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Old May 14, 2007 | 12:05 PM
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I'm just curious what people think of this.
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Old May 14, 2007 | 12:12 PM
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seen a couple old school SBC 944s.

And why not, their factory engines leave much to be desired as far as dollar per HP and available aftermarket.
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Old May 14, 2007 | 12:13 PM
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i think it would be awesome...porsche diehards might hate you for it but who cares...shouldnt be too hard either. You'll just have to either find a 86 or later turbo car or get all of the turbo car drivetrain. Even then it may or may not take the power. But it should be ok.
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Old May 14, 2007 | 12:24 PM
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I had an '86 1/2 (non turbo) 944 for a brief time a few years back, stole it for only $1000.00 (car ran ok too) and even considered an LS1 swap for a second or two but I can't do that kind of work myself so I sold it for $3900.00. Sold the extra glass top that it came with separately for $650.00 as well.
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Old May 14, 2007 | 12:30 PM
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might be cool. my friend has a 86 944T with a fair amount of mods from a company called lindsay racing. it pulls all over my other friends modded and charged c5. beautiful car too.
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Old May 14, 2007 | 12:48 PM
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I saw a 944 with a LT1 run at the drag strip a while back. Its a cool idea for sure.
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Old May 14, 2007 | 12:50 PM
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I have seen one also, I bought some parts from him and he was just about done with the swap.. it was a good fit and looked clean.. He also had it Calif smog legal.. !
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I have seen a 944 with LT1, a LS1 would be more then feasible, as for Porsche owners, who cares what they think, they think the 944 is the crappy intro base model to Porsches anyways.
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Old May 14, 2007 | 02:09 PM
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http://www.porschehybrids.com/ has more on the swap.

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I have seen a 944 with LT1, a LS1 would be more then feasible, as for Porsche owners, who cares what they think, they think the 944 is the crappy intro base model to Porsches anyways.
Did you get the swap parts from Renegade?
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Old May 14, 2007 | 02:44 PM
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Old May 14, 2007 | 06:14 PM
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I Think it would be cool.

What do the 944's typically weigh?
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Old May 14, 2007 | 06:28 PM
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They are around 2900 lbs, but you can still remove weight on them.

Do it, I had a 951 all done up, those engines are the most unreliable things I have ever seen in my life, especially when you start getting over 400whp(I know a few people who had engines blow less than 1000 miles post mod). They really were Porsche's "cheap introduction car." and it shows in the drivetrain.
The chassis is pretty bitchin' tho, as are the looks (timeless and simple).
I ran across some thread somewhere on the world wide wibble, where someone is grafting a C5 transaxle on back. How I often would dream of that combo... if only I had the time, and since Quaife finally came out with a lsd for the c5... man... talk about a track monster potential.

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Old May 14, 2007 | 08:20 PM
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It's an incredible swap. Supercar performance without the price tag!
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Old May 14, 2007 | 08:37 PM
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Porsche.. the expensive Volks Wagon.
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Old May 14, 2007 | 09:02 PM
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my buddies has been very reliable. 198k on the car 112k on the motor seeing high boost for many miles. it's very close to the 400rwhp+ marker.
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