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Smart quod bastardus
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Baltimore, MD, USA
Posts: 2,239
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I restored a 71 convertible about 25 years ago and built a 2017cc monster motor for it. had lots of fun in that car, people thought it was an early Porsche of some sort....probably like a 550 spider.
Great little car but not alot of fun to get body and convertible top parts for since it was expensive at the time to find Ghia stuff.
I remember the 4 speed being indestructible and ripping thru the gears with the engine spinning at 7000rpm was hilarious. First was a stump puller.
Gene Berg supplied the best hot rod pieces for the engine, dont know if he is still in business. Sunk over $2k in 1990's dollars into that air cooled engine when you could get a chevy350 to over 300hp with $300 in parts it seems.
All my buddies had 60's and 70's muscle cars but loved the thing. Not the same treatment once I sold it for my 911.
Fredmeister
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1979 930 Turbo....3.4L, 7.5to1 comp, SC cams, full bay intercooler, Rarlyl8 headers, Garret GTX turbo, 36mm ported intakes, Innovate Auxbox/LM-1, custom Manually Adjustable wastegate housing (0.8-1.1bar),--running 0.95 bar max
---"When you're racing it's life! Anything else either before or after, is just waiting"
Last edited by fredmeister; 11-14-2011 at 10:36 AM..
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