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Old 07-17-2009, 11:18 PM   #19
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Woooo

Nice turnout.

I feel bad for those who are interested in such things as silk purses and sold out shelby!

Anyway, thanks for the feedback about the larger displacement engine. How close is the sizing on this? I know that VW's VR6 engines had the same size block in the 2.8 and 2.9L models, but how close can these larger ones be? Keep in mind that this car weighs pretty close to nothing and it does need to stay on the road, so I'm not looking for insane power. Before I decided on this flat 6 route I had almost purchased an old 928 with an 8 cylinder engine just to be unreasonable. Then I decided smaller is better.

Another thing I was worried about with the larger engines is, it needs to be MR and not RR to preserve handling, and I need to keep the engine in front of the rear axle but behind the firewall.

The most expensive part of this (sadly) is purchasing the Porsche parts for it. The body modifications and the installation of the motor should come out to be well less than the price of the engine and transmission. I am drawing up all the plans for the modifications to the frame on AutoCAD 2009, which should make things reasonably precise. I know I should buy the engine and tranny I need first so...

What engine do you feel I should use?
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