I've just bought some poverty Pork…

I've just bought some poverty Pork…

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Escy

3,907 posts

148 months

Thursday 23rd January 2020
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You're making yourself look silly, arguing about stuff you have no clue about. You can see if you look at your picture that section under the crank is just a casting on the sump for the gearbox to mount up to, you can see straight through the inspection hole, there is nothing behind it. The point I initially made was the flat 6 carries it's weight in the middle of it crank casing so the COG might not be as low as you'd like to think compared to a V6. Therefore considering how I mounted mine and the fact the cylinder heads on my V6 aren't really that heavy, I think the overall difference isn't that big.

Having real world experience of actually driving a Boxster with a flat 6 and a V6 I can tell you the difference is negligible, you wouldn't know which car had which engine in from the way they go around corners. I never once suggested or claimed the handling of my Boxster is better than any others, i'm not sure why you are being silly.

It's odd how you are suddenly so concerned about handling when a few pages back you were peddling tripe about fitting narrower tyres.

Maybe Steve Rance needs to have a drive of mine.


Fast Bug

11,597 posts

160 months

Thursday 23rd January 2020
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LordHaveMurci said:
Escy said:
Is this a criticism by owners and drivers of LSx conversions or by armchair experts?

I'm in a Facebook group for owners of Porsches with engine swaps and don't see any talk of this.
I don’t think Steve Rance could be called an ‘armchair expert’ but crack on.
I know someone with an LS swapped Cayman, he's not complained about the weight being higher up. The power it puts out makes it more than tail happy enough!

ooid

4,049 posts

99 months

Thursday 23rd January 2020
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ATM said:
They are selling their cars?

Or giving them away - where do I sign?

Not sure what sending off means?
Sorry I meant that they do not participate into the races anymore... private individuals will apply with their cars and etc....

Currently in Switzerland for work, -5 weather doesn't help my posts to be so clear laugh

2Btoo

3,410 posts

202 months

Thursday 23rd January 2020
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jakesmith said:
Spot on, this used to be an enjoyable thread about budget Porsche motoring, one of the few not to be ruined with petulant arguments.
Can't help but agree with Jake Smith here. Can't you to guys get a room or something?

Now, some more Poverty Porsche. This one looks like a nice enough low-spec early 986 Box (amazing how small they look!) with a lyear's MOT and reasonable MOT history and within haggling distance of £2500.

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/202...

And this is a 'Rare Manual'! Trader. £3k. I'd go for the cheaper one myself (although I've always liked green cars.)

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/202...

Mogul

2,925 posts

222 months

Thursday 23rd January 2020
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I note that the green one, an 02, has the OEM glass window top and 4-rib frame from a facelift 03 or 04.

I did this ‘upgrade’ on my old car. More aesthetically pleasing IMO than any aftermarket glass window top stretched over the original 3-rib, but nothing wrong with crystal-clear rear flexi window for the classic look. Chop chop!

DRH986

284 posts

143 months

Thursday 23rd January 2020
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ooid said:
This year, they will be sending off to private owners, so no more OPC prepared cars, I think. Cynic in me say, they realized how expensive even for them to prepare and maintain!! hehe

Last year mini summary;

https://www.dicklovett.co.uk/porsche/news/the-fina...

More info here, you can contact them;

https://www.porscheclubgb.com/news-and-events/news...
My son previously owned the car which was subsequently bought by OPC Chester for this series. He paid £3k for it (2000 3.2 Boxster S) 6 years ago. It was a good car that had been well maintained but fairly high miles. I guess it qualified as poverty pork back then but I'll bet it will be a bit more pricey now!

