Well, of course. A 1965 Shelby GT 350 with a 1986 Fox Body 5.0? Not so much. A 1972 Porsche MFI 2.4 S with a 1977 CIS 2.7? No longer an S. A CSL with a pick and pull 7 series 3.5, is that a CSL?
That's why I scrambled the key coding on the photos of my keys with photoshop. I'm not letting those codes out on the internet. My Chamonix over blue 2800CS needs even more work, but that's why I was able to buy it, for a very good price.
Yes, of course it's all about the chassis #. The sagas of Ferrari p3/4 #0846 and Jag #XD505 come to mind. That's at a whole different level of this hobby. This car with a blue velour interior and the 200hp Djet engine would be a different car and what I think a CSI should be. A "real" CSI. That's my opinion. Right now in Germany there is an e34 M5 Touring for sale. It looks very clean and original and priced right but no motor. A suggestion would be to just throw in a junkyard motor from an e34 525 saloon and you'll have an M5 Touring? I guess some people would think so....lucky them, I would imagine!!
Well - it will soon enough anyway (the badges are not installed yet - LOL)
Easy on the CIS swap
The short stroke 3.5 M90=awesome motor! You are going to love it!I have my car at SFDon's undergoing a full on 'restoration' - well, more of a resto-mod now.... It is a 1970 that came out of the factory with the 2.8L carb engine and disk/drum brakes.
It now has a CSi 'look' 3.5L M90 with 5-speed and the upgraded brakes and all sorts of other goodies installed (sourced from other cars).
But - I call it my 2800CS, not a CSi. Says so on the rear.
right there sitting on the fence next to you ... i have a SFDon euro b34 with a 5 speed. will be upgrading the suspension even further soon as well as going to rear discs. well actually i have been going back and forth whether to put a new 2800cs badge on it ... or go to a 3.5csi badge. i had talked myself out of that, until i saw the coupe on the short video from Mike Pelly recently ... and i really liked the 3.5csi badge. we will see ... but since ceylon wasn't a 2800cs color, i might change the badge. the vin plaque will remain 2800csI have my car at SFDon's undergoing a full on 'restoration' - well, more of a resto-mod now.... It is a 1970 that came out of the factory with the 2.8L carb engine and disk/drum brakes.
It now has a CSi 'look' 3.5L M90 with 5-speed and the upgraded brakes and all sorts of other goodies installed (sourced from other cars).
But - I call it my 2800CS, not a CSi. Says so on the rear.
Don should make his own badge for his builds, with the letters SFD.
now i would go for that 3.5 sfd.
i would never put a 3.0csi on my 2800cs because it isn't one ... even though it has all of the upgrades (or will shortly). i like the idea of 3.5csi because there should have been that model. if anybody was a 'cca member in the early 80's, my friend / rally partner Harmon Fischer started the rumor of the 2002F ... a 2002 made the way it should have been made (according to Harmon).
no Chris, that isn't surprising ... but you might be surprised that is the way i have been leaning for a while as i have a NOS badge. drilling holes in the trunk lid is something that troubles me - they were filled by the PO when the car was painted black ... along with the automatic badge holes.
