porshhhh951

yes so much so that I actually made some calls on it. I found for about 30k I could buy a nice turbo 968 that had the level of work I wanted. But, I started thinking about selling my beloved 951 and how many good times I have had with this little car. I mean sure its not very fast but, its very balanced and has great daily driver powerband.

I have taken several trips with this thing as well as done several rally's now. I kind of feel like its a family member. I sold my other porsches but, this one I think I want to keep for good. What can I say its a labor of love.

Besides when its done how many cars will there be like this in the country? 1 or 2 save some of the track cars I have seen in the states. It will really make the car a 1 off piece and thats really pretty cool.

Plus I know the car through and through. I know its history and I have and keep excellent records on the car and so I know what im getting into. With me buying someone else's already completed project for less money I wouldnt have been responsible for the work that went into it ,and wouldnt know nearly as much about it as I do mine. I mean hell I have records on this car all the way back to 91'!

I will be buying more porsches but, this one really has my heart.

shortyboy

besides,the front of the 968 is butt ugly IMO,a 951 front with a 968 rear end looks best.

ShApE

when am i gonna get to see this beauty?!?!?! it looks awesome man, btw lemme know about that other exhaust.

porshhhh951

yeah your first in line to get it. I literally got like 10 offers within a week of you asking me about it haha

jlturpin

Maybe if I could get a nice turbo conversion for my 968 it would not be for sale. I heard numbers mentioned around 25K for 3.0 L turbo conversion. I might try to find a wrecked 951 and use the parts to make my own 968 turbo. Any thoughts or wrecked 951s?

porshhhh951

honestly I dont think thats the best way. Why not just build your motor with the best and slap on a vitesse turbo kit. the rest will be in tuning and fabbing pipe.

btw I wouldnt expect to turbo a 968 for under 10k....not properly anyways.

the fully built turbo 968's I was looking into had 20k in the car and 20k in the motor/suspension setup

Kit_Chris

John's 968TS?

Regards,
Chris

porshhhh951

no, I dont think he ever said that. He just said he had 20k in the car as in(selling price) and he had a fully built motor best of everything running a t04e and 14psi. I hered about the car through a friend and got his # that way...I dont even think he is on rennlist but, he might be.

The 968 was black/black.

Kit_Chris

I should have been more specific, was it built by Powerhaus? If so I'm pretty certain it's John's midnight blue conversion.

Regards,
Chris

porshhhh951

umm might have been. I dont wanna say for sure cause mostly I was asking him maintance questions, why was he selling the car, how much he wanted, how long he had it, ect.

I figured if the guy said the best of everything I could come out there myself and see about the car and ask plenty of questions then...but, I just lost intrest.

Well not really intrest but, I just decided it wasent the route I was going to go. Was the car you are reffering too raced in virgina?

FSAEracer03

John, what video is that New_sig.JPG picture from??

I have a 968 exhaust tip and hanger if you want it, but I really don't think it would be useful to you as it's not a large-bore exhaust.

Good luck on the project man.

porshhhh951

I was racing my friends modded srt4 when he got one of my bigger sized flames on video.

I freeze framed it and made it into a sig which I use on my other board.

FSAEracer03

Nice. Is it on the videos page?

porshhhh951

yeah its on there.

lart951

Is he the one that got smoked by the STI, and btw did you race that STI?