“At last, an air-cooled 928” says the seller on the eBay ad for a 1982 Porsche 928. Except it’s not quite what you might think, because the manufacturer of the engine that’s been slotted into the nose of this particular car was Boeing.
That’s right, this clearly deranged gentlemen from Oregon has decided to fit a jet turbine engine from a Vietnam-era QH50 helicopter drone into his early eighties Porsche.
The result is a 365 horsepower monster (though the engine is rated up to 550hp) with a claimed 700-plus lb ft of torque.
Sounds bloody brilliant to us, although there are a couple of downsides – the superheated air coming out of the flame-shooting exhaust is a scorching 270 degrees celsius.
afterburner. Oh, and the Boeing turbine’s noise at idle is almost 130dB (as you can hear on the video below). Probably not the sort of thing you could take on a track day, then…
The seller wants $20,000 (£13k) for his madly brilliant creation and, while that might sound like a fair whack for a tatty 1982 928, for a flame-spitting jet car we think it’s pretty good value. We want it. Anybody got $20k they could lend us?
Advert is reproduced below.
1982 Porsche 928 BOEING T-50, $20,000
1982 PORSCHE 928 WITH A BOEING TURBINE ENGINE
HEATER AND DEF....(BLEAD AIR TO HEATER CORE)
AIR-CON (BLEAD AIR FROM ENGINE WITH INTER COOLER) SEMI-COLD AIR
JVC FM AND CD PLAYER WITH REMOTE
700+ FOOT POUNDS OF TORQUE
IT'S A DAILY DRIVER AND A SHOW CAR
AT LAST AN AIR COOLED 928
FREE SHIPPING LOWER 48 ONLY ON BUY IT NOW.