expensive daily driven car: wondering what you guys might think....
09-28-2010, 03:39 AM
#48
Nordschleife Master
You remind me a lot of a 948 guy I talked to here in SoCal. Had me really whipped up for awhile, how easy the swap was, breezed through Calif smog, then I found out why. He works in a racing teams fabrication shop, with piles of spare parts, raw materials and machines to fabricate with, rack of wire for harness making, and loads of contacts for help and sourcing cheap motors etc. Unless he was willing to adopt me his 6 months spare time project would see me in the grave before it passed smog.
Sorry for cold water, but 90% of these project cars are never finished by the guy who starts on them.
I started out gungho for a swap, but over time its never become a practical option vs a Porsche based motor. The 16v Euro hybrid I'm working on will cost me someplace "around" $5k with me doing almost all the work except for machining, hopefully make about 325 rwhp, slip right through Calif smog, be fun to drive, and still fit into common racing classifications.
Chevy swap should make another 100 hp easy, cost a good $10k, be on the borderline for what a 5 spd can handle for torque, spin the tires in at least the first two gears on the street, require referee station smog inspection and approval, and end me up in some unlimited racing classification. Doesn't work for me.
Sorry for cold water, but 90% of these project cars are never finished by the guy who starts on them.
I started out gungho for a swap, but over time its never become a practical option vs a Porsche based motor. The 16v Euro hybrid I'm working on will cost me someplace "around" $5k with me doing almost all the work except for machining, hopefully make about 325 rwhp, slip right through Calif smog, be fun to drive, and still fit into common racing classifications.
Chevy swap should make another 100 hp easy, cost a good $10k, be on the borderline for what a 5 spd can handle for torque, spin the tires in at least the first two gears on the street, require referee station smog inspection and approval, and end me up in some unlimited racing classification. Doesn't work for me.
09-28-2010, 01:43 PM
#51
You remind me a lot of a 948 guy I talked to here in SoCal. Had me really whipped up for awhile, how easy the swap was, breezed through Calif smog, then I found out why. He works in a racing teams fabrication shop, with piles of spare parts, raw materials and machines to fabricate with, rack of wire for harness making, and loads of contacts for help and sourcing cheap motors etc. Unless he was willing to adopt me his 6 months spare time project would see me in the grave before it passed smog.
Sorry for cold water, but 90% of these project cars are never finished by the guy who starts on them.
I started out gungho for a swap, but over time its never become a practical option vs a Porsche based motor. The 16v Euro hybrid I'm working on will cost me someplace "around" $5k with me doing almost all the work except for machining, hopefully make about 325 rwhp, slip right through Calif smog, be fun to drive, and still fit into common racing classifications.
Chevy swap should make another 100 hp easy, cost a good $10k, be on the borderline for what a 5 spd can handle for torque, spin the tires in at least the first two gears on the street, require referee station smog inspection and approval, and end me up in some unlimited racing classification. Doesn't work for me.
Sorry for cold water, but 90% of these project cars are never finished by the guy who starts on them.
I started out gungho for a swap, but over time its never become a practical option vs a Porsche based motor. The 16v Euro hybrid I'm working on will cost me someplace "around" $5k with me doing almost all the work except for machining, hopefully make about 325 rwhp, slip right through Calif smog, be fun to drive, and still fit into common racing classifications.
Chevy swap should make another 100 hp easy, cost a good $10k, be on the borderline for what a 5 spd can handle for torque, spin the tires in at least the first two gears on the street, require referee station smog inspection and approval, and end me up in some unlimited racing classification. Doesn't work for me.
You are way off.....so far away.
