alex

Thank you, that is exactly what I wanted to see.

ETA- those top pieces don't look homemade... where did you get them? If you don't mind, how much did they cost you total?

alex

Spencer, the whole car sits on a few bolts at the bottom of the shocks and struts, no reason those wouldn't hold the engine.

V2Rocket

i guess id have to see and feel one in person. sometimes you just look at things and go "no way". but im guessing thats the same style mount that youd get from a renegade kit so it should be fine.

lovemyp-car

the motor mounts were actually completely free to me (everything was gifted to me by friends pretty much)

the upper mount is this (or something very similar)

http://www.jegs.com/i/Moroso/710/62500/10002/-1

A friend who has one of these cars (an 86 944t with a built 383 lt4) gave me the upper mounts because he had an extra set, the tubing and plate my welder had already...free is good!

Ethan

p.s. Spencer, the motor mounts weight like 3 pounds a piece, they're BEEFY! The upright tube is 1 1/2 inch O.D. and i think it's 1/4 inch thick. The upper piece is about 3 inches long and about an inch O.D. and it's 1/4 inch thick, and the plate is 1/4 inch thick...they will stand up to anything...

Dougs951

So how long till this beast runs?

lovemyp-car

2 weeks...
that is if i can get someone to help me wire it up, because that's the one thing i have NO idea how to do...

Dougs951

What needs to be wired up?

lovemyp-car

the engine...i need to connect some things in to the porsche fuse box, and i need to get power into the harness, and i've never done wiring before.

V2Rocket

ok, now that we have some measurements they do sound quite substantial lol.

a 1-1/2 x 1/4" tube you could use to tow the whole car...lol

blown 944

Thanks for the pics of the mounts those should be easy to make.

I didn't read through tteh whole thing so plese forgive me but

what bell housing are you using and how is the slave cylinder working??

lovemyp-car

i picked up a renegade setup off of ebay. Uses the renegade bellhousing, with the clutch, pressure plate, and flywheel all from them, as well as a new master and slave cylinder. I honestly don't know much more than that other than it's a pin style clutch fork/throwout bearing and that the master bolts up to the stock position on the firewall

harrisonrick

Whisper

Ethan, what are you doing for wiring? Did you need to buy a computer/wiring harness/etc? Are you injecting or using carbs?

V2Rocket

carbs wont fit under the stock hood.

lovemyp-car

well, for this swap, neither will the injection...woo hoo i get to cut a hole in my hood!

to Whisper, i bought an ecu and a harness (pulled the harness from a junked caprice). Wiring is really something i have no idea how to do, hopefully i can get some help with it, or the factory manuals will help me figure it out. The ecu is going to need a tune, but it's going to wait until i have money/time

Pertaining to the comment about carbs not fitting and fuel injection fitting...it depends on the car, it truly does. Some will shim crossmembers and cut oil pans really shallow and still have hood problems (like myself, except i said screw it and didn't shim the crossmember and left the pan relatively deep) Other cars don't need a shallow pan or a shimmed crossmember, the thing will just drop in and the hood will close nicely...