Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2002 13:18:48 +1200
Reply-To: Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
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From: Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject: Re: Anyone running a Porsche 6?
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Hi TJ
I'm sure another listee with a BenT for 911s will comment...
Aircooled 911 engines were simple enough, and I'm not by any means
saying all or even most are at all bad! I love 911s myself, though
I've never had the opportunity to drive one. Certainly you hear again
and again that the 911 is the world's best and most practical
sportscar... though I bet the Honda NSX is better in most regards,
looked at objectively, with no bias.
I have heard from more than one source that the 2.7 was troublesome.
This doesn't mean that every example will give trouble, but the
possibility is always there... generally 911s have an excellent
(unofficial) reliability record. Of course, the old Honda CB450 Twin
get a horrible reputation for unreliability, based on ONE batch
fitted with with unhardened crankpins... but this was utterly
undeserved (I regularly took mine to over 14000rpm, and mine was OLD
(1971) and thrashed when I got it, and it never missed a beat). So
I'm willing to be convinced that 911s were NEVER unreliable! No real
bias here.
And the 915 and later trans are great, I believe... hence my purchase
of a 930 Turbo G50 for my SVX conversion.
I have real trouble imagining a stock 2.7 doing a sub14 quarter...
you sure it was stock?
Personally, I'd go for a 3.0 if I could afford one... a bigger
(later) car would be beyond my dreams.
For a VW conversion, certainly tn aircooled 911 is the way to go for
an older van (Split or Bay). Any Vanagon would be better off with a
watercooled; the aircooled Vanagons are easy to fit a water cooling
sysytem into, as they were designed for it from the start.
The 3.3 Subaru SVX production stopped at 24000 cars, 14000 of which
were sold in USA (despite some US websites saying 14000 were made).
So they are pretty exclusive. A lot of engines come into this country
from wrecks in Japan... used for jetboat racing and light aircraft.
--
Andrew Grebneff
165 Evans St, Dunedin 9001, New Zealand
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut
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