Ace-Garageguy Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddyfink Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 Meh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 I think I had an electric 911 when I was about 14. It was made by Aurora and was HO scale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 Looks like performance may be good but its not for me. I guess I just like to hear the engine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roncla Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 Sacrilege. Leave the classics as they are to be appreciated rather than butchered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragline Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 I guess one or two converted wouldn't be such a bad thing. I'd like to take it for a spin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamsuperdan Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 I spent most of the 90s and early 2000s working for a Porsche dealer. First as a detailer while going through university, then as a sales guy for 5 years. These have been my dream car since I was a little kid. Not sacrilege. At the end of the day, this particular car was just a 1979 Targa. Not particularily collectible, fairly easy to come by. So I think this is a very cool project, and no more of a sacrilege than building an RS replica out of a similar car. Having said that, if someone took a genuine '73 RS and did this? Where's my flaming pitchfork? i'm starting a mob and raising heII! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 Cool. When you think about it, maybe 50 years from now you may need to do this conversion to drive on the roads at all.... IF they'll let you drive it yourself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted January 19, 2018 Author Share Posted January 19, 2018 2 minutes ago, Tom Geiger said: Cool. When you think about it, maybe 50 years from now you may need to do this conversion to drive on the roads at all.... IF they'll let you drive it yourself Scary thought, but you do have a point... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted January 19, 2018 Author Share Posted January 19, 2018 17 minutes ago, iamsuperdan said: At the end of the day, this particular car was just a 1979 Targa. Not particularily collectible, fairly easy to come by. So I think this is a very cool project, and no more of a sacrilege than building an RS replica out of a similar car... Which is exactly why I'm kinda on the fence about this one. The big-bumper cars of that general vintage are worth the least (my own '74 Targa is worth even less). Still, the SOUND of the 911 engine is at LEAST half of why I've wanted one since my first time wringing one out. No matter how well it performs, I just can't imaging driving a 911 that doesn't sound like a 911. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegade Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 It's sad to think that future generations might not ever know the thrill of a V8 or gas powered engine at all. Now they are talking about self driving cars so you might as well be in a taxi or bus. Also going by the wayside are manual shift transmissions. Fewer models are offering them. I'm glad I lived in the time of muscle cars, street rods, and all the other great cars I have known and loved. Electric cars, no thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragline Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 OK, this thread is blossoming a bit. My own take on Porsche sound is like this. I've driven 930 Turbo cars. I've worked on more than a few mid 70's cars [My background and training is all Euro]. And having driven Ferrari, Porsche, big and small block Ford, Chrysler and Chevy, and I for one am not enamored with Porsche sound. You can train the American to work on Euro but you cannot take the American out of that wrench. I actually like the pulse of a Subaru flat four as much as anything that came out of Stuttgart. The only Porsche that ever got me revved was a whale tail mid 80's Turbo that I tuned back in 91. THAT car was a beast and it came on so brutally and the tone was all business to my ears. But it stopped as good as it went so I was OK with what that car offered. But my ears love small and big block Chevrolet, and now LS architecture. That is the sound I love and may one day lament. Although I suspect that sound will still be throbbing long after I've left this plane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Handley Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 I dig it, with the instant torque offered by electric motors, I can easily get into them and my preferences lean more towards acceleration over sound (the fewer the cues that you're up to something, the better), just lines up better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 It's a 1:1 scale slot car! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinfan5 Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 Pretty cool actually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclescott58 Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 I kind of like it. Including the sound it makes. Is it sacrilege? I'm not sure? But, it's interesting. And maybe the future in many ways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamsuperdan Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 4 hours ago, Ace-Garageguy said: Which is exactly why I'm kinda on the fence about this one. The big-bumper cars of that general vintage are worth the least (my own '74 Targa is worth even less). Still, the SOUND of the 911 engine is at LEAST half of why I've wanted one since my first time wringing one out. No matter how well it performs, I just can't imaging driving a 911 that doesn't sound like a 911. 100% agree, although I really like the idea of the electric 911, and would like to drive it and see what it's all about, it's not for me. My dream Porsche is the 964 RS in Maritime Blue. Pure, unfiltered, raw, and noisy. Personally, I need all the sounds and quirks that make a 911 what it is. On a related note... Remember this? Ruf built an electric Porsche. The eRUF Greenster. And this was back in 2008! Before green was"cool." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete J. Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 I love Porsche's! Ever since I bought a new 1974 911, back when I was a young pilot in the Air Force. Gobs of cornering, instant response to drive input, easy to drive, hard to drive well, unique sound out of that flat 6. Hated the cost and frequency of repair. Parts are stupid expensive. Parts just didn't last a long as they should(to some degree due to living in northern Michigan). Would own another in a heartbeat if I thought I could afford to maintain it. As someone else said, there are some Porsches that need to be preserved like the Carrara's, RS's and RSR's, early 930's and others, but not all of them are worthy of the effort, time and expense. What happens to those cars after they have outlived their parts really doesn't matter. If you love one of the just plain old cars and want to take care of it, then good. Go for it! But some just aren't worth it. Want to convert it to something more to your liking then go for that. Every car of a particular marque is not worthy of preservation, so sacrilege? No, not hardly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1930fordpickup Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 These cars are no better than any other. Changes and Mods are welcome just as they are with every other seventies car. Not like they have changed the looks in the life of production much anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PARTSMARTY Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 9 hours ago, Renegade said: It's sad to think that future generations might not ever know the thrill of a V8 or gas powered engine at all. Now they are talking about self driving cars so you might as well be in a taxi or bus. Also going by the wayside are manual shift transmissions. Fewer models are offering them. I'm glad I lived in the time of muscle cars, street rods, and all the other great cars I have known and loved. Electric cars, no thanks. X2 FOR SURE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr68gts Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 isn't this what hot rodding is all about? Doesn't matter the canvas. Now would I own one? No, but I can appreciate the idea and work someone did to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamsuperdan Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 I was just going to post that! Is it sacrilege to take an old 32 Ford or something, and chop the top and turn it into a rod? Is it sacrilege to take a late 60s Chev truck and put it on a custom frame with full air ride and add a 700hp monster engine? THis e-Porsche falls intothe exact same category. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JollySipper Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 Porsche was on to electrics and hybrids in the early 1900s...... in fact, I think the first Porsche was an electric carriage.......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misterNNL Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 We all have a common love for the sound of an ICE( internal combustion engine) at some level I believe.We hear the cackling of a fuel dragster at a Good Guys event and instantly a crowd gathers to experience the ground shaking power of 10,000 horsepower. Maybe the sound boosts testosterone levels! Others are attracted to less violent sounds as well. In the spring when I first fire up my '48 Chevy and back it out of the garage I love to hear that old split manifold six cylinder rumble at idle. Honestly it's like therapy for my soul . I am glad to live in a time when I can experience that joy. We tend to take all this for granted but probably shouldn't. Last summer at a family picnic one of our college age grand daughters asked if she could sit in the '48. Naturally I was pleased and opened the driver's side door for her. One of the questions she asked was what the little chrome handle on the door panel did. I suggested she turn it to find out. She was surprised when the window rolled down! Here was a 20 year old young lady who had never seen anything but power Windows.Untill that moment it had never crossed my mind how much I took that stuff for granted. I grew up in those cars and two generations later it was all new to someone else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 If we are stuck on the sound of a real Porsche, I'm sure the on board computer could be programmed to provide it! Note that people felt something was missing on those CVT transmissions that don't shift, so they programmed in a shifting noise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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