What Non-PORSCHE Motors Will Fit in a 944?
08-22-2019, 11:26 AM
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I babysat that car for a few weeks...could not get rid of it fast enough.
08-23-2019, 11:47 AM
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potentially that the 07K would be less of a PITA and more suited to the character of the car than the LS.
I have nothing against LS swaps in 944, but the engine bay space, low cost, and engine availability of the 07k is the stuff of dreams.
I have nothing against LS swaps in 944, but the engine bay space, low cost, and engine availability of the 07k is the stuff of dreams.
06-07-2021, 12:13 PM
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Somehow, I missed the importance in this masterpiece of wisdom.
It pretty much nails the situation. I'll wager that the overwhelming majority of swaps that get started wind up either at the junkyard or decaying somewhere in the back yard yard.
Unless there's already a kit available (and it better be pretty well engineered...), even an 'easy' swap is pretty challenging.
Anyone attempting a swap by asking "do you think engine X will fit?" is destined to wind up in that decaying majority.
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07-18-2021, 11:47 AM
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Hi guys
I am very new to this page. still learning how to post and use this website. please excuse me as its my first time if i posted in the wrong place.
got a 1994 porsche 944 turbo.
basically using the shell.
I usually do silly crazy builds and was wanting to stick a v12 or v8 engine old school manual gearbox into this shell.
Besides ls swap outs no one has put a big German engine into these things from what i searched on the net.
i am wiling to throw some serious cash into this. as i usually do crazy ****.
Problem is to find an engine that doesnt throw the weight distribution off.
was looking at various options which included.
1)ferrari 458 engine
2)lambo lp560 engine which we have in stock
3)sl65 v12 engine.
4)audi rs6 engine v10 twin turbo off a 2010 motor vehicle
tommorow going to explore this in great detail when i meet my fabricators.
just wanted some information if anyone attempted this please not interested in American engines.
just not what i want to do in this car.
I am very new to this page. still learning how to post and use this website. please excuse me as its my first time if i posted in the wrong place.
got a 1994 porsche 944 turbo.
basically using the shell.
I usually do silly crazy builds and was wanting to stick a v12 or v8 engine old school manual gearbox into this shell.
Besides ls swap outs no one has put a big German engine into these things from what i searched on the net.
i am wiling to throw some serious cash into this. as i usually do crazy ****.
Problem is to find an engine that doesnt throw the weight distribution off.
was looking at various options which included.
1)ferrari 458 engine
2)lambo lp560 engine which we have in stock
3)sl65 v12 engine.
4)audi rs6 engine v10 twin turbo off a 2010 motor vehicle
tommorow going to explore this in great detail when i meet my fabricators.
just wanted some information if anyone attempted this please not interested in American engines.
just not what i want to do in this car.
07-18-2021, 07:18 PM
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Very ambitious.
There is a nice thread list here
https://rennlist.com/forums/924-931-...smissions.html
i have an LS7 block w/ 388 c.i. >65k miles since my swap w/ minor issues.
https://rennlist.com/forums/968-foru...-968-a-40.html
Tony G's >$350k track car
https://rennlist.com/forums/944-turb...ld-thread.html
When you learn what people go through to have a swapped car, you may think twice.
https://rennlist.com/forums/944-turb...egistry-6.html
The automobile equivalent to joining the mob.
https://rennlist.com/forums/924-931-...the-cover.html
*Page 1 of this thread has the original V8 swap manual you may be able to see online.
For starters, it ain't easy to make everything work (starting with fitment to a bell housing adapter with the perfect geometry to join up to the torque tube.
For the nearly insane effort/s you will eventually make, there'd better be a sizable horsepower and performance gain at the end of the tunnel. The GM Gen 3, 4 engines, and Audi I-5's probably best fit in the realistic/ worth doing category.
There is a nice thread list here
https://rennlist.com/forums/924-931-...smissions.html
i have an LS7 block w/ 388 c.i. >65k miles since my swap w/ minor issues.
https://rennlist.com/forums/968-foru...-968-a-40.html
Tony G's >$350k track car
https://rennlist.com/forums/944-turb...ld-thread.html
When you learn what people go through to have a swapped car, you may think twice.
https://rennlist.com/forums/944-turb...egistry-6.html
The automobile equivalent to joining the mob.
https://rennlist.com/forums/924-931-...the-cover.html
*Page 1 of this thread has the original V8 swap manual you may be able to see online.
I'm surprised no one has installed some cheap engines from Japan as soon as a car is 5 years old it becomes very expensive to own it and most are junked in perfect condition. Something like the 2gtz (can't remember marking - the MR-2 turbo engine), or the sr20det (Nissan Silvia turbo) or for N/A purposes a b18c5 (Intergra Type R) or h22a (Prelude vtec). These engines would be more than enought to motivate a 944 chassis. But then there's the putting a japanese engine in a german car...why's that so different from a domestic v8 getting stuffed in there too?
For the nearly insane effort/s you will eventually make, there'd better be a sizable horsepower and performance gain at the end of the tunnel. The GM Gen 3, 4 engines, and Audi I-5's probably best fit in the realistic/ worth doing category.
Last edited by odurandina; 07-18-2021 at 07:51 PM.
07-18-2021, 08:16 PM
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NON-Porsche engine swap
I was looking at the Audi stuff the other day, and there was one guy here on the list that said he had a 2.0 Audi engine in his 944. The Audi 2.0T super-whammy TFSI or whatever was tunable to about 500 hp. I can't remember the name of the poster that put this on the list last week, though. I don't know what kind of flaming hoops he had to jump through to get it into his 944, but I bet it wasn't easy or cheap. Just sayin..So it HAS been done, folks. Seems that a few years back there were two brothers that were attempting to put a VR6 engine into a 944. They kinda dropped off the list and I haven't seen a post lately..That was Pre-Covid. I think that XSchop was helping them with the adapters and machine work. AFAIK. The Audi Poster was Fasteddie.
Last edited by Tiger03447; 07-22-2021 at 05:33 PM. Reason: Additional info..
07-18-2021, 08:31 PM
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I have a finished-product VW/Audi 1.8t swap in my '86 944 Turbo. Working on the engine mapping right now, otherwise ready to track.
There were enough "Flaming Hoops" jumped through to satisfy Barnum and Bailey.
Spent enough time and money that I could have just taken a second job, and bought a Formula Atlantic.
But then... how much fun would that be?
There were enough "Flaming Hoops" jumped through to satisfy Barnum and Bailey.
Spent enough time and money that I could have just taken a second job, and bought a Formula Atlantic.
But then... how much fun would that be?