Porsche 912 to 911 Conversion

AaronBalto wrote:

oldtin wrote: A couple of weeks ago a pretty solid driver 911sc targa with a sketchy title and running megasquirt sold for 16,xxx off the BaT auction site. Put me in the camp of if you want a 911, get one instead of trying to create one. I think there's a little time left to still find decent deals. The 80s were also a time when 911 production hit a peak. There were a good number built (like 30,000 compared to 3500 Ferrari 308s in a given year).

There were only about 13,000 308s built during the entire production run. Never even close to 3500 in a year.

oops - sorry, didn't look up the production figures - my point - something like 150,000 a/c 911s produced vs 13,244 308s makes for a decent selection of cars in various states of repair.

Per Schroeder wrote: Good 912s with no rust are definitely not cheap any more…really good ones are approaching and surpassing 100k.

I'm going to go sit in a dark corner and have a good long cry now.

I am converting a 1976 912E to 911 using a 1976 2.7 engine with CIS injection,  straight forward job.

Being a Porsche Guy for years i say, if you can do an upgrade then do it.  If you can find a 911 for the same money, that is the best way to go in the end.  The conversion process really isn't too hard, roadsportusa is correct, very straight forward in the end.  

There are always nay sayers around, that will talk you out of doing something, but there are also others who will say Go For It.  I am in the second camp.  Start with the best chassis you can and go from there.  Even better, if you can get a chassis with a bad motor you are half way there.  Sell off the bits you don't want, put that back in the kitty and you are on the way.

Woody said:

912s aren't cheap anymore.

Oddly enough they always seem to stay 2/3 as expensive as the 911s from my understanding. That's still a pretty big number these days.

Ok zombie thread got me again.