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Originally posted by masraum
There's an amazingly long thread on this board on the hybrid cars. Believe it or not, consensus seems to be that a SBC is close to the same weight as a 930 engine. Especially when many of them these days have aluminum heads and intakes.
Yep. Once you add the radiator into the mix, your about the same weight-wise--though you have pushed some of the weight to the front of the car.

The aluminum SBCs are still lighter and smaller than all of the 944 engines, which is really amazing if you think about it.
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