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[Chrenan]

Well,

According to his 924Board profile, his email is at the University of Toronto, but he doesn't seem to be there anymore based on the UofT staff directory.

However, there is a Rick MacLaren teaching at Conestoga College not too far from Toronto. Maybe that is him? His homesite is:

http://www.conestogac.on.ca/~rmaclaren/index.html

You seem very angry, that's not good for your health.
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1987 951 - M193 Version for Japan

[Adie]

Yeah! I can't imagine why????
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924 zero cylinder race car,

[ICE]

people, i just read the whole topic

a £500 v8 conversion is totally plausible, but there will be a lot of things to go wrong.

i have a baja bug with a 90kw 200nm 1.8 golf motor in. The first thing that broke was the engine mounts tearing off due to the excessive torque being applied. The next thing i literally broke was the clutch, replaced with two stage copper clutch. Now i have to replace the right sideshaft after i broke it last friday nite (after trying to better my 13sec 1/4mile).

that whole conversion (rebuilt engine, radiator, water pipes, adaptor plate etc.) cost me $800. That is with a performace high revving golf engine, and totally proffesional conversion kit.

i also have a 924, itched to do a 2.5litre 20valve t4 turbo 5cyl engine transplant, but after having all of the things go wrong with the beetle, decided to keep it stock.

if you want to do a $700 v8 conversion, you go do that, but it will look, sound and perform like a $700 conversion, not a $5000 conversion.

if you really want a v8 porsche rather get a 928.

it will cost me less to sell my 924, and buy a 928, and have cash left to spend on the v8, than it will cost me to build a bastard 924 v8, that actually looks good.

people, this is a porsche, not a 68 camaro. Keep it porsche.

[Adie]

I see what you mean, I'm just into the 7th year of owning and driving mine, it now does the 200 mile round trip to work daily and the engine mounts are fine, the car doesn't overheat, the clutch is fine and if I ever run 13's again I'll put an original engine back in, seriously though, I may have not made it clear before, i dind't blow the engine up, I got it that way. I had an engine anf the conversion is much simpler than you think, hte race car is a 924 2.0 1976 that had no engine, you would have seriously brought another 2.0 engine and transmission and put it in and increased the cars value by $2, It did have a superb all black interior and an uncracked dash (the dash stayed but the interior made it's way to the classifieds). The plate was made and the engine bolted in with the machining of a new spigot bush, the sump needed shortening by 1/2 inch, I amde 26inch 1 5/8 headers in stainless and mated it to a 2 1/2 system with a flowmaster muffler. The breakers wanted £50 more for the 944 turbo transmission and torque tube with LSD than a non LSD, (the selling of the interior paid for that. The headers I had to fabricate, along with a new inlet manifold. And all is still well, if your conversion didn't work I'd look at the person trning hte wrenches, FYI not that it is any of your concern I actually got as far as fabricating a tube front for the 924 to take the 928 engine (I got a cheap 928 for this very purpose) then I realised what I was doing, the results would be an engine I couldn't aford to maintain, run or have any fun with. Then in a kindly act someone offered me a LOT of money for the 928 and the frame got sold to a fellow racer for a compleate chassis for a 928 circuit racer. So in a spate of good fortune I came out on top, I have nothing against a 928, i like them, have you driv en one, owned one, TOWED one, as a matter of fact I towed the 928 home on the back of my 944V8 with $700 performance. I am fed up of defending this type of conversion to anyone who feels they have had the same experience, especially when they have no clue of what this conversion entails. The gauntlet got thrown down when the cost of fitting the engine came to question, the actual engine/carb/exhaust were never part of the picture, I can build a screamer of a 944 turbo that could do 11 seconds, but what the hell would I do with it in the Rover V8 challange??????????? that is the group I raced with 11 second heads up racing as long as you use the ROVER V8 casting block and heads, the shell I chose to use had to be aerodynamic, have adequate brakes (or the ability of fittng some) lightweight and easy to obtain, tht left me with a Triumph TR8 ar a Porsche 924, the 924 seems to be a better all rounnd car, racing spares were available and suspension was a better package, choice was simple, if I were to try and drag race a hollowed out brick i'd have chosen a baga bug, but I had a little more class than that j/k.
There you have it me trying to defend the so called impossible, but I guess you are right, I have spent nothing on the bodywork, the front window leaks, the hatch needs a but of a wiggle to open, the wheels are quite frankly a disgrace and the paint hasn't seen polist since the day I brought it, it gets cheap oil and the lowest octane fuel I can find. I should quite rightly let it be crushed, after all as you said it's a Porsche, keep it Porsche, much rather it was a 'pure' piece of land fill rather than something a bit more interesting than most on the roads. I can't argue with that kind of logic, glad I cam back to this board, I wish I had know about the unsuscribe before I got to read another 'expert' opinion.
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924 zero cylinder race car,

[john h]

Adie,


In my view there's nothing wrong with a Rove r V8 conversion. I'm in teh process of doignthis (and have been for the apst three or so years0 however I also run a 924 Carrera GT, a 944 and I'm also building up a newer race car so the conversion gets the occassinal look about once every few months.

I'm envious that you've actually done the conversion. One day I'll have my GTS race car up and running closely followed by the Rover V8 924 and that'll be a great day as I want to beat my friends TR7 (that have been re engined with the rover.) I'm not allowed in the same series as him with the GT hence my reason for the V8 924
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Remember a Porsche is not just for Christmas,

if you take it to pieces slowly it can provide anguish all year long!

[Llamaguy]

question: has anyone put a cheap to run american V8 into a 928? I would think that the 928 would be a much easier and cheaper conversion than a 4cyl car And I would think that a 928 with a blown engine is probably pretty cheap.
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1987 924S Guards Red
1997 Suzuki Tl1000 Supersport

[ICE]

i see your point with getting the car with no engine in, i probably also would have done a transplant then (itch to put in the 3litre 944 16v).

I know 13secs is slow, and the baja is the worst body you can think of to use as a racer, but it was all that was lying around, and i did not have munny for another shell (and it only weighs 750kg with engine & full interior). The problem with my car was never the conversion(that worked perfectly, the power wnt to the wheels), it was my right foot. Everything is back to normal now.

Yes, i have driven a 928, '81 928S euro spec, and i know about the trouble they give (am actually thinking of getting one, replacing the cambelt first thing).

there is nothin wrong with building a hybrid, personally a better idea would actually have been to build the screamer 944, but that is entirely personal choice. Your car, you do with it what you want

Honestly, i would rather drive a stock 924, that looks good, and gets the attention a porsche deserves than driving a 924 with a 500hp(or whatever you get) v8, that is falling to pieces.

I would in fact rather use my "Hollowed out brick" as my daily driver than be seen in a car that rattles, leaks and never saw polish in 7years.

but each man to himself.

[ICE]

Yesterday i picked up my 1982 928S euro spec, it is a lot more stable than the 924, corners waaaay better, and has a more comfortable interior.

i am more happy with my 928 than my 924(obviously), even though the 924 with v8 will be faster, the car is just not built for it.

that is my 2cents, you do to your 924 whatever you want, but it will still be a 924 and not a 928.
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Be nice to other people, they outnumber you 6,000,000,000 to one

[Racing]

Some here don´t get it.
Shine...will never replace attitude.

A REAL man...measures in yards,mark with chalk...and work with the torch..
Screw stock!!