Hold On

My sentiment exactly. I am neither lazy or cheap. I have the available funds to do whatever I want with my 928.

depami

So, the purpose of this thread actually was to ruffle feathers.

F451

Clearly it was. Look at the thread title.

A different thread title/first post and this thread would have an entirely different tone.

SeanR

This thread is very amusing. Keep it up guys, there are a lot of us laughing.

GregBBRD

If we, collectively, had a brain, we would encourage people to do conversions.

Like I keep telling people that are putting on cheap fubber (rubber that is going to fail) fuel lines...."There's too many of these cars, still, for them to become uber valuable. more need to burn to cut down on the numbers. Go for it!"

Same thing applies to conversions.

Used, they are worth 1/20 of what the person invested.

I actually put them in the same category as used condoms....not very many people want them.

Speedtoys

Im gonna go write 'Porsche' in Sharpee on my supercharger.

Id feel better about it, that way.

depami

We all miss little petty so we're making up for it here!

What happened to him anyway?

Speedtoys

His car is off on a few projects..school and work.

His dad was doing lights at the house here the other day.

17prospective buyer

^^^ That picture you posted is freaky and disgusting...

You could most likely achieve long term reliability out of a GM motor if you based your build upon an Oldsmobile 350 diesel block, they were based on a gasser 350 yes, but heavily reinforced for diesel compression, force exerted on pistons and heat. I've seen them used in drag cars with huge success.

Speedtoys

Just backing up Greg, that there _is_ a limited market.

depami

ledee416

Since everyone is so in love with the Euro, and its engine, someone make me an offer on mine.

Many people on this thread are up in arms about a chevy in a euro car. If the Euro motor is so worth saving, and you guys rent averse to spending all that money bringing back to its full glory, then I say go for it. Somebody write me a check for the Euro, and I will find a US version to put a v8 in. This way nobody's feelings get hurt.

I am happy I found this forum, and I am super stoked that there are some very knowledgable people on here. I must say however, that there is a good percentage of individuals on here who are either just parroting out what someone else has said, or are quoting someone else info posted as their own.

I am thinking that a good plan would be this: if you havent done it, maybe you shouldnt talk about it as if you have. Just a thought.

Again, had I known the drama would be this deep, I would have just skipped posting this. I still think the car is badass.

I still think that spending 3 times the money to get the same amount of HP just to say that its a Porsche engine is a bit bizarre... but I still respect the projects of those who have done it.

Hilton

If getting a 928 motor running when it seems you already have spark and air, is too hard, surely that should give you pause about whether you can deal with the patience required for an engine swap?

As a starting point - have you read the workshop manuals? You can find them here:

http://www.2010.cannell.co.uk/manual...s_porsche.html

Speedtoys

..and managing tuning the life of a high HP setup.

ledee416

well, I am new to the 928, but not to cars. I have pulled and replaced the engine in my mustang about 12 times. Of course you get better at it each time. I can get it out or back in in under an hour now... maybe a little longer. Since I pretty much built my entire mustang race car, and it is running low 11's with the AC on, I am going to respond by saying that I am pretty sure I can handle a motor swap in a 928. I would also like to add that your post I guess was supposed to be a dig at my mechanical ability. I may not know jack squat about 928's at the moment, but I am pretty darn positive that my knowledge base will be much deeper than yours in a year or so. Or maybe I am wrong... either way, it is sort of an a-hole thing to say (post), especially since you dont kow me at all.


Research has shown me that putting a chevy in a 928 if you have the right parts is actually easier and quicker than putting that same exact 928 motor right back in. Again, if you cheap out and do not buy all the pre fabbed, pre-fitted parts for the SBC, then life may suck for you.

I never said it was too difficult. I am simply stating that if it is going to cost me a ton of cash to get it running, I will have to weigh whether or not it is worth it.

I am going to finish putting together my 80 US this weekend. The body parts will all be on, and the new master cylinder assembly will be in as well. That means it will be driveable. If all goes according to plan, I should be back on monday with reports on how it drove.... or what I did on the side of the road while I was waiting for my tow truck lol.