9 Magazine: Article on the LS1 engine in a 968

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9 Magazine: Article on the LS1 engine in a 968 - 968Syncro - 09-10-2009

The Porsche magazine called "9 Magazine" has a cover story on LS1 engines in the 968 using conversion parts from Renegade Hybrids.

http://www.9magazine.com
http://www.9magazine.com/files/Issue40.pdf (12 Meg .PDF file)
The magazine is free, must be ad supported.

The article clearly suggests advantages over the stock motor: more power, lower maintenance cost, more reliable. It also states lower weight which was a surprise for me, but it must be true. For one vote, I am not sure about reliability advantage, my 968 engine and whole car has been incredibly reliable - truly a daily driver, so i use it all the time. And I think conversions always run the risk of messing things up and then suffering reliability.

It also documents the 914-to-V8 conversion, which has always been a dream for me since I saw Renegade conversions in the late 80's. Wish I could fit into a 914, I owned one once for 1 day [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/blink.gif[/img] (a whole 'nother story).

Roland

9 Magazine: Article on the LS1 engine in a 968 - flash - 09-10-2009

we support that magazine

unless i am missing something, the issues are not free though - they are $1.99

your link to the issue does not work

9 Magazine: Article on the LS1 engine in a 968 - 968Syncro - 09-10-2009

QUOTE (flash @ Sep 10 2009, 11:59 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>we support that magazine

unless i am missing something, the issues are not free though - they are $1.99

your link to the issue does not work
Dang,

Flash, all, sorry about the link, it works on my PC. Maybe I subscribed some time ago and forgot, maybe the site has some cookie that lets me see it. Hmmm... [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/huh.gif[/img]

I can download the .PDF, but not sure that would be legit.

Roland

9 Magazine: Article on the LS1 engine in a 968 - flash - 09-10-2009

yeah - let's not distribute that like that - the editor wouldn't be too happy about it

9 Magazine: Article on the LS1 engine in a 968 - 9Magazine - 09-10-2009

Hey guys,

The correct link is:

http://www.9magazine.com/aug40one.html

The subscriptions are $12.00, we would love to have more 968 content!

Brian Minson
9magazine

9 Magazine: Article on the LS1 engine in a 968 - flash - 09-10-2009

thanks brian - was great talking with you today - thanks for the gift

i read the article - fun stuff

synchro - as to the "weight" question, i'm not buying it - i'd have to see before and after corner scale readings to believe that - the true weight of the aluminum V8, after adding the other items needed, is about 100lbs more than the stock engine - one of the problems is how the books list the engine weights - one is listed dry and short of the bolt-ons - the other is listed complete - apples and oranges

still a boat load of giggles to be sure though, and i love seeing this stuff in print