Interesting "Big Bird" turbo fs
09-22-2011, 11:49 AM
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That would explain why Alvin sold it and why the next guy is selling it again. Plus I wondered why the pictures of the engine on the engine stand looks different than the one in the car. I would guess they had clearance issues with the original build. Hence the shorter intercooler piping and chopped fan housing with chipped paint on the engine in car pictures. Not to mention the intercooler does not sit straight in the engine bay. Those intercoolers look like two 996TT intercoolers welded together.
09-22-2011, 09:48 PM
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I don't think s-car-go would use an FVD product. Plus the welds look like they were done by a high school shop class. Not the kind of work from a company like FVD. They look like two 996tt griffin cores with end tanks welded on.
09-23-2011, 10:38 AM
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http://www.fvd.de/us/en/Porsche-0/99...tercooler.html
Here is the same thing from cargraphic
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09-23-2011, 10:52 AM
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That would explain why Alvin sold it and why the next guy is selling it again. Plus I wondered why the pictures of the engine on the engine stand looks different than the one in the car. I would guess they had clearance issues with the original build. Hence the shorter intercooler piping and chopped fan housing with chipped paint on the engine in car pictures. Not to mention the intercooler does not sit straight in the engine bay. Those intercoolers look like two 996TT intercoolers welded together.
But Alvin has been selling a lot of his toys -- his 3.0cs has moved on (twice) shortly after the build as has this and others, too. Maybe Alvin like the chase and then gets bored ....
09-23-2011, 12:24 PM
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I understand normal depreciation of a daily driver. My guess is that it simply an expensive hobby, like restoring a car. Very few are worth the resto cost.
09-23-2011, 01:49 PM
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Alvin is certainly not alone on this front. But how do you spend $300k on a vehicle that will never be worth 1/3 of that?
I understand normal depreciation of a daily driver. My guess is that it simply an expensive hobby, like restoring a car. Very few are worth the resto cost.
I understand normal depreciation of a daily driver. My guess is that it simply an expensive hobby, like restoring a car. Very few are worth the resto cost.
At least I didn't have to pay for that nifty Ruf key head. (Thanks again Patrick)
09-23-2011, 09:54 PM
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At least I am not alone in my sickness... ^^^^^
09-23-2011, 10:31 PM
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The moneys seems in there, these things takes lots of greenbacks (more from a greedy builder) but how about a 4 bar oil pressure at 3500 rpms?,that needle should be pegging past 5 bar.,just an obsevation.
09-25-2011, 12:30 AM
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When I first viewed the eBay listing and saw "1996 Porsche 911 993 TT RUF"
WOW!!!
Then saw "ULTRA CUSTOM 1996 PORSCHE 993 TWIN PLUG TWIN TURBO 3.8 POWERHOUSE RUF UPGRADES"
Huh? Powerhouse Ruf Upgrades...
I guess if we saw this, it might not have the same cachet:
"1996 Porsche 911 993 C4S"
"1996 PORSCHE 993 C4S WITH ULTRA CUSTOM POWERHOUSE TWIN PLUG TWIN TURBO 3.8 AND RUF BODY KIT"
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09-25-2011, 01:58 AM
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Some basic back story on the car, from what I remember, and feel free to correct me. The car came from the Pacific Northwest. Shortly after it Alvin bought it (I think he bought it because he wanted a yellow 4S, and this car was available at the time) a "800 Gajillion HP" turbo engine from a recently wrecked 993 Turbo showed up on Craigslist for somewhere around $30K. So the idea was to mate engine to car. Which was commission to Rob/S Car Go. A quick checkout showed this engine was much, much, much, much, etc. less than the sum of its parts. The project went into outer space at that point.
And I'm sure if you added up all the money spent since the original owner wrote a check for the car, it would easily top the quoted amount.
And I'm sure if you added up all the money spent since the original owner wrote a check for the car, it would easily top the quoted amount.
09-26-2011, 01:01 AM
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he wants more? it's an awesome car but how can he expect to get more for it in this market. I mean no disrespect. I know what its like to soak a small fortune into a car and try and sell it after. If some one knows the guy that bid 101,XXX. let him know I'd let either of my 3.8 Holcome built 993s go for that kind of cash.
09-26-2011, 02:16 PM
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he wants more? it's an awesome car but how can he expect to get more for it in this market. I mean no disrespect. I know what its like to soak a small fortune into a car and try and sell it after. If some one knows the guy that bid 101,XXX. let him know I'd let either of my 3.8 Holcome built 993s go for that kind of cash.
