Subaru Engine w/Boxster transaxle, Perfect fix for 914??? |
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Subaru Engine w/Boxster transaxle, Perfect fix for 914??? |
precisionchassis |
Jul 26 2010, 05:08 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 99 Joined: 26-July 10 From: Gilbert, AZ Member No.: 11,979 Region Association: Southwest Region |
I know there may not be a lot of people on here who will be interested in this for their car, but it will be nice to have more options for people who want more power, and a modern shifting mid-engine transaxle. These pictures are of a 6 speed version, but the 5 speed will use the same adapter plate and flywheel.
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DBCooper |
Aug 11 2010, 08:53 PM
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14's in the 13's with ATTITUDE Group: Members Posts: 3,079 Joined: 25-August 04 From: Dazed and Confused Member No.: 2,618 Region Association: Northern California |
Is part of the plan to put Subaru engines in all those early Boxsters that had their motors go crispy? If so you got a PLAN dude! And I'm in line for one myself.
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precisionchassis |
Aug 12 2010, 03:55 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 99 Joined: 26-July 10 From: Gilbert, AZ Member No.: 11,979 Region Association: Southwest Region |
Is part of the plan to put Subaru engines in all those early Boxsters that had their motors go crispy? If so you got a PLAN dude! And I'm in line for one myself. This is EXACTLY the plan! I think VERY soon there will be a TON of these early Boxsters in the $3000-$4000 range with bad engines. I want to be ready when it happens... Test fit the engine today to see how it fits. It's almost like it was meant to be. It almost looks like the turbo might be able to fit in the stock location on the engine, although that's not what I will be doing on this car. There is almost 6 inches between the crank pulley and the engine bulkhead which is WAY more than the stock M96 engine. Next is motor mount fabrication. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i180.photobucket.com-11979-1281650135.1.jpg) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i180.photobucket.com-11979-1281650136.2.jpg) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i180.photobucket.com-11979-1281650136.3.jpg) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i180.photobucket.com-11979-1281650137.4.jpg) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i180.photobucket.com-11979-1281650137.5.jpg) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i180.photobucket.com-11979-1281650137.6.jpg) A stock Boxster S weighs in at about 2940lbs. The test car will weigh about 2300lbs with a full cage and track prepped. The classes I'm planning on running it in at first is NASA's TTS and ST1 so I will be limited to a power-to-weight ration of no less than 8.7:1.... so about 280ish to the wheels. |
DBCooper |
Aug 12 2010, 04:08 PM
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14's in the 13's with ATTITUDE Group: Members Posts: 3,079 Joined: 25-August 04 From: Dazed and Confused Member No.: 2,618 Region Association: Northern California |
Is part of the plan to put Subaru engines in all those early Boxsters that had their motors go crispy? If so you got a PLAN dude! And I'm in line for one myself. This is EXACTLY the plan! I think VERY soon there will be a TON of these early Boxsters in the $3000-$4000 range with bad engines. I want to be ready when it happens... Actually you can find them already, so I believe you've got this one by the tail. There's irony here. Poor Jake. Lately I've noticed that in forums where he used to spend a lot of time talking up T4 conversions, Shoptalkforums, Spyderclub, etc. the Subaru conversions have taken over. Not so many T4's any more, they're just too expensive. So Jake shifted to Boxster motors, which are a problem. Now you come along developing a way to put Subaru motors in Boxsters, too, again because the Porsche motors are so much more expensive. Subaru's are going in to everything, and seem to be following Jake around. No wonder he's so annoyed. |
precisionchassis |
Aug 12 2010, 04:34 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 99 Joined: 26-July 10 From: Gilbert, AZ Member No.: 11,979 Region Association: Southwest Region |
Is part of the plan to put Subaru engines in all those early Boxsters that had their motors go crispy? If so you got a PLAN dude! And I'm in line for one myself. This is EXACTLY the plan! I think VERY soon there will be a TON of these early Boxsters in the $3000-$4000 range with bad engines. I want to be ready when it happens... Actually you can find them already, so I believe you've got this one by the tail. There's irony here. Poor Jake. Lately I've noticed that in forums where he used to spend a lot of time talking up T4 conversions, Shoptalkforums, Spyderclub, etc. the Subaru conversions have taken over. Not so many T4's any more, they're just too expensive. So Jake shifted to Boxster motors, which are a problem. Now you come along developing a way to put Subaru motors in Boxsters, too, again because the Porsche motors are so much more expensive. Subaru's are going in to everything, and seem to be following Jake around. No wonder he's so annoyed. The donor car I'm using was bought for $3500 (for a 2000 "S")because it had a bad engine that was mixing coolant and oil. I've seen 2.5 cars go as cheap as $2500 with bad engines |
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