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Car Forum / Porsche / Porsche Cars / November 2005944/928 Swap?
Is it possible, or should I say feasible, to put a 928 engine in a 944? Or is there another engine that is a good swap? No. The 928 engine is too wide and the front clips needs extensive re-work to make it go. You might consider a 968 engine. That's pricey but fits and flanges up to the engine mounts and tranny. The there's a chevy 350. > Is it possible, or should I say feasible, to put a 928 engine in a > 944? Or is there another engine that is a good swap? Speaking as someone who has owned 2 V8 coverted Porsches, I STRONGLY reccomend against it. Both were factory built by the conversion company and neither ever worked right. For the money I spent I could have built an incredibly Porsche engine for either car. Don't believe the dollar/HP bit, it just isn't so! CCC > No. The 928 engine is too wide and the front clips needs extensive re-work > to make it go. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >> Is it possible, or should I say feasible, to put a 928 engine in a >> 944? Or is there another engine that is a good swap? > Speaking as someone who has owned 2 V8 coverted Porsches, I STRONGLY > reccomend against it. Both were factory built by the conversion company and > neither ever worked right. _Which_ conversion company? I've read good things about one, but if you have different experiences, it'd be nice to hear. And what didn't work right? >> Speaking as someone who has owned 2 V8 coverted Porsches, I STRONGLY >> reccomend against it. Both were factory built by the conversion [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > And what didn't work right? The one in Las Vegas. Both cars never cooled correctly, the A/C never worked, the parts used were VERY low buck, the brackets rusted, the hard parts cracked, and the parts were just junk. We learned later that this company had new owners, but I don't know if that made a difference. We heard a LOT of positive stuff, but when we tried to find a consistant working car later..... well, it was like looking for a Unicorn. For instance we had problems with the starter on one car. We took it in to the starter shop and they said "Well, that's what you get for buying a 49.00 piece of taiwan junk." When we told them we paid nearly 300.00 for it, the said they hoped we got a cigarette afterwards. Bottom line, apparently Rod Simpson has made this conversion work but I have NEVER seen proof that it will work over the long term. Every car I see is "almost finished" or "just trying to work some bugs out". We ended up spending 25,000.00 on the initial conversion and another 15,000.00 trying to get it to work right. Think of the 911 powerplant you could build for the intial 25k! CCc This is what I've heard elsewhere as far as a Chevy converison goes. You look at the price for crate engine, a built engine or whatever and think "Geez, for $4k I can stick in 450bhp!" Then the reality hits of really making it work well. All the electronics and accessories cost real $$ to make work. And getting it to work as a smooth package where you've dropped in a low-revving torque monster in place of a high-revving torque weanie means tranny changes. Sure, $4k for the engine and another $10k getting it right. > The one in Las Vegas. Both cars never cooled correctly, the A/C never worked, the parts used were VERY low buck, the brackets > rusted, the hard parts cracked, and the parts were just junk. We learned later that this company had new owners, but I don't know if that [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > CCc Bottom line, it just doesn't work! IMHO you will ALWAYS be happier just building a strong Porsche flat 6 rather than trying to make the other one work! CCC > This is what I've heard elsewhere as far as a Chevy converison goes. > You look at the price for crate engine, a built engine or whatever and [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] >> >> CCc |
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