engine swap story
08-30-2002, 01:46 AM
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engine swap story
hey guys hows it going? so anyways i got a wierd story/question to ask all of ya'll. so i'm in my '83 944 and i'm up talking to my mechanic. so he tells me that he wants to put a '94 911turbo engine into my car. i old him that he was insane and that it couldnt be done. however, he was totally confidnt about it and said that he even looked the swap up on the internet. i just want to know if he is really crazy or not. how cool would that be though!!!! thanks for ya'lls opinions!!!! -Brett
08-30-2002, 02:27 AM
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Are you serious?? That would be a very $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ project I would imagine....
08-30-2002, 06:59 AM
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[quote]Originally posted by lostvipor944:
<strong>hey guys hows it going? so anyways i got a wierd story/question to ask all of ya'll. so i'm in my '83 944 and i'm up talking to my mechanic. so he tells me that he wants to put a '94 911turbo engine into my car. i old him that he was insane and that it couldnt be done. however, he was totally confidnt about it and said that he even looked the swap up on the internet. i just want to know if he is really crazy or not. how cool would that be though!!!! thanks for ya'lls opinions!!!! -Brett</strong><hr></blockquote>
Tell your mechanic to stop smoking the crack. Then go find another mechanic. If mine ever told me something like this, it would make me question his p-car knowledge.........
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<strong>hey guys hows it going? so anyways i got a wierd story/question to ask all of ya'll. so i'm in my '83 944 and i'm up talking to my mechanic. so he tells me that he wants to put a '94 911turbo engine into my car. i old him that he was insane and that it couldnt be done. however, he was totally confidnt about it and said that he even looked the swap up on the internet. i just want to know if he is really crazy or not. how cool would that be though!!!! thanks for ya'lls opinions!!!! -Brett</strong><hr></blockquote>
Tell your mechanic to stop smoking the crack. Then go find another mechanic. If mine ever told me something like this, it would make me question his p-car knowledge.........
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08-30-2002, 08:05 AM
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[quote]Originally posted by Deepice:
<strong>I think you mechanic has issues...</strong><hr></blockquote>
Now that's a nice, polite way of putting it. Me, I'd say he's nucking futs! 911 engine is a flat six... read, "very wide." Maybe with a total tube-frame rebuild of the car, and enough cubic dollars.
Jim, now ask him which end he wants to put it in...front or back? Or maybe a mid-engine, like the Boxster...
<strong>I think you mechanic has issues...</strong><hr></blockquote>
Now that's a nice, polite way of putting it. Me, I'd say he's nucking futs! 911 engine is a flat six... read, "very wide." Maybe with a total tube-frame rebuild of the car, and enough cubic dollars.
Jim, now ask him which end he wants to put it in...front or back? Or maybe a mid-engine, like the Boxster...
08-30-2002, 08:24 AM
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lostvipor944:
Almost any engine swap is possible, it's just a matter of time, effort, and money. While it's not a hard swap in the sense that it would be easy to design on paper (that's the case with most swaps), your mechanic has to realize that such a swap takes a huge amount of time, effort, and money compared to most known engine swaps.
While I have not personally seen such a swap, I would dare to guess that if you contacted the keeper of such a beast, you would hear of how a huge amount of $$$ was spent on the swap and how long their car was out of commission.
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Almost any engine swap is possible, it's just a matter of time, effort, and money. While it's not a hard swap in the sense that it would be easy to design on paper (that's the case with most swaps), your mechanic has to realize that such a swap takes a huge amount of time, effort, and money compared to most known engine swaps.
While I have not personally seen such a swap, I would dare to guess that if you contacted the keeper of such a beast, you would hear of how a huge amount of $$$ was spent on the swap and how long their car was out of commission.
Regards,
Abdul
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08-30-2002, 01:53 PM
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I think amaf must have moved to DFW and is now working as a porsche mechanic <img src="graemlins/c.gif" border="0" alt="[ouch]" />
I guess the dallas shop you go to, lostvipor, is not Istook or Mayo <img src="graemlins/nono.gif" border="0" alt="[nono]" />
I guess the dallas shop you go to, lostvipor, is not Istook or Mayo <img src="graemlins/nono.gif" border="0" alt="[nono]" />
08-30-2002, 01:58 PM
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It MUST have been a 911 engine swapped into a 914 that your mechanic was thinking of.
Even then, while I have seen/heard of 3.2, 3.6, even 3.8 911 engines residing in a 914, I've never heard of a 911 Turbo sitting there!
-Zoltan.
What color is the sky in your mechanic's world?
Even then, while I have seen/heard of 3.2, 3.6, even 3.8 911 engines residing in a 914, I've never heard of a 911 Turbo sitting there!
-Zoltan.
What color is the sky in your mechanic's world?
08-30-2002, 03:54 PM
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How is he planning to cool it? I'd be curious...
08-30-2002, 05:22 PM
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lostvipor944,
What are you guys over in Dallas smokin' -- come on over here to Cow-Town and we'll fix ya up real good.
flat six tooooo wide no fit in front
mid engine may be possible... with a whole freaking new chassis? What's with that!
You could put in a V-8 for way cheaper (but why would you).
Istook's seems like they know hat the are talking about (Ft. Worth).
And Phil Bragg over in Arlington (east I think) comes HIGHLY recommended.
Run don't walk away from that IDIOT!!!
What are you guys over in Dallas smokin' -- come on over here to Cow-Town and we'll fix ya up real good.
flat six tooooo wide no fit in front
mid engine may be possible... with a whole freaking new chassis? What's with that!
You could put in a V-8 for way cheaper (but why would you).
Istook's seems like they know hat the are talking about (Ft. Worth).
And Phil Bragg over in Arlington (east I think) comes HIGHLY recommended.
Run don't walk away from that IDIOT!!!
08-31-2002, 04:13 PM
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thanks for the feedback guys! i had the same feelings exactly. i left that place perplexed with a serious doubt of his capabilities. anyways, luckily it was't my porsche mechanic, i'd be really scared then. i just couldn't believe it when the guy said that he even has the directions off the internet on th swap!!! i mean, are they fake or what!!!! i'm going to try and find the site just to post on here for you guys to see. i'm still working on getting pics of my car on here for you guys to see and tell me what ya'll think! thanks again! -Brett <img src="graemlins/roflmao.gif" border="0" alt="[hiha]" />