ooid

4,049 posts

99 months

Thursday 23rd January 2020
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DRH986 said:
My son previously owned the car which was subsequently bought by OPC Chester for this series. He paid £3k for it (2000 3.2 Boxster S) 6 years ago. It was a good car that had been well maintained but fairly high miles. I guess it qualified as poverty pork back then but I'll bet it will be a bit more pricey now!
Great, how many miles? It says here, they completely rebuild the engine before the race. £24,900(Parts) + 16600(Labour) = 41500 GBP invested for the whole car. eek


https://restoracing.co.uk/

Merp

2,220 posts

251 months

Thursday 23rd January 2020
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ATM

18,096 posts

218 months

Friday 24th January 2020
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ooid said:
DRH986 said:
My son previously owned the car which was subsequently bought by OPC Chester for this series. He paid £3k for it (2000 3.2 Boxster S) 6 years ago. It was a good car that had been well maintained but fairly high miles. I guess it qualified as poverty pork back then but I'll bet it will be a bit more pricey now!
Great, how many miles? It says here, they completely rebuild the engine before the race. £24,900(Parts) + 16600(Labour) = 41500 GBP invested for the whole car. eek


https://restoracing.co.uk/
Surely these make a great buy of they sell them off for poverty race prepared pork money.

DRH986

284 posts

143 months

Friday 24th January 2020
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ooid said:
Great, how many miles? It says here, they completely rebuild the engine before the race. £24,900(Parts) + 16600(Labour) = 41500 GBP invested for the whole car. eek


https://restoracing.co.uk/
It had about 120K miles when we sold it to a friend in early 2015. The restoracing link also mentions 120K so I guess it didn't do many more miles before Chester bought it.

The costs are interesting. I was talking to an OPC guy recently about one of the 986S restorations that some OPCs did a year or so ago (not for racing) and are selling for around £30k. He said the cost to do the restoration on theirs was over £60k.

ooid

4,049 posts

99 months

Friday 24th January 2020
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ATM said:
Surely these make a great buy of they sell them off for poverty race prepared pork money.
I posted a link here a few weeks ago one of these 986 cup cars for sale.. it was over 30k? Kinda ridicolous for a non-mezger engine....

ATM

18,096 posts

218 months

Friday 24th January 2020
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ooid said:
ATM said:
Surely these make a great buy of they sell them off for poverty race prepared pork money.
I posted a link here a few weeks ago one of these 986 cup cars for sale.. it was over 30k? Kinda ridicolous for a non-mezger engine....
Yeah I saw that one. It looked bone stock. Are you saying this had been raced round and now is for sale for 30k?

HokumPokum

2,049 posts

204 months

Friday 24th January 2020
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2000 MY boxster S
the engines were re-built and every item upgraded/replace/serviced.
The interiors would have been all new.
They have been on sale for more than a year at £30k.


I don't know many that have sold. then again, I'm not following diligently.

HokumPokum

2,049 posts

204 months

LennyM1984

630 posts

67 months

Friday 24th January 2020
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I saw one at the Swindon opc and was distinctly underwhelmed. At the time it didn't even have the correct radio head unit...

Luke.

10,946 posts

249 months

Friday 24th January 2020
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You'd think they'd at least start with one that's done less than 99,000 miles.

was8v

1,927 posts

194 months

raceboy

13,082 posts

279 months

Friday 24th January 2020
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was8v said:
Sub £9k for a 911 just seems like a steal, if I didn't need to get a bike in my daily I'd be tempted, well written advert but lacking in the pictures. wink
What were the 911's rivals in 1999, and how much are they now? scratchchin

ooid

4,049 posts

99 months

Friday 24th January 2020
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ATM said:
Yeah I saw that one. It looked bone stock. Are you saying this had been raced round and now is for sale for 30k?
This;

https://racecarsdirect.com/Advert/Details/110892/p...

DRH86's son car I guess? It looks like the chester car....

ATM

18,096 posts

218 months

Friday 24th January 2020
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ooid said:
ATM said:
Yeah I saw that one. It looked bone stock. Are you saying this had been raced round and now is for sale for 30k?
This;

https://racecarsdirect.com/Advert/Details/110892/p...

DRH86's son car I guess? It looks like the chester car....
Looks good that