86 951 Driver

Which would you pick and why?

Supercharged 968 or Porsche 951 with minor mods.

Chunkerz

968. Why? Vario cam, 3 liter motor, 16v head, comes stock with MAF, and it's a tiny bit more modern than the 951.

azbanks

951, why, because 968's are ugly.

black944 turbo

Both are great as you already know. I would choose the 951 as daily over a heavily modded 968, as the 968 unless built is not designed for a supercharger and could potentially have more issues. As a toy, it would come down to which you like better as far as looks.

Gawernator

968

Voith

951

xschop

Topic should be....Supercharger vs Turbo vs xtra4cylinders

86 951 Driver

Ahhh, I'm not so into the swapped cars. I know I'm crazy. The only swaps I like are a 4 stroke engine being replaced by a superior 2 stroke.

odurandina

two different flavored maintenance pigs.

Mueller944s2

Make the 968 a cabrio!

Voith

+1

Simplicity and power of two stroke is unmatched. I think there will be a big comeback soon.

Lemming

Neither, too much maintenance. I had an SC'ed 968 that was great when it worked, but that was not often and was expensive to repair.

gums

944S2

BikePilot

I suspect that a low-boost SC'd '968 would be easy to live with, but haven't tried it myself.

A stock 968 gives about the same power as a stock 951 and is easier to live with.

I'd go with the 968 but I happen to love the way they look. I also like a few things like the 6spd gearbox, improved interior, easier servicing of some things (e.g., clutch) and stuff like that.

I think both the 951 and 968 are great cars. If I were getting a car to mod like crazy while retaining a stock(ish) engine I'd go with a 951. For a regularly street-driven car I like the stock 968 just fine. If I were doing an engine swap I'd go with a 968 and swap in a purpose-built LSx (I'd build it to be revvy to match the 968's character and gearing). I'm also really curious as to how hard it'd be to swap in a Maserati 4.7L v8. They are inexpensive to obtain lightly used and come out of fairly compact transaxle cars...

btw I have a CR250R and H1--so share your love of two strokes. If you wanted to get really crazy you could swap in a two stroke boat motor. An auto-converted Optimax 300xs powerhead would be pretty darn cool.

Parawhore

I would have to take a 951 with a Supercharged 968 motor under the hood.

Problem solved.