I got a few guys asking about how my porsche replica build is going and it seems that they can't view images on another forum so I thought that I'd do a mini update here.
Well we're going watercooled. 2.0 vw golf motor, they can be picked up for under R5000. Where a replacement motor like I had in there would be over R30 000. The biggest issue? Well the old car was aircooled and we're going watercooled, that means fabbing up steel frames, mounting waterpipes, radiators as well as an adapter plate to run a engine that was not supposed to be mounted to the gearbox in the first place.
Total cost on the conversion is about R10 000 and the plus's are, cheaper engine parts and the fact that I don't have to import stuff all the time from the US. Way more reliable, porsche stuff and vintage vw stuff is pricey. Plus......................way better fuel consumption, in fact about double and also about double the performance. With the car only weighing in at 740kgs, it doesn't take much to move this.
Once the bumper is on and the bonnet is closed, it's all hidden away, I still have to slot the bumper a bit and mount a scoop, but I'm hoping for this to be done in the next month.
Dummy engine, gearbox, exhaust is all in already. Waterpipes and ductwork is next.
