EV-Conversion 1960 Porsche 356B Coupe on BAT

nope!...just nope!...pure sacrilege    plain & simple

It looks nicely done, but why?

Porsches that don' purr and instead sound like a vacuum cleaner when it goes by, simply suck.

@Nolan posted:

Porsches that don' purr and instead sound like a vacuum cleaner when it goes by, simply suck.

The new GT3s are really quiet, even on track. But they still have that wonderful flat 6 music coming out, albeit at much reduced volume.

Rich Drewek's old 2008 911S, owned now by Ron Mullis, is NOT quiet. It now sports a Raby 4.1 liter, headers, no cats(I think) and the factory sport exhaust. Which, when opened up, sounds simply GLORIOUS either in the car or behind it.

Big tent.

Not my jam.

@Nolan posted:

Porsches that don' purr and instead sound like a vacuum cleaner when it goes by, simply suck.

That pretty much says it for me, too.

I am very impressed with the sheer size of the power cables going to the motor, tho.

Those are some BIG, Honkin' cables!

@DannyP posted:

Rich Drewek's old 2008 911S, owned now by Ron Mullis, is NOT quiet. It now sports a Raby 4.1 liter, headers, no cats(I think) and the factory sport exhaust. Which, when opened up, sounds simply GLORIOUS either in the car or behind it.

I can attest to that, having been behind him several times last week when he was driving at an enthusiastic (but perfectly responsible, of course) pace.  It was almost enough to drown out that Dinan exhaust I put on my car.

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The strange thing about the HyPer 9 motor is that, when installed in a 356, it leaks.

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@Lane Anderson posted:

It looks nicely done, but why?

The owner and converter is forced to explain that several times in the comments

Looks like it's going to bring real money though

Just a waste of a perfectly good 356.

@Gordon Nichols posted:

I am very impressed with the sheer size of the power cables going to the motor, tho.

Those are some BIG, Honkin' cables!

Speaking as someone who’s hauled at least a mile of 000 feeder cable, those babies ain’t nothin’.  
Probably about that same gauge as the welding cable I used for my battery relocation.

On viewing photographic evidence, maybe one gauge larger.

@dlearl476, why the hole in the bellhousing?

Yeah, you've got a great view of the throwout bearing and clutch cross shaft. But I can't much see the point.

ALB was here.

Stan wins the internet today.

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RNM at $67K, although seller says close to his ask and he will probably settle.

What gets me is the volume of comments.

It's as if they just turned the Alamo into a Kwiky Mart.

So, what would you do with a clapped-out race car with no motor or drive train, a trashed interior, and lots of badly-patched body damage?

If you just wanted a reliable driver, this wouldn't be a good place to start. If you wanted a concours car, this wouldn't be a good place to start. If you wanted a cheap, efficiency apartment in San Francisco, this might be a good place to start.

The seller claims this was far from the cheapest way to turn the old hulk into something sellable. But, what would you do?

What I can't figure is why they have bothered with a P-Car factory C of A for this project.

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"So, what would you do with a clapped-out race car with no motor or drive train, a trashed interior, and lots of badly-patched body damage?"

You know you're right.  If it's a choice between scrapping it or electrifying it, I'm all for the latter.

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I'm still not saying making it an EV is the best choice, but offhand, I can't think of anything that's much better. I don't want an EV for me, no matter what it's shaped like, but that's just me.

And I know what Stan would do, but I'm looking for options that don't have 'LS' in them.

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@Lane Anderson posted:

"So, what would you do with a clapped-out race car with no motor or drive train, a trashed interior, and lots of badly-patched body damage?"

You know you're right.  If it's a choice between scrapping it or electrifying it, I'm all for the latter.

Me? I'd eat shards of glass before I did that to a 356.

I'd sell it (it would bring surprising money) and buy a Beck body with no paint, interior or running gear.

I'd hit the body with rattle-can primer, coat the interior with Rhino Liner, put a 2332 with IDAs and a close ratio 4-speed with a 1.00 4th and a 3.88 final drive out back and bolt a single Aluminum bomber seat to the floor. I'd have a big 'ol Autometer tach and a bicycle cyclometer for a speedometer. I'd put no top on the car and I'd make sure the windshield was acrylic

... and then I'd trailer it to the mountains.

That's what I'd do.

@Sacto Mitch posted:

And I know what Stan would do, but I'm looking for options that don't have 'LS' in them.

It's nice to have a place to hang out where I'm understood.

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I don't know, Stan.

If you went with an LS and a Tremec 5-speed, you wouldn't have to trailer it to the mountains.

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@Sacto Mitch posted:

I don't know, Stan.

If you went with an LS and a Tremec 5-speed, you wouldn't have to trailer it to the mountains.

I could put it right in the middle of the car (where the tunnel would normally be), and throw a saddle over the bellhousing.

I wouldn't be able to keep the rig under 1500 lbs though.

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@Stan Galat posted:

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...I could put it right in the middle of the car (where the tunnel would normally be), and throw a saddle over the bellhousing...

Stan, for you, I could see it working...

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Yippe kay yay, Stan!

Saddle up your horses...