Originally Posted by The Radium King (Post 274899)

i've often thought about building a poor man's yellowbird. it's 'just' a modified 964 (currently second cheapest of the 911's after the 996). you could do all the standard lightening mods (seats, RS carpet and door cards, sound insulation, lexan, etc.) safety mods (cage, harness, etc.) suspension (964 already has coil-overs) and brakes easily enough, and can buy knock-off ruf front bumpers, etc., everywhere (note the yellowbird didn't have flares to reduce aerodynamic drag and maximise top speed).

regarding the engine, i am of the understanding there were two versions; a ctr 1 and ctr 2. one had a completely built engine, but the other was built on a stock engine. this is cool, as the higher compression of a n/a engine gives you more lower rpm torque and smooths-out the lag from a big turbo(s). i think they tucked the intercoolers in the rear wheel wells like the 959. anyways, there's lots of threads on the pelican turbo forum on how to turbo a n/a aircooled engine on the cheap, so do-able.

Originally Posted by Ghostrider 310 (Post 274898)

If I said I'd rather buy a condo I guess you wouldn't get that either.....

Originally Posted by The Radium King (Post 274902)

ok, and makes sense as the 911 chassis is fundamentally lighter than the 964 (no transmission tunnel for the awd). that also helps with my vague remembrance that the stock engine ruf turbo'd was a 3.2, but again i was being lazy and didn't refresh my memory (uhh ... wiki is still down, right ...?). personally, i find the 964 (and ruf) body style (bumpers) 'heavy' and would rather start with a pre-89 base car. in fact, one of my dream cars is a 3.2 carrera with the wide body option, sunroof delete and turbo charger with mild boost - what a car!!!

Originally Posted by blue2000s (Post 274901)

Deflection. That's fine with me.

Originally Posted by Ghostrider 310 (Post 274910)

Nope, wrong again, I simply don't like the car, I'd rather have the 911T back my brother owned in the seventies. However, that body style is played and again at that price you might be able to get a GT Street RS, much cooler ride IMO. Given that neither are in my shopping range it's moot, I truly would buy a Boxster and a house in Florida on the beach first...

Originally Posted by Johnny Danger (Post 274914)

or

The Dangermobile

Originally Posted by blue2000s (Post 274916)

Would you take payments?

Originally Posted by The Radium King (Post 274915)

begs the question: how much canned food can you fit in the trunk of the Dangermobile vs a Scuderia vs a condo in Florida? Do condos have trunks?

Originally Posted by Johnny Danger (Post 274914)

So now we have as opportunity cost:

458
or
Scuderia
or
Condo
or
911T
or
GT Street RS (maybe this is a GT3 RS?)
or
Boxster and a house in Florida



or

The Dangermobile

Originally Posted by Ghostrider 310 (Post 274931)

You guys bored?

Originally Posted by blue2000s (Post 274888)

The driving experience would be so different from a 996 GT2, you wouldn't even think they were related cars. 600 pound weight
Caterham Vs Porsche GT2 - Nurburgring '09 - YouTube

Originally Posted by DenverSteve (Post 274946)

If that "driving experience" would be worth that price to you, then that's great. If I wanted a different driving experience, i would simply sell my 986 and buy it. For $279,000 I can buy over a dozen cars I would rather have than an old Porsche. I would certainly opt for a 1969 Ferrari Daytona over that P. I would opt for that "driving experience" . To each man his own preference. ;). And again, I would opt for a much newer twin turbo if I wanted to feel G's. Otherwise, I would drop a TT in my Boxster for 1/10th the price and have "the" driving experience.