Has anyone done this? I am really tempted by the price of bad motor rollers and the price of decent replacement engines. Doing a 3.2 into early car is really tempting. Any words of encouragement or better yet, discouragement?
Has anyone done this? I am really tempted by the price of bad motor rollers and the price of decent replacement engines. Doing a 3.2 into early car is really tempting. Any words of encouragement or better yet, discouragement?
Whew, thought this was a thread from Adrian. Carry on.
Do it. Take lots of pictures. Document the progress with a build thread.
Thanks in advance. 
bastomatic wrote: Whew, thought this was a thread from Adrian. Carry on.
No, his car needs a trans swap, not an engine swap. 
How about Audi 2.7 V6 turbo? http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=47&t=1571615
LS swap. Guy I know locally has a Boxster in his shop with IMS bearing failure. Nobody will touch it and a new Porsche engine costs way more than a crate LS3. http://www.renegadehybrids.com/ is the place you wanna check out.
Actually already looked at the Renegade stuff too but it involves lots of cutting. I dont really want to have too much HP(and yes, I know that you can never have enough HP or ammo)so the 50hp boost seemed to be adequate. Not sure about cost savings since 3.2's are available under $3500 on ebay. It is plug and play compared to swapping a 3.6 from 996/7. Finding a Boxster with bad motor isnt hard; finding one where the owner isnt upside down in his math is much harder.
Cough Audi V8 cough
http://www.renntech.org/forums/topic/38004-v8-42l-boxster-swap/
If you have a hoist, it isn't too hard. Drop the motor and trans as a unit.
1) Find out if you can swap/adapters exist for a 4cyl. VW swap
2) Swap in VW TDI (just because!)
3) Enjoy 50mpg topless motoring with Porsche handling
4)Hi Wayne! I'm on #15 now!
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