Originally Posted by Henry Schmidt (Post 12479297)

Buy a Corvette
Air-cooled Porsche are about the "cool factor". I've been build these little dream cars for 40 years and every costumer has his/her priorities but dull generally isn't one of them.
Anyone can built "driveable" just like anyone can paint their living-room Navajo White.
This post is about building something special.

I just built a 3.9 engine with a standard upgrade of 993 SS cams and the engine ran great but crazy boring. John @ Dougherty Cams made us a 43X /109 and the engine came to life in it's 87 back dated RS. Incredibly flat torque curve and steady horse power all the way to seven grand. The cams would generally be considered too aggressive and the end result is WOW!.
Super Sport cams are "driveable" and 43X is WOW!

Originally Posted by chucksmith (Post 12479526)

so fuel injected Porsches are not cool? Ive seen plenty that would dispute that.

Originally Posted by Neil Harvey (Post 12479472)

Henry,

Great idea. There needs to be more of this too. The more the better.

However, it's pretty hard to build something with off the shelf parts that has not been done already.
If you are to build an engine, small displacement and work on increasing the HP/L. The smaller engines have a lot of room for improvement.

My "finger in the air" told me more new parts for these old engines was wanted. The cost although important, a higher cost was accepted today more than yesterday.

More new parts that everyone can buy is my advice. You already have something, the camshaft you mentioned. Build upon that and come up with more new parts.

Originally Posted by Henry Schmidt (Post 12479579)

Do you have any idea how condescending that sounds?
"Buy new parts" Oh, OK
I don't need your advise about how to build air-cooled Porsche engines.
This thread was about "what built formula" would be cool so I could build it on the forum and auction it when it's complete.

Originally Posted by Neil Harvey (Post 12479591)

You took this completely the wrong way. I was supporting your endeavor. Never gave any advice on building an engine either. Nor did I suggest you buy new parts. Rather I was suggesting creating more new parts. Not sure what you read or how.

You asked for suggestions and I gave mine without any sort of wrong intention. Merely suggested that maybe consider looking at creating new parts for customers. Even said you had a new Camshaft that was successful, so build on that and offer more.

However you read my post I cannot control that. Good luck with what you are going to do. I wish you the best,

Originally Posted by Henry Schmidt (Post 12479576)

What are you on about? I never said Fuel injection isn't cool. In fact I may have built some of the coolest FI porsches on the road today.
What I said was driveability over "cool factor" is counter-intuitive.

Originally Posted by chucksmith (Post 12479629)

I am not on about anything. A funny thing happens when you ask a forum for opinions. You get them. Why not just tell us what you want to build and move on.

Originally Posted by Old H2S (Post 12479860)

Well after 400 engine builds you have done every internal trick and combo, so that leaves the outside sub systems to customize. Fuel, air, ignition, cooling, exhaust. How about a Vortech blower mounted where the AC compressor was.

Originally Posted by Old H2S (Post 12479866)

How about spinning the fan faster and bleeding some flow to make a low pressure blower.

Originally Posted by Dpmulvan (Post 12479909)

6 more cylinders.

Originally Posted by jac1976 (Post 12480106)

What seemingly started off as a genuine open discussion seems to have been a thinly veiled attempt to start fights.