did you guys read the $20K showdown in Excellence?

[Brucelee]

BTW- always a big fan of the 968. You have to love the power they got out of that old 4 cylinder motor.

[horizontally-opposed]

Originally Posted by Brucelee

BTW- always a big fan of the 968. You have to love the power they got out of that old 4 cylinder motor.

Oh, and I, too, have always been a big fan of 968s, and still am -- partly for the same reason and partly because I've always liked the "other" Porsches quite a bit.

911s are great, but I like the alternative thinking and creativity Weissach engineers seemed to exercise in the other models. It's the 928 that gave us the Weissach axle and the 968 that gave us VarioCam and the 986 that gave us the new face of Porsche for the 21st century...one that was then adapted to the, you guessed it, 911.

pete

[Brucelee]

Originally Posted by horizontally-opposed

Oh, and I, too, have always been a big fan of 968s, and still am -- partly for the same reason and partly because I've always liked the "other" Porsches quite a bit.

911s are great, but I like the alternative thinking and creativity Weissach engineers seemed to exercise in the other models. It's the 928 that gave us the Weissach axle and the 968 that gave us VarioCam and the 986 that gave us the new face of Porsche for the 21st century...one that was then adapted to the, you guessed it, 911.

pete

I still keep my eyes peeled for a value priced 968 coupe. The guys at renegade hybrids make a LS1 kit that I am itching to try in a 968.

[horizontally-opposed]

Originally Posted by Brucelee

I still keep my eyes peeled for a value priced 968 coupe. The guys at renegade hybrids make a LS1 kit that I am itching to try in a 968.

Am sitting on an article on exactly this right now...

Man, are the purists going to be PISSED!

pete

[Franco]

Hey Pete, nice article and IMHO you are a classy guy for turning this thread around.

On another note I don't know WTFIGOH in this Forum there is way too much animosity, please cool off with a nice cold Beer Guys.

[Brucelee]

Originally Posted by horizontally-opposed

Am sitting on an article on exactly this right now...

Man, are the purists going to be PISSED!

pete

I agree, but can you imagine this bad boy with 400 hp, 400 lbs of torque?

[pecivil]

I will tell you what,
There is a shop in Az called Powerhaus. They do crazy stuff to 944's and 968.
They turn a stock 968 into a Turbo S 968 on roids. It makes 500hp TO THE WHEELS. It is crazy. Check it out.
http://www.powerhaus.com/

[blue2000s]

Pete,

I just read through the magazine. It really is a great issue!

The Boxster in the $20k article looks like it's wheels are sticking out pretty far but there's no spacers mentioned in the article. Is the offset of the wheels setting them farther out or did that Boxster have spacers? If so, what were the thickness?