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Enough of the little horsepower pissing match, it's time for the fast cars to have their pissing match.
I'll be honest, my loyalty to the P-motor doesn't run very deep. They are WAY to expensive for the HP you get. The ONLY advantage i can see from a performance standpoint is the weight, and i'm not sure it's as big as everyone imagines (guessing less than the weight of a decent passenger). The SBC is easier to work on, builds more HP easily, lasts longer at the same HP level, and sounds better (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/flipa.gif) (subjective i know). You do lose the front trunk, but a 914 is not a practical car to start with, so no biggy (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/boldblue.gif) I understand people wanting to keep the bloodlines true and blah blah blah.. isn't that kinda like in-breeding? please discuss (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/driving-girl.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/driving.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/burnout.gif) |
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Oh yeah....I've always been a Chevy guy. The big reason I'm into the 914 thing is because of the conversion. I've always had an interest in these little cars, but reading about some of the conversions really lit my fire...
I've built and worked on quite a few SBCs so I'm definately biased towards them. It's also a neat fact that we're comparing a Chevy engine that is popular as a 350 or 5.7L against the Porsche engines that are in the range of ~3.0L. The power produced by these little engines truely blows my mind. As well as they hold up is pretty amazing too... The power to displacement ratio of the Porsche engines is usually better than the Chevy, but I guess that can also very based on how deep your pocket is. |