VW powered Porsche kit car?
03-09-2004, 05:45 PM
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VW powered Porsche kit car?
No, it's not a speedster or a 550. It's a 911 replica. Powered by a GTi motor. Apparently there are a lot of these Covin things running around:
http://www.covintechnical.pwp.blueyo...kevs-covin.htm
Can it only be a matter of time before Covin comes up with a 944 replica?
http://www.covintechnical.pwp.blueyo...kevs-covin.htm
Can it only be a matter of time before Covin comes up with a 944 replica?
03-09-2004, 05:49 PM
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So where is the kit? What did the chassis start as? A GTI? Or did they drop a GTI motor into a 911?
03-09-2004, 05:52 PM
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Originally posted by Hacker-Pschorr
So where is the kit? What did the chassis start as? A GTI? Or did they drop a GTI motor into a 911?
So where is the kit? What did the chassis start as? A GTI? Or did they drop a GTI motor into a 911?
03-09-2004, 06:07 PM
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1) There are loads of them in England
2) The work on the ones I saw was pretty damn good
3) They are damn cheap, compared to a 911, at least what I saw
4) They are probably a MUCH lower insurance group. Someone correct me but I believe a 911 is a group 18,19, or 20 which makes ownership out of reach for some drivers.
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2) The work on the ones I saw was pretty damn good
3) They are damn cheap, compared to a 911, at least what I saw
4) They are probably a MUCH lower insurance group. Someone correct me but I believe a 911 is a group 18,19, or 20 which makes ownership out of reach for some drivers.
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03-09-2004, 06:45 PM
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Ugh, horrible. Like pretend F355s based on Fieros. Plus many of them have 1600cc Ford engines 
I can kind of understand the motivation - buying / running a 911 in the UK is expensive. But for the price of one of these things you can get a nice rustfree California import 912... or even better, a 944!
I can kind of understand the motivation - buying / running a 911 in the UK is expensive. But for the price of one of these things you can get a nice rustfree California import 912... or even better, a 944!
03-10-2004, 12:19 PM
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BTW...Pontiac bought 308s and "choppped" them up when designing the Fiero. One reason the 308/328 kits are so popular with the Fiero crowd. Can you say "Mera"?
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A VW under 911 cloth with GTi engine? Can you think Frankenstein? The purpose of so much work is beyond me. Although I remember from the heydays when VW's used to be customized to the tilt. But at least they spent most of the time and resources on the engine and chassiss. Or they'd remove the body entirely making it a dune buggy.
The purpose of so much work is beyond me. Although I remember from the heydays when VW's used to be customized to the tilt. But at least they spent most of the time and resources on the engine and chassiss. Or they'd remove the body entirely making it a dune buggy.
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Originally posted by Alex Cook
Thinking about it, these folks are doing things backwards.
A 911 engine in a Beetle, THAT would be fun
Thinking about it, these folks are doing things backwards.
A 911 engine in a Beetle, THAT would be fun
03-11-2004, 06:13 PM
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MAN...what a bunch of hypocrites. What happened to " you basterdized that car!" or "I wouldn'y be caught dead in that POS!" Someone bolts a porsche engine in a VW and its "cool" or " thats great!" But put some good ol' American Iron in a 944 and some of you think we're a Judas or something! Think I'll go hunting this afternoon and take my frustration out on on some poor, unsuspecting 951!
03-11-2004, 06:22 PM
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There is a big difference, this is a watercooled forum and that is a 911 (well kinda)..
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03-11-2004, 08:40 PM
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Ha.. I think you just put it in a nut shell Predator