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anyone swap in a honda engine? |
mark21742 |
Sep 19 2011, 09:32 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 162 Joined: 31-August 11 From: pa Member No.: 13,502 Region Association: North East States |
Just curious if anyone has dropped a newer (mid 90s) Honda Civic engine in a 914?
I have a 96 1.6l engine, harness, fuel injection, all hardware and also have a turbo charger laying in the corner of the garage..... The combo should put down a very reliable 250 hp and just had the gears turning in my head about the thought of it. |
mark21742 |
Sep 22 2011, 05:39 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 162 Joined: 31-August 11 From: pa Member No.: 13,502 Region Association: North East States |
What about using the Honda engine/ tranny combo and having the outer CV joints re machined to slide into the factory Porsche hubs?
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Andyrew |
Sep 22 2011, 09:41 PM
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Spooling.... Please wait Group: Members Posts: 13,376 Joined: 20-January 03 From: Riverbank, Ca Member No.: 172 Region Association: Northern California |
What about using the Honda engine/ tranny combo and having the outer CV joints re machined to slide into the factory Porsche hubs? 2 big downsides. 1. You have to basically elimate the rear trunk. Making the car a rear engine rear wheel drive. 2. The way the honda trani orients, one axle HAS to be much longer than the other. Therefore you get what is "torque steer", Which when translated in RWD fashion is the car always pitches one way when doing burnouts, and it acts differently when getting on power mid turn turning left vs turning right. Now you have a couple of pro's with this here... 1. Honda engine reliability 2. Honda trani reliability. 3. Honda Engine aftermarket 4. Honda trani gearing makes an almost unlimited gearing options from the factory. (Combine an SI trani and a HF trani and you can make whatever you want pretty much). 5. (914 implementation related), When removing the rear trunk you can make a fiberglass engine cover and get some of it back for jackets and small tools. Also where the engine normally is can now be an expansion of the interior with some proper design (I hope your following me here). Basically a smugglers box. 6. Honda's dont need barely any cooling so a small radiator in the rear with a fan on it 100% of the time and you'll be good to go, leaving the front trunk untouched. This is a build I am dying to get my hands on and DO. I feel that its a great way to get a reliable 250hp 45mpg 914 with some really cool engineering. |
mark21742 |
Sep 23 2011, 04:08 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 162 Joined: 31-August 11 From: pa Member No.: 13,502 Region Association: North East States |
What about using the Honda engine/ tranny combo and having the outer CV joints re machined to slide into the factory Porsche hubs? 2 big downsides. 1. You have to basically elimate the rear trunk. Making the car a rear engine rear wheel drive. 2. The way the honda trani orients, one axle HAS to be much longer than the other. Therefore you get what is "torque steer", Which when translated in RWD fashion is the car always pitches one way when doing burnouts, and it acts differently when getting on power mid turn turning left vs turning right. Now you have a couple of pro's with this here... 1. Honda engine reliability 2. Honda trani reliability. 3. Honda Engine aftermarket 4. Honda trani gearing makes an almost unlimited gearing options from the factory. (Combine an SI trani and a HF trani and you can make whatever you want pretty much). 5. (914 implementation related), When removing the rear trunk you can make a fiberglass engine cover and get some of it back for jackets and small tools. Also where the engine normally is can now be an expansion of the interior with some proper design (I hope your following me here). Basically a smugglers box. 6. Honda's dont need barely any cooling so a small radiator in the rear with a fan on it 100% of the time and you'll be good to go, leaving the front trunk untouched. This is a build I am dying to get my hands on and DO. I feel that its a great way to get a reliable 250hp 45mpg 914 with some really cool engineering. Yes I follow you here, this is what I was talking about with using the Honda engine/ tranny. I know it has one long and one short axle, but didn't know that this is what causes the torque steer issues. I don't mind losing the front and rear trunks, as long as I have a place to put a few small things in like you said, a "smugglers box". I think the hardest think with this setup would be the shift linkages, but I have around 20 or so long, large cables with mounting tabs and end links that I could fab up some brackets to make work |
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