Mondial Cinquevalvole?

Or an F430. Just think... no timing belts.


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I wish I would have been born rich instead of so good looking.

 

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haha! Great idea...

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While the purists are definitely out there, I would say that the air-cooled Porsche community definitely tends to be more hands-on and is willing to push the boundaries of the original build specs of their cars. I used to joke that they were the German Honda Civic due to the sheer number of modified 911s that are out there. Update/Backdate/wide bodies/slant nose conversions/RS copies/Turbo copies/suspension mods/motor mods/BIG motor swaps/etc. The low price of entry (compared to Ferraris), sheer number produced (again, compared to Ferraris), reasonable cost of parts (compared to Ferrari), and 30 years of backward/forward compatibility of parts really lends itself to modified cars. The people that tend to be attracted to modifying air-cooled 911s seem to be more hands-on than your typical, classic Ferrari owner.

As an example, this is a project that one of my local cycling buddies is working on - http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche-911-technical-forum/840815-project-minne-saga-72-a.html . This is a part-time hobbyist that is doing the work and the car is looking great after 4 years of effort. He still has a long way to go to complete everything, but I think it's a good example of the type of people that are attracted to the air-cooled 911s and some the projects that they undertake. This type of project is fairly common in the Porsche community. Much more so it seems than in the Ferrari world. However, that's probably due to the sheer number of 911s produced in comparison.

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That's probably it, yes? The numbers i.e. loads of Porsches. As such, there's huge support from the aftermarket and plentiful used parts as well (when compared to Ferraris). Also, the Porsche doesn't incur a "tax" like the Ferrari does.

 

The 355 engine on BAT is a 5.2 Motronic, not a 2.7. Ferrari only used the 2.7 Motronic on the 1995 355 and the later 355 Challenge cars. Due to OBDII they switched to 5.2 from 1996 on. If I put that motor in a Mondial, I would just update the system in the car to the later 5.2 Motronic.

The Mondial with the 430 motor is the bomb!! I love it. I wonder if it is an F1 transmission or a stick?

 

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It would be extremely difficult to mate this engine to a Mondial 3.2 transaxle and install it in a Mondial. Nothing is impossible, but if you were paying someone to do it, it would be cheaper to purchase a nice 355 or 360.

 

Would be a really sweet update to any Mondial T.
But let’s say that I get my hands on a F129B engine that had Motronic 2.7....
How much of the wiring and ECUs and other electrical stuff would be possible to use from the Mondial and what would be needed from a 355?


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Hot damn!!