Originally Posted by Houpty GT

I do agree that you have done pretty good work. I think it is a mistake though. I think it would have indeed been easier and financially wise to have bought a 3.0 and put it in. Like you said with the Scooby engine, they sell for $900 and you only paid $450. I doubt you looked for a 911 engine. Calling the 3.0 unreliable in any way is also a mistake. The SC has been referred to as the nearly perfected aircooled Porsche. The reliability of the engine is part of this and is part of the reason that prices are low on these cars right now because there are still so many of them on the road. Bruce Anderson even wrote in his performance book that he nor another builder he new had ever rebuilt an SC engine because it had worn out. I bet you could find alot more high mileage 911sc than you could of your donor car. If this car was a 2.7, I may feel that it would have been a better idea since it makes a much bigger change than what you have done and with less too.

Having replaced the Porsche engine you would have found yourself with a $12,000 automobile. I think that this is part of the value that you have missed. What you have now is a $5,000 custom car. A car that most people won't want because it is going to be difficult to find someone to work on it or find someone that is going to understand what you did. This is what really hurts the price and why an original collectible car is worth more.

You seem to be more of a japanese car enthusiast. Most of your friends probally are. This would be typical of one of them to have missed this since japanese cars do not have the following that most other makes have gained. The japanese can often make a comparable product for less. This less comes at a cost. If you were to break these cars down and compare them piece by piece you will be able to see the difference. Much of this is in quality. If you are just trying to get drunk then you will find that Popov vodka does just as good of a job for much less than Grey Goose could but don't begin to think that there is not a difference.

The Subaru engines certainly have their own problems that I am sure you are aware of.

Frankly it is your car and you can do what ever you want even if it is turn it into a waterpumper or set it on fire even. I am a fan of the wankel engine in the Triumph spitfire but I think that this type of conversion really fills a void, where your car does not do so anywhere as much. This is all just my opinion mixed with a good deal of fact that I am sharing with you though.

Originally Posted by Houpty GT

He could have fixed the car and sold it and then I am sure he could have come up with something even more creative now that he had a sizable budget. That is what I would have done if I were him and that was the case. That or spend all my money on lottery tickets.