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The ultimate gift for the Corvette owner that has everything but bad credit. LOL!!!http://jalopnik.com/cars/novel...5.php

I'm much rather have the real thing.

Sorry, but I gotta say FUGLY...I'll take my Supra Wakeboarding boat any day.

Sport Boat by Porsche28' long$300,000525hp V10 Viper Motorjointly designed by Porsche and Fearless

Wait..it's a Porsche boat with a Dodge motor? How did that come about?

Quote, originally posted by NibCrom »Wait..it's a Porsche boat with a Dodge motor? How did that come about?Come on I was waiting for the corny joke with come a-boatAlthough that would be Canadian talk I guess. Not sure why they didn't drop a 911 motor in there but I guess the Dodge block can handle the salt water conditions better.

I guess I would have expected the Porsche Cayenne Turbo or Turbo S motor. What's Porsche about it then? Just the steering wheel?

The porsche engines would never handle marine use. All the torque is needed at starting speeds on a ski/board boat, not at 6000 rpm where you see it on a porsche. You need at least a small block for something like that.

That's why I love Mercruisers, they use V8 small block Chevy motors, so durable and sound awesome!I guess it was designed by Porsche and the yacht maker Fearless out of Miami together. Just a toy that you can tow behind your Porsche Cayenne Turbo S with a special trailer that has Porsch wheels.

Has anyone ever put a Chevy small block in a Vibe? I'm sure it would be terribly front balanced. But a cool conversion would be to put it in the back seat/trunk area and make it RWD.

Quote, originally posted by NibCrom »Has anyone ever put a Chevy small block in a Vibe? I'm sure it would be terribly front balanced. But a cool conversion would be to put it in the back seat/trunk area and make it RWD. I've mentioned it here before but my brother put a 350 Buick engine in 1964 VW Bug. He built a firewall behind the front seats and made it a true mid-engine Beetle. I was very young at the time but he said it would basically try to become airborne above 130MPH.

I don't think that the V8 Vibe conversion has been done yet. I do know that V8's have been done by:LS1 into an HHRSBC into Chevettes 572 into a 2002 CavalierLS1 and LS7 into Solstice and Sky5.0L and 4.6L into a Miata

Quote, originally posted by Whelan »Although that would be Canadian talk I guess. Here's a quick lesson for you,Eh! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRI-A3vakVgAnd this ones from me to you.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqOI7Kej ... ?v...lated

Quote, originally posted by Raven » I've mentioned it here before but my brother put a 350 Buick engine in 1964 VW Bug. He built a firewall behind the front seats and made it a true mid-engine Beetle. I was very young at the time but he said it would basically try to become airborne above 130MPH.That's awesome!Haha! A 572 into a Cavalier! I wonder how it handled!

Haha! A 572 into a Cavalier! I wonder how it handled![/QUOTE]I cannot remember what car show I had seen it at. It was either a Super Chevy show or one of the larger ones in Michigan. It was yellow with two black racing stripes and as soon as I get a photobucket account then I will post it. This thing was on a dyno. The first pull it did about 690 rwhp. Then on the nitrous pull the dyno hit 800 hp before the engine started coming apart.

Check this out, there is even a C&C Corvette sailboat... I see a lot of similarity... http://sailquest.com/market/models/corvette.htm I'm joking of course, but still even with that powerboat, it looks almost like any other powerboat with some corvette lights sculpted into the stern.

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Maybe these people can make it look a bit more like a Vette? http://www.hydraspyder.com/

I just recently picked up a Corvette pinball machine so why not pick up one of these boats too!

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Hey ToolGuy, you should post some pictures of your Corvette in another thread.

Quote, originally posted by NibCrom »Hey ToolGuy, you should post some pictures of your Corvette in another thread. Thanks for the interest NibCrom! I am proud of it but in general do not talk much about it here because this is a Vibe only site. I belong to Vette sites for that! However at least one post on it is probably due!

i think your vette is somewhere here in the GV garage isn't it?

Quote, originally posted by chevelle_lover »I don't think that the V8 Vibe conversion has been done yet. I do know that V8's have been done by:LS1 into an HHRSBC into Chevettes 572 into a 2002 CavalierLS1 and LS7 into Solstice and Sky5.0L and 4.6L into a MiataI remember reading about someone wedging a 5.0L into a Focus a while back.

Quote, originally posted by AZViking »I remember reading about someone wedging a 5.0L into a Focus a while back. That was featured in Motor Trend a while back. They converted it to RWD and it was faster than a Lamborghini Gallardo around a track, although the Focus had racing tires, which gave it an advantage.

Quote, originally posted by AZViking »I remember reading about someone wedging a 5.0L into a Focus a while back. There was also one on Dream Car Garage. When the guys in the shop torched the factory parts there were hundreds of emails with complaints about what they did with the parts.