honda, truly poor-mans porsche?
08-05-2004, 11:00 PM
#31
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Re:honda, truly poor-mans porsche?
so did you have your stroker internally balanced?? Man that must have been some serious money you paid there 
Yeah I'm familiar with how the water pump setup goes and how they say the ls1 motors can't be used within the 911 (save those for a 944 project).
I didn't know about the oil pan issues.. using a nova pan would make the most sense seeing the way they set. I wondered about the muffler setup as well, thinking that pipes would have to loop around somewhere then somehow get a cherry bomb type mufflers.. I'll have to look into that more since I want a complete free flowing exhaust. Man it would suck to have to incorporate catalytic converters into that design.
I heard that the sbc with aluminum heads makes the weigh ratio pretty close. That sucks that your tranny was a real dog legger.. Something limited slip would be nice, then again with the boost most of the power would be made at the top end.
Ya know I can always completely remove the rear seat and extend the sheet metal out some.. but I guess only the transaxle is pretty much behind the rear seat. I would have to make room for a heat exchange and all the boxes anyways.
Did you keep the spare tire where it was at? I know you have to cut a good sized whole in the front to help flow the radiator.
Yeah I'm familiar with how the water pump setup goes and how they say the ls1 motors can't be used within the 911 (save those for a 944 project).
I didn't know about the oil pan issues.. using a nova pan would make the most sense seeing the way they set. I wondered about the muffler setup as well, thinking that pipes would have to loop around somewhere then somehow get a cherry bomb type mufflers.. I'll have to look into that more since I want a complete free flowing exhaust. Man it would suck to have to incorporate catalytic converters into that design.
I heard that the sbc with aluminum heads makes the weigh ratio pretty close. That sucks that your tranny was a real dog legger.. Something limited slip would be nice, then again with the boost most of the power would be made at the top end.
Ya know I can always completely remove the rear seat and extend the sheet metal out some.. but I guess only the transaxle is pretty much behind the rear seat. I would have to make room for a heat exchange and all the boxes anyways.
Did you keep the spare tire where it was at? I know you have to cut a good sized whole in the front to help flow the radiator.
08-05-2004, 11:44 PM
#32
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Re:honda, truly poor-mans porsche?
I had no spare tire, it sits on the gas tank a bit and you weld that part up. You could probabaly get a small one in there, It was fully balanced internals with malarey metal pressed into the crank, and some dimples drilled into the flywheel. I would have been better to buy a scat crank instead of converting a 400. You cut the whole nose piece out behind the bumper 2 1/2 feet by 10 inchs? They say to use the stock oil pan but it didn't make sence to me. Cats would suck bad!! If you run block hugger headers you could get a couple of bottles on there and strait out the back. If you went to twin turbos and the down pipes were facing foward and looped around you would have room.
08-05-2004, 11:55 PM
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Re:honda, truly poor-mans porsche?
Originally Posted by AbaZ
Originally Posted by quadnie
okay, so Jeff has a fast car.. but can your rex handle like a porsche?? Does it stop like a porsche?
Don't get me wrong porsches are nice cars, but again they fall in the class of "shitty cars to work on" just like domestics. I hate working on European cars, parts are way over priced, to many special tools to own to work on them.
08-06-2004, 12:29 AM
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Re:honda, truly poor-mans porsche?
Originally Posted by onyx
Originally Posted by AbaZ
Originally Posted by quadnie
okay, so Jeff has a fast car.. but can your rex handle like a porsche?? Does it stop like a porsche?
Don't get me wrong porsches are nice cars, but again they fall in the class of "shitty cars to work on" just like domestics. I hate working on European cars, parts are way over priced, to many special tools to own to work on them.
08-06-2004, 01:34 AM
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Re:honda, truly poor-mans porsche?
I agree, ---- working on an LS1.. that just looks like a bitch. Hey onyx, my '86 looks pretty damn stripped down on the inside, it's about as simple as anything below '76.. I took off all that emissions and computer bullshit, went straight up hot rod.. the rest of the truck is as simple as cad racers (minus the turbo and add the 4x4 features).
I wasn't planning on running cats with the porsche, no emissions in arkansas.. but if I were to ever sell it then I would have to consider a cat setup, or at least make the buyer aware that it could be cat-able. But the beauty of a 74-75 is no cars from that era had them installed. I will pick up any year 74-89 as long as the price is right. I've seen them go in rough shape for under $200.
Recently on ebay I saw a '75 with a primered unfishished C4 strosek kit (with the tiny euro lights that I like) with some rice looking ---- on the inside (APC or whatever race seats, rice shifter and stupid stereo). Stock 2.7 (that was leaking oil) and chrome twist wheels go for 15k and that was needing lots of work to complete.
How much did you get as your final price?
I wasn't planning on running cats with the porsche, no emissions in arkansas.. but if I were to ever sell it then I would have to consider a cat setup, or at least make the buyer aware that it could be cat-able. But the beauty of a 74-75 is no cars from that era had them installed. I will pick up any year 74-89 as long as the price is right. I've seen them go in rough shape for under $200.
Recently on ebay I saw a '75 with a primered unfishished C4 strosek kit (with the tiny euro lights that I like) with some rice looking ---- on the inside (APC or whatever race seats, rice shifter and stupid stereo). Stock 2.7 (that was leaking oil) and chrome twist wheels go for 15k and that was needing lots of work to complete.
How much did you get as your final price?
08-06-2004, 03:43 AM
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Re:honda, truly poor-mans porsche?
right now with the price of the car (89 crx si) and turbo kit (t3, drag mani tial WG etc etc etc..)that is about to go on with the cost of the Z6 that is in it now and the VAFC i got a deal on $2000 total.
08-06-2004, 04:04 AM
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Re:honda, truly poor-mans porsche?
well I was kinda misleading, I did say "hey onyx" in the first sentence. Nice to know that your rex only cost you two large.. if anything I want to go for a more ghetto setup.. like 1,500 max on a rex - then turn around and ebay that bitch off for 4 grand! (stripped and looking "race ready" just gets the ricers wet).
