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Originally posted by flangermog
My point was that the car is not designed for a V8 so if you want to keep the handling you're gonna have to balance that V8 by sticking a whole load of extra weight in the back. Calculating and adjusting suspension geometry, not to mention adjustments to the transmission and chassis strengthening to cope with the extra weight and power.
Now if you want to spend bucket loads of $$$s doing that then thats up to you of course, but I see it as a huge waste of time, money and effort when you consider that Porsche have already done this.
Go buy a 928! [/B]
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...I can't help but wonder how those who haven't done a conversion of this type can possibly be so much more well informed than those of us who have. All of your concerns are internet myth, perpetuated by people that aren't smart enough to realize that this conversion can be done successfully using the right combination of parts and much forethought. I get the impression that you think you're talking with a V8 wannabe; that's not the case. My car is completed, handles well, runs cool, goes like stink and I have only slightly more money in it than a really nice 951 goes for....plus I don't have to motor down the road waiting for the timing belt to take a dump or #2 rod to poke itself out.
I've recently had this car to two local PCA events and received nothing but enthusiastic, positive comments both times and I was astounded when two members asked me if I'd consider doing a conversion on their cars.
There is in excess of 150 V8/944 cars out there, and many of the owners are online. The difference between them and myself is that they're happy reading all of the provided misinformation and laughing their asses off without replying; whereas I just can't help jumping into the fray.
My project is hardly "a huge waste of time, money and effort"....just as Carroll Shelby's wasn't when he installed a 289 in an AC car. To me, a huge waste of time, money and effort is the typical 944/951 scenario where a person buys a car, and after two years or so of paying for routine maintenance and repairs notices he's got a 10k car that he can't sell for 6.
Doug