You guys have to see this.
03-23-2014, 01:13 AM
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It looks like the engine swap is going to happen just like I've predicted : disconnect everything from the top and bottom,engine and transmission mounts and drop the whole drivetrain as an assembly,rather than deal with bell housing bolts inside the car.
Once on the bench,it's much easier to disconnect bell housing bolts and swap the new engine in as a complete assembly : alternator,intake etc.
When the drivetrain is put back together,marry it with the chassis just like they do it in the factory.
I estimate 7-8 hours of real work,including lunch break.
Honestly,you won't even know someone was in there.... Of course,as long as they've figured out the engine at the factory...
Once on the bench,it's much easier to disconnect bell housing bolts and swap the new engine in as a complete assembly : alternator,intake etc.
When the drivetrain is put back together,marry it with the chassis just like they do it in the factory.
I estimate 7-8 hours of real work,including lunch break.
Honestly,you won't even know someone was in there.... Of course,as long as they've figured out the engine at the factory...
03-23-2014, 01:22 AM
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03-23-2014, 01:43 AM
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It looks like the engine swap is going to happen just like I've predicted : disconnect everything from the top and bottom,engine and transmission mounts and drop the whole drivetrain as an assembly,rather than deal with bell housing bolts inside the car. Once on the bench,it's much easier to disconnect bell housing bolts and swap the new engine in as a complete assembly : alternator,intake etc. When the drivetrain is put back together,marry it with the chassis just like they do it in the factory. I estimate 7-8 hours of real work,including lunch break. Honestly,you won't even know someone was in there.... Of course,as long as they've figured out the engine at the factory...
Honestly,you won't even know someone was in there.... Of course,as long as they've figured out the engine at the factory...
03-23-2014, 01:53 AM
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I assume they'll have techs and equipment inside those facilities to perform such an operation.
Nick.
03-23-2014, 01:59 AM
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Just want to be able to fast toward to the future and put this mess in the rearview...
03-23-2014, 02:11 AM
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I don't want to get into the discussion about how one feels having an engine swap on a brand new car,depreciation or the compensation that needs to be included,but I can tell you that in the scenario you're facing,having an engine swap as a complete assembly is a decent operation that should go smoothly.
03-23-2014, 03:00 AM
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So still no one know what the hell this is in context of the engine swap. Just a bunch of WILD guesses of a picture of a GT3 taken apart with NO CONTEXT resulting in 100+ man hours of people reading, speculating posting about it..
03-23-2014, 03:18 AM
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03-23-2014, 09:08 AM
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I was told by my dealer that the port facilities don't have lifts. So usually bigger jobs are handled by the dealership. Each dealership shop typically has at least on gold technician who is best to handle this kind of job
03-23-2014, 09:26 AM
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Don't know how educated this guess is, but I'll go out on a limb and say that the cars will be shipped to individual dealers and the swaps done there if for no other reason than that the work will probably get done more quickly by spreading the cars around to a bunch of different locations. Hey, I've got at least a 50-50 chance of being right.
03-23-2014, 09:35 AM
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and... there'd be coolant spewed all over the floor from a popped line. Oh, and an oil puddle from the RMS. That's assuming it wasn't a 4.0L and it swallowed its lunch first. Hey, he started it...
All in fun of course. I love the Mezger engine.
All in fun of course. I love the Mezger engine.
03-23-2014, 11:07 AM
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Don't know how educated this guess is, but I'll go out on a limb and say that the cars will be shipped to individual dealers and the swaps done there if for no other reason than that the work will probably get done more quickly by spreading the cars around to a bunch of different locations. Hey, I've got at least a 50-50 chance of being right.
No confirmation at this point and we could be wrong, but I have a feeling the VPC at the ports aren't equipped to do this and Porsche would prefer the procedure be done at dealers.
03-23-2014, 11:16 AM
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That's the impression I got from my dealer as well. The service manager has already spoken to Porsche at length about the swap (only one other GT3 here) and my rep mentioned shipping my car through. No confirmation at this point and we could be wrong, but I have a feeling the VPC at the ports aren't equipped to do this and Porsche would prefer the procedure be done at dealers.
03-23-2014, 11:27 AM
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I've been told the VPC there is covered but exposed on the sides. Better than nothing, but far from ideal. I would much rather she be shipped here; at least I'd know where she is and how she's being stored.
Going to need a very thorough detail.