[stormcrow]

Well, I guess I'll put my .02 in again. Lets compare the v8 to the v6 porsche engine.

As I have stated in the past, the porsche engine is a complicated machine. The tolerances are much closer than those of the v8 - that is unless you have the v8 blueprinted and balanced. The porsche engine is already balanced.

Operation- you can run the hell out of a porsche engine and it will keep on going. You can't run the hell out of a v8 for very long before it starts burning oil - again, I am comparing a stock v8 against a stock v6.

I have seen many a big block engines smoke - especially those that are considered muscle cars that are being run on a daily basis. I have yet to see a porsche smoke that has been run on a daily basis. Why, because of its design.

Carburators vs fuel injection- on the v8 there isn't much to deal with. quad carberators - float - needle valves, throttle plates - vacuume hoses - idle adjustment.

On the fuel injection engine - throttle housing - auxiliary air valve - auxiliary air regulator - thermo valve - control pressure regulator - diverter valve - deceleration valve

On the v8 all those components are associated with the carburator operating properly, on the v6 all those components listed are associated with the engine operating properly. Big difference.

More parts on the v6 result in more problems - but, if you know how to deal with them, than working on the v6 is no different than working on the v8.

Costs associated with the v8 are a lot different than those associated with the v6.
The v8 parts are mass produced and cost less - the v6 parts are not a because of this, costs more.

Sopisticated differences - the v8 is pretty much a common engine and if you worked on one, you can work on another, whereas the v6 is a lot more complicated and required more technical skills to get the engine running right.

Now, I did not make the above comment to get people pi**ed - it's just a fact. There are people who want the easy road, and there are people who want a challange.

I own a 78 911 SC Targa - Never got involved with a P-engine before this. Knew nothing about it. Worked on v8 and v6, flat heads, four cylinders, etc.

It takes a lot of courage to tackle tearing down a v6 P-engine. In addition you better pay attenention and know what you are doing. On the other hand, working on a v8 is pretty straight forward, again if you worked on one, you can work on others.

As you can see based upon what I have stated that not everyone could or would want to own a P-engine or want to work on one. It's just too involved and when it does have problems, solving it is not as easy as it seems, let alone the costs associated with it.

On the other hand, if the v6 is running right, and it is taken care of, it will provide many miles of happy motoring, just like the v8, and it is more forgiving in most instances.

v8's have there place, just as the v6's have their place. We can go on, and on, and on, and on about the comparison but the bottom line is what works for you may not work for someone else.

Steve