Kickbutt Street/Compeditive Track/Canyon Road Dream Car!

[Mysticle31]

And you could have bought a 911 with all that?

[Mysticle31]

and if you could define short haul? Is your engine type 1 or 4?

[NO_H2O]

Mine is a type 1 engine, I have a good bit of money in the paint/body, I do show the car. I didn't list some of the stuff that that I have done. Paint like mine would run $5k+, an engine like mine would run you $5k, Then figure the car itself as a platform, Porsche C2 wheels aint cheap, All new interior/rubber, C/F running boards, Seats from a 2003 Celica GTS, audio system, mine was a ground-up restoration some everthing has be done.
Yep,I figure 15K would buy a nice 911. A friend of mine bought a sweet unmolested 76 911S for less than 8K shipped from Cali. to GA.

[Mysticle31]

5K engine.. that's a pricy sucker. What have you done suspension wise?

[NO_H2O]

I don't have 5K in the engine, but if I had to have someone build it again it would be 5K+.
I have TopLine MaxxStruts, urethane bushings, Sway-A-Way bar in the rear, A machinest friend is building my strut brace and cup brace, and I still need to do a 7/8" sway bar in front.
I would like to do one without high end paint/restoration and use fiberglass fenders 944 arms/brakes, 2L type 4 for a daily driver/track car. Stip everything. That would be much cheaper. Maybe one day.

[Mysticle31]

less the high end paint and frame off doesn't seem that expensive is it?

As I read in "The Perfect suspension" Is it true that the early 911 Had the same handling characteristics and weight dist. as the super beetle? How do I go about extracting the most handling potential out of this car? (less tubular frame) Nice extra Firm ride prefered!

Without lowering the front of the car. Lowering a macpherson strut suspension is bad for handling becouse it thows off the roll center (the roll center drops faster then the cg) Or if theres away to maintain that geomitry that I am not fimilier with. (Idealy the control arms should be.. say .5 inch higer on the inside then the outside depending on spring rate)

[Supa Ninja]

I've had my 1302 for 14 years now, and from day one i've been trying to get to go fast. Growing/living in the hills I've really learned to appreciate the twisties. Who in their right mind would dump, lets say $10,000-$30,000+ on a Volkswagen Bug. Now since the German Look is starting to take off and the obvious potential of these cars is finally becoming known by the VW community and not by the rest of the automotive industry that will make for a lot of fun times for us when we finally get our machines on the street.
What I'm tring to say is that we are all very sick in the head but we all have same sickness. A vision of a Volkswagen tearing some of the best cars in road race like conditions. Back in the late sixties vw's were smashing GTO's and other 8's in the quarters but that was then, and now its the corners. And we got to be on the cutting edge to keep up with these new cars that are coming out, they keep on getting faster and faster, so we gotta do the same. It's just evolution of a old design.

[NO_H2O]

If you skip the 5K paint, the new rubber everywere, Powdercoating stuff, wet-sanding and buffing, new interior, etc. You will drop the price of you car alot. Just find a good car, a donor 944 T or S in a junk yard to get your goodies from, a 2L 914 engine, trow a nice cam/lifters, exhaust, upright shroud, etc. at it, some fiberglass fenders(used would be better) and a cheap paint job. strip everything off it less a good drivers seat, guages, pedels. You would have a good street/track/driver car.

[gerson]

my perfect car would be, full tube chassis, complete 996 porsche front and rear suspension, 996 porsche 6 speed tranny, a big horsepower WRX motor, with an early notchback body over the whole thing..........

[wrenchnride247]

Originally Posted by gerson

my perfect car would be, full tube chassis, complete 996 porsche front and rear suspension, 996 porsche 6 speed tranny, a big horsepower WRX motor, with an early notchback body over the whole thing..........

The "funky green panels" man wanting to convert air cooled to water cooled??? I know, I know... because you can