cano

Hello guys ,
I have an 86 944 automatic that recently broke the transmission. Im sick of the oil spilling everywhere and Im not gona repair that transmission again so I decide to go to the dark side and swap a turbo trany from an 86 turbo that I got for parts. The plan is to swap the engine too but later, and my question is:

***Can I put the flywheel and clutch kit in the n/a engine with the trany?? the reference and speed sensor will work??***
I don't know if the teeth on both FW are different I ask here because you guys know more than me!!!

Dougs951S

To avoid a long explanation--No.

V2Rocket

I have time for a long explanation so...

The turbo flywheel will bolt onto any 944 engine. However the complete clutch assembly doesn't quite fit into the NA bellhousing.

You could just use a regular NA clutch assembly and it will bolt onto your existing crankshaft. You will need to add a pilot bearing to the back of the crankshaft to support the nose of the driveshaft. Your current bellhousing will work with an NA clutch (99% sure its the same BH manual vs auto)

You will need to add the manual-car brake pedal and clutch pedal brackets, pedals, linkages and plumbing.

An NA or turbo transmission will bolt up to your car no problem.

Going auto-to-manual is a lot of work and parts sourcing...it's up to you if it's worth doing to that car or just finding a manual car and buying it outright.

cano

Thanks for the replay guys!!

***Rocket*** the thing is that I have the turbo bellhousing too, that's no problem!! But my concern is if the Flywheel will give the same readings (timing) for the reference sensor.

I have all the plumbing, brake master and slave cylinders and all the pedals already installed on the car.

JimV8

I think you'll be ok with your setup. The ref sensors make pulses based on the teeth of the flywheel so if you have a flywheel and a matching bell housing then that positions the ref sensors in the correct position.

Dougs951S

No, the turbo and NA flywheels have different numbers of teeth because they are different diameters. The respective DME's are programmed for their respective amount of teeth, and having the turbo BH will make things fit, but it still wont work because his NA ecu will be expecting way fewer teeth. The car more than likely wont even start with a turbo flywheel and an NA DME and even if it somehow does, it definitely wont run correctly.

V2Rocket

NA flywheel has 130 teeth, turbo has 132...people have done it, it runs OK, but proper parts of course is best.