Yesterday i spend most of the day running around with a pack of sharks here in Mn. during our monthly Fun Run. One of our group was a fantastic '82 Euro with a custom build Chevy SC motor. Some of you may have seen it. It's yelow and has the blower intake sticking out of the hood ala NHRA.

I've seen this car up close before,, before I knew the owner, and I found it really awesome. You would marval at the clean intallationon in this car. I found myself thinking that if I ever had to replace my M28, I'd probably go the Chevy route, (I'd keep the hoodline intact and skip the SC) and I've said this before. My only reservation would be how the rest of the 928 community would see it. How would the PCA see it? Would I be able to runit like a M28 powered 928 or would it be shunned at PCA events and track days?

Is it the motor or the chassis, or must it be both to be a Porsche? All the Daytona Prototypes with Porsche motors are called "Whatever"/Porsches. The F1 cars with non-uniform engine/chassis combos are called by the chassis name first.. Minardi/Ferrari is a Minardi. Williams/BMW is jsut that. not a BMW...)

I've heard friends of mine say that they feel such conversions are perversions, but they seem quite interested when one appears. I feel that after having a pure 928, a Chevy powred one would be just as much of a 928, or even more, since it would be more of what I would have imagined a 928 to be when it was concieved. What do you all think? - Ruf

 

Ruf,

That's funny. I spent yesterday running around MN with a bunch of sharks, too.

PCA would not let you Club Race a hybrid as the engine block must be an original Porsche part. For Drivers Ed it would only matter for time-trial class assignment. The local Nord Stern region runs a points series from time trial and autocross events.

I'm with you on this, as we covered over lunch, but disagree on the "or even more" aspect. Without the Porsche engine it becomes something else, and less of a Porsche.

 

Well, let's see - a transpecies vascular transplant of pigs valves into human hearts seems to work just fine; therefore, on the analogous rhetorical side - is a man with a pigs heart still a man?
If in the affirmative, then a 928 is a 928 ... is a Porsche - or at the very least, a Porsche/Chev.

 

Porschev

 

Mine has a Mercedes transmission

 

Sure it's still a Porsche... a FrankenPorsche.

 

I suppose you could weigh the car and figure out if it's a Porsche by the percentage of Porsche parts it is by weight...

Of course, using that measure, my car becomes an American car every time I lever my big ol' **** into it (just kidding) (I think).

 

A Chevy LT-1 is an awesome idea and one is going in mine when the engine is had it. Hopefully that will not be anytime soon. A much less cynical power plant in an awesome handling car. The makings of a sweet dish. Not only that but the ton of extra work space under the hood.

 

Why not install a Ford 5.0. I have always been a Ford guy. I know the aftermarket is flooded with cheap performance parts for Chevy, but the Ford 5.0 has almost the same amount of stuff available. Besides the Ford is lighter. I don't see why we have to be comitted to Chevy if we want an alternate power plant.

 

Frankly guys, I keep eyeballing the Olds 455 I've got tucked away in the garage. Add a dual-quad tunnel ram and then I'd **** off all of youse.

But seriously, I'd never do a cross-species transplant.

 

I was wondering about a Ford transplant, too. I think it's always a Chevy because the Renegade kits were for Chevy engines.

 

G Man,

If you are going Ford, the 351C (if you can find them) would be a good match for the 928 5 speed. Lots of low end grunt and a good top end due to the gearing.

Dennis

 

I prefer the 351W ( 5.8 litre ) small block over the cleveland

 

Unless you could get all the electrics to hook up and/or work somehow, it would be a street-rod...but a desirable one. I still am wondering if the Renegade kits are very well made...but I suspect that it depends more on who actually makes the transplant as to how reliable these hybrids are. I'd consider buying one...if the horse power were tempting and the install was done by someone who's meticulous. Otherwise, it'd just be a piece of crap.

Harvey

 

G Man,

Had the 302 in my 69 Mustang and a 351C in my 71 Mach 1. The 71 would smoke the 69 in addition to the tires and a few transmissions. They were both stock with 2 barrel carbs though.

Dennis