Not that long ago (1988), I bought a very ragged out Porsche 912 (looks like a
911 but powered with a flat four). I dropped in a cammed up corvair which had
been converted to a small Holley 4bbl. I used a VW transporter tranny, and 14"
olds ralley wheels, which gave it a much wider stance on much shorter tires.
Acceleration was absolutely phenominal, and the sound was beyond description. I
can only guess, based on other cars I've driven - -0-60 in under 4. It was
faster than my buddy's Kawasaki 1000 on bottom end. I bought a bunch of those
after market panels, widened the rear fenders, made a custom air dam, put a
spoiler on the rear deck, painted teh car white and did a hand lettering
"Carrera" in dark blue along each rocker panel. Because of the red line on the
motor (whatever it was??), the transporter gears, and the shorter 14" tires,
top speed was probably around 75 mph. But getting there - - wheeeew! My sons
bring that car up in conversation every time they come visit.
Dick J in East Texas
Don't know if any of you remember the California Bill, Chevrolet hop up
speed publications. He moved to Palo Alto, CA and ended up buying a Porsche
Speedster. Loved the car but hated the fact that it was so underpowered so
he removed the Porsche engine and installed a much modified Corvair
powerplant. A friend looked at it with the intention of buying it and took
me along for a ride. It rivaled the Corvettes of 1968 in acceleration and
we shut down a couple of Olds 442"s.
Wes
---------------------------------
Do you Yahoo!?
Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now
/// unsubscribe/change address requests to majordomo@autox.team.net or try
/// http://www.team.net/mailman/listinfo
/// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive/land-speed
/// what is needed. It isn't that difficult, folks.
|