[VW@heart]

RarlyL8 - You can skip the stock 400 crank and ALL of the odd counterweights (toss e'm out!). Just use an extremly durable SCAT 400 stroke cast crank that comes with 350 or 400 block main journals, your choice. I have not looked in months but they used to run about $200 more than a reground stocker. SCAT's 350 stroke crank is available with a 400 blocks main bore size (thus a 377), it's the same crank in my recipe!

ks911 I heard something about fuel slosh and a piece made for it, but I was wondering how true it was and how much cornering I hade to do to make it an issue. (ks911?)
If the Edelbrock does not workout in the 911, the Holley is actually the carb all of my V8 motorhead friends keep hitting me on the head with anyway. I was thinking of eventually going to a GM TPI set w/ new aftermarket parts.

atr911: The crate engine is a good buy if its is the right combo/powerband and/or you would other wise be paying full price for all of your parts. I occasionally see crate engines still in the crate or with a few miles on them for sale. Last week an LS1 still in the crate was available locally for 3,500, probably a 340-360 true hp SS engine. For certain apps the LS1 is the greatest thing since slice bread, but I'm not sure if the added complexity/parts needed for a 911 swap would work out in comparison to an early SBC. It appears to be the ultimate all alloy V8 for the 911, along with a glass hood and Sparco seats I might drop from 2500 to 2300lbs!
I have a friend who has occasionally raced his early SBCs on weekends for years (yes around corners), his work car is 1998 LS1. When running through the gears he says it feels like his old Honda. His early SBCs have alot more hp than his 1998, but the LS1 has run respectable 12.90s, and still putt putts down the highway in 6th gear. His first big move will be steeper gears. That big group of cars running high 12s/low 13s is the same group I want to pass up and still keep my fuel efficiency.

atr911: "stop light racer"? a 914 V8 with FOUR sticky tires is a 911's worst enemy around corners. If I was more attracted to the body lines, I would have kept my 914s ( 2+2 seating would have helped my arguement with my wife).




[This message has been edited by VW@heart (edited 03-03-2001).]