With all of the recent discussion on exhaust changes, have you seen this one before?

http://www.metricmind.com/images/porsche.jpg

No Bwaaaaaah at all!

 

would be kind of cool for a commuter/cruiser...

 

Wow, I sure hope that the reason they did this was 'cause the motor was shot. That's an expensive conversion - when I was toying with that sorta thing it was about $5K to $10K, depending on how much power you wanted.

However, just because there's no noise doesn't mean it won't fly. Heh.

Cheers,
Peter

 

I've seen a write up on this car a couple times
if memory serves me right, this conversion ran about $12k

 

Wonder where it is today? Probably in the "bad idea" museum.

 

Well, there is something to be said about electric vehicles. I just test drove a prototype that took me from 0-60 in 3.5 seconds. It was like being fired out of a slingshot.

It just didn't sound nearly as bitchin as my shark at idle though :-)

 

Is that the tandem 2-seater, that has also been autocrossed? I saw a link for something like that a few weeks back but lost track of it...

 

It is a yellow two seater which you may see around the valley occasionally. I don't know if it has been autocrossed. I drove it up on Skyline which was a hoot. It has a slider that controls the degree of regen braking when you come off the gas which makes it very interesting to drive. Going in fast to a corner come off the gas to shift wieght forward then back on the gas as you exit - all with one pedal.

A friend works at the company. They are still in stealth mode so there in not too much info around on the vehicle, or on their web site: www.teslamotors.com

 

You're not kidding... very sparse site. Sounds like a hoot. You inspired me to search and I found what I was looking for, the "Tango". One of these would be REAL fun to take for a rematch if you get smoked in your shark by some ricer...

 

Fully engineered electric vehicles may be interesting and quick, but I doubt the Frankenporsche in question would be very impressive. I wonder how much it weighs, loaded up with (lead-acid?) batteries?

 

here's a write up on the car
http://www.austinev.org/evalbum/455.html