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Originally Posted by mrm930
Okay - Is it just me or is putting a chevy engine in a Porsche just freakin wrong. I don't get it. Part of the allure for me are the tweaks that you have to do - you have to understand at least the basics of an opposing 6 motor. A V8 - major water cooled - heavy motor is not anywhere in my wish list. However there are several posts and threads here showing the conversions. I read them a-little then - scratch my head and move on.
Okay, is it just me?
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It's usually a function of dollars per horsepower
No cheaper horsepower than a small block Chev
And the all-aluminum LS small blocks produced for the last dozen years are lighter than the Porsche flat six, even adding the radiator and coolant.
The 505hp 7.0L LS7/Z06 motor weighs under 400lbs complete. What does a 930 motor weigh? Oh, more than 500lbs? Okay. And how much does it cost to build a 930 motor that makes 500hp? Oh, really? That much? Okay.
There have been sooooo many threads hashing over this, if you're truly interested do a search
Otherwise, it's just different strokes for different folks
To each their own