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Reply to "Update on Joel Roth's Beck Super Coupe"

In the replica market there has been a movement to water cooling.  Obviously it adds reliability and power.  But it also saves build costs.  Suby is much cheaper than a power equivalent Type 4 or even Type 1.  Can't imagine how expensive a late 90s air/oil cooled 911 flat 6 would be now.  I would love to build a nice Type 4 with the 44 Dellortos I've been saving for 25 years but in reality I'll probably submit to the reliability and economy of the Suby EJ.

I actually love the idea of a watercooled flat 6 in a Super Coupe.  Its the ultimate replica progression.  Its more blasphemy.  And we clown car owners love blasphemy.  Emory would never do it.  He would spend 4 times as much chopping 2 cylinders off a 911 oil cooled engine to make 200 hp.  The clown car builder justs takes a 300 hp modern water cooled flat 6 and crams it into a 2000 lb Super Coupe.  I love it.  God bless the clown car.

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