Motor and Tranny came out today. Did a compression and leak down test on the old 3.2 Results:

3 170 4%
2 174 5%
1 170 7%
6 168 5%
5 170 6%
4 170 7%

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Engine is all clean, tranny almost ready... The engine bay is almost ready. Still have to remove the oil tank, lines and oil cooler/fan. Other then that just waiting on the RH Kit. Another week or two.http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1285211000.jpg
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The engine compartment is detailed. A little undercoating on the firewall to cover up some of the glue from the old sound mat. Should have my RH kit soon...

My RH parts came today! Its been almost 2 months but worth the wait.http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1286841567.jpg
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I like it. Keep it up.

Never mind the nay-sayers. It's your car. Create what you want.

As a reminder, the Cobra and GT40 were both English cars that became what they did after some enterprising individuals stuffed American V8 power under the hood.

I, for one, REALLY REALLY LIKE(D) MY COBRA AND GT40...either of them will kick the crap out of most Porsches on the track. And, this coming from a guy with 5-6 of them at the moment.

OK, I'm no purest. But come on guys, lay off.

So what did you order from Renegade? A complete kit or only select parts?

Back in the 60s and 70s my dad was putting Chevys in a Ferraris, the cars wernt worth much and neither are these. Cars are all about the personal experience so do to it whatever makes you enjoy it the most!

Vandit, a complete kit from RH. You don't only get a kit but all of their experience. Steve is great with emails - doesn't leave anything out. I'm certainly not planning to sell my 89. Its about having a fun, drivable toy. If all goes as planned the ls1 and G50 will be back in the car on Monday or soon after...

Good point the Cobra and GT40 English cars with US V8's, along with the MGB V8, most TVR's, Morgans, Land Rover, Range Rover

I have a LS1 and a small block conversion. Talk to Scott at Renegade. Its is Las Vegas ( not Cali ) like someone said earlier in the thread. I will be doing a LS9 into my 935 clone down the road and will get the parts from Renegade, that will be my third converted car. Aside from parts they have the know how and have a answer for most any techincal question or problem that might come up.

thanks! I've been talking with Steve at Renegade Hybrid. He has been great as stated above.

This is way of my league friends. I just want a nice and conservative 911 SC to drive around with my 4 year old son and once in a while stick the pedal to the ground. I just bought mine after driving around for months in my Toyota Corolla with a baby seat in the back. Yes I am 41 and haven’t started to use Rogaine. But that is besides the point.

My wife drives the minivan and some how I worked my way up into purchasing a 911sc out of Florida. OK call it impulse. Well in deed I did what normally many people will never suggest and that is to buy a car over the phone.

The car is absolutely amazing. OK it needs some work. But nevertheless, it’s a Porsche 911 sc and is mine. It took me one day to figure out everything that I want to do with the car and it started with new rubbers and a fresh paint job.

I hope to enjoy this 911 sc for a long time. I also hope that your LS1 conversion project goes well.

i hope to swing by Renegade Hybrid as ill be in Vegas in a week. did they say why u had to wait so long for your parts?

Wish I could see their shop! I added the clutch kit towards the end and that added the time. I think they say 4 to 6 weeks on average. I also had the G50 so perhaps that wasn't as common.

Nice work!

Check out my big thread too when you get some time. I'm getting ready to fabricate my engine cradle.

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Look at that clearance! Going to shave some threads tomorrow!

Looks great!

ordered the ls conversion kit from RH yesterday!

mbaran, I've been following your build. Great work! I've been getting a lot of help from a friend/mechanic. He put the engine in today. We have to drop it again tomorrow. Those 90 fittings are about 1/16 away from hitting metal. Just worried that there could be some movement with the torque or a big bump. Just to be safe we are going to shave 2 threads off of 2 of the 90's. Lin, which car are you putting it in? The 78 930? I have yet to cut anything out of my car. I've removed a lot of things but no holes and no cuts. Haven't heard back from Shanghi Todd regarding his cooling. I'm hoping mine will work also. I have an extra turbo lid to place the radiator in/on. We shall see... The experts at Ron Davis Radiators say it should work without a problem. They recommended about 416 sq inches of radiator. We shall see. I'm going to start wiring this week. After that I will work on the cooling.

