Originally Posted by Thundertub

JR2010,
Would you put that same Chevy engine in the red car in the back of your avatar?
If the roles/price were reveresed, would you put the Porsche engine in your Vette?

Originally Posted by johnnyreb2010

yes thundertub, its a replica, but its just a toy, something to play with, i don't get serious about it, i own a business & it attracts a crowd, it serves its purpose & it gets 10 times the looks my 996 or H2 gets, my little boy gets a kick out of it when i take him to school in it & we actually use it for some school functions, but it is what it is & nothing else, i like nice cars & i don't care if its mixed & matched as long as its nice & its not my MAIN ride. but guys i just wanted to ask this question to get an idea, i'm not BUYING this car, i said i had seen it and wanted to get some input & it turned out like i thought it would, there were some that said whatever floats your boat, some that said wtf, some that thought it wasn't a crime, & then theres some that well are jerks & i really don't give a crap what they think, but for the ones that took it for what it was, thank you for taking the time to explain it to me. now let me go find my picture of ferdinand & say my prayers.

Originally Posted by Edgy01

You can do anything you want to these cars. However, once something other than a Porsche engine is installed they are not considered 'Porsches' anymore.

Originally Posted by ivangene

we could turn this into the "most modified P-car thread.... no matter how you gfeel about it, its cool that people do "stuff" and I admire them rather I would or would not do it..

just because I would not do it doesnt mean I dont think its cool they did.... and rather its an old Model T or a 2011 Porsche GT3RS.... having the ***** to modify something is what makes the world a cool place to be.

also I have zero input because I have never done those things... In high school I had a buddy put a 396 into a Datsun B210... yea, crazy (scary) but there are always people wanting to do that sort of thing...

Originally Posted by tooloud10

Wow, let me get this straight: the Porsche owner that started the thread about how the installation of a GM engine has disgraced everything Porsche stands for owns a replica Lamborghini?

You can't make this stuff up, folks.

EDIT: Sorry, Johnnyreb, not trying to sound rude but having a difficult time biting my tongue this morning.

Originally Posted by jasper

Well...we're talking air cooled 911 here right, not liquid cooled 996. If you've never owned or really lived with an air cooled 911 then it will be harder for you to understand, but I'll try.

The Porsche 911 is an historic car (in the very real sense of the word) because it is an engineering triumph. It is a motoring icon because the whole is more than the sum of it's parts. It all works together like magic.

A HUGE part of that magic is the air cooled flat six motor. That motor that has won more races than any man can count. It may not be the most powerful motor (although the twelve cylinder version made 1000+ horsepower back in the 1970's before anyone thought it was possible) but the engine is a jewel.

It's air cooled, it's dry sump, it's horizontally opposed....it's a true thoroughbred engine and it is at least 75% of the reason that Porsches are as important to the motoring world as they are today. Porsches reputation not just on the street, but on the track was earned with that engine.

The style of the 911 is neat and all, pretty maybe, but that's not why they are great. It's all about the motor.

So, replace the heart of a 911 with a transplant and you've pretty much lost the reason for owning a Porsche. You might as well brive a Corvette.

Sure you can pose away with your V8 911, no one will know the difference just by looking at it. You will also almost certainly win all the stoplight drag races if you ever find another 911 dumb enough to drag race in the first place. That is missing the point of a 911 entirely.

Anyway - it really does come down to the "if you have to ask then you won't understand" thing. I know it's a chicken **** answer - sorry.

Finally - a tune up shouldn't cost you $1500. If that's what you are paying then you're doing it wrong. You're not taking it in to the dealeship are you?!?

Originally Posted by tooloud10

Wow, let me get this straight: the Porsche owner that started the thread about how the installation of a GM engine has disgraced everything Porsche stands for owns a replica Lamborghini?

You can't make this stuff up, folks.

EDIT: Sorry, Johnnyreb, not trying to sound rude but having a difficult time biting my tongue this morning.