FBIII

Bottom line is you are still going to end up with a car that most folks wont want, few, if any shops are going to touch, it is just a bastard car.
Greg
Given 928's general popularity, I'd say that statement applies no matter what engine is in the car.

blown 87

True, but even more so in the case of a conversion.
My shop wont touch one except on a paid in advance basis.
BTDT

surfridermason

What I want to know is when will you finally wind up with a 928 that goes down the road?!

FBIII

Mason, you have a PM.

tv

Great color like Ice Blue and matches the wheels.

whiteNSXs

Perhaps my $40k figure is a very generous one. I am not talking about a car that got a "slapped on a GM engine and then done" scenerio but a properly blueprinting process. So depending on how mechanically competent one is, the resultant cost could be much less. One can start with a decent 928 with a messed up engine, say $4-5k. A brand new LS3 E-Rod crated engine is $7600 which comes with wiring harness, all smog equipment, and little things. The LS9 supercharger is $7000 which gives the car 650hp. Renegade Hybrids kit is about $2k. High flow radiator is $1k. They also make many small conversion parts that hook up all the gauges, electrical, and others. I figure another $4k to cover all that and GM accessories to cover AC and electrical system. Costs to rebuild TT, transmission, Turbo brakes, suspension, exhaust, and small things. Depending on what other things you want to upgrade, money gets spent quickly.
I am not saying that one should or NEEDS to spend $40k to have a GM928. One can spend just a few grands to achieve that as pointed out by a few members here. Instead, my point is that it is possible to build an extremely powerful ZR-1 928 with many new components and upgrades for $40k if desired. This is really a hotrodding idea and it is certainly not for the average Joe. Given a ZR-1 being $120k and a Infiniti G37 being under $40k, I just think a $40k ZR-1 928 is a fun idea. I am certainly not building one or tell you all to build one. There are much cheaper ways to get more power for the 928. In that case, should people start laughing about the huge cost of just big stroking an engine?
Hotrodding is not about worrying if the car will sell or if a shop will work on it. If one worries about it, then one should not even think about it. It took a very long time for a fellow Rennlist 928er who is local to me to sell his Supercharged 928 GTS. Just the wheels were like $4k. I could see the fun that he had and the big bucks he spent on it. He sold it for pennies. That's just the inherent entry fees for hotrodding.
Steve

whiteNSXs

One of the funniest statements I have read.
Steve

xschop

I'm thinking the 6.0 or 6.2L in the heavier 928 will MAYBE get it to scoot like this....
and get some decent MPGs (30 MPG for the 5.3l 948)

http://www.youtube.com/user/XSCHOP1#p/a/u/0/Wxu2zWFNNyM

Landseer

"the church uh gettin down on it"

Reminds me of Jesse's "Metal Church".
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/s...t=metal+church

New series: xschop's "948 Church"
Gotta share your skills, give us something hand made.

RAVEN928

Based on the general discontent for a 928's being powered by anything other than a Porsche engine i suppose i should scrap my future plans for a triple or quad rotory transplant into a 928 !?!?

xschop

This handmade enough for you....

xschop

Hey Raven, is that a Mazda based rotary? If you can get me the BH to trans dimensions I can design the TT adapter plate....
Oh No. Imagine that , Mazda parts on a Porsche....
POPP

http://944hybrids.forumotion.com/bra...7+caliper+swap

kccampro

Nothing like some genuine fabrication work to separate the men from everyone else.

xschop

Now that I've got 928 TT dimensions, I can translocate a Hemi in the old Porsche "bastard" if I want

Landseer

With skills and abundant hardware, you can probably do anything.

How do you guys with that level of technique even know which combo to marry-up?

Case in point: http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/s...hlight=bmw+850