Do they bottom out, or are they tapered? If they're tapered, even if you cut threads, they still wont install deeper. NPT fittings are usually tapered to seal.

Both the fitting and the block are tapered. We ran this by Steve at Renegade and although it seems like it will still stick out the same my understanding (after discusing this) is that it should thread in a bit more? Now I'm confused... The alternative was to hammer in the back wall a tiny bit. Didn't want to do that.

yes, it will be the 930...after deliberating over this for the past few weeks. plans are for a modified LS7 from Mast motorsports with their engine controller, modified fuel delivery system using the dead headed Z06 fuel filter regulator.and planning on using Livorsi gauges with info from the ecu so that i do not need to add seperate sensors for the porsche gauges. they have a matching GPS speedometer. the 930 is already lightened from previous efforts although i recently did install an original interior and sport seats. i even bought a proper radio for the car. i will have the intake reversed..a composite fast 90 mm .... i will extend the air cleaner into the rear seat area properly enclosed and fed air through naca ducts in the quarter windows. i already have a very nice ducktail with metal base and will most likely run this on the car. i expect this combination to give me an exciting street ride with good power and looks. the LS engine should be at least 75 pounds lighter than the turbo engine, so i would expect balance to be just a bit better. oh, i am thinking that i will have the water outlets redrilled and weld in aluminum elbows to avoid that really tight spot at the rear of the engine compartment. i will use the radiator up front and i will cut and reweld my gas tank.

cutting a couple of threads off the fitting worked like a charm. The alum. housing is tapered also. The gap is about a 1/4". No worries now.

Awesome. I can't wait to get moving on my project again, just a little more time required on mine since I didn't go with the RH kit.

I'm not sure what you're talking about "want to go fast and win", it seems Porsche has done that pretty well, won more races than chevy except in quarter miles. To each his own, but to want to install a chevy engine in a Porsche for the sake of "going faster AND win", then you probably did not do your homework well.

Well, the clearence is much better as you can see. The water adapter plate/fittings/90's fit much better. Just had to cut 2 threads off of the plastic 90. It was tapered and so was the alum block so it work perfectely. The motor is in. Nothing has been cut so far and I really don't expect to. As long as the radiator fits in the turbo lid or on the turbo lid this will be a completely uncut vehicle. Its a swap and completely reversible but don't count on that ever happening.

Tomorrow I will start with the electric harness and computer and then ship the car off to the muffler guy to put on/bend a stainless exhaust and mufflers. When that is all done I will start the radiator/cooling in the rear. I will eventually be looking for a turbo wing or dP935 wing in case anyone has one on the east coast...

The engine is all in! John did a great job at his shop! Thanks! Holding off on the wiring today. The car is headed to a mechanic to do the stainless exhaust. Anyone have any pointers on the rear mounted radiator? The air intake will be in the rear quarter/fender so no hot air will hit it.

Quite a bit of space!

The turbo lid is on. Now I have to find a turbo wing. Anyone have one on the east coast or a dp935 wing or something with a large area inside for a radiator in the rear...

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Will this wing work on my 89. Guy says its from a 87 widebody. Seems like the right dimension. The hing area looks right but the latch area looks like it goes in. I need a flat area to bolt my latch on, correct? Is this missing an adapter? Take a look and let me know... Thanks!


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Here is a another view of the wing. I'm on my 4th radiator mock up and I think I'm ready to order it. I will wait for the wing just to make sure it fits but my mock ups are shown in foam. The radiator with probably be 29" by 14" with 2 fans. The radiator will be 4" total with shroud (1" space between radiator and shroud) The fans will cause a tapered depth from the shroud and edge of the radiator starting at about 1" and going to a 4 1/2 inch diameter motor in the center of each fan rising 2 1/2" to a final depth at the fan motors of 6 1/2". As long as it fits it will work!


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