else you need. No rush...
^^^ Looks sharp except... I think that you need to move to a higher position of honor on that wall!
At least even with the Porsche crest on the door.
@Westcoast I have VERY limited wall space. This is a working garage, so there are cabinets, QuickJacks, creepers, ramps and many other things sharing wall space.
@vrae2009 I see your avatar photo is of a Cobra. I had to sell mine to make room for the Cayman. See, not only am I short on wall space, I'm shot on floor space. And height too, otherwise I'd have a lift in there and 3 cars!
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@AdamIsAdam Yes, it's a Factory Five Mark 3.1 and I'm keeping it. We traded a 2013 SL550 against the Spyder due here in April. I can relate to your garage square footage challenges. Our "new" house has a 2 car garage with low ceiling height. The old house had a 4 car garage (triple with a tandem on one bay) and it had a lift too. Mine is also a working garage and I picked up a quickjack that has proven very useful already. I also work on a Porsche race team on the weekends and that provides access to a lift at the shop should I really need to get the car up in the air.
Mine was a 347 stroker. So a 302 bored and stroked. It's got the most impressive dyno chart ever. Torque flat as the horizon and power that points up forever until the MSD shuts down the fun at 6k RPM. And all this in a 2,200lb car with a 90" wheelbase. WOW.
Ha, I was going to guess 331 or 347 and it looks like one of each! What kind of EFI was on either of them? That's a fairly salty dyno graph. AFR heads on these cars? Probably 185s?
I grew up with Mustangs and enjoyed the EFI small blocks in my '91 and then '93 LX Coupes. I went the blower route with a 306 and an S-Trim Vortech. S/X fuel system, etc, Tremec 5-speed. The '91 I had was all motor, just GT-40 stuff on it, nothing too crazy. It was not as fast, but I didn't spend weekends changing head gaskets either!
I was pretty curious on the induction with those power numbers to say the least. I was going to guess Edelbrock RPM or Victor intake if EFI. Nothing wrong with a DP though.
Yea, it was custom built by Pro Systems for the engine. It could sit for weeks and would still fire right up like it was fuel injection, even in the winter, and that's without a choke!
Nice setup! I like the ARP(?) stainless 12-point fasteners on the intake and valve covers. I had their stainless head bolts too. I hand polished some factory EFI valve covers, along with a Cobra EFI intake (Extrude Hone ported upper/hand ported lower). I polished my S-Trim blower and had a polished Pro-M mass Air when it was naturally aspirated. I must have had a lot of free time back then. Hmmm... I may have some photos somewhere. My car was at least 1,000 pounds heavier than the Factory Five cars. I can't imagine how that must feel with good power like that.
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