Yeah and to make matters worse it's a 944 Turbo S! Motor blew on it, leakdowns were 10%, 20%, 30%, 10%. Rebuilding it was cost prohibitive. To make the power I wanted for my time trial class meant doing a larger displacement motor, bigger turbo, retune, etc, etc.
The LS1 weighs less than the stock motor, runs on rat piss gas, I can get parts cheap from any auto parts store and it bangs out 450 hp all day long. I'm taking it to a PCA DE this coming weekend and I can't wait to hear all the comments! Meanwhile I'll be blowing them all away on the track and burping fire out the back of the car as I pass them. Hehehe.... Your MR2 sound pretty cool, I've always wanted one of those. --- On Thu, 6/16/11, Matthew Yip <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Matthew Yip <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [a2-16v-list] new to 16v > To: "Volkswagen a2 16v discussion list" <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, June 16, 2011, 7:50 AM > You ruined a 944 Turbo with a SBC? > Oh, the horror!! What will all those PCA weenies say about > you now? I'm sure they'll say to your face "What an evil > man for ruining Ferry's folly" and behind your back, > they'll say "Smart SOB - wish I had the stones to toss that > expensive paperweight for an add'l 200 HP". > > > Speaking of track cars - while I still have the racecar, I > can't seem to leave well enough alone. My MR2 arrived with > a JDM 20v, a fully polyurethane kit and Suspension > Techniques springs (new shocks too but I don't know what > flavor). Now that I've rebuilt the rest of the suspension > components, I may have to test it out at a local SCCA PDX - > provided I can break free long enough to do so. > > > When we hold our PDX events at Slummit Point's Shenandoah > Circuit, it comes with the skid pad - it'd be fun to see how > a car can spin like a top. Then again, our 2 youngest > instructors (both college freshman, fellow competitors and > good friends) continually point out that I can't drift to > save my life. To quote one of them "You're an > embarrassment to your heritage - your drifting skills are so > BAD - I though Asian people were born with the drifting > gene"... > > Matthew > > >
