Although i do engine conversions professionally for a living i'm keen not to promote my business here, i always have a 4-6 month waiting list for that, so the 944 is just another one of my personal builds i'd like to share, hopefully give someone else the info they need to do this themselves.

It also seems that the 924 platform is not so ideal to perform this swap with, since the transmission seems to be the weak link in the swap, and nothing that I’ve seen on the internet has stated that I could use something different easily.
Interesting read! More power to you.

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This thing absolutely flies, but a tad raw and tries to kill me. Although the body of the 944 was based on the 924, it had considerably more striking contours. Low budget power adders I've followed are supercharging an NA with the eaton m90 blower (cost effective) blown944 on the rennlist forums is the pioneer in that category. Now i have spent over a year researching and even parts buying, originally the plan was to use the Audi S8 motor, the AHC variant, in keeping with the Porsche heritage, i bought an engine, a 924 bellhosuing and an Audi V6 spacer plate to go between the 924 and AHC engine.

You guys need to learn how to love the whole package.

No spring compressor, cutting, welding or modification needed. This car was built for >$30,000 and a list of all the modifications and upgrades is shown below. retrorides.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=readersrides&action=display&thread=109014&page=1, retrorides.proboards.com/thread/168690/renault-master-campervan-modern, Project Portia - An MR2 slowly coming back to life, A list of excuses for not working on the MR2. Cars For Sale - Rules and Notices. This car was built for >$30,000 and a list of all the modifications and upgrades is shown below. I believe if I were to attempt this swap in my garage I would get the deluxe kit so that I would have all the parts necessary to perform the swap successfully. 1986 Porsche 944 Renegade Hybrid V8 Engine Swap (more pics added! The engine will pick up on this colour with as much polished alloy as i can manage to give it that retro classic theme....Car and engine... the goal is to complete the entire project by next May...We're pretty busy right now! Oddly enough, he started with a 7A engine which has a 2.3L displacement (82.5mm bore) one of the advantages with the 2.2l AAN is it has more meat for future over boring as a repair method. Hi chaps, my name is Paul, thought i'd share my project with you, so hopefully some of you will find it informative or even mildly entertaining, we shall see!I have owned my 944 for several years, she is a basic 2.5 NA and i really enoyed it until this happened.... a bus decided to not want to take a corner properly, locked up and took me clean out.So she has been off the road for 18 months now while i fight this company to admit wrong doing.Recently i have had the urge to bring her back to her former glory and beyond, being an engine conversion specialist by trade means i have all the tools and equipment (and a fair whack of knowledge) to make just about any engineswap a reality, so it made sense to me to put a V8 in.Now i have spent over a year researching and even parts buying, originally the plan was to use the Audi S8 motor, the AHC variant, in keeping with the Porsche heritage, i bought an engine, a 924 bellhosuing and an Audi V6spacer plate to go between the 924 and AHC engine. Welcome Guest. Low budget, now that I am unsure of. Under the hood sits a 5.7 L LS1 V8 from a Pontiac GTO. From the research that I have done, it seems that the turbo series car would be better but the NA one would work just the same, the difference being the gearing of the transmissions. What transmission would I have to use? kickin' tires'n lightin fires: Joined: Tue Nov 22, 2005 9:11 pm Posts: 816 Location: South Florida I had the chance to get a 87' Porsche 944 that had a small engine fire. I wish you luck with the swap, these 5-cyl engines are certainly interesting and look right at home in a 944.

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Why? ... Porsche drift Camera 944 948 V8 conversion - Duration: 4:54. View unanswered posts | View active topics, Board index » General Stuff » Show Off Your Car, Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 19 guests. You guys need to learn how to love the whole package.

The blog is interesting: I love my 951 and my s6. 1.8T Engine Conversion For Porsche 924 / 944 A SMART CHOICE:.

Just the oil pan looks like quite a large amount of work. ), 1986 Porsche 944 turbo Hybrid V8 LS1 swap LSX conversion, 1976 Porsche 911 S Coupe 2-Door V8 Renegade Hybrid 400 HP, 1976 PORSCHE 914 - 8 LS1 CORVETTE V8 RENEGADE HYBRID CONVERSION BIG $$, 1979 Porsche 911SC Renegade Hybrid V8, Amazing! Hi, looking forward to seeing how it turns out! Please Login or Register. Those manifolds are just beautiful !! The maxxtuning.de car is probably the prime example of a high output version of this swap. Unusual projects like this really interest me! What can I say, only Wow! Now that’s what I’m talking about!

Used a Volvo diesel bellhousing which is more common apparently. xcellr8edaudi Post subject: Lots of fab. The nice part about the available information on the V8 swaps for the 944/951 means that the same basic techniques can be used to mate a donor bellhousing to the torque tube and the Audi transaxle. I will be starting my Dashboard modifications and repairs to fit my A8 cluster and to make room for my wiring that will need to go through. This keeps the weight balance and one of the unique features of the car. I would then have a complete running car for probably not too much cash. Love this swap idea.

The owner states the Porsche transaxle was rebuilt in 2014. Fully street legal and great if you're looking for a fun, inexpensive track car! I then made a 30mm frame to act as the shallow part of the sump and as a structure to weld the belly pan frame to...I then welded the belly pan tops onto the frame, it had to be done this way or i would not be able to seam weld it with the belly pan in place....Brace in place preventing warping...Belly pan section welded to upper part, you will see i also have a notch out of the shallow part for steering rack clearance...The shallow pan base then added, with a scallop out of it for the rack hump it needs to clear...Still need to add windage trays and surge channels to the inside.Quick comparison, LS400 left, Soarer middle, 948 right.And for good measure, Alfie (Woodsport dog) doing a spot of photobombing.Still need to add dipstick tube, soda blast the entire thing to get rid of all metal particles before painting.Level Zen fabrication completed.I stripped the V8 down to the bare bones, i have to say for a 1993 engine with over 100k on it i'm amazed by the condition of it all, this has been seriously looked after, perfect bores, you can still see the original honing marks...The heads are near mint...Internals are pretty spotless...I was going to rebuild this engine but on inspection there really is no point, it's as fresh as they come, so it is getting a full degrease, new seals and gaskets, and a full detailing job....I spent time on the cam covers getting them very clean and finished in Pepper white, a BMW mini shade that i think will look fantastic on the car, a real classic version of Old English white, so the whole car will be painted this colour. This 1987 Porsche 951 (944 Turbo) is for sale on Pro-Touring in Tampa, Florida for $22,000 OBO.


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