Question, daughter wants to build a 935K...

Ok guys,
My 13 year old step-daughter sprung on me that she wants to build a "Yellow Porsche" because one of the girls in the Twilight book series has one. I, being the car nut I am, agreed and began showing her pictures of Porsche's. She stopped me and said, "I want that one!" to a 935K race car. I believe I'm rubbing off on my new step-daughter and my wife just sighs when she realizes it. It's great. Anyway, I look to you Porsche fans for advise.

I know GT-Racing makes the parts to convert pretty much any 1970's thorugh 1980's Porsche 911 into a 935K. Anyone had any experience in dealing with these guys? I have their catalog and everything looks fantastic.

Next, drivetrain. What would you suggest to put in there if I get a car with no drivetrain. Remember, this will be a 16-18 year old girl. I'm not putting a 3.8L turbo monstrosity in there for her (but when she gets bored of it, daddy will surely take it). What's a good reliable and relatively trouble free engine and transmission?

Last, year model. I understand the 1974 was the lightest of the 911's. I am looking for a coupe, but man, they're hard to find. I honestly would be fine with a later model or earlier model. The weight thing isn't that big of an issue as it's really not going to be a race car. I am planning on installing 930 slant nose style headlights along with the low mounted lights to keep it street legal.

Any help you could offer would be great!!

Thanks guys,

Brian

 

I was at the RUF track day at Motorsport Ranch earlier this month. They had a lot of really nice toys out there. I should go by their showroom soon. I'm friends with Jim Creel who sells the Superformance cars through them.

As for the car, yeah, she very well may change her mind, but she's already looking for candidates on the road and picking out the exact shade of yellow she wants. So far it's the Ford Chrome Yellow used on the 1999 Mustangs.

A V8 in a Porsche for a 16 year old... Surely you jest! LOL

 

Wow, you guys are all over it. LOL Yeah, I seem to be rubbing off on the girl. She used to be "Miss Priss" and now she's seeing cars go by and asking, "What engine is in that thing?!"

I'm thinking I may go for a post '76 car, thanks for that tip. As I said earlier, I don't care about it being the lightest chassis. I am goign to cage it and all that good stuff anyway. I've seen this girl drive a car on Forza 2 and she's going to need a friggin cage. Maybe we'll just buy her an old 1978 Chevy pickup that's made of good ol' American steel and let her bang that thing around for a bit...

 

Eh, not exactly the car I'd build. He uses the RSR body style. This one is going to be 100% 935K body, but a naturally aspirated engine. She's 13 for God's sake! LOL I have seen her try to drive and that cost us a new mirror and body work on the F150, and that was just trying to back out of the driveway!

That guy has a fantastic build though and a beautiful car.

 

Well the earlier variant is what we're going for. I may be off on my designation then. She wants this one here...
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I think so too, but this is the one she wants. She picked this out of the book I had and didn't want anything to do with the newer style cars. LOL

Yeah, it's not that simple with these damn women though...

Ya know, this sounds like one of the best ideas I've heard for this project. I was planning on using just a plain jane NA motor anyway. Hhhhmmmm... I think I may take your advise on this. Now I need to sell some damn real estate and start making money to get this project under way.

Thanks for all your help so far guys!!!

Brian

 

Yeah, it's not really the money thing, it's the time we get together building it. I've never built a Porsche before, so it'll be new & exciting. Plus, there's so many people out there who can help whenever we get in a jam (which I know will happen). I figure if I find a decent car that's running & driving with some minor body damage, it'll work great. We're going to strip the body off anyway. LOL