Can someone give me a list of differences in the X-51 engine vs the standard 3.4L 996 engine?

What I know are as follows:

Oil pan is different.
Tuning is different
Has a different oil pump to help with oil return and cornering issues and oil starvation

Not sure if there is anything else?

Thanks.

 

Here is the 3.6 info - which should be the same for the 3.4.
PN: 000.044.100.15
new intake manifold
new intake pipe supports
new exhuast manifolds
new cylinder heads
new camshafts
new inlet valve springs
modified oil pan
remapped engine management system
3rd radiator

[edit: you will have to get the relevant parts from Europe as the 3.4 X51 wasn't offered in the US. Getting a 3.4 X51 kit to fit/work is not simple or cheap - but not impossible. I think the parts alone retail for around £7,000 ($10,000 USD), plus install and DME tuning/remapping. So maybe $15,000 USD all-in. At these prices, it makes a supercharger a viable alternative, especially when the X51 only gets you 25 HP...]

-td

 

I was just curious. If i wanted to spend all that money I would just drop a turbo engine in. I was just wondering what they did to try and improve the power. Seems like a waste for that little gain.

Thanks.

 

I am in the middle of assembly of a 3.6X-51 that we have taken to 3.8.. I added further head work, boosted the CR and enhanced the camshafts. I fully expect to produce 400-410HP on my engine dyno, maybe more.. We added all the updates, added Nikisil liners and designed a true 4 valve piston for the application.

I would have been done with it if my Dad hadn't been in the Hospital all last week and the majority of this week.

 

Nice. That sounds really sweet. That is a lot more power. Now we're talking...