Strokerswild
Shallow and Pedantic
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Your 944 with a mild LS swap would be a hoot....I've assembled my own engines. Not that big of a deal. And I don't need mega HP. I just think that with an extremely porky vehicle, more power is needed.
I'd be perfectly fine with 500 hp - in a 3,000 lb vehicle like my old 944. My most likely path forward is swapping an LS into the 944. Doesn't even require an engine build. Just bolting stuff together - and maybe some light fab work. I'm sure I can complete it for a lot less than $50k as well.
I think I could use 650 hp on the street no problem at all. I don't need to stay on the gas for a long time, especially on the street. Short blasts within the speed limit are fine for me on the street. 650 HP is more than enough if the vehicle is natually aspirated and under 4,000 lbs. I prefer to stay away from boost if possible, though.
Go with a lighter clutch like the one from the GT350. Do the intake and tune changes. And maybe gears. For what you want I think the 2015 GT will be plenty good enough. It will be more fun to drive with the lighter clutch and more power. You'll enjoy it.
My '07 GT500 was lightly modded to the tune of ~540 at the tire. It was too much for normal street tires at that power level, and more or less useless. I could drift it at will on dry pavement, to the joy and delight of many a terrified passenger. But that's boost for you. The same power figure would have been something else NA, and more usable although more peaky.
My '15 is a PP so I've already got 3.73s, anything steeper would be overkill, IMO. It's also got a flex tune which, combined with the gearing, makes first gear almost unusable and second barely maintains traction with 305 MPSS rears. I think the GT350 intake and corresponding tune revision might be the sweet spot for a road car, which is all it's used for. However, given the cost of changing cars to either the GT500 or Mach, I've been pondering building a nice NA 5.2 (you know, the engine the Mach should have had) or just saying fuck all and springing for a GT500 crate engine (easy enough swap) and continuing the mod fun with my existing car; either necessitates a clutch swap anyway.....but does nothing for the bum clutch knee in the long run.
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