LS swapped 944?

"Scary__goongala!" (corymagee) 03/19/2020 at 17:14 • Filed to: None

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Yes I think that will be my winning candidate for 1st V8/street/track car. I already have a Miata. E30s don’t do much for me anymore. I’d feel kinda bad about pulling a rotary out of a RX7. 300 whp/tq would be just fine.

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > Scary__goongala! 03/19/2020 at 17:40

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Just buy a C5

Discerning > Scary__goongala! 03/19/2020 at 17:42

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C5 is the right answer here. Arguably better suspension (particularly after a coilover swap) and it isn't that different in terms of size and weight.

Scary__goongala! > ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability 03/19/2020 at 17:45

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well that would just be too easy

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > Scary__goongala! 03/19/2020 at 17:48

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Buy a C5, do coilovers, control arm bushings, headers xpipe , cam

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > Discerning 03/19/2020 at 17:49

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Z makes at least 60whp  more too

Scary__goongala! > Discerning 03/19/2020 at 17:49

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That would definitely be the easier option but it doesn’t appeal to me that much.

Scary__goongala! > ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability 03/19/2020 at 17:52

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how cheap can you buy a C5 these days?

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > Scary__goongala! 03/19/2020 at 17:56

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Around 10k for a base, 15k for a decent Z (like mine) and 20k for a pristine Z with around 60k miles on the clock.

Scary__goongala! > ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability 03/19/2020 at 18:02

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Id be ripping out a lot of stuff so a nice one isnt important. 

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > Scary__goongala! 03/19/2020 at 18:04

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A Z for like 13 14k would be sweet then. Spend 5ish grand on suspension and another 1.5 k on headers cam. (Basically what im doing)

Scary__goongala! > ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability 03/19/2020 at 18:07

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stop making soo much sense I convinced myself I want an old Porsche.

gmctavish needs more space > Scary__goongala! 03/19/2020 at 18:11

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A “ 948"is a relatively common build in the 944 world. The transaxles don’t hold up that well to it though. There isn’t really anything stronger you can use instead, so you either have to accept you’ll be breaking transaxles, drive it carefully, or do some insane work to let you run a normal engine-trans-driveshaft-diff layout. I think that would wind up being like swapping a 944 body onto a C5 chassis or something.  

Scary__goongala! > gmctavish needs more space 03/19/2020 at 18:14

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nuts

qbeezy > Scary__goongala! 03/19/2020 at 18:15

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A C5 would probably be the best pick like others suggested, but I’d go Porcshe just because of how different it is. 

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > Scary__goongala! 03/19/2020 at 18:17

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Here’s the thing, I’m all up for working my ass off on cars but if after that it’s still slower than something that costs the same....whats t he point.

C5 are unbeatable when it comes to value for money so ¯\_()_/¯

Scary__goongala! > ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability 03/19/2020 at 18:22

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Yeah I won’t argue that point.

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > Scary__goongala! 03/19/2020 at 18:56

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Buy a C5, make 500whp with a blowey thingy, profit!!

Scary__goongala! > ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability 03/19/2020 at 19:06

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I really don’t want that much