The Sleeping Porsche awakens(LAC)

[Brett Dikeman]

At 1:13 PM -0400 10/16/02, t44tq at mindspring.com wrote:
>Just a question- why would someone want a early 944, turbocharged,
>when good 951s are able to be had for a very reasonable price?

The 944 turbo(aka 951) only came with 217hp except for the early
Turbo S and the later Turbo, which both had 250hp.

Even a Turbo S would be very hard pressed to keep pace with the
Calloway, at fully 35 more hp, and slightly lighter chassis.

Let's look at price- going price for the Turbo S seems to be around
$20,000 roughly.  I believe that purchase price plus cost of the
interior swap, body repair+painting, engine reassembly,
etc...probably came in well under $5,000.

$5k/284hp versus $20k/250hp.

I know which way I'd go.  The dash ain't ugly to the point of $15k :-)

Brett
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