Loved hearing this story as I'm a Porsche Guy learning more about Ferrari!

On the street legal 917, wasn't the frame super fragile? Wouldn't that have been a problem for street use? Or, is it fragile in terms of hitting 200mph bumps, not so much rolling around in normal street speeds.

Of all people, especially with your level of knowledge and 'street-cred,' referring to an engine as a motor - it's like pushing an ice pick into my ear. Love your content, but i've gotta hold you to a higher standard. Thx John. Huge fan!

The right term is engine not motor...motor is for electrical things....confused when u say motor

John and Matt, loved the video, it's fun and funny (the sped up parts) . Great and simple explanation of these older 911 turbo engines, especially for those younger audience with little or no knowledge and experience on or about these cars . Good luck with the unknown older junkyard engine, hopefully with a little freshening on the fuel system and a few smaller new parts it'll fire up and run great ! Best, Essy Fariab

Only just discovered your channel and am loving your content. You have such a great delivery and way of explaining things. I’ve just subscribed started to play catch up with your back catalogue. Really enjoying it so far, keep up the great work. Thank you.

The intercooler isn’t for cooling air heated by a hot turbocharger - its to cool the air heated by the process of the compression itself. Simple physics

I wuld like to see more limo’s doing interesting things on KZbin like the Volvo limos doing all shorts off fun and offcorse the Honda limousine which will be doing some fun things when it gets done

Canneppa always did have an eye for talent. Congrats on everything your achiving. Remeber a video with your garage getting taken out in a storm and could see the weight it held on you. Glad see people getting achive live and work on thier dreams as hard as it may be. Well earned

Baron is a g. Should see thebpieces barry weiss had at his crib. Used to have a wonderful shop on melrose that was half filled w baron worksnamd rest antique props, was the front shop of what became platnum... was afew unfrtunate deaths and land changes that ruined the old neighborhood

As much as vintage cars are cool, there is almost 50 years of turbo development since that engine was new, it will be a lot better and cheaper if you build a more modern system and since you have a packaging issue and a 959 body kit, I say go for twin turbos. Instead of trying for 300 hp, you could probably very easily get to 400 with less lag using modern turbos (maybe a pair of K03s?) and good intercoolers. Lastly, I have to question your cleaning method a bit. If you knew the tirbo was seized, you should have taken off everything back of the exhaust manifolds and as much of the intake as you could, then seal up all the holes and pressure wash it with degreasing cleaners. That and some scrubbing with stiff brushes would have cleaned almost everything that can be cleaned, get rid of any smell and make the rebuild much easier. It would also make the test fit easier.

I was expecting a Boxster engine or something but damn you got a turbo air-cooled engine.

15:43 there are probably known working options for alternate intercoolers, but the first thing i thought of when you showed the cutaway 959, was a VW Corrado g60 intercooler. Good luck. I'm enjoying this build.

I thoroughly enjoyed these movies about these special Audis. Just out of curiosity though, was there ever any deciphering of the two cars to understand the production configuration following these ? Since a collectable, is a nice bit of added information and insight in how these cars were offered with these special equipments. 🤩

It needs twin turbo s and twin intercoolers you already said you have lots of room for activity s

Pure garbage.

Love listening to John 😊

is this the original 4door or a DIY mod from two cars ?!?

when completed that car will be better than when it was new!

An air/water intercooler is another thing you could look into

I remember seeing that cutaway 959 at the Toronto auto show back in the day. Still the closest I've been to seeing a real one

Now you need a car to put that turbo motor in. That limo is shot lol

2:11 oh my gosh! I'm so excited 🤗

Super cool. And nice hat John, it was great to have you with us! 😀

Lovely! Can’t wait to see the next steps. I can really imagine this painted in 959 Silver with Red interior ❤

Laguna seca,early 70's. Yeah

cool update. good luck

That auction was amazing!!!!

That thing deserves a 912E motor! 😂

I dunno, I think a fully tricked out Jetta ALH Diesel would be a good pick too...

Wasn't that on Craigslist in LA?

Nice addition with the Turbo motor! I've seen intercoolers that are custom made to sit below a Ducktail, so could work for this application if youre keeping the 959 wing.

Air Conditioning is a must.

Percussive Maintenance...... BFH! That cutaway 959 was straight PORN!!

John, you and Matt are ROCKSTARS! What an incredibly talented team to do this Targa justice! Would you consider painting it Bahama Yellow? You could call it Bahama Mama Dos!

So Rad you went with the correct engine.

Did you have any assurance before buying that the engine wasn't seized-up??

man, some of them engines sold for 5-15k... was nutty

Great choice - project definitely needed the Turbo especially when you put the Decal down the side 😂

After I saw how cheap some 356's and porsche engines were going, as soon as I clicked on this vid I guessed "Klein auction engine". 😊

Suggest a water to air intercooler

The amount of turbo lag you get from long intercooler runners is negligible, a very rudimentary equation not accounting for inefficiency or for boost, a 3 litre at 6000rpm is inhaling 150 litres of air per second, a 75mm diameter x 1 metre long runner is only 4.5 litres.

The intercooler can be moved. IT CAN ALSO BE RED!! 😂

I’m still holding hope you’re gonna go on a journey to find the WEIRD SCIENCE PORSCHE 928!!

I absolutely love the nerdyness and passion that you have so present in every video. This type of content is what makes KZbin so great

Screw the crazy limo and turbo engine...lets talk about those little 962s!

Always glad to have another Ficarra video!

Super fun project. Great that you got it from the Rudi Klein sale - you’re right it’s perfect. Can’t wait to see it running. What transaxle are you looking to run? Or did the car have a transaxle already?

Water to air intercooler, that'll get the purists 😂

Since yo have to make all rew reiforcements, you should try to find a period correct Targa arc (roll bar) for the middle, and 2 original doors with out the triangular windows to substitute the shortened ones; and then you will have better access to the rear seats, you will be able to make a propper reinforcement to the middle secction so it looks more original, a better transition between the doors and no special glass for the windows... And with this Turbo engine it will become the 911 TTT4S, TwinTargaTurbo4Seats...