Shannon123

No affiliation

Not a fan of the targa, but the 3.6 transplant makes this look like quite a deal....if I were in the market, I'd be looking at this closely ! Am I missing something ?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Porsche-911-...US_Cars_Trucks

Amber Gramps

Take off all the 964 plastic and you may have something to work with.

dwight45

I like the idea. I would like to do that to my car. I like the concept of seamless torque/ Hp. Second, no more valve adjustments. A standard 3.6 tune up and will probably pass smog. It is an expensive conversion.

wildcat077

Just the engine transplant alone is close to 10 K ... and the steel wide body conversion must have
been a few dollars as well !

If that were a coupe,it would be sold by now !

Cheers
Phil

Shannon123

These only come up when I'm not in the market......dang.

dwight45

Me too.

theiceman

Not my cup of tea but it sure looks like some serious money went into that car .. the hard back seats arent cheap alone ..

gruppe75

"Am I missing something ?"

It has "no turbo lag". Because it has no turbo

Trader220

To do the 3.6 swap you're looking at closer to $20k less what you may get for whatever motor you pull out.

theiceman

I think if i was trying to read between the lines he is saying it has similar power to a turbo, which would be the other way of boosting the original cars performance. Yet it doesn't have the turbo lag which that option has.

JCP911S

Not a big fan of hot-rod Porsches. Kind of like marrying somebody that has been divorced three times... do you really know what you are getting yourself into?

If done to a high standard, this could be a fun toy, but if corners were cut, it could be an expensive nightmare.

Plus, historically, non-stock cars have limited investment potential, and IMHO anybody spending the money for an air-cooled 911 should take this into consideration... hot rods (of any type) are typically worth only a fraction of their build cost.

This is what I call a "credit card" car... e.g. you have enough dough that $20K is an impulse purchase, no harm no foul.

But for us mortals, $20K will still buy you a pretty nice stock SC/Carrara... a much better buy in the long run.

wildcat077

I was pretty close to 15K Cdn by the time i was done my conversion,even though i got a super deal on a 13,000 KM 95 3.6 engine that had been stored for the last 12 years.

If you don't do the work yourself,20K is very easy to achieve !

Cheers
Phil

JCP911S

Not a big fan of hot-rod Porsches. Kind of like marrying somebody that has been divorced three times... do you really know what you are getting yourself into?

If done to a high standard, this could be a fun toy, but if corners were cut, it could be an expensive nightmare.

Plus, historically, non-stock cars have limited investment potential, and IMHO anybody spending the money for an air-cooled 911 should take this into consideration... hot rods (of any type) are typically worth only a fraction of their build cost.

This is what I call a "credit card" car... e.g. you have enough dough that $20K is an impulse purchase, no harm no foul.

But for us mortals, $20K will still buy you a pretty nice stock SC/Carrara... a much better buy in the long run.

dwight45

That same car is now listed on CL in the Bay Area instead of Santa Cruz. Nobody biting.

theiceman

Phil did you mate your 3.6 to a stock 915 ?
The one I was in had that but completely destroyed 2 gears in an off track incident strangely enough.
2nd and 5th.

Was one of the rawest cars I have ever been in.