Porsche V8 special

peasant

Mmmh ...a 924 with a V8 engine

sounds tasteyh !


But what's that about it being "special"?















Yepp ..that's a bit "special" alright :rolleyes:

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/vintagecars/1475868

Mr Benevolent

Relax... it's a Rover

Big Nasty

Yeah, saw that earlier. Was kinda interested until I saw it was a Rover transplant. Thought it was gonna be something a little more exciting than that.

voteforpedro

Confab wrote: »

Relax... it's a Rover

reminds me a bit of these:D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jPaYnaKVDk

Matt Simis

So whats the deal with the engine? Any advantages? What power output?

unkel

Pathetic

Why did someone do that?

That old Rover lump puts out about 180BHP.

The seller is lying too:

Other advantages are Cheap road tax (1986)

The motor tax is €1,566

If you want an '86 Porsche with a proper Porsche V8 engine, I reckon a 928 S2 / S4 with 310/320 BHP wouldn't cost you much more than that

Tragedy

unkel wrote: »

Pathetic

Why did someone do that?

That old Rover lump puts out about 180BHP.

The seller is lying too:



The motor tax is €1,566

If you want an '86 Porsche with a proper Porsche V8 engine, I reckon a 928 S2 / S4 with 310/320 BHP wouldn't cost you much more than that

It's advertised in Down, different motor tax system.

unkel

Tragedy wrote: »

It's advertised in Down, different motor tax system.

Indeed. But even in UK tax terms, the car qualifies for the highest tax rate for a pre 01/03/2001 car - at GBP205 (which is even higher than post 01/03/2001 band I - one of the most polluting bands). Calling it cheap tax is hardly the case even from a UK point of view

Also donedeal is an Irish site and the asking price is in EUR, not GBP. Perhaps my term of "lying" was too strong, I do apologise. Slightly misleading it is at least though

No mention of having to VRT the car either for someone living in this island where they pay for stuff in EUR

For an '86 Porsche wreck it would be €720 - for a decent nick 924 or 928 it would be more like €2,000-€3,000 and much more again for a 911 (although I've never heard about one of the latter variety with a V8 engine )

Tragedy

To be fair, it's been on pistonheads for months - I think he just put it on donedeal in a last ditch attempt to drum up interest, rather than deliberately marketing it down here

I was quite excited about it until I found out it was the weedy rover v8.

unkel

Tragedy wrote: »

To be fair, it's been on pistonheads for months

Aye here it is on pistonheads. The current ad is a "premium advert" and only 5 days old.

In fairness it is road legal with a full MOT, you never know it might find a crazy buyer, but I suspect the car is worthless. Worth no more (or even less - where's the engine?) than a similar car sold for parts.

Max_Damage

Nothing wrong with the Rover V8, damn sight better than alot of engines of its era.

Better sound of a V8 and some VW 4-pot shíte.

unkel

Max_Damage wrote: »

Nothing wrong with the Rover V8

Nope, nothing wrong with it. V8s are my favourite engines anyway

Sticking a Rover V8 into a Porsche is a bit like sticking a Honda 50 moped engine into say a Ford Escort though isn't it?

Matt Simis

Maybe it can be boosted to claw its way back into acceptable BHP land?