Re: [T3] More Power!

[Hal Sullivan <tristessa@tristessa.us>]

<x-flowed>On Aug 4, 2006, at 8:54 AM, Mike Fisher wrote:
> Brian & Arlene's TR3 was  leaving us behind on the hills from Eugene 
> to Myrtle Creek!  I was wishing for MORE POWER.  There was a notch 
> w/Porsche engine/wheels.  Is that notch 911,912,914,Corvair ?  What 
> aircooled swaps are possible?

There were two Notchbacks with "Porsche" engines, a light blue one from 
California belonging to Jessie Rivas, and a silvery/grey one from 
Washington (with the "64 S 2.7 L" euro plate in front) belonging to Tom 
Notch.

Jessie's car I know reasonably well.  It's got a fairly stock 914 2L in 
it, fed by dual Weber DCNF carbs.  Drove it once, fun machine and has 
more "civilized" power than some of the cars with big T1/T3 engines 
I've driven.  Fairly inexpensive IIRC, I think he picked up a running 
"beater" 914 for less than $2k and just swapped the engine in.  Now 
that I think about it though, he's got BRM's on that car not Porsche 
wheels.

Tom's .. well, I know it's a 2.7L with an aftermarket fuel injection 
setup.  Big dollars, both in building an engine that big and for the FI 
to feed it ..  or at least I'd *assume* big dollars.  Y'know what they 
say, "speed costs money, how fast do you wanna go?".  :-)  He *does* 
have Porsche wheels, so his car is probably the one you're thinking of.

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