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Chuck: I spoke with you about your Cayman. Unfortunately, I thought it was a 2009. I am planning on putting a larger engine in it and it needs to be a DFI car - which were sold 2009 and later. The car is very nice. Had it been a 2009, I would have made an offer today. Best regards, Mike

I had a 550 with a Subaru Turbo motor. It looked great and was fast but it was a bit scary to drive quickly. There are some videos of it on youtube - YouTube - Vintage 550 Porsche Spyder - Subaru 2.0 Turbo II The suspension was not very confidence inspiring. If you intend to drive it fast...

Here are some recent pictures. The car looks great in person. The interior materials are really nice - I'll save those pics for later when it is more complete. Great job Fran!

Cliff, that car is long gone. Sold it to a guy in the Netherlands. I bought the car after seeing one of the Beck cars in Fran's shop. At that time, I Fran also had the 904 body and the real 904. I wanted Fran to do the 904 - but he was not ready so I bought a used 550 for $30k. I never buy...

I had a 550 Spyder from Vintage with a 2.0L Subaru Turbo JDM. While the power was nice, the sound was wrong for the car. I think that the sound of 2.5 L NA might be better suited to a 904 and/or 550. The bigger problem with the 550 was the suspension (scary at speed) and the brakes. The...

"Later when the body sat where it needed to go, it fit a lot better." I meant that it fit a lot lower not better.

Not using early 911 power because of my last project. It was an Intermeccanica 59 Carrera GT Speedster with a 2.7 RS from a 73 911. The Webers were impossible. They sounded great for a week or so and then I'd have problems. There are no good early Porsche mechanics in our area that I could...

The car is in primer right now. We are hoping to go to paint by the end of the month. I will be there Monday and will try to get some pictures.

Some current chassis pics ...

I am running 385 hp (320 torque) in my Boxster (911 997 X-51 Engine) with no problems. I upgraded the clutch to a Sachs Sport. I track the car often with no problems. Guys on Caymanclub also turbocharge the 3.4L with an upgraded clutch - no failures so far. ( I think that they are making in...

Fran: Go for it. Mike

My father was one of the engineers who worked on the Chrysler Turbine cars. He developed the transmissions. His main problem with them was the power output was largely dependent upon intake air temperature. If I remember correctly, power output was half at higher temperatures. They knew in...

"mildly tuned stage three LS7" That's funny. I think it's called an oxymoron - but I try not to (think that is).

He's more than considered the 904 briefly - he's building one right now.

Your experience with the T1 may not be shared by all. I previously owned an Intermeccanica Speedster with a 2.7 RS engine (featured in Excellence in 2002 or so). The engine was purchased from Dave Avery - one of the founders of spyderclub. I had a hell of a time getting those Webers right...

The Subaru motor is a flat 4. Apparently Porsche was involved in the development of the engine. Vintage Spyders has built many of them both turbo and NA. There are a few other companies using them in Speedsters in both mid (SAS) and rear layouts (Boulder Speedster). Intermeccanica and Beck...

I have a chance to build a one-off 904 with racecarreplicas. I bought this car instead of building one knowing that Fran Hall would eventually build a 904. Fran is ready to go (about a year before I expected). While I am not quite done enjoying this car, my wife won't let me have 4 toys. This...

Fran - I know that you e-mail was down. Did you get my e-mail. I want the one on the right in you pictures above. Mike

Thanks for your help.