[VW@heart]

All good replies to my posting, and on a positive note:
When I stated I want to keep it 80% stock, I was talking specifically about the appearance of the body, to include not cutting the fender lips off. I do not want a 911 that is all cut up and I can't put it back together at a later date.

"My 1970 911 looks great in the wet sanded & buffed gloss black (tan interior), I hope to keep it looking 80% stock. It will stay de-chromed, with a few stock chrome scripts etc. (911T). I want it to look stock, but I am planning on some sort of smooth fiberglass one piece rear bumper."

Concerning why I bought a 911, I love the overall design and handling characteristics of a rear engine cars; I like the history and designs used by Porsche; I adore most of the quirks (driving in the snow is great); everything inside the interior is quality and well designed, maybe most of all, the 911 body style is very beautiful. I can not say all that about any other car.

I'm sorry am unable to locate another affordable beautiful rear engined 2+2 that is built with quality parts and was originally a driving/racing machine from the factory. The 911 is is the car to drive.

"What upsets me (and i'm sure most p-car car owners opposed to this conversion) is that you are using the Porsche for superficial reasons and not really respecting the car for it finer points. You said this yourself, you like the styling of the 911. Surely there are lighter, stiffer chassis out there that you could use your chev engine in."

As far as cooling/overheating problems, that is recitfied with the technical help of friends, done right the cooling system will not leak nor overheat. This thread is about a yellow 911 that does not have either of those problems. Percentage wise my air-cooled engines have more cooling ecentricities than my watercooled engines. Maybe thats just me?

Concerning LS1 output, its interesting to note, I have a friend that dyno'd his SS Camaro it 315hp at the rear tire. After doing the math that shows Chevy is under rating thier LS1s. After he opened the exhaust and reduced pulley drag, his top speed in the quarter mile figures out to 365 hp. Thats on pump gas, with good highway mileage, and not even going into anything about the LS1 or LS6 in the Vettes.


[This message has been edited by VW@heart (edited 02-24-2001).]